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same are hereby, repealed.
Mr.. Moses began the battle by NOV
ing tire ersciirg words be stricken
out
Mr.. Henderson, whose measure il
was, asked the gentlemen TO plesse
state his reasons for such motion.
Mr.. Moses did so brief fly, saying, in
the firstplace, thera were too many
elections. People bad long been tired OF
havirg to go to the polls so fre quentlv.
Again, in his opinion, he did not be-
lieve as good men were TO be gotten on
the township boards by election SIS by
appointment. The boards at present
were composed of business men who
would not enter into the scrambles for
election ard if the bill passed, he
thought the public services would be
decidedly injured.
Mr.. Henderson in reply, said the
number of elections would not be in
creased, as the vote for the township
commissioners would be cast at the
same time for other county offices. AS
the law now stood the governor had
too much appointive power which
could be used for the turtherance of
bis own political aspirations. The
people elected all their other officers
and were just as capable of selecting
the best men for commissioners as for
any other positions. He believed, for
his part, in local self government and
home rule.
Mr.. Pettjgrew stated that he agreed
with Mr.. Moses. As good men could
not, in his opinion, be gotten on the
township boards by the election as by
appointment.
Mr.. Suddath spoke against the bill,
as did Senators Gaines and Archer.
Messrs. Mower, Mayfeld, Norris,
Connor and Hay advocated the meas
ure.
Mr.. Walker of Georgetown favored
the bill as general measure but
wishe his county excepted for very
potent reasons.
The aye and nay vote was demand
ed on Mr.. Moses motion to strike out
the encting works with the following
result:
Yeas-Archer, Buist, Gaines, Grif.
fifth, Moses, Pettigrew. Stackhouse,
Suddath and Wallace-9.
Nays-Alexander, Brown, Connor,
Dennis, Douglass, DuBcse, Hay, Hen
derson, Love, May6eld, Mcdaniel,
Miller, Mower, Norris, ODell, Ragin,
Sloan, Talbrid Turner and Walker
30.
Mr.. Moses motion was defeated and
the bill passed its second reading.
The full text of the bill is as given
above with the exception that Sumter,
Georgetown, Beaufort, Spartanburg
and Saluda counties are excepted from
its provisions.
An invitation was received from
the president of Winthrop college for
the senate to visit the college on Sat-
urday.
Mr.. Love asked who was to pay the
expenses of the trip. Mr.. Brown in
formed him that it would not cost the
State cent as the excursion was to be
run at the expensense of outsiders
presumably the citizens of Rock Hill.
Mr.. Mayfeld asked would the per
diem of the legislators bs paid while
they were on this trip. He was in
formed that it would, whereupon he
objected to accepting the invitation,
saying that single days session cost
| the State from $4,000 to $4,000 and
therefore single day could not be
lost. If the legislature visited one
college it would have to visit all, thus
entailing cost of about $40, 900, which
was half the appropriation granted to
the Citadel academy.
Messrs. Connor and Brown both
spoke agains. accepting the invitation
and finally the invitation was laid on
the table.
MIR. Henderson introduced a resolu-
ton which is intended to shorten the
session of the legislature. His resolu-
tion prohibited a bill or resolution
being introduced after the 1st OF Feb
ruary, except such as were recon-
mended by the committees. This
passed without opposition,
These are the bills that passed their
third reading to day:
A bill fixing the time for holding
courts in the secood circuit.
Mr.. Ragsdale's bill to make railroad
corporations liable for damages result
ing to land owners from the wrongful
construction of water courses. .
Mr.. Loves bill changing the COM
mutation road tax of York county
from 81 to 50.
The following passed their second
reading:
Mr.. Henderson's bill to authorize
the appointment of a constable for
Aiken,county to beresidenta at Langley.
The bill repeating an actregulating
fishing in Aiken County.
The joint resolution to extend the
time for the collection Of the commu-
tation road tax in the several counties
of the State to the 1st of March, 1897,
and exempting from punishment
those who pay by the date named.
The bill authorizing the railroad
commissioners to require all railroads
to erect at functional points union de-
pots and to impose penalty for their
failure 10 do so when required.
The bill authorizing cities, towns
and townships to issue bonds for re-
funding Indebtedness existing at time
of the adoption to the present Consti'
tuition.
| Champion Bigsmist.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jan. 21.-Gov-