Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-02-24

cember "a, A. -. 1887.
House bill to provide compensa-
tion for the members of the boards
of townthip commissioners and
chairmen of said boards while
serving as members Of the county
board of commissioners.
A bill to fix the term Of office Of
commissioners of deeds for the
State of South Carolina.
House bill to amend the code o.
civil procedure touching the index
ing of judgments.
House bill to declare the law re.
lating to the mileage of all per.
sons for the payment of whose
travelled mileage provision is made
by law.
House bill to facilitate the set.
tlement Of estates of testators.
House bill to authorize the pub.
licatlon annually of the itemized
statement of the treasurer of Edge.
field county.
On Saturday the following bills
were given their final reading:
To require all State institutions
to pay for transporting, clothing,
guarding and for medical treat
ment of all convicts received by
them nnder acts or joint resolu
tions of the general assembly, and
to give receipt for their work.
To exempt ex-Confederates from
taking out the license as hawker
or peddler.
House bill to require all COM
mon carriers to pay all loss for
damages, for loss, damage and
breakage of any articles shipped
over their lines.
House bill to amend the gener-
al statutes, go as to provide for
the election of the State board of
medical examiners by the State
Medical association.
Bill to amend an act to require
contractors in the erection, altera-
tion or repairing of buildings to
pay laborers, subcontractors and
material men for their services
and material furnished.
To provide for the time of meet.
ing of the boards of township
commissioners for the several
counties.
The Senate increased the ap.
preparations to the S. G. College
and Citadel, giving the former
$4,000, and the latter $21,500
Gen. Farley gets $500 to complete
the Confederate rolls. And { III,
the clerks salaries are restored tt
the amount provided in the origi
nal committee bill.
On Saturday three revenue bill'
were introduced into the House
the first requiring. an additional
license fee from certain companies
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second requiring all persons en-
lgagaa-in any business or trade tt
take out a license before May 1st
licenses running the entire gamu
of occupations from the conse
quential banker to the humbl,
washwoman, the latter having tt
pay so cents per year; the third, {
bill to provide for the assessment
levy, and collection of an income
tax. The following bills were or
dered to a third reading:
Bill to empower the supervise,
and board of county commission
ers to borrow money for certain
purposes.
The joint resolution to authorize
the State board of control to pay te
the city of Columbia certain dis
pensory profits. The resolution az
amended by the committee reads
thus:
Section 1. The State board o.
control is hereby authorized to pay
over to the city of Columbia the
sum of 1862, being that city'l
share of the profits of the dispen.
saries in the city of Columbia fel
the last two quarters in 1895, now
in the State treasury; provided
that the said State board of contro
IN their judgment think that the
same ought to be paid.
Mr.. Winkler's bill to amend sec.
tion 1908 of the revised statutes
relating to the report of the school
commissioner to the court of ses.
sions.
The senate bill to amend section
81 of the county government act
The senate bill to amend section
Is of the free school law. Several
slight amendments were made