The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-02-24
WORK OF THE SENATE.
NUMBER OF BILLS PASSED BY THE
BODY.

~ Bills Pa sscd--The Anti. Free Pass art
Cigarette Bills Killed.
COLUMBIA, Feb. 2O.-The work o
bassing second and third reading bill:
Rh the senate Saturday was not inter
upted by discussion. Work was be
[un on the calendar and the follow
pg third residing bills passed:
10 establish Dorchester county.
House bill to amend county govern
nent law so far as it relates to work
ng the roads.
House bill to authorizs and empow
r the sheriff Of Williamsburg county
o purchase and keep at the cour,
house a pair of bloodhounds for the
purpose of tracking convicts and fu
,itive law breakers, amended by Mr.
Williams so as to apply to all counties
hnd limiting the cost OF the dogs a.
S10O pair.
House bill to require county super
yisors to publish quarterly reports IN
he papers of their respective counties
bit cost not exceeding 5000 for each
county. Amended by excepting An
herson, Beaufort, Barnwell, BAN berg,
Berkeley. Chester, Colleton, Gerge
town, Horny, Kershaw, Laurens
Lexington, Lancaster, Marlboro, Mar
hon. Oconee and York.
4 House bill TO establish Bambers
county.
House bill to amend subdivision one
|of section 954S Of the revised statutes
3of 1898, relating to costs.
House bill to amend section 3ll c1
1.-The revised statutes being section 25t
of the general statutes.
Making it a misdemeanor for any
Estate or county officer to receive any
|debate on purchase of books or any
other property or supplies from print
ling.
Soon after l o'clock the senate pass
ed the following resolutions and ad
iouruned out of respect to judge Al
Idrich.
Whereas it has been learned by the
senate of South Carolina with pro
found regret OF the death of the hon
orab,e Alfred Proctor Aldrich oi
Barnwell county, who as a judge
kept his ermine unstained, and IL
defiance of the military power which
dominated the State in 1860 laid dowr
his robes of office in open court ano
refused to administer the law while
i the seat of justice was surrounded by
Federal bayonets; as patriot, self
Asacrifcing and devoted to the jus
cause of South Carolina, and as a mar
without fear and without reproach
Whose unsullied career has added lus
Ire to the annals of the State, there
lore be it
Resolved, As mark of respect tc
his memory, that the senate do DOW
kdjourn.
On Monday the Greenwood County
: bill was taken up. Mr.. Gaines offer
ID an amendment providing for the
(rgnization of the county 80 days
after the election.
Mr.. Archer objected to the time for
hebfll to 60 into effect as the same
question would arise over Cherokee
County and by an organization of the
gnew counties during the fiscal year
would cripple the old counties by tax
ling away large part of the revenue
THAT ought to 60 to the old counties to
meet the estimated expenses.
Is Mr.. McCalla offered an amendment
that the county governmen of Green
wood would be put in operation the
first day of next January.
Mr.. Gaines said that to the people
. of Greenwood the advantages accur
ing from an early formation would
more than balance the evil. The
senate could not with due regard tc
the Constitution defer the formation
of Greenwood.
MIR. McCalla said that hardship
would be inflicted On the old and on
the new county by putting this bill IL
force before the 1st of next January
+ Mr.. Mower said the Constitution
was mandatory in requiring that the
kcounty government 60 into effect i'm
Immediately upon the formation of the
county. This being so the senate hac
no discretion in the matter.
Mr.. Mayfeld asked that the senator:
vote as nearly as they could on the
question of the time new county gov
ernmepts should GO into effect. He
said that Bamberg did not want tt
I,form her government until January
1, 1898.
Mr.. Gaines moved to table the mo
ton of Mr.. McCalla that the bill &c
into effect on the LIST of January. By
vote of 26 to this prevailed
Mr.. Gaines amendment was ther
passed requiring the county govern
! ment to be put into effect 80 days
after election.
The Senate on Tuesday killed the
anti cigarette bill and the bill to re-
|. peal the anti.free pass ac.. Neither
? one, however, was defeated without 8
vast deal of discussion and then il
. was but by single vote that the lat
ter measure was killed.
The senate had shown an inclina
ton to discuss at length every meas
ure that had been taken up until the
2 free pass bill was reached and then
almost every senator turned himself
loose" so TO speak. An unfavorable
report has been made on the bill and
as soon as it had been read Mr.. Moses
moved that The report be indefinitely
postponed. Mr.. Ragsdale was the FIRST
senator on his feet to oppose the mo
ton. He said that any member OF
general assembly who used free pass
over any railroad would not be above
suspicion. 1t was not right that rep.
resentatives of the legislature who
were to decide many important mat.
tiers affecting railroads should accept