The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-01-27

tee Gu;iSS I'd receive the pay lSat
may be f>sl - law
Sec. 5. That al acts, parts Of acts,
| inconsistent VIA tbs act be, and the
same sJe he-cby, repealed.
Mr. Moses began the battle By NOV
ing tie enacting words be stricken
out.
Mr. Henderson, whose measure i
was, asked the eentlenen to ple&se
state his reasons for such motion.
Mr.. Moses did so briefly, saying, IN
the frstplace, there we're too many
elections. People had lcng been tired G!
bavirg 10 goto the polls sofre quen:ly.
Again, n his opinion, he did not be
lieve as coed men were 70 be gotten ca
the township boards by election as hy
appointment. The boards at present
were composed of business men who
would not enter into the scrambles fol
election aud if tie 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 furtherauce OF
his own political aspirations. The
people elected al their other officers
and were just ss capable OF selecting
the best men for commissioners ss for
any other positions. lie believed, for
his part, IN local self government and
bone rule.
Mr.. Pettierew 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.. Suddash spoke against tie bill,
as did Senators GaiDes and Archer.
Messrs. Mower, May field, Norris,
Connor ard Hay advocated the meas
ure.
Ar. Walker Of Georgetown favored
the bill as a general measure but
wished his county exec pied for very
potent reasons.
The aye and Ray Vote was demand
ed on Mr.. Moses motion to strike out
the enciing works with the following
result:
Yeas-Archer, Boist, Gaines. Grit
fta, Moses. Pettigrew. StsckhoUse,
Sudda.h and Wallace.
Nays-Alexander, Brown, Connor,
Dennis, Douglass, Du Bose, Hay, Hen
derson, Love, May y6eld, Mcdaniel,
Miller, Mower, Norris, O'Dell, 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
Qrday.
Mr.. Love asked who was to pay the
expenses OF the trip. Mr.. Bsown in
formed him that it would not cost the
State ceat SIS the excursion was to be
run at the expensense of outsiders
presu mably the citizens OF Rock Hill.
Mc. May field asked would tie per
diem OF the legislators be paid while
ihey were on this trip. he was in-
formed that it would, whereupon he
objected to accepting the invitation,
saying that a single days session cost
the State from So, 600 to $4,000 and
therefore 8 single day could not be
lest. If the legislature visited one
college it would have to visit all, thus
entailing cost Of about $40, 600, 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.
Mr.. Henderson introduced resolu
ton which is intended to shorten the
session OF tee legislature. His resolu-
ton 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
liable for damages result
ing to land owners from the wrongful
construction OF water courses.
Mr.. Loves bill changing the COM
road tax of York county
from 81 to 81.
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-
ta.ion 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 to do so when required.
TIE bill authorizing cities, towns
and TOWNSHIP ps to issue bonds for re-
funding indebtedness existing at time
of the adoption to the present Consti
tuition.
Champion Bisamist.
KANSAS CITY, No, Jan. 21.-Gov-
ernor Lsedy has pardoned H. Q. WA
moth, alias Howell, alias Howe, alias