Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-03-10
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Many Matters Which the General Assembly
Failed to Finish.
Among the many bills and joint res
olutions introduced at the last session
of the legislature, were quite num-
ber that have gone over to be acted
upon at the next session. Among
the most important of these measures
are the following:
Mr.. Haseldon's bill to equalize rail-
road fare of all students hereafter at.
tending the Winthrop Normal and In
dustrial college.
Mr.. Mishoe's bill to require mar
riage licenses and certificates in this
state. Report unfavorable.
Petitions of citizens of Kings Creek,
York county, for the establishment of
voting precinct at Kings Creek post
Office. Report favorable.
Mr.. Patton's bill to divide the state
of South Carolina into seven congress
sional districts and to name the same.
Report favorable with amendments.
Mr.. deLoach's bill authorizing the
board Of county commissioners of York
county to borrow money to pay the in
debtedness of said county. Report
unfavorable.
Committee of ways and means bill
to provide and require graduated IL
cense on occupations and business.
Mr.. McLaurin's bill to require all the
institutions of this state, educational
charitable and penal, and the state dis
pensary to furnish an itemized state
ment of all receipts and disbursements,
inclusive of salaries. Report favora-
BILE with amendments.
Mr.. deLoach's bill making the pro
vision of article 8, chapter XCIX, re-
lating to liens on lands and buildings
for labor and material, of the revised
statutes of 1893, applicable to rail-
roads. Substitute bill reported.
Bill to provide for the manner in
which a county court may be estab.
lished in any county in this state, and
especially in the county of Barnwell,
in accordadce with section 1, article V,
of the constitution. Substitute bill by
Judiciary committee.
Senate bill to provide for the elec-
ton by qualified electors of the res
pective townships in the state of the
boards of township commissioners.
Mr.. John P. Thomas bill to change
the words "five hundred" to "fve
thousand" in the act to limit the
amount of land which alien or foreign
corporations may own within this
state. Report favorable.
Mr.. Childs' bill to provide for the
election of a state board of control
and to further regulate the sale, use,
consumption, transportation and dis,
position of Intoxicating and alcoholic
liquors or liquids in this state, for
medical, scientific and mechanical uses
only, and prescribe further penalties
for violation of the dispensary laws,
and to police the same. Report with
recommendation.
Mr.. deLoach's joint resolution to
authorize and require the directors OF
the state penitentiary to furnish to the
trustees of Winthrop Normal and In
dustrial college certain convicts to aid
in the construction of the proposed
new dormitory when that is provided
for by the general assembly. Report
favorable with amendments.
Mr.. deLoach's bill to regulate ex.
press and telegraph companies, and to
extend the powers of the railroad
commissioners so as to give them pow
ers and authority to regulate charges
by express companies for transporta-
ton, to regulate charges of telegraph
companies for the transmission of mes
sages by telegraph, or charges by per-
sons engaged in the several businesses
herein named, to apply the powers
given to said commissioners by law
over railroad companies to all compa-
MES or persons owning, controlling or
operating line or lines of express and
telegraph, and make the penalties pre-
scribed against railroads for violating
commissioners rules apply to the COM
panies and persons herein named
whose line or lines is or are wholly or
in part in this state. Majority and
minority reports.