The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-02-03
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any person or persons who may engage in
such conspiracy, or who shall, as principal;
manager, director or agent, or in any other
capacity, knowingly carry out any Of the
stipulations, purposes, prices, rates or orders
made in furtherance of such conspiracy,
shall, on conviction, be punished by fine
of not less than 500 or more than $4,000,
and by Imprisonment in the penitentiary not
less than six months nor more than 10 years,
or, in the judgment of the court, by either
such fine or such Imprisonment.
Sec. 4. That any person or persons, or
corporation, that may be injured or damaged
by any such arrangement, contract, agree
ment, trust or combination, described in sec.
ton Of this act, may sue for and recover,
in any court of competent Jurisdiction in this
State, of any person, persons or corporation
operating such trust or combination the full
consideration of sum paid by him or them
for any goods, wares, merchandise or arti-
cles the sale of which is controlled by such
combination or trust.
Sec. 5. That any and all persons may be
compellable to testify in any action or pros.
ecution under this act; provided, that such
testimony shall not be used in any other &C.
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witnesses and forever be exempt from any
prosecution for the act or acts which he or
they testify.
Mr.. Livingston's concurrent resolu-
ton relating to appointment OF joint
committee to consider all acts and
parts Of acts relating to county and
township government, inclusive OF
fees and salaries of county officers was
adopted without debate.
Mr.. Rainsford was adopted requiring
the directors of the State penitentiary
to examine into the cost and feasibili-
ty OF erecting a plant at the peniten
itiary for the purpose of converting
phosphate rock into acid phosphate,
reporting at the next session.
The house adopted the senate resolu-
ton to extend the time for the collec.
ton of the communication road tax in
the several counties after changing
the date from March Is to April 1, by
an amendment offered by Mr.. Cush-
man.
Without debate the senate bill to
amend the act to authorize and EN-.
power cities, towns, townships and
other municipal corporations TO issue
negotiable coupon bonds for the re.
funding OF payment in whole or in
part of bonded Indebtedness and any
unpaid past due interest thereon ex-
isiin at the time of the adoption of
the present Constitution was ordered
to third reading.
! Among .he new bills introduced in
the House Tuesday was a measure
to protect the Children of the State
from the baneful influence of false and
partizan instruction. The bill should
pass. .. '.n.f II
Another important measure intro
duced Tuesday was bill to allow
county boards of control to purchase
certain liquors for the county dispsn-
sers under certain restrictions. -. T..
A bill was introduced providing for
the payment of tuition-f fees by all per.
sons attending the State educational
colleges and universities. except the
institution for the deaf and blind.
Mr.. John P. Thomas, Jr., presented
a bill to further provide for the return
and assessment of property for taxa
ton. This bill provides for the fur
ther return of property for the pur-
pose OF taxation and defining the du-
ties OF boards of assessors. The main
object of the bill is to require the re-
turn and reassessment OF real estate
during the year 1898 and in every
further year thereafter. As the law
now stands there is no provision at all
under the new Constitution for the re-
turn of real estate. The bill also de-
fines the duties of township commits
sioners while acting as boards of as
SCISSORS. 1t requires these boards to
overlook all returns made to tha audi
tor and to add to those returns all real
and personal property that has not
been returned or has escaped taxa
ton. The bill seeks particularly to
secure fuller returns of personal prop.
erty, to the end that the burden of
taxation may not bear so heavily up
on the real estate owner.
A bill was introduced to repeal the
act to prevent the use of free pass,
express or telegraph frank on any
railroad by any United States senator
or member of congress from this State
or by members of the general assem-
bly, of this State or by any State or
county official or by any judge of a
court of record in this State.
There were anumber of other new
bills introduced on Tuesday, but the
above are the most important.
Mr.. Sinkler's bill to regulate and
limit the hours of work of certain en-
ployees of electric and other street
car companies was then taken up snd
passed to third reading.
Mr.. Livingston's resolution to limit
the time for introducing bills and
joint resolutions was taken up,
amended so as to fix Feb. s, as the
date beyond which they could not be
introduced save by committee chair
men, and then adopted:
The hour having arrived, Mr.. Pol
lock suspended and the election of a
United States senator to sue ceed Sena
tor Irby was proceeded with. The
election consumed only 10 minutes OF
the time of the house, and it was mere
ly a matter of form.
Mr.. Blythe of Greenville rose and
addressed the speaker thus:
Mr.. Speaker: I nominate Hon.
Joseph 81. Earle of GreeAville. Asis
we'll known to the general assembly,
Judge Earle was nominated for this
position at the late Democratic prima-
ry election held for that purpose, I
take II therefore that the dntv OF tha