The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-02-17

ton for the purpsss of establis1 Ing and
maintaining q homS-e1d sanitarium
thereon; to require public schools of the
State to observe the third Friday in
November of each year as Arbor day; to
amend an act entitled IAN act to pro-
vide poor house and farm in Berkeley
county, approved Dec. %, 1894; to re-
quire the county treasurer OF Edgefeld
county to pay over to the county treas.
urers of Saluds county and Greenwood
county certain school funds and to au-
thorize the school officers Of said coun-
ties to apportion and check out the same;
validating the contract between the
South Carolina and Georgis Railroad
Company and the city Of Aiken, con.
cerning bridges and crossings over the
railroad cut ut Aiken and authorizing
the enforcement thereof; providing for
lien on railroads for labor and ma
terial furnished in their construction;
to empower the clerks of circuit courts
10 appoint guardians cd litem; to pro-
vide for the transfer and the Investment
of the Downer fund; to amend an act to
amend s'an act entitled an oct to create
separate school district from portions
Of Aiken and Orangeburg counties in
GLIDING the town of Sslley in Aiken
county" 81
THURSDAY, 10TH The Senate put it.
self unanimously ON record as favoring
broad and liberal policy in regard to
State institutions by putting back the
appropriation of the South Carollna
College to Sa5, 600 from the $50, 600 to
which the House had reduced it. The
6ght was warm and the speeches at
times grew personal. Archer, with Pet
hgrew as second, led in the fight, while
Henderson, Sloan and MayfeId ably
championed the cause OF the col
lege. The debate was listened to by
numbers of people, who filed the gal
leries and crowded the floor of the
chamber. The vote on putting the ap-
propriation back to $25, 900 was as fol-
lows: Yeas-Messrs. Brown. Buist,
Dean, Douglass, DuBose, Griffith,
Henderson, Jefferies, Lesesne, Love,
Mauldin, Mayfeld. McAlhany Nc
Gala, Mcdaniel, Moses, Mower, Nor
ris, Ragsdale, Scarborough, Sloan,
5tsckhouse, Talbird, Walker, Wallace
and Waller-26. Nays-Messrs. Alex
ander, Archer, Connor, Dennis,
Gaines, Miller, O'Dell, Pettigrew,
Suddath and Turner-10,
An unfavorable report on Q bill to
provide for the registration of births
and marriages was agreed to and the
bill rejected. The fight to abolish the
office of phosphate inspector was in-
definitely postponed by>a vote of 20
20 II.
At the night session the Senate
agreed to every amendment recon-
nended by the finance committee,
placing the appropriations, which the
House had cut. back to the original
figures of last year. Here, are the
amendments to the House bill: Making
the contingent fund of the adjutsnt and
inspector general $3.50 instead of S75
For collecting arms, freights, adyer-
tisements, expenses of inspection, $500
instead of $3.50; board Of health 50, 500 il
lieuof 81 500; for support of South Car
olina college, $25, 900 instead Of $40, 600:
, For salaries Of supervisors of registra
ton, 1000, instead of 50, 200. Fol
phosphate inspector, $1,000. For tht
id of the State agricultural and Me
hanical Society, 81, 400. For the pay
commissioners and mane gers OF elec
ION, $iS, 600; to pay for sdvertising no
! siees of elections, $1,000 For the mes