The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-01-27

Final reading blllS: trahamS Dill
relating to licenses for emigrant agents;
de Loach's bill making the provision Of
article g, chapter XCIX, relating to
liens on lands and buildings for labor
and material, of the revised statutes Of
Z 1893, applicable to railroads, was passed
to third reading without word Of
debate.
Mackey's bill for services in collect
: ing the claim against the United States
government for the use of the citadel
during the war was brought UP and re-
ferred to the Committee on Ways and
Means. The commission. appointed by
the last Legislature recommended the
payment of g, 500. Goodwiu's bill to
provide the manner in which persons
may be exempt from poll tax or commu-
tation road tax in certain counties was
killed after hot debate.
Among the new bills were: Tim.
merman-To provide for the county
government Of the various counties OF
this State. Reynolds-To regulate
charges for advertising legal notices.
Henderson-To make the drawing Of
Jurors public. Johnson-To amend an
act entitled can act to furnish the
pupils attending the public schools
with school text books at actual cost;
Reynolds-To prohibit the granting Of
bail to persons indicted for capital
crime. DeBruhl-To protect boarding
houses and innkeerers.
MONDAY, 18th. The House accepted
an invitation to visit Clemson College
Wednesday, Lees birthday. LAacas-
ter's Illuminating oil inspection bill and
Petton's street paving bill were among
the measures that passed to third
reading. So was the bill repeating the
act requiring returns from taxation
from merchants. A number of new bills
were introduced during the day, one OF
them being q bill to regulate taxation OF
dogs in aid of the school fund and an
other being Livingston's important
measure changing the system Of taxa
ton upon telegraph, telephone, ex-
press, sleeping car and kindred COM
padies.
Bills sent to the Senate: The bill
making the act relating to liens on lands
and buildings for labor and material
applicable to railroads; the bill to
amend the dispsnsary law SO ss to pre-
vent the location of distilleries within
two miles Of any church or public
school; the bill. toreqnire the supervisor
or county commissioners Of Aiken
county to provide for the dieting and
maintenance of the inmates ofthe coun-
ty poor house and prisoners confined in
the county jail, and for prisoners at
work upon county chaipgang; the bill
to amend section 12l (2466) of criminal
code of the revised statutes 1893, relat-
ing to attempt to poison; the bill to ap-
proye the action of the town council OF
the town of Greenwood in the matter of
the contract for the erection OF court
house and Jail for the county OF Green
wood, and to declare the bonds issued
in pursuance of said contract valid
debt of the town of Greenwood.
The concurrent resolution, fixing
Feb. 12 as the day for adjournment
sine die, was made the special order for
next Monday.
Goodwin's bill to amend the act ap-
portioning the road fund derived from
special county levy was ordered to
third reading without discussion.
TUESDAY, 18th. I'm the House Pat
toms Congressional redistricting bill
was taken mp and though no reason
why it should not be passed other than
that it was unnecessary, was presented
in the debate, it was killed by very
email majority. But it has been killed
and the vote has been clinched and
there will be no more trouble over it at
the present session.
The committee on privileges and cleo
tions reported without Recommendation
the bill to require the nomination Of all
officers, elective and appointive, by
primary elections.
Among the bills that passed final
reading we're: To provide for and regu.
late the public printing OF South Caro-
lins; to provide for the inspection OF IL
Illuminating fluids aud oils in this State.
This was amended on final reading to
make it effective May 1; joint resolution
to extend the time for the payment Of
the communication road tax until April
S0th, 1893; to provide for the grading
and paving OF the streets, public ways
and alleys Of cities of this State OF TO-.
OOO inhabitants and upwards; TO amend
the act relating to the publication Of
supervisors reports; to amend thr coun-
ty government act in sections 4 and %.
5 The following were among the COM
mittee reports unfavorable: Bill to pro-
vide for an additional magistrate at or
near Trenton; bill to require the treas
urer Of Edgefeld to turn over to the
treasurer Of Greenwood certain school
funds; bill to alter the county lines OF
Greenwood by including tie counties
OF Abbeville and(Edgefield.
The Governor sent Q message to the
House calling attention to Gen. Nc
Crady's History of South Carolina and
endorsing the work On motion OF Mr..
Mitchell it was referred to the commit
tee on education. The Governor also
sent message calling the attention OF
the body to the fact that it had to elect
q Comptroller. General at this session.
THURSDAY, 20TH.-Mr. Winkler In.
troduced concurrent resolution In the
house giving an expression OF opinion
in the preamble, and calling upon the
South Carolina delegation in Congress
to urge the passage Of the Iillman dis
pensary measure now pending IN the
United States Senate. The resolution
was adopted without p word OF dis
cussion.
The resolution asking Mr.. Barber,
the eattorney-general,t to prepare liquor