The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-25

County, located at Verdery, was
amended on motion of Mr.. Wilson
ant, 30 as to add magistrate fol
Limestone Township, in Cherokee
and as thus amended was adopted
+ Mr.. Johnson's bill to regulate the
fees for filing, indexing and certify.
ing chattel mortgages where the
amount secured is not more than $10C
was adopted without debate. The
fee is fixed at Is cents as q maxi
mum.
TO PROTECT sHERP.
Mr.. Harvey's bill to require the
killing of sheep-k killing dogs was
passed in hurry. 1t reads as fol-
lows as adopted:
Section 1. That any person who
owns or has the custody Of any dog
which kills, or attempts to kill, any
sheep, shall, upon receiving knowl-
edge or reliable information of such
depreciation, kill or cause to be killed
such dog Immediately upon the re-
ceipt of the knowledge or reliable
information.
Section 3. That any person vino
owns or has the custodoy Of any dog
and refuses or neglects to carry out
the requirements Of Section Of this
Act shall, upon conviction thereof,
be deemed guilty of of misde-
meanor and shall be fined not more
than 500 and not less than 500, or
be imprisoned not moro than thirty
days and not less than twenty days.
Mr.. Sinkler did not think tho bill
necessary, as there was already au-
thority of law to kill such dogs.
MIR. Price, of Orangeburg, wanted
to include dogs that intorfered with
tho "produots of poultry"
Mr.. Harvey wanted the bill left
intact.
Mr.. Limehouse wanted the pun
ishment reduced.
Mr.. Harvey said the bill should
pass as it stood, and 30 it did after
his appeal for cattle and sheep.
These, he said, were moro valuable
than dogs.
| BILLS FINALLY PASSED.
The following bills passed thei,
third reading today;
A bill to regulate express, tele
graph and telephone companies.
Mr.. H. p. Goodwin's bill to require
free public schools to observe the
third Friday in each year as Arbol
Day.
Mr.. H. P. Goodwin's bill to amend
an act entitled "An Act to create q
separate school district from portions
of Aiken and Orangeburg counties
including the town of Sally, in Al.
ken County.
! BGNRFIoIARx ASSOCIATIONS.
The following is the text of bill
offered by Representative Anderson
of Georgetown, to exempt fraternal
beneficiary associations from taxa.
tion:
Section |. All beneficiary assocla
tions, lodges, societies or other bene
ficiary organizations, formed on or
ganized and carried on for the sole
benefit Of it's members and not fol
profit, having lodge system with {
ritualistio form Of work or govern
ment, making provisions for tho pay
ment Of death benefits at the deatl
Of it's members, shall be exempt from
taxation.
Section 2. That all beneficiary or
ganisations coming within the pro
Visions Of this Act shall, on or befor,
the first day of February each year
make and file, under oath of the pro
aiding officer and the secretary, ro
port showing that it truly comes
within the provisions of this Act
with the county auditor and city O
town assessor.
! Section 3. That all Acts or part
of Acts, inconsistent with this Ac
be, and are hereby repealed.
METROPOLITAN POLICE.
Mr.. Smiths bill to repeal tho la,
giving the governor the right to up
point police commissioners of cities
was warmly favored as we'll as oppos
ed.
Mr.. Winkler moved TO strike on