Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-02-09
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Synopsis OF Daily Proceedings Of House
and Senate.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4.

the provisions of the supply Dill. Inc
recommendation that the state levy be
fixed at 5 mills was adopted, with the
understanding that if the session be
extended beyond 80 days, the levy
would have to be increased.
The old clause in the supply bill to
provide for the enforced collection of
Doll taxes was restored. 1t reads as
follows
Section 6. That from and after the pas
sage of this act there shall be assessed
upon all taxable polls in this state a tax
Of 81 on each poll, the proceeds of which
tax shall be applied solely to educational
purposes. Every male citizen between
The ages of 81 and 60 years, except those
incapable of earning a support from being
manned or from other causes, and except
those who are now exempt by law, shall
he deemed taxable polls, and should any
person fail or refuse 10 pay said poll tax
he shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and
on conviction of same before any magis-
trate, or other court having jurisdiction
thereof, shall be punished by fine, which
shall not exceed IS, together with the cost
of said suit, or by imprisonment in the
county Jail or by sentence to work on the
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days. The proceeds of said fines to be
paid to the county treasurer, and placed
by him to the credit of the school fund OF
the school district from which the same
is collected for services herein rendered
by the magistrates and cOnstables who
receive salaries. They shall receive in
addition to such salaries as they are now
entitled by law the said costs and fees :
Provided, that the said costs and fees be
collected and paid by defendant.
The ordinary county levy for York
was fixed at 4 mills. The special
township bond levies were fixed as fol-
lows: York Al mills, Catawba 8 mills,
Ebenezer 2 mills. The Lancaster levy
for ordinary purposes was fixed at 81
mills, Chester Z mills, Cherokee
mills, Union 81 mills. York is allow:
ed to pledge the next tax levy for an
amount not exceeding $4,000, 70 be
borrowed for ordinary county pur,
poses.
Mr.. Rogers called:up bis bill to pro-
vide for free transportation of state
and county officers at the expense Of
the railroads. Mr.. Sinkler, Of Charles.
ton, called attention to the fact that
the constitution provides that mem
bers shall receive pay for mileage at
the rate of S cents per mile, and even
| if the bill should become a law, il
would be nugatory in so far as mem.
bers were concerned. Mr.. Rogers said
he bad forgotten about the provision
in the constitution referred to and ad-
mitted that what Mr.. SiDkler said was
true; but claimed that the bill would
save money to the state in the case oi
other officials. Mr.. Sinkler said that
the bill was so grossly unjust as not
to he deserving of debate, and with
but little more ado it was killed by a
large majority.
1: was agreed to adjourn debate on
the Child's prohibition bill until Tues
day. ..... ....
There was lively debate on Mr..
Baeot's bill to do away with the use ot
partisan school; books, The bill was
killed.
In THE SENATE.-Mr. Loves bill to
repeal the lien law was antagonized
by Senators Gaines and Brown.
Senator Gaines said he had made
money through the operation of this
lien law but didn't think the law was
good thing for the people at large,
as it increased the acreage of cotton.
Senator Love said he introduced this
bill at the request of the cotton grow
ers of York, and he thought the lien
law had served its day and purpose.
Senator Brown said the tendency in
this day was to create small and large
corporations. He thought the legisla-
lures throughout the Union were res.
ponsible for this condition Of affairs.
This lien law was passed to protect
the poor and weak. and if this prop
was swept away what would they do
What would the farmers and laborers
do? They knew what they wanted
that they should be allowed to mort
gage their labor as we'll as any other
possession.
Senator Ragsdale said this was a
question on which every senator was
ready to vote, and hoped the vote
would be called at once.
Senator Henderson called for the
yeas and nays on the motion to strike
out the enacting words. The vote
stood thus:
Yeas-Alexander, Archer, Brown,
Buist, Dean, Dennis, Hay, Henderson,
Jefferies, Lesesne, Mauldin, Mayfeld,
McAlhany, McCalla, Moses, O'Delk,
Ragsdale, Sanders, Scarborough, Sloan,
Talbird, Walker, Waller, Williams-N.
Nays-Connor, Douglass, DuBose, Grif-
fifth, Gaines. Love, Mcdaniel, Mower,
Norris, Pettigrew, Stackhouse, Suddath,
Wallace-l3.
When the senate adjourned, it was
until IL O'Clock Tuesday in order to
give its members the opportunity to 90
home for salesday.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY S.
In THE HoUsE.-Mr. Sturkie had a
bill to provide that recommendations
to mercy should not have the effect Of
saving the life of a murderer. Any
man convicted of murder should be
hanged. If every murderer knew that
to take another's life meant death on
the gallows there would be less MUIR
der. The crime of murder is getting
to be too common. TO recommend a
murderer to mercy is to rob the crime
of its fearfulness.
Mr.. Cushman thought the present
law was in about as good shape as
possible. He gained this by serving
as a juryman. A petty jury is never
held down to the facts of law, but
Judges between men and men. The
circumstances are often such as to give