The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-01-26

Upper srarch ofehe L-g'sls'src.
On Monday an invitation was ex
tenced the Serate 10 visit CIen son
College on Wednesday, l9.h Instant,
Lees birthday. Mr.. Norris urged the
acceptance Of the invitation ard said
he thought It the duty OF the general
assembly 10 visit the various Stste in
stitutions II was true that an invita-
ticn to visit the South Carolina Col
lege had been accepted for that day,
but said he, this invitation was in the
city and ctu'd be inspected st any
time, while wednesday wss the only
legal holiday the Legislature would
have during this session. After some
discussion Mr.. Archer demanded an
aye and nay vote on the acceptance,
which resulted in only Senators Arch.
er, Alexander, Conner, Douglass,
Miller and Wallscs voting in the reg
ative.
Mr.. Browns bill to suthor,ze uni.
verslties and colleges OF this State TO
provide course Of study and confer
the degree OF licentiste Of instruction,
which shall authorize their graduates
to teach in the free public schools Of
the State without examination was
passed.
The governor trar snitted to the
senate the finding of the court OF IL
Quiry into the disturbance between
militia and students last summer on
the college grounds. O1 motion Of
Mr.. Henderson It wss referred to the
committee on military
Mr.. HenGerson's bill to facilitate
and economic the enforcement or the
criminal law in this State came up
for second reading and passed.
On Tuesday Mr.. Pollock's joint res
olution to extend the time for the
payment Of taxes came up and was
passed to its second reading by the
following vote:
Yeas-Aldrich, Alexander, Brown,
Dean, Dennis, Hay, McAlhau =, Moses,
Mcdaniel, Mower, O'Dell, Pettigrew,
Stackhouse, Suddath, Talbird, Turner,
Ragsdale, Sanders, Sloan, Msy6eld-
90.
Nayes-Archer, Buist, Connor, Doug
las, Dubose, Gaines, Griffith, Hen
derson, Lesesne, Love, Jsfries, dc
Gala, Miller, Scarborough, Walker,
Wallace, Waller, Williams-16.
The following bill which will inter
est farmers, was introduced by SeDa-
tor Gaines:
Sec. 1. That the transportation over
the public highways of this State OF
heavy loads on wagons, with narrow
tires, now in common use, is hereby
declared to be injurious to said high
ways, and agains1 the public interest
and welfare.
Sec 3. That after the year 1901. dur
ing the months of January, February,
March, April, November, December
and after the year 1908, during any
part of the year, it shall be unlawful
Tor any person or persons to transport
or convey over the public highways Of
this State, or any part thereof, any
load or loads Of any kind or kinds Of
freight or products whatsoever on
wagons having less than the follow
ing width Of tire, viz: On wage
drawn by one horse, mule or OK, when
the lead does not exceed ], 600 pounds,
the width of the tire shall be not less
than two inches; on wagons drawn by
two horses, mules or oxen, or when
the load exceeds 1000 pounds. but
does not exceed 1000 pounds. the
width Of tire shall. be not less than
three and one-half inches; on wagons
drawn by three or four horses, mules
or oxen or load exceeding 2, 600 pounds
and not exceeding 1000 pounds in
weight, the width OF tire snail be not
less than four inches; on wagons
drawn by more than four horses,
mules or oxen, or carrying load OF
more than 1000 pounds, the width OF
tire shall not exceed less than i've
inches.
Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of all
county supervisors and county and
township boards of commissioners to
see that the provisions OF this Act sre
properly enforced and to prosecute all
violations thereof.
Sec. 4. The violation CT any of the
provisions of this Act shall be deemed
and is hereby declared to be a misde
meanor, and the offender, upon con.
viction, shall be punished by fine Of
not less than S. ncr more Than $40,
or by imprisonment for more than
thirty dsys for each offence.
Thursoaythe three liquor bills which
were carried over from last year came
upunder special order and were being
debated when, at the suggestion Of
Mr.. Moses they were made the special
order for next Thursday, awaiting
such liquor measures as may ccme
over from the house. The object is to
discuss the whole liquor question at
the same time.
The house joint resolution to extend
the time for the payment Of taxes to
Feb. 30 coming up for fnal reading,
Mr.. Coonor moved to strike out the
resolving words. He said ttat it was
ooly encouraging procrastira!ion in
the matter Of paying taxes and could
do no one any good. The county
treasurers had make up their books; a
number Of dslinQuents had already
paid their penalties, for which there
was no provision 1or remlG1ng; the
States obligations fell due o. the Isl
of January, and furthermore the Gus
tom of extending the time for the pay
ment of taxes bad bsen abolished and
people were becoming used 10 meeting
their taxes with promptnesS. The pas
sage of this resolution would be re.
trogra6e movement which It would
take years TO overcome.
Mr.. McAlhaney favored the extsn
sion OF the time and gave as his reas
ons that many farmers had to borrow
the money from the ks to pay taeir
tsxas. The banks were uuwil ing to
advance this money until the new
year and herce many were unwilling
deliL lents.
MIR. Sloan and Mr., Dennis also
spoke in favor Of The extension and