The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1898-01-20

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1t behS s\s. therefore, to dispatch
the busl SIS expeditiously and econ
omically Is consistent with good leg
islation. y,u all know, there are
number ofeiiections to be held this ses-
sion, and itSsfTeN known that the bus
mess of the house is retarded until they
are disposed of, and I suggest that they
be held as soon rs possible.
The new members sworn in were NJ.
P. DeBruhl, of Abbe1ille; d. +.
Hydick, of Spartanburg; F. G. West,
Spartanburg; Horace E. Johnston, OF
York.
The message was read, and then the
various subjects touched upon by the
Governor were referred to the proper
committees.
Among the new bills were:
Rainsford. A joint resolution to e1-
tend the time of paying taxes without
the penalty until March Is, 1898. .
Pollock. TO elect a chic: justice and
Judges of the first, sscond, third,
fourth, sixth and eighth circuits OF the
IA. Adopted.
Goodwin. A bill to require persons
holding mortgages to haveit entered on
record in limited time.
Pollock. Joint resolution to extend
the time for the payment OF taxes to
and including Feb. 20.
Thomas. To amend section A Of an
act entitled to declare free school law,
approved March 6, 1896. by adding
thereto another subdivision to the sub
division defining the powers and pre-
scribing the duties of boards of school
trustees, so as to facilitate the acquisi-
ton of sites for school buildings; to au-
thorize the levy and sale under e1ecu-
ton of personal property, notwithstand-
ing the same may be covered by mort
gage or other incumbrance. A proviso
is that such sale shall not affect the
lien of said mortgage or other incum-
bcance.
"WEDNESDAY. The House went to
work in earnest. The calendar from
last year was taken up and the follow
ing were among the slxty-three bills
disposed OF: Haselden's bill to equal
ize the railroad fares of all students
hereafter attending the Winthrop Col
lege was killed; several bills relating
to the establishment of voting precincts
in various counties were recommltted,
in order that general bill on the sub
iect might be introdus ed; the bill to in
clude Hampton in II provisions OF n
measure to regulate tie sale OF seed
cotton passed to third reading; Nc
Cullough's bill relating to negotiable
instruments, being an act establish
law uniform with the laws
of other States on the subject was re-
committed after some discussion; Pat
toms redistricting bill was made
special order for Tuesday next and
from day to day until disposed Of;
Tools bill to amend the county govern
ment bill in connection with working
the public roads, was referred back with
amendments; Cushman's bill to regu-
late the speed of railroad trains and en-
gines passing certain stations, was
killed on motion of Magill, though
Cushman argued Its necessity; Owens
bill to provide license fee for owning
and carrying q pistol was passed over
on motion of the author; Thomas, OF
Richland, had bill which would allow
aliens TO own five thousand acres OF
land in the State, instead OF five hun.
dred, ,ast the law allows, but 1t was
killed; the Child's prohibition bill
came next, but as the author was
not present it was passed over;
Action on the bill to regulate the pub
lie printing was postponed until an.
other day. This bill was introduced
last session by Mr.. Reynolds and puts
the public printing on competitive
basis. Mr.. Reynolds moved that it be
passed over fer the present; the Joint
resolution to extend the time for the
payment of taxes to Feb. Goth was
passed, after considerable discussion
pro and con.
Among the bills killed were: To
create the Office of State geologist and
to provide for geological, mineralog-
ical and physical survey OF the State.
Another bill with the same object in
view will be introduced by Mr.. Lam
caster, of Spartanburg; to prohibit rail-
road companies from employing any
person under the age Of Is years ss night
telegraph operator.
The two bills following were among
the other proceedings: The bill to re-
quire all the institutions of this State,
educational, charitable and penal and
State dispensary to furnish an itemized
statement of all receipts and disburse-
ments, inclusive of saloons, passed to
third reading: Tuesday, the 18th, was
agreed upon as the day for electing
judges, and Tuesday, the 25th, - elect
Senator McLanren.
Among the new bills introduced we're:
Caushmau-Tor require railroads to pro-
vide separate first-elsss coaches for the
accommodation a white and colored
passengers, and enforcing penalty for
each violation, to be recovered by suit
of any citizen; Met cCulloueh-An act to
amend the dispensary law; Price-To
license the carrying of pistols, dirks,
razors. knucks, knives, having blade
over three inches in length or any
oihart deadly weapons upon the per-
son; Rogers-to repeal the lien law.
THURSDAY house put in hard
days work, and among other things
passed the, e,committee' substitute to the
Reynolds public printing bill, which
provides that the contract for the
State printing shall go to the lowest
bidder. Some amendments were made
enabling the General Assembly to
award the contract for the next two
wears at the present session. There was