The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-02-15
The Legislature.

lCSSS.
The Senate coucurred in the House
resolution to appoint joint commit
tee to arrange bill for the time OF
holding court in the several counties.
Mr.. Marshall's bill to extend the
rights and remedies of employees of
railroad corporations as provided by
the constitution to employees OF
street railway ard textile mill cor
poratione, passed the Senate after a
gallant fight by its author.
The following are some of the acts
which have been ratified.
To declard the law in relation to
termination of rental contracts.
To authorize county supervisors to
exchange convict labor with other
counties.
To protect graveyards from de-
struction.
As regards peace officers in indus
trial communities of 100 inhabitants
and more.
Torepeal the metropolitan police
law.
A bill providing for the renewal Of
the charters of ferries.
To require cotton bu 'ers to accept
bales Of cotton weighing, no less than
300 pounds.
The Senate considered Mr.. Gray
don's bill to fix the salaries of the
county auditors of the State. The
purport Of the bill is to reduce the
salaries paid by the State to the
auditors; to put them, as the author
said, on more equitable basis. The
bill met with decided opposition,
but on every motion looking to chang
ing it in any features the Senate
steadily voted them down.
Senator Applet has offered a bill
for the submission to the voters Of
certain counties the question of high
license, prohibition or dispensary
and to provide for carrying out the
said election.
The Patton redistricting bill has
received it's death blow at the hands
of the Senate by a vote of % to II
Mr.. Deans bill to allow fruit
growers to manufacture bran dies
was killed.
Mr.. E6rd favored the distilleries if
they conformed to the dispensary
law.
Mr.. E6rd's resolution providing for
the submission of a constitu tionel
amendment providing for biennial
sessions passed by II to 80.
1t was decided by the chair, Mr.
Winkler presiding, that it was only
! necessary for two thirds vote on the
third reading.
Mr. Blease resolution fixing terms
Of members at four years also passed
1t will be a constitutional amend
ment if adopted by the people.
Mr.. Dendy's bill to repeal the act
allowing dispensaries to be estab
lished in Pickens and Oconee coun
ties has passed These had beer
prohibition counties and Mr.. Steven
son pointed out that it was simply s
question of fairness. The law sale
prohibition counties should not have
dispensaries unless they voted fol
them, yet these two counties were
excepted by statute. 1t is not
question as to whether the dispensal,
law is right Or wrong, but one {:
treating all counties alike. He sat
that he did not intend to vote for tE
repeal of the dispensary law at thi
session.
On motion of Mr.. Montgomel.
Marion county was included in th
bill. The people had neverexFresse'
their opinion on the subject, and un
ii they do Marion ought to remain
prohibition.
Mr.. G4ntt's bill relating to tn
sale of fertilizers was killed. o.
this bill Mr.. E6rd said he did no
want to antagonize any bill whlc
would correct bogus fertilizers, tu
he thought that the tenor Of the bi
was that the man who hadn't tn
money to pay for the fertilizers wou!
not be benefited by the bill. Ttos
who supported it, strange to say
wanted the privilege tax reduced tn
other day.
, There was another battle roys
over the operation for the Cltade
The committee proposed an apprc