The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-02-08
THE PRIVILEGE TAI.
1t Is Taken From Clemson and
Given to the State.
TIE TAX REMAIN THE SAME
The Farmers College Must Now
Depend Upon a Direct Appro-
priation Like the Other
State Colleoes.
State Colleges.


the passage of a bill taking the tax from
Clemson College and giving it to the
State. The Judiciary committees bill
passed without single change. and
the other bills were either killed or with
drawn.
This matter has consumed over seven
hours of the time of the lower house,
and it is not known yet whether or not
it is finally disposed of. as the senate
may have some changes to make. There
were six bills on this question: MIR.
Ashley's to reduce the rate FROM % to
10 cents ton: Mr.. Jeremiah Smith,
to devote the net proceeds to academic
schools. one to be established in each
county; the committee onpublic schools
offered a substitute for the latter that
the next proceeds be devoted to The
public schools; Mr. Efrd wanted the
net proceeds divided between Winthrop
and Clemson, and the judiciary commit
tees bill place the tax in the State
treasury.
The Judiciary committee, in taking
the fund from Clemson, had for its OBJ.
ject the enaction of law which would
conform to the constitution OF the
United States. At present the fund IS
paid directly to Clemson college, and in
the case in North Carolina it has been
decided that the law was unconstitu-
tional. as it ezacted tax nominally
for inspection, and then devoted the
net proceeds to educationalin institutions.
The law in North Carolina was changed
50 that on its face it would be constltu-
tional and still permit the funds being
devoted to the State Agricultural and
Mechanical college at Raleigh.
Fearing litigation from the present
law, the Judiciary committee prepared
a bill which had the same object as the
law in North Carolina, to save the reye-
2ue obtained from this inspection tax
and still have Law which is not vul-
nerable to the constitution. As the
Judiciary committee bill was adopted
without amendment. Clemson must de-
pend upon direct appropriation from
the general treasury just as other State
institutions are doing. As the net in
come from the privilege tax may be
considerably more than the appropria-
ton recommended-S40, 000--the State
willhardly suffer from the change in the
law. but may gain, ssit has been in
timated there has been extravaganza at
Clemson.
Daring the discussion Of the bill Mr..
Ashley moved that the tax be reduced
from % to 10 cents. This was voted
down by the following vote:
Yeas-Ashlcy, Bailey, j. B. Black,
W. D. Black. Coserove. Crum: Dar-
gan. Dewling, n. G., Evans. Floyd:
Gamble, CAN'T, Cause Henderson, Hill.
Hoffmeyer, Jackson, jenkins, Lotion,
Lyles, Mann, Marion, Laban Mauldin.
Miley, Patterson, H. B. Richardson,
G. f. Robinson, R. j. !. Robinson,
Sawyer Seabroek, Simkins, Sinkler, 6.
?, Smith, Jeremiah Smith, J: L.
Smith, Strom, W. J. Thomas, West,
Wharton, Wilson, Wimberly. II. b.
Woodward, Ycung-43.
Nays-Spcaker Gary, Bacot, Bell,
Blease, Blythe, Bolts, Caughman, Col
cock. Davis. Dean, DeBruhl, Dendy;
Dukes, Efrd, Epps, Fairey, Graham,
Hollis, Hopkins. Hydrick, H. +: John,
son, W. j. Johnson Lockwood, Man,
ming. McCraw, Mccullough, McDlll:
Mellow, MCLAUGHLIN, Means, Mehrtens
Montgomery, Moss, Patton. Peurifoy,
Pyatt, +. B. Ragsdale, Richards, G. W.
Richardson, Rogers Sharpe, Stackhouse
Stevenson. Sturkie, W II. Thomas,
Threatt. Zimmerman, Werner, Wilson.
ant, Williams, Wingo, Winkler Wolfe,
Wyche-53.
Mr.. Blythe then moved that the tax
be given to Clemson College as at pre-
sent. This was voted down by the fol
lowing vote:
Yeas-Bailey. J. B. Black, Blythe.
Bolts, Caughman, Crum, Bowling
Dukes, Epps, Fairy, dadsden, Can't
Graham, Hill, Hollis, Hopkins, H. +
johnson. LocE Ewood, Lotion, Manning
McCraw, Miley, Prince, Richards, Geo
". Richardson, r. B. \. Robinson
Stackhouse. W. H. Thomas, Werner
West, Weston, Wingo, Winkler. Wolfe
Wyche-35.
Nays-Speaker Gary, Ashley, Bacot
Bell, W. d. Black, Blease, Cosgrove
Cross, Dargan, Davis Dean, DeBruhl
Dendy, E6rd, " &. Evans, Floyd
Gamble, Cause, Henderson, Hofmeyer
Hydrick. Jackson, jenkins, ". j.
johnson, Lyles, Mann, Marion: Laban
Mauldin. William L. Mauldin, McCul
Tough, McDill, Mellow, Means, Mehrt
ems, Montgomery, Moss. Nettles, Pat
terson, Peurifoy, +. B. Ragsdale, j
". Ragsdale. Henry B. Richardson, G.
Z. Robinson, Rogers, Sawyer, Seabrook
Sharpe, Simkins, Sinkler, G. p. Smith
jeremiah Smith, J. L. Smith, Steven
son, Strom, Sturkie, Zimmerman
Wharton, Whisonant, Williams, vii
son. Wimberly. II. H. Woodward
Noung-633.
The judiciary committee bill wa:
then taken up and passed to its thlrt
reading BY vote Of 81 to -. there be
no change in the bill 1t is quite ;
long document, but one which ma!
play great part in the political cam
paigns OF the future 1t provides TO
the inspection Of all fertilizers ane
establishes penalty for selling ant
transporting fertilizers upon whcl
there is not 4 tag or certificate us t
their purity. These are the provision
of the present law The onl y radica
change is the following which Is to TAKE
the place Of section 1913, revised stat
utes Of 1893:
All the inspection tax on fertilizer
heretofore repaired to be paid to tn,
commissioner Of agriculture. be paid t
the treasurer Of the State. and he shall
pay thercfrom the expenses and anal
vsis ss oudjtrd and certified to him bI