Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-02-16
LEGIsIATIyE DOINGs.
Little Buainsss Transacted House and
Senate Adjourned for Saiesday. i,

Senate Adjourned for Salssday.
The General Assembly has beon en-
gagged tho past week In discussing some
important matters and some of them it
has passed: .........., s.
Tho bill for tho inspection of illumina-
ting oils has passed tho House, provid-
Ing for an oil inspector at salary Of $1,000
t. DO appuinteG by the Governor.
There was lively discussion in the
lIouse on Mr., bargains bill to put an
anti-lynching oath in tho oath to be sub
scribed by all officers.
On Tuesday tho House passed tho bill
in reference to entry upon lands after
notice giving tho land owner the right
to post his land in four conspicuous
places on tho borders of tho land or to
advertise once q weok for threo success
sive weeks in q county paper. eithor of
which shall bo conclusive notice against
n trespasser.
Tho Senate passed most of tho day in
discussing the bill to fix tho term of the
public schools and to regulate the dis
bursoment of tho disponsary fund.
On Wednesday the greater portion of
tbs day was spont in discussing tho privi-
logo tax bill. This bill WAS reported by
the judiciary committee and provides for
a tax Of 25 conts i. TOM the receipts from
! the tax to 90 into the treasury and Glenn
son to DO supported by direct appropri-
alton. The voto stood 81 to 45 on the
final vote.
Tho bill to distribute tho dispensary
fund among the public schools was givon
it's third reading in the House. This bill
provides that tho fund shall DO 1istri-
buted among tho counties in proportion
to tho amount of profits derived from
the sale of liquor. In other words, coun-
tics that have no disponsarics will not
share in tho distribution.
In the Senate Senator Grnber's county
court bill passed with 80 counties OK
cmpted from tho operation of tho bill,
and Oconoo Is ono of t,om.
Thursday the House spent considerable
time in discussing Il resolution to recon-
nit tho resolution iii regard to the tlistri-
button of tho disponsary fund, but tho
House finally adhered to tho resolution
irst passed. The bill to elect two now
judges was killed.
Tho Senate consumed considerable
time discussing bill to exempt now
factories from taxation for five years
and finally defeated it on constitutional
grounds.
The House spent most of Fridays Sos
sion in discussing Mr. McCollough's bill
to cGualize taxation. This is the bill to
require tho listing of mortgages, notes
and other securities for taxation. Aftor
a long and interesting discussion the bill
passed its second reading, tho voto stand
ing 66 to 80.
Tho separate coach law was amended
SO as to require tho railroads to provide
-Hparato coaches and not apartments and
at uniform rate of three cents mile.
Tho Senate was occupied in tho discus
sion of three important measures, ono
about competing railroads, which was
rccommitted, and Senator Graydon's bill
to reduce tho fees of Clerks of Courts,
which passed it's second reading, and tho
bill to repeal the Metropolitan police
law, which passed with only ono dissent
ing vote.
Very little was dono Saturday in either
House Or Senate beyond clearing the cal
ondars of second reading bills, as tho
House wanted to adjourn for salcsday,
and many Of the members had gono homo,
and the Senate did adjourn until Tuos-
day night at o'clock.