The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-02-08
THE LEGISLATURE.
Not Very Much Done by the Law.
makers So far-But They Will
Make Better Time This Week.

February, 1899.
The Legislature has been in session fol
1 nearly q month and the great question, the
liquor problem, has not yet been touched, but
1t will probably come up In the House tomor
row or some other day this week. There are
on the House calendar ten bills on the liquor
| the "best solution"
The first to be Introduced was Mr.. R. B. A
Robinsons providing for local option be-
Sefs IS sspsnSSnS sRs S of Mr. w. T. Maud
local option between dispenaary prohibition
and high license. Mr.. Joseph A. Mccullough
has introduced straight prohibition meas.
county dispensers as other officers by popular
vote and Mr.. Henderson of Green wood wants
| to submit to the people a vote on prohtb billion
high license or the dispensary. And there
are others.
| The most i'm portant action taken last week
was the passage OF new bill nn the FERTILIZER
tag tax matter, providing that the funds
OF directly to the support Of Clemson College
This change was made to bring the law Into
conformity with the constitution as under
q revent decision In the North Carolina case,
the tag tax must be for inspection purposes
only. The tag question developes neat fight
The he passage of Mr.. Joseph A. Mecullough's
b relating to the ana Se na
the House to do something towards returning
the kindness Of taxation but there are some
who doubt seriously II the bill will accom-.
plish Its object which Is to force the holders OF
mortgage and other like credits to pay taxes
on this class Of property. 1t was claimed IN
the debate that little is received from taxes
on credits and that real and personal proper
ty leaves an unjust share OF the tax burden.
The bill passed to the third reading after q
hard fight and Its fate In the Senate is uncer'
tain. ..
providing for county courts In those coun.
tries which shall vote for the same but the
large majority Of countries are exempted
from its operations. Those countries in
which its provisions apply are Ashen, Barn.
well, Berkeley. Colletop; Darlington; Green Green
The Senate has killed q bill to exempt
from taxation for five year the property OF
manufactures. and has passed bill appor-
tioning the dispensary profits II among the
The Patton bill TO rearrange the congression.
al di istricts, which has passed the House win
come up in the Seuate this week.
The usual weapon Dill, or rather an unusua,
one, has been killed in the house. The bill
maue 1t misdeamor to wear deadly weap.
on concealed or unconcealed, on the person.
The proposition to require every one taking
Office to swear that he had not taken part in q
lynching, met certain death al the hands oil
the House mob.
The House also passed an amended bill on
separate coaches under the present law, the
railroads have divided the first class coaches
into two apartments, one for white people
ed by Mr.. Cunningham requires separate coach
es to be provided for the Two races and no sec
ond class csr .s necessary The law is 10 60 N
to effects on April 1st. 1899.
by the legislature and the forty days limit
will be fully consumed. There is no ses.
sion of either ihouse today, both having on
Saturday adjourned until tonight on &C.
count OF this being Salesday. Clarence.