The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1899-01-25
The Legislature.

After Lieutenant Governor Nc
Sweeney was sworn in, he made
short address to the Senate.
Thursday being Gen. Lees birth
day and a legal holiday, neither
branch OF the General Assembly wa'
in session. The Senate's amend
ments to The joint rules relative tc
report of conference committees was
rejected by the House.
Mr.. Timmerman's bill to adjourn
on the 4:h of February was killed.
Mr.. Gantt's bill against territorial
expansion met an uutimely death.
Mr.. Banks Caughman has bill
amending his "original jim Grow
Car Bill" in several particulars.
The General Assembly is making
haste slowly.
Mr.. Blease's bill to increase the
punishment for refusal to pay the
road tax after hard fight, succeeded
in receiving it's second reading in the
House. Should it become law an
American citizen will have to work
the public roads or pay a fine of $40
or go to jail for thirty days.
The bill regarding the traffic in
cotton in bales weighing 800 pounds
and over, passed its second reading,
reads as following: That it shall
be unlawful for any cotton buyer to
refuse to accept any bale of cotton,
after he has bought the same by
sample thereof, wei ching over three
hundred pounds, provided same cor
respond with the sample cotton; and
any such buyer who docks or de-
ducts any amount from the purchase
price of any such bale of cotton, or
attempts to dock or deduct any
amount from the purchase price Of
such bale of cotton, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon
conviction before any court of COM
petent jurisdiction, shall be fined in
the sum of not more than one hum
dred dollars nor less than twenty
dollars.
NO LYING AT POLLS.
Mr.. Stevenson's bill prohibiting
frs Ids at the polls has passed it's
second reading. Following are the
provisions of this bill:
That from and after the passage
of this act it shall be perjury for
anyone to swear falsely in taking any
of the oaths prescribed by the re-
spective authorities of political par
ties to be taken in the management
or conduct of any primary elections
for the nomination Of candidates for
Office, or for any voter to swear false
ly in voting or offering to vote at
such primary elections, and the same
be punished in accordance with the
punishment now prescribed by law
for perjury.
Sec. 2 That it shall he a misde-
meanor for anyone taking part in the
management or conduct of primary
election, or voting at the same, to
commit any fraud in the manage
ment or conduct of said primary
election, or in voting at the same, or
in making returns of the same (other
than committing perjury as above
speci6edj, and the offender shall be
punished by fine or Imprisonment, or
both, in the discretion Of the court.
Sec. 3. That anyone giving or
offering to give bribe, or anyone
accepting bribe, to vote or to inhu-
ence votes in any primary election
shall be guilty Of misdemaanor and
on conviction shall be punished by
fine or imprisonment, or both, at tie
discretion of the court.
The House committee on privi-
leges and elections has reported un'
favorable and Mr.. Keel's claim to a
seat as representative from the SO
called Lee county.
Representative Patton's redistrict-
ing bill has been favorably reported
by the committee.