Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-01-25
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
THE MAULDlN WIDE TIRE BILL Is NOW
LAW-NO EXCEPTIONS.
lH{ LAW PUBLISHED IN FULL.
A Report oi thc Work Donc-SeI Your Old
Wagons and Buy the Right Kind.
SEVEN I'll DAN-.IAN. l6.

SEVENTH DAY-JAN. Is.
The House, by vote of S3 to 80,
adopted Il resolution looking to an
amcnlmrnt Of the constitution, pro-
viding for biennial sessions of the
General Assembly. The Oconcc
delegation favored the measure.
a bill looking to the election Of
members for four years was killed,
receiving only 70 votes, So being
necessary to submit constitutional
amendment tc the people.
a bill was passed giving counties
the preference in hiring convicts to
work on the roads, the price for each
convict being 81 per month. The
bill was not passed without opposi-
ton and many attempts to amend it.
The House refused to agree to the
provision for cleaning out swamp
lands and streams.
Major Dcndy introduced { rcsolu-
ton to amend the county govern
mcnt law in Oconcc.
In the House the salary Of the
Phosphate Commissioner was fixed
at $1,000, instead of 81 800, as it had
been previously. The idea advanced
by some Legislators that the Office
should be abolished, has been
dropped.
The joint resolution to submit to
the people of this State the question
OF prohibition, dispcnsary or high
license with local option was with
dlawn from the calendar.
in the Senate Mr.. Aldrich had an
amendment to the pension law,
whereby those incapacitatcd by dis
ease or wounds from earning 500
per annum were to be put in class b.
This class receives Sc per month.
After some discussion the bill was
passed over.
El'uTll nAr-JAN. II.
Major Dcndy introduced bill to
authorize Oconcc county to go in
with IIabcrsham county, Ga, and
built bridge.
Major Dendy has introduced a bill
to amend the charters of towns so
that further regulations may be made
relative to the sale Of meats.
I,, 4l I,
county dispensers elected instead OF
appointed, was killed.
The convict hire bill was recon-
mittcd on motion of Mr.. Mauldin.
lie S"i:. it was for the purpose OF
further amending the bill. There
was considerable opposition, but the
motion was carried by a decisive
ma iority.
Mr.. Wilson's bill relative to the
ChrkamauSa monument passed its
second reading without word of
opposition. The bill provides an
appropriation Of $4,000 for the crcc-
ton OF monuments and other cx-
prnscs. The commission is to con-
siSt o! :hc Governor and Adiutant
General and three Confederate vctc-
rams to be appointed by the Cover
nor. The bill will hardly encounter
opposition in the Senate.
Mr.. Ashley introduced bill to
abolish the State dispcnsary and to
let each county vote in the approach
ing general election upon the qucs-
tion, "Disprnsary," "Prohibition" or
"I.icrnsc' Ills bill is not a long
one, as are the ma ority Of the dis
prnSary measures, but makes pro-
vision for the new order Of affairs
upon the first day Of January, 1901.
Mr.. CAN'T introduced bill to sell
the executive mansion for not less
than $4,000 and to build an cxccu-
tive mansion on "GibbcS' Green" for
not more than $4,000.
Senator Graydon introduced dis
pcnsary bill, abolishing e.. !'tatc and
county boards Of control and Great
ing a State board, to consist Of the
Secretary OF State, Comptroller
General and Superintendent OF Edu-
cation. The Governor is to appoint
county dispensers and is to have
power TO remove them 40 wcll os bn