The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-17
SHORT SESSION OF TEE
HOUSE.

OhOh SGOO4OIs oG AA1
HOUSE.
Columbia, Jan 15-The house
met today and in a few hours time
had gone through with the calendar
and then took up few local meas
ures.
In short whiIe the passing over
of bills left over from last year
resulted in reaching the bills which
had net been on ;he desks Of The
members for "a hours, aud lhen the
house had to adjourn after an effort
bad been made to revive certain
measures
The only considerable fight was
over Mr. Rogers motion to recommit
the bill to repeal the income tax law
Mr. Rogers thought that the law
ought to be given better aad
further trial He was not present
when Mr. Maudin's bill, repeating
the law. was given its second read
ing, and that was why he made his
fight on the third reading.
By vote of 81 to mo further
count" the house refused to recon,
NIT the bill on MIR Rogers motion.
Mr. Ashley and Mr. Bacot put the
clincber on the votes and the bill was
given it's third reading.
All bills down for their third read
ing were passed and will 60 to the
senate
Mr. Graydon's bill to reduce the
salary of the phosphate inspector to
$500 was taken up There was some
effort to delay action
Mr. Prince wanted to inquire into
work of the phosphate inspector, and
thought the bill ought to go over
BE had some views he would like to
present In Difference to Mr. Prince
the bill went over without action to
day
Mr. E B Ragsdale bad bill limit
;ug the number of acrea of land
which an alien may own to 100 acres
Mr. Ragsdale was satisfied with the
Act of 1896, limiting the ownership
to $40 acres, and the bill, by his
request, was killed
Mr. Ragsdale's joint resolution to
authorize the sinking fund commits
sion to refund two hundred dollars
to John McSween, paid by him under
protest for alleged back taxes. which
were not justly due, was given It's
second reading
Speaker Gary appointed Messrs
Bscot, PRICE and Stevenson as 8
special committee relative to the
message on the drainage of the State
aud the redemption Of certain lands
The following new bills were proposed
today
Mr. Weston To authorize the pay
meut CT two ootes DOW held by the
Carolina Natiooal Bank, which they
paid upon the endorsement Of Col "
A Neal, ,oen superintendent of tie
Peniseo;iary. and eudorsed by hlc' az
So upe.in,erdeDt, aod for which the
Pecitep,iary received the money
Mr. Dukes To provide for 'be
issuing Of bonds for school purposes.
Mr. H E. Johnson To a.reDd the
law as to carrying concealed weapons
Mr. Wbsrton 70 provide for pep
eiocs for pa:a!yzed soldiers aud sailors
Of the Confederate army.
Mr. Ashley To regulate the g'sOt-
Jog of bali by magistrates.
Mr. Whisooaot To amend the pres
eo. Act as to barbed wire fences
Mr. Mauldin To fix the salary Of
the clerks of the House aud the clerk
of toe Senate at $500 per year. ou
oot TO affect the salary of those DOW 10
Office.
Mr. Young, of Sumter: To regulate
the foreclosure of mortgages so as to
make it unnecessary to have a personal
representative 10 forecosius mortgages
especially in snail estates.
Mr.. Siogler To smeod the law as
to the foreclosure Of mortgages oo real
estate
Mr. Mccullough A memorial foo
toe trustees Of the South Carolina Col
lege relative to the bulldog Of haii
for the students to board a.. A grea;
necessity