The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-01-18

irg formed and operated in this State
Quite a number Of bills passed third
reading and were sent 10 the Senate.
Fourth Day. House passed Senator
Gruber's bill providing for county
courts. after about thirty counties had
bean exempted. Mr.. Mess introduced
. bill providing for two additional jul
Gicial circuits. MIR. Winkler introduc-
cd his bill designed to reconstruct the
:lispensary law. Mr.. Epps introduced
an anti-Cigarette bill and Mr.. Steven
son measure to prevent children uE-
der u from working in manufacturing
establishments. The first bill discuss
ed was Mr.. Winkler'S. 10 provide for
round-trip tickets on railroads and at
reduced rates. Mr.. .GadSden moved to
strike out the enacting words. Ny.
Winkler discl2imed that it would work
2 hardship on railroads and would
benefit the people. 1t will encourage
travel and benefit both parties. The
tickets are not transferable and scalp.
erS will net be benefited. Mr.. NJ. Is.
Woodward opposed the general assem-
6ly'S interfering with a railroad COM
pany's private business. There was
now law fixing the rate of transpoi'
tation. and why should that rate be
cut down one-half for round-trip tick
cts? There was then a colloquy be-
tween himself and Mr.. f. Il. Ragsdale
as 10 the railroads right and the JUS
tice Of making tickets mot transfer
able" By vote CT 80 to sc the House
Killed the bill.
Mr.. Woods bill to forbid persons
making advances on liens on crops to
take other collatera was indefinitely
postponed on motion of Mr.. Magill.
The House passed Mr. Sanders biz
20 change the scholastic year from the
1st of July to the Goth of the succeed
ing June, as the law now is, so that
the law shall read THE scholastic
year shall begin on the first day Of
January Of each year and end on the
31s~> day CT December following"
This does not affect the terms OF
schools, but simply makes the records
conform to other records.
Fifth Day.-The legislature finished
its first weeks work. Mr.. McCul-
lough's bill providing for an extra
term OF court passed. Mr. Bacot in
tr0duced a resolution looking to the
conversion ot Sullivan's Island into
United States government station. Nj
Ncnt"omery introduced a resolution
that January 18th at noon be set apart
as 4 day on which the Senate and
house of representatives should meet
in Joint session in memory Of the late
Gov. VIM. II. Ellerbe. The resolution
provided that the governor. State su-
preme court and State officials be in
vited to attend. and that a committee
OF three representatives and two Sena-
tors be delegatd to prepare a pro-
gramme.
The resolution was adopted unani-
mously by rising vote. Twelve third
reading bills were passed. all but one,
having been passed by the Senate. are
now in the engrosSing department be-
ing enrolled for ratification as avs.
Thefirst bill brought up was Rogers
requiring marriage licenses in this
State Mr.. Rogers stated that South
Carolina was the easiest State in tho
Union in which to get married, and
the hardest to get cut of it. The issu-
ing of marriage licenses will be Of bene
fit in many ways. Mr.. Weston spoke
in favor of the bill. For a fee OF %
cents man may, under this bill. have
the record of his marriage perpetuated.
There is a need for such record to
aid in establishing the rights Of par
ties to deeds. titles, dowerS. etc. Mr..
Williams opposed the bill. There
might be marriages by officials igno-
rant of the license law and such mar
riages would be illegal and entai.
great confusion. Mr.. Wharton thought
licenses would be of great value in pre-
venting unhappy marriages and in
preserving the peace Of the home. Mr..
r. B. A. Robinson-Let'S give the
young folks a showing. Let's give
them a chance. Marriage is a fine in
stitution. I don't see any use IN this
bill. Mr. Woods thought this would
be but a stepping stone towards 4 di-
vorcement law. Mr.. jeremiah Smith
thought it reflection on the preachers
and law officers to say that there
would be illegal marriages by officials
ignorant of the law requiring licenses.
If 81 license is An obstruction to mar
riage then there ought to be no mar
riages of such people. Mr.. Stevenson
favored the bill. A man may know
that he is married. as the law now is.
but forty years hence his heirs will
have hard time proving it. for there
would be no records. The house re-
fused TO strike out the enacting words
and Mr.. c. E. Robinson introduced an
amendment making the bill become
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