The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-02-14
THE DISPENSARY,
The State Beard Ct Control Must
Surely Go.
HOUSE AND SENATE AGREES
In That, but the House Declines
to Let the Senate Elect the
Chairman but Approves the
Senate Bill! Generally.


was taken up II the house on Tuesday.
The bill vas considered By sections.
Section l Of the senate bill was no;
acted upon, as it provides that asection
in tie present law he Knocked out to
make way for the rest of the bill. Sec
ton will be adopted after the house
takes action on the rest Of the bill.
Section , contains but nine words,
but it has evoked a long discussion.
That section reads: THAT the State
board of control is he.eby abolished"
When it was read, Mr.. c. K. Robinson
moved to strike it from the bill. After
long debate the vote was taken on
Mr.. Robinson's motion to strike on the
section abolishing the present board.
That motion was lost by the following
vote:
Yeas-Bacot, Bell, Caughman, Oar
gan, Dean, II. II Evans, Jackson.
jenkins, Jones, Lotion, Lyles, Labau
Mauldin, Mccullough, Peurrifoy,
Prince, Richards, G. Z. Robinson,
Seabrook, ). D. Smith, Zimmerman,
West, Wharton, Wimberly and Woods
"a.
Nays-Ashley, Bailey, Bates, Black,
Blease, Bolts, Browning, Colcock, Cos
grove, Cross, Crum, Davis, DeBruhl,
Dendy, Bowling, Dukes, Epps, Est
ridge, n. G. Evans, Fairey, Floyd,
Gamble, CAN'T, Cause, Graham, Hen
dersoc, Hofmeycr, Hollis, Hy6rick, H.
Z. johnson, ". j. johnson, Leverett,
Lockwood, Mann, Manning, Marion,
William L. Mauldin. McCcy, McCraw,
McOill, Mellow, MCLAUGHLIN, McLau-
rem, Means, Mebr,cns, Montgomery,
H. B. Richardson, j. J.. Smith,
Moses, Moss, Nettles, Pyatt, Z. B.
Ragsdale, George ". Richardson, R.
B. A. Robinson, G. ?. Sanders, Sag-
yer, Sharpe, Simkips, Siukler, G. P.
Smith, jeremiah Smith, Stackhouse,
Stevenson, Strom, Theus, ". II.
Thomas, Threatt, Warn, Verdier,
WhisonaDt, Williams, Wilson, WiDgo,
Wiakler, Wyche, and Young-V.
The section was then adopted.
When section was called Mr.. Bacot
sent up an amendment providing that
the governor appoint the three direct
ors with the confirmation Of the senate.
He thought it would be better to do
this than to let the elections come into
the general assembly After short
debate Mr.. Bacots proposed amend
ment was killed h. vote of IS ID 10.
Those fa7oring the amendment were
Bacot, Henderson, uJ drick, Lockwood,
Marion, Moses, Rogers, Sawyer, San
ders and Wychc. Mr. c. T. Robinson
and Mr.. Dukes. who favored the
amendment, were paired with MIR.
Bsantley and Mr.. Evans.
MIR. Winkler then Introduced an
amendment or substitute which
changed the wording but not the in
tent Of the section under discussion.
That section provides that the senate
shall elect one director who shall be
chairman and the house shall elect ;wo
other directors.
Mr.. Blease spoke against this. He
said it appeared that the senate was
trying to take the reins IN is own
hands. The joint assembly elects the
judiciary and other officials, Why, then,
not let the joint assembly eject the d.
rectors? The senate With its 10 mem
bers appears to be trying to dictate to
the house, and to elect the most I'M
portant director.
Mr.. Prince agrecd with Mr.. Biease
and thought the election should be by
the joint assembly. Why should such
q suggestion come from the senate.
The suggestion could better have come
from the house. The section had bet
ter be killed.
Mr.. Stevenson proposed an additional
amendment that no member Of the gen
eral assembly shall be elected on the
board Of directors.
On motion Of Mr.. Winkler debate
was adjourned until the night session,
and all the proposed amendments were
ordered printed and laid on the desks
of the members. His substitute for
section reads as follows
Sec. 3. y board consisting of three
members, to be known as the board OF
directors Of the State dispensary, is
hereby established, whose duties and
powers shall be hereinafter defined.
The members of said board shall be
men of good moral character, not ad
dicted to the use of strong drink as a
beverage, and shall be elected as fol,
lows: The senate shall elect one mem
Der, who shall be the chairman Of said
board, and the house Of representatives
shall elect the two remaining members
of said board. The term Of Office oi
the members Of the board shall be fol
two years. They shall qualify and be
commissioned in the same manner as
other officers. In the event Of a va.
cancy on said board by death, resigna,
ton or otherwise, such vacancy shall
be filed by appointment by the COVER
nor unril the next session Of the gener
al assembly, when an election shall be
he'd n the senate or INC uOusc VI Iep
resentatiyes-as the case may De-tc
FIJI said vacancy for the unexpired term
Each member Of said board shall receive
for his services the same per diem anc
mileage as is allowed to members OF the
general assembly Provided, That NJ
member of said board shall receive pc
diem for more than 100 days IN any tis
cal year.
The said board shall devise such
system Of bookkeeping and accounting
as it may deem advisable. The sait
board shall prescribe all rules and regu
lations not inconsistent with law TO
the government Of the State dlspensa7!
and the county dispensaries. The sen
ate anc house OF representatives shat
at the present session Of the genera