The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-01-17

within five miles OF any church wa'
killed after short discussion.
The bill relating to damages
caused by defective highways was
killed.
SECOND READING BILLS
The following are among the bills
which have passed their second read
ing:
A bill which p ovides that in the
dissolution of partnership mo &C.
knowledgement, payment, or part
payment or renewal, of any debt or
obligation of firm, made AFTER
notice of the dissolution Of the
copartnersbip, shall have any force
or effect to bind any member Of the
firm, or continue his liability to pay
said copartnership debt, other than
the person by whom such aclnowl
edgement, payment, part payment or
renewal, shall be made, or in anywise
affect their right to plead the stat
ute of limitation or the presumption
OF payment from lapse of time"
A bill to amend section 334 (227)
of Vol. l of the revised statutes Of
1898, so as to allow a mortgage to
pay any delinquent taxes due upon
any property owned by mortgagor,
together with all costs and penalties
which may have accured thereon,
and to include the same, with inter-
est thereon, in the debt secured by
the mortgage. This secures the
taxes on property on which there is
no mortgage as we'll as that mort
gagged.
The>b introduced by the COM
mittee on federal relations request
ing representatives in congress to in
troduce measure providing for the
appointment of graduates Of the
South Carolina Military academy to
lieutenancies in the United States
standing army.
The joint resolution constituting
the secretary Of state, attorney gen.
eral and adjutant and inspector gen.
eral g commission to provide State
armory in the State house.
TIE bill to further restrain school
trustees, ETC., from buying, discount
ing or contracting for teachers pay
certificates.
The bill'to exempt cities of over
10000 inhabitants from the pro-
visions Ct the dispensary law was
made the special order for January
23i.
The following are some of the
most important new bills introduced:
Proposing an amendment to con-
stitution relating to municipal bond
ed indebtedness.
To amend pension laws 80 as to
include the MANNED, irrespective of
age.
To provide for the control and
suppression of tuberculosis among
cattle.
To limit the number of acres of
land which an alien or a corporation
controlled by aliens may own in this
State.
To define the pension law.
Relating to the transportation OF
dead bodies.
To amend law relating to working
convicts on private farms.
Relating to examination of teach
ers for certificates.
To require one disinterested wit,
ness to bills OF sale and mortgages.
To amend constitution so as to
place in State treasury for general
purposes the States pro rata part Of
dispensary profits.
To amend the law relating tc
building and loan associations.
To make rates of railroad trans
portation 2 l 2 and 8 cents.
To amend an act relating to the
'tourth Brigade.
To amend the act relating to ad
vertising legal notices.
To exempt graduates Of South
Carolina Medical college from exam
iuation for license.
Describing the berefciaries of life
insurance policies.
To fix the time for the payment q
State and county taxes.
To amend the code CT ci.il pro
cedule so far as relates to service oi
magistrates.
To regulate the enactm ent OF ordi
nances by municipalities.