The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-02-15
THE LEGISLATURE.
Appropriation and Supply Bills Were
Passed.
SENATE.

| tool, a recess for the afternoon. SeF-
! eral times the Senate refused to kill
the bill, but it was amended in severa!
particulars.
The following passed third read
! ing:
Mr.. Young's House bill tC limit the
! liability of partners, after the dlssolu-
ton of a firm, to their own acts; the
committee bill to declare the law as TO
distress fer rent; Mr.. McCullough'S
House bill to provide for special
courts: Senator Mowers bill relating
to duties of county treasurer.
! On motion of Senator Mayfield, tan
Senate agreed TO take up uncontescri
second reading bills for the rest of the
evening. The following passed to the
third reading:
Mr.. Sharps House bill to amend tle
county government law so far as tire
dates to Lexington and other counties:
Mr.. J. w. Ragsu.. o's House bill to fix
compensation OF cotton weighers in
Florence at cents per bale; Mr.. l..
Maudlin's bill to amend school laws
relating to election CT school trustees
at Easley: Mr.. McCraw's bill to au-
, thorze the transfer of certain cases
in probate courts OF Union, Spartan
burg and York to probate courts oi
! Cherokee: the committee bill to au-
thorize Spartanburg cou".y to issue
bonds in sum of $4,000 il order to put
the county ono cash basis and to pay
the floating Indebtedness; Mr.. Pattons
house hill to amend the corporatioon0
law; Mr. Rogers house bill to amend
the scacol law; the committee bill to
establish refcrmatory in connection
with the penitentiary; Senator Shep-
Dard's joint resolution to provide for
special registration in the town ot
Edgefield: the Senate then adjourned.
Twenty-eighth Day.-The most i'm
portan: and interesting discussion IL
the Senate was that on the bill to sep
arate youthful convicts from the adults
and the youths Of one race from these
of the other The general sanitary
condition of the penitentiary was
brought in and its defects pointed out.
The following third reading bills
were given their final reading:
Rogers House bill to authorize
Marlboro tc levy tax for the new
iail: ]. w. Ragsdale's House bill to
amend the act fixing compensation OF
the ccttcn weighers so as to fix pay o!
weigher at Florence at cents per
bale: Laban Mauldins House bill TO
amend school law Us it affects Easiey
district in Pickens county; McCraW 5
bill to authorize transfer CT certain
cases from probate courts of Union,
Spartanburg and York to probate court
Of Cherokee; the House judiciary COM
miUtee bill to authorize Spartanburg
county to issue $4,000 in bonds tc pay
off floating indebtedness and place
county on cash basis. Senator Archer
had the bill amended so that the bonds
would not be exempt from State anu
county taxes: Patton's bill to amend
the law regulating formation OF cor
pcrations: Rogers House bill to amend
the school law in regard to the holding
of elections for special taxes; Senate:
Sheppard's joint resolution to provide
for a special registration Of voters III
the town Of Edgefeld.
A message was received from the
House refusing to agree to the Senate
amendments to the Jim Crow car bill.
The Senate insisted upon its amend
ments and agreed to the conference.
The Senate committee consists CT Sena-
tors Gruber and Marshall.
The following new bills were intro
duced:
Marshall, to validate certain school
claims: Livingston. a substitute Dill
10 require railroad mortgages ana
transfers to be filed with the railroad
commission. The substitute was adop-
ted in place of the original bill intro
duced by Senator Livingstone; Archer,
a local bill in relation to magistrates.
Unfavoiable reports were adopted on
the following bills, which were acccTu-
ingly rejected.
To amend law in regard to wrlttcA
Instruments purporting to be sealed.
To make it a misdemeancr to entlce
any ward from a guardian.
Twenty-ninth Dad.-N2thing was
cone in the Senate before the time tol
+ the jcir. assembly arrived. and when
the business of tn1t body had beer
completed. at 1880 p. m.. the Senate
returned to its chamber and took NJ
the regular oHi5c Of business. Al
third reading bills were passed over
Mr.. Sanders bill relating 10 delinquent
taxes on mortgaged property was
given the final reading and passed. Tx
bill 10 transfer Donald's township frcr
Abbeville 70 Anderson. tock mp somt
time. the Senators from the two coun.
ties explaining a, length the TWO sides
of the question. The motion 20 X"
the bill was lost. The conference coE,l'
m;ttea reported failure to agree on The
Jim CrCy car bill anl amendment;
and the matter was postponed.
The following bills were introduced:
Crcsson-To provide fer a State bac.