The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-01-25

agreed upon a schedule Of charges and
submitted an amendment to take the
place of MIR. Mauldtp's original bill
Tnis amendment was adopted by - vote
OF 62 to az, and the bill passed l econd
reading, rs follows: "
The board Of directors OF the pcbi.
tentiary are herebyB authorized aud
to lease or hire out any
convicts in the penitentiary, exccp'
cOnvicts under sentence for murder,
rape, arson aud mansiaug Ntcr, unde'
the following rules, and reeulatlo' 8
aud restrictions, with all others I'm
oosed by TT Q said board: Tnat tn,
said b0ard Of directors shall max O q,
annual report to the general assembI,
at the regular sessions, showing tn
number and names OF convicts hire
>ut, to whom hired, for what purpos,
board Of directors arc author I'd
retain for the uao of the peui.entia
all amounts received by them from th
hire of labor OF conv'cts during tn
current fiscal year; Prov ded, Th
the preference shall bo given TO cour
les desiring to hire the convcts fo'
work on the public wo' ks OF suci
ounties for 81 per month, and tn
ounty to pay all expenses of guard
.nnsporta tion and m dlcai attendanc.
Provided further, That the tunty u,
horities snall have the right to hir
>uch convcts and work thom on then
hatngangs and pay for them out q
unds appropriated Tor repair and con
, ructiUu Of public highways.
BIENNIAL SESSIONS WIN
Mr.. Ei:d called up h,s jnnt resnu
hn ,f
rAl Assembly biennial. The time
hn GaneraI Assembly, he said, e.
akcn up amending and repealiu
,atutes The statutes of gener,.
azure are junbled up and tho ia"
If citing tho several counties are
variance. There are only seven q
,ght States which have anbu,
ussi0ns of the General Assembly. Ju
IS much could be accom- pished |
biennial sessions. The L.glolators a.
'.e.gcd to economy, and tho peop.
nuuii be given achance to say wbel
they want the Leg gielature to ms
very year or every two years. TT.
oil merely provides for III election o.
.nt question OF an amendment to tn
Constitution.
MIR. P4urtfoy said he was membe
+ The House In 1886. 1887, 1888 an,
1889 The resolution, he sad, wa
.oLning new. He said at that tim.
that il the House did MOI meet In tiv,
Years it would be better. Furmern
tie House met late in Novem ber anC
,djourntd before Chris,mAs, but YOU
. q sessiou forty days. and there is NJ
more done. Biennial sessions ar.
.anted.
MIR. Wolfe ea!d that nine-tenths O
his constituents favored biennial srs-
SiOns. There was now too much leei.-
lation. The State 10 not rich enuug,
TO pay for laws OF no value. The tax.
payers are Overburdened. There is b
public demand for the measure.
MIR. Bacot said that since 1871 down
to the present time the bill Of right,
has provided for the General Assem- oily
to meet frequently. He thought II
healthy for the lawmakers to meet fru.
qnently. 1t Is the result ii the wisdom.
Of ages
After further discussion q yea ant
nay vote was ordered, which resulted
SO to % in favor OF the resolution.
The advocates Of biennial sessions
won a decided victory ; those voting
for the resolution we're Messrs Ashley,
Bates, Bell, Black, Blease, Bolts,
Brantlry, Brow ming, Caug hman. Col
cock, Davis, d ndy, Bowling, Dukes.
Edrd, Enps' Es ridge, H. Il. Evans.
Fairey. Floyd, Gamble, CAN'T, Cause,
Hollis, hopkins, Hydrick, jackson, II
e. JohnsUn. w. J. johnson, Leverett,
lockwood. Mann, Marion, Lsnan Maui.
din, Mccoy, McCraw, McD,l, Nc.
Lauctlin, Means, M,ley, Mobley, Mont.
gomery, Moss, Nettles, Patterson
Peurifoy, Pyatt, j. W. R,gsdale,
Richards, G. w. Richardson, @. e
Robinson, II B. A. Robinson, c. p.
Sanders, e. l.. Sanders, SAWYER.
Sharpe, G. p. Smith, j. Smith, j l..
Smith, Stackhouse, Stevenson, Strom,
Suber, w. Fl. Thomas, Threat, Tim-
merman, Verdier, Werner, Wharton,
Whisonant, Wilson, Win berly, WtAeo,
Winkler, Wolfe, M. B. Woodward, W.
81 Woodward, Wyche, Young-S3.
Those who voted against the resolu.
ton were; Speaker Gary, Bacot,
Bailey, D-Bruhi, Evans Jones, Lotion,
L., McLsurin, Mehrtene, Mitchell,
Moses, Patton, Ragsdale, II charason.
Fl. B., Sesbrook, West, Williams,
Woods-22.
Those absent or not voting we're :
Blythe, Cosgrove, Cross, Dargan.
Gadsden, jenkins, Simkins, Slnkler,
Th ue, Warn.
Pairs Weston and Crum.
There was some contention about ex-
cusing Mr.. Weston from voting, but
he was finally excused.
Mr.. McCullough was paired.
Mr.. Il gers and Mr.. Prince said that
II they had been in the hall they would
have voted yea.
The SO votes adopted the resolution
and by the bare "skin OF vote" the
House adopted the resolution sub
hitting the question OF biennial ses-
sions to the people for o constitutional
amendment.
Under the constitution it took the
eighty. three votes to order the vote on
tho constitutional question, and the
resolution now goes to the Senate,
having passed the third reading in the
House.
THE WIDE TIRE BILL.
The bill introduced by Senator w. H.
Mauldin, of Hampton, to compel the
use OF wide tires on vehicles brougrt
about an interesting discussion in the