The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-02-08

lthe eehats. Il viii besoiiis a laW.
| Ab ts6al, a bill has been ittr6a
duced to make the number of Dir
cults to ten, and "a usual, after
about three hours discussion, was
klllod. il wss plaialy demonstra-
ted ia she dibouspion that it WAS
noS neceSsary to add two more cir
cuits to the number we now have,
except It be ia a few Of the largo7
oountiec, and they have sutfi-
clenoy in the law which allows
them to have county or special
terms of court. The cost of the
two cisouita would have beon
about $4,000 to the tax payers of
the State and no ono would have
been benefited, except those who
would have been fortunate enough
to get tho Offices it would have
created.
There has been bill introduced
to amend the law Of 1906, rolutlng
to the time of working roads and
highways in tho State. The said
law provides that tho roads shall DC
worked between tho first day 81
January and tho first day Of De-
cember of zach year. The bill to
amend has been indefinitely Post,
poned. So overseers of roads VIII
do we'll to ncto that they cahnot
forco anyone to work the ROADS IN
tho month Of December I vent
for tho passage of tho bill, bcllev-
ing that tho county officials having
tho roads in charge, ought to have
power to work them at any timo OF
tho year they think best.
A bill passed to its third .cading
to allow tho Woman's Monumental
Association to erect q monument
TO the Women Of tho ConCedcracy
on tho State house grounds.
The flce pass bill cnma up today
in different dress to what it usu.
ally comes, and was aftor somo dis
cussion killed.
1t seems to be conceded by all
that tho dispensary law will not be
disturbed during this session, un-
less 1t bo to change the manage
mcnt of it. The action of the
Senate points to tho abolition Of
the present Board Of Control, but
upon whom they will put tho man
agcmont Of it, is hard to tell. AS
no one can hold two Offices under
the constitution, it cannot be put
in the hands Of the State officers.
Nor do l believe 1t would be wise
o do SO. If the law was changed
10 as to give the power to appoint
he board to tho governor, it would
10 too much Of a one-man power,
md for this and other reasons, it
'ught not to bo done. 1t would be
Ike childrens work for tho legis-
aturo to abolish the present board
nd elect another one itself. There
5 to bo one member elected during
his session, according to the law
low in force, and l think after
aking in the situation that it
would be best to elect the best man
hat can be found, appoint a COM
nittee to investigate it first to fin.
sh and let the preacnt manage
mont stand.
There has been, during the term
IF the General Assembly, about
nine hundred bills introduced, and
nearly half Of them at this session.
There arc now on tho Calendar &C
the House l1G bills and still they
come. So you 500 that if wo clear
the Calendar this will be long
session.
We have too much legislation.
If this body docs it's duty it will
enact the appropriation and sup
ply bills, then adjourn and go
home.
Such action would bo worth more
to the people than to stay here and
diSp' Sc Of all the bills that are on
the Calendar.
We were glad to have with NJ
this week, Mcssrs. r. G. Games anH
II. Lang Clayton. NJ.