The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-02-14
INCREASE OF PENSIONS.
The House Bill Appropriates $500, 900
For The Veterans.
SENATE.

- SENATE.
Twenty-ffth Day-Although a Good
number Of Senators were absent yeSter-
day goGG deal of business was ran
sacted in the Senate.
Senator Mal shaIIs child labo" bill
which had been made the special order
was postponed until next wecs at IN"
request Of the author. The reason for
this was the absence CT 50 many sena-
tors.
Twenty-sixth Day.-The Senate was
in session just hall an hour. All that
was done was to PASS second and thi.d
reading bills upon which there was
no contest
Senator'S Ildec.on and TalbiTd OBJ
jectsd to the third reading Of the bill
TO cede TO the city OF Charleston GER
tain marsh lands for naval station,
and it went over.
Twenty-seventh Day.-The senate
was in session more than seven hours
-four hours in the morning and three
hours at highland a good deal of I'M
portant work was transacted. There
werese veral interesting debates.
Mr.. Graydon's i'll to domesticatbe
railroad corporations passed is third
reading, as did Mr.. Henderzon's bill to
make cotton mill stocks taxable as
realty. Mr.. Deans insurance bill, Mr..
Brantley's bill amending the Lord
Campbell act. the bill to cede to the
city of Charleston certain marsh lands
for a naval station, Mr.. Browns bill 10
provide for State geologist, and sex
eral other measures.
At night. after a long debate. the
bill to exempt the students Of the
ChaSlesson Medical college from stand
Ing examinations before the Stat"
board passed it's second reading after
the motion to strike out the enac:ing
words had been lost by vote OF l6 TO
a.
The bill to repeal the anti-free pass
law was killed.
Twenty-e;ghth Day.-At the day seS-
sion of the Senate the members talked
and talked and talked, and at the night
session there was more talk.
The altual results were confined tG
killing the wide tire bill and the bill
to provide for a State pardoning board.
Four little local bills passed third
reading, and several unimportant bills
were introduced.
The senate, by a vote of 20 to II, re-
fused to continue Col. Marshells child
labor bill until the next session OF the
General Assembly. and it was taken up
last night. The debate on 1t was not
concluded.
Twenty-ninth Day.-This was a..
other day of speech making in the SEN
ate. Time was found between the
speeches for the ratification of a num-
ber of acts, the bill looking to the sale
of the State farms was postponed until
the next session and several new bills
were introduced.
All Of the morning session was taken
I'D discussing the bill to appoint com
mission TO adjudicate the claim OF the
receivers of the old State bank as to
certain lost bonds. These are wha:
are known as the lost Lord bonds. anu
the matter has been before the leglSla-
ture off and on for several years. Ihe
feature of yesterdays discussion was
the vehement language of Senator
Ragsdale, who characterized the bill as
little less than an attempt at steal.
The debate on the bill was not flniShed.
Thirtieth Day.-After debating or it
for three nights in succession, the SEN
ATE passed the child labor bill to It's
third reading. 1t was not the Marshall
bill that passed. but the substitute bill
offered by Senators Mayfield, Glenn and
Caughman.
The bill to appoint commission 10
adjudicate the claim Of the receiver o.
the old State bank as TO certain lost
bonds was killed. as it has been killed
several times before.
The bill 20 fix the salaries OF the var
ious county officers was postponed un-
til the next session.
Thirty-frst Day.-TfeEs1ate spent
the day working on its calendar, which
has been greatly neglected for several
days past. A number of uncon'esten
second reading and third reading DIS
were advanced and there was an eXecu-
tive session for the purpose OF cof'-
frming the governors appointments as
to county officers.
HOUSE.
Twen:y-ffth Day-The appropra-
tion bill was introduced by Mr.. ]. Har-
yey Wilson, chairman OF the ways ana
means committee. The committee ana
oil