The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-01-23
required S3 votes to pass It.

ing appointments: Assistant clerk, }.
Wilson Gibbes; speakers porter,
Parnell Meehan: laborers. Peter Har-
rison. Callie Robins, Will Burton /;
door-keepers. Peter Saunders. S. l..
Pope. J. c. Jennings: pages. Calhoun
DeBruhl. Clark Wardlaw Adic!les. Z.
J. Colcock. Jr. and Robert Evans.
The new members OF the house We're
assigned as follows: Izlar on ways
and means and internal improve
ments; HoUgh on Judiciary and en-
rolled acts: Johnson. State house AMI
grounds and public schools; Towel.
education and printing.
The following new bills were intro
ouced: BY Mr.. Bucker. to increase
the anual appropriation for pensions
to S1sO,000; by Mr.. J. p. Smith. to eX-
tend the time for the payment OF
taxes every year.
The first bill or resolution of the
session was Mr.. Bacot's concurrent
resolution suggesting the postpone
ment of the exercises incident to the
presentation of the brass tablet from
the last esting place Of Gov. James
Glen. The resolution also extended an
invitation to Col. Jno. B. Cleveland,
the donor. to be present at the exer-
cises. The resolution was adopted by
both houses.
Nj. Prince introduced a concurrent
resolution that the vacant places in
the judiciary be filled Friday. There
were several motions on this resolu'
ton, but it was finally adopted. II
appears that the election OF judges
is tc be kept separate from the other
elections. 1t was evident that there Is
a desire to hurry up the other elec-
tions for some reason or other.
The calendar was taken up and a
number of bills recommitted. among
them Mr.. Webb's bill relating to the
labor Of children In cotton mills.
The house at 2 o'clock adjourned.
Second Day-The house assembled
at noon and spent two hours in ses-
sion. During that time the thread was
taken up where it was broken on at
the end of the last session. Several
new bills were introduced.
Time was set for action on the bill
to provide for biennial sessions OF the
general assembly and the redistrict-
ting bills. A message from the gov
ernor called attention to the bonds OF
the late institution known as the
State bank. There was bill intro
duced by Mr.. Morgan to pay to tile
widow OF the late Senator Earle 81
o6666 for salary as judge.
Mr.. Moses Of Sumter offered a res
olution that a committee Of one from
each county be appointed to consider
the several bills on redistricting the
State and to report by bill next Tues
day This was opposed by Mr.. Crcft
Of Aiken, Mr.. Tatum Of Orangeburg.
Mr.. Rainsford of Edgefeld and others.
The resolution was voted down. It
was finally decided to dispose OF this
matter on the 22nd Of this month.
Among the new bills introduced
were the following:
BY Mr.. C. P. Sanders: To authorize
and direct the secretary OF state to
deliver to the Spartan chapter OF Uni
ted Daughters of the Confederacy, or
their authorized agent, one of the
broken granite columns on the state
house grounds, to be used in the erec-
ton OF a Confederate monument on
the public square in the city OF Spar
tanburg.
By Mr. Sanders: A bill to make per-
petual charters for cities of over s.
900 inhabitants granted under the .aw
Of 1901.
By Mr.. Lomax. of Abbeville: A bill
to provide for buying school books for
certain school districts.
By Mr.. Bacot, to include the Uni
versity of the South (Sewanee) in the
number of those institutions which
are to receive new code; also the acts
of the legislature Of South Carolina.
BY Mr.. Sinkler, to empower the
winding up or dissolution Of all cor-
porations.
BY Mr. Rucker, to provide for pay
ing costs OF criminal cases transfer
red from one county to another. This
bill puts the cost on the county in
which action started There have jeen
suits in court because OF the lack OF
such a statute as this.
By Mr.. Mayson, relating to liens on
crops; by Mr.. Crum. to repeal the
county government law of Barnwell
county. 1895. so far as it affects what
Is now Bamberg.
BY Mr.. Moses, several bills relating
to ratifying the work Of the comnis-
sion to provide for lighting the State
house and other State buildings in
Columbia.
BY Mr.. Gunter. to reduce the penalty
of stealing from the field when the
value of stolen property is less than
$40; to protect poles and wires OF tel
ephonc and telegraph companies.
The house then adorned.