The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-02-04
THE S0b0NS III SESSION
rue WORK OF TtE law u iNEE> NF
THE Sr.,TT E"'u.fD L:
; - COLUMBIA,
a (onirrsod K"pn!t OF The Pr"c""dtnrs
Taken Ernn tn" DnNy ran'r- FrOm
Day tn Day aa the Wn,k i'iuc.'rt-
IN TIE SENATE.


Day to Day ~ the VIM II uc"rds
IN rlIE SENATE
Columbia, Jan. 3O.--The senate
last night, a(tor having spent the
greater part Of threo days discuss.
ing tho bill to regulate salarics Of
county officers, got the old bill
through Il second reading. Bl, it
WAS in such munHlfd and mutt
lated coudition that II special com
mittee, consisting Of fouc senators,
was appointed to supervise tho
engrossing Of the bill before it
is to be given its third ronling.
The senate has found more t1orble
in dealing with this bill than my
othor that has como up at this acs
sion, and as it was being giv~n its
second reading last night notices
were given Of Wholesale amendments,
on the third reading, a rough and
stormy timo is predicted fer tho bill
after 1T roaches tho house.
THE MORNING SESSION.
Tho sepata mot at I o'clock yes
tofday and was III session IN hour
and a half without accomplishing
anything. The bill ixirg the eala-
ries Of county officers VAS mp for
consideration again.
NIGHT SESSION
at the night session the county
salary bill was again taken up.
A roll call WAS taken on thu ques
tion Of Senator Mowers motiou to
diet prisoners ut cost by the com
miasioners. BY q vote Of IT 10 rs
the amendment WAS lost, anI the
senate again voted to allow the sheriff
to diet prisoners at 20 cents per day
for each prisoner.
The senate undertook to rcgu-
late tho compensation Of county com
missioner5 in the various counties
Some Of the SAAn!ors we're Ho5nnt
and their counties wrra passed over,
with leave to iascrt tho amendments
on tho third rcading The following
is the schedule that got through:
AbbevilIe, $50 each; Aiken, Sl5O
each; Anderson, ST per day without
mileage for days actually engaged,
not to exceed % days; Chesterfield,
$3 per day for not moro than 30
days and miIengo Mt 5 cents; Oar,
lington, $3 day, not exceed %
days; Edgeiiald, So pr day, not cx.
ceoding 25 days, milnngr at 5 conta,
not exceeding $2o per year; Fair
field, 81 each per day, not exceeding
SO days, end no mileage; George
town, - per day for not more than
rs days; Greenwood, So per day
oach for not moro than 30 days;
Horny, So por day, not exceeding 30
days; Lexington, 300 per annum
each; Marion, So per day, net *
ceedi"g 40 days, mileage at ) conta
per mile; Nowhorry, $75 each;
Oconoe, $500 each; Ornngchnrg.
$3.50; Picltens, $3.50 per alrum each;
York, $50 per nnunm each;
Spart"nbnrs, 500 par cnnum each;
Union, $3.50 per annum each; Will
llamsburg, So per day for net cx-
ceeding 30 days; Sumter, 50 per
day each for not more than 25 days,
with milengo at S cents per milo
each way; Sulnaa, $3 per day for
not moro than 80 days., no mileage;
Lancaster, 50 per day for not more
than 80 days.
CLERKS OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
The salaries Of the clcrka of tho
board OF county commissioners were
then determined in some Of thn coun-
ties as follows:
Abbeville, no Jerk; Aiken, 5000:
Anderson, $500; Berkeley, $50;
Chesterfield, 500; E'gefield, S75;
Darlington, $3.50; Florence, SIS;
Georgetown, $3.50; Grcenvillc, $3.50;
Greenwood, $3.50; Lauc,ater, 500;
Lexington, 500; Horny, $50; Mar
ion, $500; Newberry, $50; Oconee,
800; Orangoburg, 5000; Pickons,
800; Saluda, $75; Sumter, $500;
Union, $3.50; Williamsburg. $3.50;
Spartanburg, $500.
COUNTY sUpERINTENDENTs OF EDUCATION
The senators then fixed the sala-
rios of the copntv s,1nprintpD6pDts Of