The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-01-21

voters O each county for an eIectlc1
u ,,on either the questiort of the es
tablishment or the removal OF dis
pensaries therein being filed will
the county supervisor of each coun
ty, he shall order an election sub
mitting the question of "dispensary'
or ''no dispensary" to the qualified
voters of such county, which elec
ton shall be conducted as othe
special elections, and if majority O.
the ballots cast be found and de
clared to be for dispensary, then
dispensary may be established il
said county, but # majority Of thf
ballots cast be found and declared tc
be against the dispensary then nc
dispenssry shall be established there
in, and no dispensary already estab
lished shall be closed. Elections
under this section can be held
not oftener than once in four
years. No dispensary shall be es
| tablished in any county, town or
CITY wherein the sale of alcoholic
! liquors was prohibited prior to July
/, 1893, except as herein permitted;
Provided, That where dispensariea
have been established in such county,
town or city they shall remain as es
tablished until removed or closed as
permitted in this act"
WANT TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION.
MIR. Dorroh introduced joint res
olution proposing an amendment to
the constitution making the term OF
Office of State officers four years.
Also an amendment to allow school
fund to be paid by white people to
60 to the support of white schools
and that paid by negroes to 60 to
the negroes schools.
Mr.. Campbell introduced q joint
resolution proposing constitutional
amendment permitting special leg
islation in the matter Of building
highways and bridges.
Mr.. Seigler of Saluda wants to
amend the constitution wherein it
relates to the election of senators and
members of the house of represen-
tatiyes and to abolish the classifca-
ton of senators. He also introduced
joint resolution proposing an
amendment to the constitution by
providing for biennial sessions.
NEW BILLS.
Among the new bills introduced
was that of Mr. MCGOWAN against
trusts ard the one o. Mr.. W. j.
johnson in regard to railroad charges.
By Mr.. G. P. Sanders: 4 bill to
provide for the selection by the gov
ernor of State repositories of public
funds.
By Mr.. Moss: A memorial for ap-
propriations to perfect Confederate
rolls. This is along the line of sug-
gestiocs of Mr.. D. 81. Means to the
Confederate veterans.
Mr.. McGowan: To repealthat Sec
ton of the revised statutes of 1893
which fixes the time in which taxes
mnst be paid.
IN THE SENATE.
January l6.-The senate held an
| other brief session today. No busi-
ness of special importance was trans
acted beyond killing number OF
bills that had been brought over
from last year.
The judiciary committee reported
rs follows Oil several bills that were
brought over from the last session:
Favorable report on the bill pre-
acr,bing the manner in which counties,
ties and towns may issue refunalpg
bonds. The bill went on the caler-
dar.
An unavorabie report on the bill
to increase the punishment for larceny
in cases where the stolen goods are
not recovered, and to provide com,
pensation to the owners. The report
WAS adopted and the bill was killed.
TEACHERS WILL BE GLAD.
The Judiciary COMMITTEES made {
favorable report on the bill author
izing county treesurers and superin
tendents Of education to borrow
a "a nn,r onhnnl nloirnc Th,