The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-02-12
OUR STATE LAW MAKERS.
What the House and Senate Arc
Doing.
No Extension Granted.

|
Der OF papers were received from the
house and read the first time.
The first matter that came up that
provoked any discussion was Mr.. Hy-
| drlck5 Joint resolution to extend the
] tlmc for the payment Of taxes without
penalty until March 81. 1903.
| Mr.. BricG moved to indefinitely post
ponc the measure. In support OF his
| motion h" said the treasures and an
d!tors ar" complying with the law and
| collecting the overdue taxes with the
| penalty attached and there is neither
! necessity or excuse for this extension
| Just such acts as these teach tn" pcO-
pie to expect it every year and in th"
| end il always makes taxes higher, for
tn" uncertainty Of getting tn" money
at tn" appointed tim" causes those
| who DO work for the State or county
| to charge Il higher rate. The poor man
| has more money in December than
after January. but knowing or hrlev~
| ing that those annual extensions will
he granted squandcrS his monry
! Christmas week instead OF applying il
| 10 the payment ot taxes.
Mr.. Hcnrndon expressed the opinion
| that the county treaSlrrrs had already
! collected the penalty and It would bc
almost impossible TO return these
! many people.
Mr.. Blake said the books haA been
| balanced up for January and the mat
! ter was now closed and he saw no ne
| ceSSity for an extension which always
| puts premium upon delays.
Mr.. Hydrick supported his resolution
| and said that the demand had come
| to him from the trcaSurcrS and an
! ditOrS all over the State coupled with
| the statements that it was impossible
to write mp the books from month to
month and the necessity existed for
the relief offered by his joint rcSolu-
ton. Officers should not be made to
violate the law, but the various county
treaSurcrs had no power to collect cX-
| cept what the auditors had placed upon
their books True the people could not
! plead "hard times for last year was
an unusually prosperous one. but it is
! to remedy Il defective law that the eX-
| tension Is NOW asked.
| Further debate was participated in
| by Messrs. Hough. Mower, vonKlonitz
and G. w. Ragsdale.
Mr. Sheppard was the last speaker.
| He said that the reason already given
were abundant to convince the senate
of the necessity for the extension. and
| further than all these he believed there
were hundreds Of people who had not
| paid taxes simply because they did not
| have the money nor could they until
arrangements had been made for tho
| present year.
He hs.;, as crtained from the county
treasurer at Edgeiield that all those
who were able had paid their taxes
| and only those who really did not have
the money just now were the delin
| quents. He did not take any stock
| in these statements that any harm
could come either to the State or the
| counties and believed that it was the
| duty of the general assembly to cX-
| tend any kindness possible for the
| amcliorat ton Of the condition of the
masses Of the people. He demanded
the yeas and nays on Mr.. Bricc's mo-
tion to Indefinitely postpone the joint
resolution to extend the time for the
payment Of taxes without penalty until
March 81. 1903. The vote resulted as
follows:
Ycas--Blakc. Bricc, Douglass. Elcrn-
don. Hood, Iough. Staclthousc-S.
Nays---Aldrich. Butler, Carpenter,
Davis, Dennis. Goodwin, Hardin, iIy-
drick Johnson, Manning. Marshall.
Mccall. Mclvcr. Mcleod, Mower. Pour
ifoy. Ragsdalc. G. w. Rayson, Sharpe,
Sheppard. Stanand. Won I[olnitZ, Wal
ker. Williams-2i.
So the motion TO POSTPONE Was de-
fcatcd and the resolution passed IL
third reading and was sent to the
house for concurrence. Mr.. Brice
moved to limit the time to March 1st.
This was also defeated.
The house OF representatives put in
four hours of work Tuesday morning
and disposed of many matters. There
were several new bills proposed Mr..
NJ. G. Donnald wants to reduce the
privilege tax on fertilizers; Mr.. Sinkier
had bills to prevent such election
frauds rs were reported from Charles
ton last summer; and Mr.. John j.
Thomas brought in bill relating to
the fostering Of high schools.
The house killed Mr.. Aulrs bill to
authorize counties to bond themselves
for the purpose of building good roads.
The objection to the bill came from
counties which have voted IL direct tax
rather than to burden themselves with
bonds. Mr.. Aull declared in his speech
that no county could be forced into
bonding itself. His speech on the bill
was his first effort on the floor, and
was a very sensible argument for good
roads.
THIRD READING.
The house gaIc tiliri reading to the
six bills which passed second reading
Monday nigh,. Those were: Mr.. Rains
ford's bill to provide against usn:Y;
Mr.. Morgan's hill to prohibit the dr''-
ing OF cattle into the State from other
States: Mr.. w. J. JohnsOE's bill to hX
charter fees; Mr.. IIilps bill in refer
cncc to county GOV. rnmcnt in Cole
ton. permitting the two commissioners
to act in certain cases in making con-
tracts: Mr.. Haskell. to FIX tn. third
Tuesday in January as the date for the
inauguration: Mr.. Logan's bill relating
| to tho publication Of summons.
Second Reading Rills.
On Saturday. the House gave second
reading to Mr.. Sinkler's bill to provide
an amendment to the law relating to
the sale Of medicines already pre-
pared. The bill requires that they be
prepared according tho United
States pharmacopia, which Is said to
be the standard book. This bill was
prepared by the State Pharmaceutical
association. as was the following:
Mr.. Sinkler's bill to provide that In
small villages and in the country Drac-
ticinp DhyGiciaua shall have the right