The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-02-12
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
REVIEW OF A WEEKS WORK BY
OUR CORRESPONDENT.
Several important Biiis-Mr Dan
iers Clam Granted-KingStree'S
New Magistrate.

Columbia, February.9, (SpeciaN:-
( The House calendar now numbers
more than four hundred bills, and
still they come. Most of them are
not worth the paper they are written
on and it is to be hoped that their
existence even as bills will be brief.
Quite a good many bills have posi-
tive merit, but are not in the proper
shape. They are the products of
weIl-meaning minds but were turned
out without having received mature
deliberation. In fact most Of our
laws have defects that spring from
this same cause. This explains the
great number Of bills that are intro
duced every session to amend pre-
vious acts. There remains only
twelve more working DAYS for the
Assembly. Therefore, unless y bill
be introduced within the next two or
three days, it can not be put through.
The final food is looked for the first
three days Of this week.
A bill has passed the House by
Il safe majority which provides
that in cases of usury the one
exacting a usurious rate of interet
shall forfeit twenty-five per cent of
the principal IN addition to the
interest.
The Marshall child labor bill
passed the House finally on Satur.
day and now needs only the Cover
ner's approval to become law. 1t
was debated on three days. Speech
after speech was made and harangue
after harangue shot off. The air
was lurid with statements, charges
and declarations. The bill is an
exceedingly mild measure. As was
stated on the floor, cit is as mild as a
May morning" 1t is compromise
from beginning to end. The bill is
too long to reproduce here and even
its purport would take too much
space.
The Johnson bill, which passed
the House Friday, is measure of
great Importance. 1t provides that
railroads shall settle freight bills
according to the original bill Of
lading, and provides further that in
case of loss, breakage or damage of
any freight, the railroad company
shall pay the cash value Of the
articles lost, broken or damaged at
once and failure in either case SUBJ
jects the company to forfeiture Of
5000.
The claim Of Mr. j D Daniels for
services and expenses in the capture
of H c Holloway passed without Il
dissenting vote. This claim would
have been paid by Governor Nc
Sweeney out of his. contingent fund
but this fund was exhausted before
the claim was presented.
The committee on circuit court
roster, of which Mr. Bass is a
member, has presented bill fixing
the time for holding courts in the
Third circuit. A change was neces-
sary on account of the addition of
Lee county to our circuit. This bill,
which will in all probability become
law, as it is consented to by all the
counties affected, provides for our
williamsburg courts in the first of
April, the last of June and the mid
| die of November and gives us two
weeks at spring and fall terms, if so
much be necessary. However, should
the bill to create two new circuits
60 through, an entirely different
arrangement must be made.
Fifty bills, mostly local, were put
through Saturday. The Pollock dis
pensary bill, which sought to raise
the price of liquors, was killed after
a hard fight.
Messrs P G Gourdin and J W