Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-02-04
Letter from Representative w. M. Brown.

Columbia, S. c., January 3O.--The
General Assembly has had. two days
more of elections, and yet in the three
days this week both houses have done
remarkably large amount of work.
A number of local bills have been dis
posed of without debate, and lot of
minor measures, proposing amendments
to existing statutes, ETC., have been dis
cussed and gotten out of the way by one
route or another.
The House spent an hour and half
discussing bill to punish stealing from
the field.
There was an extended debate on Mr..
Hinton's bill to devote all profits from
the dispensary to the school fund; no
action being taken at that time, but lost
later on.
The most important action taken by
the House / as been the passage of bill,
introduced by Mr. Forde, placing ten
year convicts on the county chain-gangs.
This is "good roads, measure and its
speedy success indicates the sentiment
for improved highways.
The House has also passed bill to
abolish the office of Phosphate Commits
sioner, devolving the duties upon the
State Geologist. A similar bill was
passed by the last Legislature and vetoed
by the Governor, the Legislature failing
to pass it over the veto.
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debate at all, two of the most important
measures of the session-the Marshall
| child labor bill and biennial sessions
| bill, the latter requiring a two thirds
vote. 1t was expected that both these
measures would pass the Senate, but
| there was some surprise that they should
slip through so easy.
The House committee has made an un-
| favorable report on the bill to provide an
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it has not como up for consideration in
| the House.
Senator Aldrich has introduced SINH
lar bill in the Senate, appropriating $780,
600 for that purpose.
The lawyers of the House want two
additional judicial circuits, creating
more offices and moro salaries, all of
which l shall oppose.
Tax bills, cow bills, dog bills, chicken
bills, fish bills, bridge bills, ferry bills
and most any thing you could name has
been and will be introduced before we
get through.
The House has passed the road law
very much the same as that of 1902, Civ
ing the Supervisor and missioners
discretion as to number of days or
communication. The Senate may change
it when itgets over there.
The OcOnee delegation are all well and
at their post trying to do what they
think will be to the best interest of our
people.
The House adjourned day at noon
to meet Monday night. A number of the
members wanted to be at home salesday
Time doesn't seem to be considered very
much by some of the law makers when
they want to go home to attend to their
own business.
The weather is pleasant here now and
/ hope it will continue 80 while the ses-
sion lasts, as it is rough enough at best
Representative Doyle has introduced
a bill prohibiting treating on election
days within three miles of the precinct
and l hope it will pass and put stop tC
the use of whiskey in elections.
| have not introduced any bills and dc
not think / will at this session.; but am
to help kill number that the other
fellows introduce. / hope we will ge
some measures through that will, IL
some degree, suit our people.
w. M. Brown.