The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-01-29
THE PEOPLE WILL VOTE
ON BIENNIAL SESSIONS,
SENATE RESOLUTION GIVEN THIRD
READING IN HOUSE.
A Great Deal OF Important Work Trans
acted BY The General Assembly
This Week.

.S Columbia, January 2S.-Much
n work Of Importance and Of general
.#intcrest has been transacted by the
p general assembly this week.
4 The joint resolution passed
4 last year by the senate pro-
\ viding for biennial sessions
{ passed its third reading in the
house on Wednesday by a bare
two-thirds ajority and this much
discussed question will now be sub
initted to the people. There was a
hard fight to put the bill through
its third reading, on account of the
absence of members. On the first
ballot the vote stood 7S to 29, 80
being necessary to pass the bill.
The vote was reconsdered and tie
reconsideration postponed until I2
O'Clock. At that time a second
ballot was taken and there were 81
votes i'll favor Of the bill, exactly
the number required to pass the
bill.
This question has been agitated
in the general assembly since 1896.
It now goes before the people.
# BIENNIAL, SEsSIONS.
al The biennial sessions resolution
came up i'll the house on Tuesday.
1t was the same resolution which
passed the senate last year, and af-
ter long discussion yea and nay
vote was taken, and the resolution
was ordered to its third reading by a
vote of 81 to 80. The entire New
berry delegation voted for the pas
sage Of the resolution.
The resolution as it passed the
house is as follows:
'y Section 1. That the following
amendment 10 the constitution Of
the State Of South Carolina be sub
mltted to the qualified electors of
the State at the next general elec.
ton tor Representatives, and if a
majority Of the electors qualified to
vote for members Of the General
S Assembly, voting thereon, shall
( vote in favor Of such amendment,
and majority Of each branch of the
General Assembly shall, after such
election, and before another, r.tify
the same amendment by yeas and
nays, Section 9, of Article III, of
the Constitution, relating to the
K Legislative department, be amended
by adding after the word "place"
in line ten Of said section the words
"until the end Of the session occur
ring i'll 1906, after which the said
sessions be held at the same time
and place Hiennially," so that said
section as amended shall read as
follows:
The annual session of the General
Assembly heretofore elected, fixed
by the Constitution of the year
eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, to
convene on the fourth Tuesday OF
November, in the year of eighteen
hundred and ninety five, is hereby
postponed, and the same shall be
convened and held in the city of
Columbia On the second Tuesday of
January i'll the year eighteen hun
dred and ninety-six
The first session of the General
Assembly elected under this Con.
4 stitulion shall convene in Columbia
& on the second Tuesday in January,
in the year eighteen hundred and
n!ncty.sevcn, and thereafter an
nually at the same time and place
until the end Of the session occur.
ring in 1906, after which the said
sessions shall be held at the same
time and place biennially.
Should the casualties of war or
contagious diseases render it TN