The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-02-17

of the railroad commission.
Second, it ordered the bill to create
an immigration bureau to its third
reading. It left the appointment of
this immigration commissioner to the
Governor, and declined to take the
election into the hands of the General
Assembly.
The cleaners bill, which was pro-
posed by the tax commission, and
which had previously passed the
Senate, was killed in tne Hosae to-
day.
The tax commission bill, which
seeks to tax cars, rolling stock and
other railroad property which are
alleged to have escaped taxation, pass
cd the House, and tomorrow will go to
the Senate
Speaker Smith appointed Mr.. T.
Yancey Williams as the House mem.
Der of the committee to manage the
litigation with regard to the State
House work.
The bill to give the railroad commits
sioners jurisdiction over all telephone
lines is practically finished, as the
Senate bill was adopted in toto, and
the House refuses to consent to any
interference with the bill as it had
previously passed the. Senate.
Mr.. Lancaster secured the passage
of a bill which provides that mileage
books when bought and paid for will
be good, not only for the purchaser,
:bat for any member of his family, pro-
|lviding that written notice be given to
the railrod company at the time of the
selling.
The two big fights of the day were
on the immigration bill, which went
to it's third reading, and on the tele
phone bill, which is now practically
ready to be anacted into law.
Tomorrow, if all goes we'll, the i'm
migration bill will be finally passed
by the House, and, as it is Senate
bill, all that remains is to adopt two
amendments-one by Mr.. Brooks and
the othar by Mr.. DeVore, relative to
the class of immigrants to be sought,
but which amendments do not affect
tho scope of the bill to any degree and
which can be arranged in conference.
The Senate this morning passed the
bill to divide the State into ten judicial
circuits, as reported by the special
committee of ten Senators to whom
the bill was referred last night. The
bill now goes to the House.
Except the time given to the recir-
cutting bill, the Senate devoted pract-
ically all of the morning session to a
discussion Of the bill to increase the
salary of the Adjutant and Inspector
General from $500 to 81, 800, and
the bill to prohibit traffic in seed cot
ton during certain seasons of the year.
Both measures were passed. The lat
ter bill has been discussed at each ses-
sion for several years past. AS passed
today, it prohibits traffic in seed cot
ton between August Is and December
Is. Sea island long staple cotton is
exempted from the provisions of the
bill. The Senate refused all amend
ments exempting certain counties
from the operations of the proposed
law.
The bill, which, as amended by the
special committee, was passed by the
Senate and sent to the House, divides
the State into ten circuits as follows:
|. The counties of Berkeley, George
town, Dorchester and Orapgeburg
shall constitute the 1st circnit
2. The counties of Aiken, Bsmberg,
Barnwell, Edgefeld and HamptoE
shall constitute the End circuit.
3. The counties of Clarendon, Flor
ence, Lee, Sumter and Williamsburg
shall constitute the 3rd circuit.
4. The counties of Chesterfield,
Drlington, Horny, Marion and Mari
boro shall constitute the 4th circuit.
5. The counties of Kershaw, Lexing-
ton, Richland and Saluda shall con-
stitute the 9th circuit.
6. The counties of Chester, Fair
field, Lancaster and York shall consti
tute the 9th circuit.
7. The counties of Cherokee, Spar
tanburg and Union shall constitute the
7th circuit.
8. The counties Of Abbeville,
Greenwood, Laurens and Newberry
shall constitute the Sth circuit.
9. The counties of Charleston, Col
Teton and Beaufort shall constitute the
9th circuit.
10. The counties of Anderson, Green
Vile, Pickens and Oconee shall con-
stitute the 10th circuit.
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