The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-02-25

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rams to hrca;: in,o gambling dcnS: 10
regulate The %@.a Of milcase tickets:
20 inCrl sc The salary OF the CoE.mis-
Sioncrs o. El%eGcil: 10 prevent fling
u horses teeth.
The second reading h:lls read w"re:
TO abolish the Office Of township con-
missioner in BarnwG;l: to authorize
the commissioners {? fairfield TO sell
certain lands.
The South Carolina Legislature al
jOurned Saturday after busy session
lasting for 10 days.
The following resolutions were
adopted:
Resolved. That on the eve CT ITS ad-
jOGrnmcat the Senate desires again to
put on record its high appreciation Of
the ability, courtesy and dignity with
wAich its president. Hon. John T.
Siaan. has discharged thed ifilcult and
delicate duties OF his oll2e.
80 Resolved. That tie Senate ten
da:s to the Hon. John c. Sheppard.
is president pro tem.. its thanks for
his able. courtly and efficient perform
aace of the duties of the chair.
IS. Resolved. That the Senate ex-
tends to its said officers the assurance
Of the personal esteem Of its members.
and cherished the earnest hope that
they may long be spared TO adofn the
nigh positions which they have filled
with so much distinction and to illus
trate in their public life the MODEST
vitues OF Office and citizen
President Sloan and President Pro
TEN. Sheppard responded appropriate
ly to the resolutions.
The following resolution was also
adopted:
Resolved. That it is the desire OF
the Senate to place cn record its high
appreciation Of its efficient and cour-
te0uS cle:k. Gen. Robert R. Hemphill,
:or mis- valuable services in discharging
the important and ardUous duties of
his Office"
Resolutions were adopted thanking
the officers and employees Of the Senate
for their faithful ana efficient perform
ance OF Guty. and thanking the news
paper men for their fair and impartial
reports.
The reply Of the State house commits
sion to the report OF the joint commit
tee was read at the morning session. 1t
is long document Of some 40 pages.
Tie Senate then went into executive
session and confirmed the appoint
ncnts made ny the Governor since its
last session. 1t then tcck a recess until
o'clock. after working from 10 in the
morning until 5:i5, with an hour and
half fer dinner.
The Senate returned to the chamber
at s O'Clock. Senator Aldrich read
reply to the commissions answer TO
the joint committees report. Senator
Talbird spoke in reply to this. Both
speeches will be printed in the Journal
and in ne reports and resolutions for
1904.
Several acts were ratified. and tie
Senate then waited to ascertain ii there
we @ more. kt this juncture it was
discovered that bill killed yesterday
morning III The Senate had been rati
fed by mistake. This was the hill 20
prohibit the granting Of pardon on
condition that the person para2ned
SHOULD leave the State. The Governor
wGs asked to veto the measure and an
noGnced that he would do 50.
1t was Is minutes EaSt 10 w2en
Senator Sharpe. one Of the senior
members OF the body. said: Mr.. Pres
ident. move that this Senate do now
adjourn sine die" and as the p?esi-
dents gavel sounded. the Senate Of
1904 was thing Of memory.
The house OF representatives ad-
journcd sine die at 1922 O'clock Sat
urday night. The days session was
long and tirescme there being no no
t:on in the house all taird reading
bills having been continued early in
The days session. On molten OF Mr..
RainfoTd.
The engrossing department respond
&c very we'll to the pressure Of bills to
be copied for ratification and the hour
OF final adjournment was as early
could have been expected.
A feature OF the closing day OF the
session were the adoption OF resolu-
tions upon the service OF Hon. ii. l..
Smith as speaker of the house; the
receipt OF the reply Of the members of
the State house commission 10 the re-
cent report Of the Investigating COM
mittee: and the statements OF Messrs-
Patterson and Rawlinson relative to
that reply.
There was some surprise created
when ii was learned that the bills
which had been passed to third read
ing Friday and Friday night would
die on the calendar as third reading
bills, after all the time which had been
spent upon them Speaker Smith made
a very clear ana convincing ruling
upon the matte. He declared that no
bill could receive third reading on the
last day Of the session unless rule so
should have been suspended-and the
house had refused to suspend the rule
and had clinched that action. How
ever, by unanimous consent the house
could set aside any parliamentary OBJ
stacle and there was no constitutional
objection to giving bill third reading
or the last day, the parliamentary
safeguard being merely rule OF the
house of representatives.
None of the third reading bills was
able to secure unanimous consent. and
the following died on the calendar