The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-01-27
General Assem- bly,.
Friday in the House.

reading.
Mr. TribbIe's hill providing for the
exemption of Confederate soldiers
from paying town license was passed
to third reading after having been
amended to meet the objection that
it would excuse tho hose who were plenty
able to pay license.
There was an extensive discussion
on bill to authorize the State pepi-
Tertiary to equip spd operate ferti
lizer plant. The bill was killed in the
lower house, but both houses sub
seqnently passed resolution provid-
ing for sn inquiry being made as to
the advisah'l,ty of such action. The
Senate on Friday devoted most of it's
time to discussing the shad bill, which
comes up annually to be disposed of.
The bill was finally passed.
Senator Mccall introduced q bill
providing for the establishment of a
department of commerce and i'm
migration. A memorial by a com.
mittee from the S G Immigration
Association was presented in support
OF the bill. This bill and the dis
cussion took up most of the day.
SATURDAY
The house devoted itself mostly to
the transaction of routine business
and it was agreed, owing to the ab-
sence of many members that only
unconteeted bills should be consid-
cred. Under this plan quite a num-
Der of bills were advanced to third
reading.
Mr.. Davis introduced a bill which
would make the term Of state officials
four years. L. will require a coDsti-
tutional amendment to do this.
The matter of providing 124 S100-
90 scholarships for clemson college
was discussed and the debate was
finally adjourned until Monday.
10 the senate the fight in favor Of
the state going into the fertilizer
business was won. and preliminary
action looking to that was taken.
This matter consumed most of the
day and other routine business was
done and then adj,urned.
MONDAY
Both houses of the legislature met
at noon and tran sacted regular
routine and calendar business.
10 the senate the bill TO prevent
the shipping of shad outside Of the
state was up for it's third reading,
but was pass over in view of the
absence of Senator Walker, of George
town.
In the house the resolution to pro-
vide for an Investigation as to the
amount of phosphate rock in the beds
of the rivers of the state, with view
of ests blishing a fertilizer factory in
the pepitentiary, was killed. The
resolution was passed in the senate
last week.
The bill to include bsby carriages
as baggage was finally passed
The bill to provide against strikes
aud lockouts came up before tbs SEN
ate. but was passed over for further
consideration.
TUESDAY.
The house passed the "bieDnial
sessions bill today and it is now con.
sidert d an act. It means that the
people Of South CAROLINA will be called
upon to vote on this question in the
next general election, aud if majority
of the votes cast are in favor Of
biennial sessions, tie Legislature will
meet every second year after 1906
There was only one other matter act
ed npon besides this bill.
In the Senate another effort was
made to bring about the passage OF
concurrent resolution where by the
state might go into the fertilizer
business. The concurrent resolution
was introduced and passed in the
house snd came up for consideration
in the senste.
Senator Warren, who introduced
similar measure in the senate, otT=red
q substitute to the house resolution
which would have carried out the
original idea.
After Considerable discussion,
Senator Warren's amendment failed,
and the state fertilizer factory is dead
for this year at least.
There we're no chief topics OF in
te, eat in the senate proceedings
Tuesday. Several new bills were
introduced and the calendar was dis
posed of without much discussion.
FOR SALE-Two horses that will