Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-02-22
LEGISLATIVE SESSION NOW OVER
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Both Houaes Of south Carolina eener-
I salTAssembIy Closed Their Work Sat.
urday.

/ ISa'1AssembIy Closed Their Work Sat-
urday.
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:1i1 Tia CLEMSON Bill.
Dses,asee began Friday in the senate
on the Pollock bill. This Is the house
bill to establish at Winthrop an iii.
spection bureau ia examine ,feftilizefsi
CLEMSON now derives the total .income
from the privilege tax. AID II the bill
Dasses the senate Winthrop will be &
| Ths bfl hSs been Oh the calendar
feE some timle;, ever since. it came over
from the house. Senator w. j. John
son has on the senate calendar a SIM
liar bill hut lie will let it rest now
that the Pollock bill has arrived.
A good deal of speech.making was
engaged in Friday on this bill, but no
action was taken. Its conHide Grafton
occupied both the morning and even
The house 81 REPRESENTATIVES has
declined, to pass aiiy legislation to
| amend ihts dispensary law, Saturday
the senate bill was considered as a
substitute for Mr.. Brantley's bill, and
the who's matter was indefinitely post.
poned after a long fight.
VIII Increase Levy.
The. Supply BILL" or the bill to fix
the levy for taxes for the current
year, was given secend. reading, III the
house OF representatives Saturday.
The levy fer State and county pur,
poses lis raised III the bill from 5 to
5-1-2 mills. THIS. is the first time in
two score years. .that tie levy has ex-
tceeded 5 mills. This bill occupied prac-
! tically the entire time in the House.
In the Senate routine business only
/ was considered, Many, members were
| absent.
The Reformatory Bill.
The Reformatory bill came up in the
Senate Tuesday but was not disposed
of. The bill to give part OF the ferti-
lizer tax to Winthrop College failed to
pass.
Earlies in the session the militia
bill passed third reading without d
murmur. AS it has already passed the
House. 1t is now ready for. ratifica-
tion. The bill is cede the. land for the
State afin6ry Was also favorably re-
sported. The bill to allow Robert L..
|sLimehouse Of Dorchester to be admit
Eted ebar.without examination was
fsunfavorably reported and this report
was adopted. The judiciary committee
recommended that the bill to reduce
passenger rates be continued Until next
year aid. .lhis was done.
Senator MeIver submitted d resolti7
ton that ~three Senators BE appointed
to examine the books of the State Off
GERS. There is resolution in the
house providing for the appointment
OF five representatives
The report Of the -fndiEggss- 81 81 Ehe
ways and means committee of the
House and finance committee Of the
Senate in the matter of the legisla-
tive committee aid Secretary of State
CAN'T was read and will be printed in
the journal.
:, "A. communication from the legisla-
|Eture Of Arizona asking that our sena-
|satorial and congressional representa-
tiyes be asked te plead for statehood
for that territory was received as in
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Both houses Of the Legislature
rounded up uncontested measures
Wednesday, with the result that q hum
dred or more of these were passed,
and the calendars are relieved OF prac-
tically all of their dead wood and are
both short. The Legislature has now
practically finished it's work, and is
to be judged by what it has already
DONE. All that remains to be done
now iB for the two houses to agree
on the measures that have already
passed one branch or have passed both
with amendments that have to be
agreed upon.
Mr.. K. D. Edwards introduced res
olution forbidding the use of the hall
of the House for State ball purposes.
The resolution will be killed.
The House refused to raise the pay
of Supreme Court Justices to $500.
Instead it passed the bill as it came
from the Senate raising the pay $3.50
each.
,.sss..as5.ser@z7 he, Appropriation Bill.
The free conference committee on
the appropriation bill reported that it
had been agreed that differences be-
tween the two houses should be set
tied as follows:
The salary of the electrician of the
State House shall begin January J.,
1905. q =
A stenographer at a salary Of $3.50
per annum shall be allowed to the
immigration department.
The House concurred in the amend
ment to increase the comptroller gen.
erals printing appropriation from ST.
500 to $4,000
The Senate receded from its amend
ment as to purchasing "Efrds Digest y
To the bill was added a subdivision:
For the purpose of purchasing land
and building armory in accordance
with the act passed in 1905, $3.50.
Also as subdivision: "The commits
sion for the completion of the inside
Of the State House is authorized to
sell the old boilers now in use and
complete the work now in their
charge"
The Senate receded from its amend
ments increasing the appropriation to
the South Carolina college. The re-
pOrL Oh CQ6 Tree COulSiSuCt COLImlLICS
was adopted and thus the appropria-
tion bill passed.
Committees.
President Sloan announced the ap-
pointment of the following commit
tees:
To examine the books and accounts
of certain State officers-Senators But
Ter and Douglass.
To examine biennial sessions legis-
lation-Senators McIyer, Rogers and
Hood.
z To Investigate the work of the code
mmissioner-Senator Hudson.
To. Investigate the affairs of the
State, ,.dispensary-Senator Warren.
To examine into the financial and
physical condition of the State col
leges-Senator Hardin.
To examine the fish and oyster indus
try of the State-Senators Christensen
and Mcleod.
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