The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-01-19
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
THE FLOOD OF BILLS UNUSUALLY
LARGE.
Committee Assignments Of Our Repre-.
sentatives introduced by
Our Delegation -Kingstree's
New Magistrate.

New Magistrate.
The Capitol, Columbia, S. c.,
January 1.-The COUNTY RECORD,
in last weeks issue, gave an account
of the opening and organization of
the general assembly aud made
mention of the committee p>sitions
allotted to Senator Williams. n the
house the representatives from Will
iansburg were placed upon the fol-
lowing standing committees, to wit:
Mr. Bass, Ways an. Means, Ineorpor-
atoms, Dispensary and State Hospital
for the Ins me; Mr. Graham, Public
Schools and Agriculture; Mr. Stoll,
Education and Public Printing. All
of these are important; some OF them
especially so, being among the most
important in the house; and the as
signment Of these gentlemen to such
positions is a recognition not only of
their merit but of WILLIAMSBURG
due. Taken al in all our county
now probably occupies a larger place
in the assembly than in number
of vars.
The food of bills, always heavy.
has been unusually large SO far.
Something like a hundred and seven
ty five have already been introduced,
and the entire force of engrossing
clerks is Kept busy every day prepar-
ing new measures. Out of the num-
Der presented probably one-tenth is
of real Importance. while the remain
der are freakish, "wild cat" and
breeders of political buncombe. The
man who would devise some plan to
strangle these useless and sometimes
hurtful bills in their very birth, would
be benefactor to the State. So far
such a Moses is unknown to earth or
fame.
Mr. Stoll has introduced a memoir
lal from Camp Presley. asking the
Assembly to relieve :he widows Of
soldiers and sailors who died since
the war from the unjust discfimip-
alton which gives them only SIG 2-3
per year, while tie widows Of those
soldiers and sailors who died during
the war receive $48 per yea r. Mr.
Stoll has also presented bill amend
ing the charter of Kingstree so as
to permit o tax levy ten mills, butno
more.
Mr. Graham introdu ced bill Mon
dsy providing that any one taking
liea or mortgage of crops from d ten
ant without consent of landlord shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and that such lien or mortgage shall
be invalid.
Mr. Bass has presented a bill pro-
viding punishment for peddling med
iclnes, anu one which permits the
victims in cases of rape and assault
with intent to rape to be examined
privately in presence of the presiding
Judge, the jury, the two attorneys
and the accused AMI no one else,
with the liberty on part Of the nc
cused to waive the right of being
present. The object of this last
mentioned measure is to remGfe the
necessity of women testifying in open
court in he class of case0 stated
hove. To suffer our VII and
'Ars to testify upon the leli-
cate nlas.> in the presence the
usual court .ise crowd hs long
been recognized as one Of those Shings
to which We will not submit.
Mr. Kershaw of Florence has intro
duced bill restoring tobacco ware
house chargesto the schedule which
obtained up to the first of January of
this year. This bill was referred to
committee composed of the repre-
seutatives from the seven tobacco
growing counties, w.t., Mr. Bass as
chairman.