The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-02-21
WORK OF THE SESSION
BROUGHT TO 4 CLOSE
LEGISLATURE ADJOURNED ON
SATURDAY.
A Review of the Work and a List of
The New Laws Which
Were Passed.
Special TO The Herald and News.

Special TO The Herald and News.
Columbia, February 2o.-The 1egis-
lature adjourned sine die on Satur-
day afternoon, the senate reaching
adjournment at 4.o7 and the house
at 4.17. The last few hours were
marked by the usual closing incidents
The work of the session was pra.-
ticaHy completed on Friday night,
but the engrossing department WAS
not able the finish the large amount
of work which was sent to it during
the closing hours, and the houses re-
mained in session to ratify the ap-
preparation and other bills.
Both Houses Conservative.
There was no vestige Of the old
factionlism in the session. Both
houses were conservative and meas
ures for the most part were debated
upon their merits and members ex-
pressing their individual views hon
estly and clearly Very few meas
ures of any general importance were
enacted into law, though one hun
dred and ninety-three new laws are
on the statute books, as a result of
the session.
: No Dispensary Legislation.
AS was several times predicted in
The Herald and News, there was 10
dispensary legislation. The Brice
local option bill. introduced in the
senate by Senator Brice, of York,
died in the senate. A similar meas
ure. introduced by Representative
TooIe, passed the house but failed to
get through the senate. The Raysor-
Manning dispensary bill, proposing
a number of radical changes in the
law, passed the senate but was over
whelmingly defeated in the house.
The Mauldin bill to abolish beer and
hotel privileges finally failed to pass
the senate. though on the first vote
it appeared that the advocates of the
bill were in a majority. Several OF
the measures proposing changes in
the dispensary law were defeated by
very narrow margins, but they ali
died in one house or in the other.
Dispensary Investigating Committee.
The committee appointed under the
resolution introduced by Senator
Cole. L. Blease to investigate the
management Ct the dispensary is
composed of the following members
Of the general assemly: Senator Cole.
I. please, OF Newberry: Senator J.
T. Hay, of Kersnaw; Senator n.
Christensen, Jr.. of Beaufort: Repre-
sentative Arthur L. CASTOR. OF Ches-
ter; Representative T. B. Fraser, of
Sumter: Representative J. Fraser Ly-
ons, of Abbeville; Representative D.
"a SplSey, Oh I1OIIy.
The committee is provided with
$1,000 for the expenses Of the inves-
tigation.
The Appropriations.
Several changes were made in the
appropriation bill, as it was publish
ed in the last issue of The Herald and
News, but the changes were compari-
lively small. An effort was made in
the senate to put the levy back to
five mills, the same as last year, but
is was urged that levy of five and
one-half mills was necessary to meet
the expenses Of the state government
during the year, and the proposition
to put it back to five mills was over
whelmingly voted down. The new
circuits required an additional appro-
priation Of some $4,000 and the mill
tia gets an additional appropriation
of several thousand dollars, it being
urged that this amount is necessary
to properly equip the men so that the
state may get her full share OF the
appropriation from the national gov
ernrnent under the new Dick law,