Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-02-05
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Some Of the More Important Proceed
inas of House and Senate.

- 1t is not likely that the lien law
will be repealed at this session.
The senate last Saturday adopted
by a vote Of 16 to II resolution call
ing upon congress to favor Senator
Latimers proposition looking to Fed
eral aid Of good roads.
- Senator's Brice's bill providing for
the holding of terms Of the court OF
common pleas in York county In Feb
ruary of each year Is through the SEN
ate and will probably become law.
There was an interesting debate In
the senate last Friday on the question
Of modifying the right Of dover to an
extent that would practically do away
with the same. The bill, however, did
not pass. The principal argument ad-
vanced in favor Of the present dover
law is that the labor and saving OF the
wife generally entitle her to an inter
est in real property acquired by her
husband and this right should not be
taken away from her. -
DIR. Saye's bill providing for re-
vision Of the registration lists Of York
county passed a second reading in the
house last Saturday.
- This bill Of Senator Brice's, already
through the senate, passed to a third
reading in the house on Saturday: TO
amend section 2 Of an act entitled an
act to provide the age and time In
which road duty shall be performed In
certain counties in this state, and to
provide for and fix the amount Of COM
mutation tax in lieu thereof approv-
ed 22d of February. 1905, by increasing
the Communication tax to SO, requiring
the use Of chaingang or permanent
road work and the employment OF an
engineer work by contracts and COM
bining of road district In York coun-
ty."
- This by Mr.. ]. P. Gibson passed its
third reading in the house on Saturday
and was sent to the senate: "A bill
to prohibit contracts and agreements
for sale and future delivery Of cotton,
grain, provisions and other commodi-
ties, stocks, bonds and other securi-
ties, upon margin, commonly known as
dealing in futures: to declare such
transactions unlawful, and to consti-
tute a misdemeanor on the part Of any
person, association of persons or cor
poration participating therein, whether
directly or indirectly; to prohibit the
establishment. maintenance or opera
tion of any office or other place where
such contracts are made or offered; to
define what shall constitute prima
facie evidence of guilt; to compel all
persons participating in such transac-
tions to testify concerning their con-
nection Herewith: to provide that no
discovery made by any witness, which
would tend to subject him to convic-
ton or punishment under this act, shall
be used against such witness In any
penal or criminal proceeding: to pro-
vide that regular commercial exchanges
and other bona fide trade organizations
| may post quotations or market prices
and for other purposes"
Both the house and senate have
under consideration bills to reduce
passenger fare on railroads to "a cents
mile and the probability is that the
| leductiOn will be made.
| The senate has passed the Toole
| ten-hour bill providing that it shall
not go into effect until next July. At
| ter that date, If the bill passes the
house as it probably will, 66 hours a
| week will be the limit in cotton and
| wooden bills.
| - The most radical legislation In
| which the house has so far engaged
| was it's action last week in passing by
large majority the Kershaw bill, pro-
viding for a board of three to be ap-
pointed by the governor to examine
and pass upon the qualifications of
railroad telegraphers. Only those who
hold license certificates from this
board may dispatch or space trains,
and the board may revoke a license
when it sees fit.
| This re was quite an interesting de-
bate in the senate last Friday, over a
| proposition to require the filing of a
list of all railroad passes with the rail-
road commission. The senate refused
by vote of 26 to II to strike out the
| enacting words.