The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-01-16
The Lexington Dispatch.
Wednesday, January is. 1907.
Legislative.

Legislative.
Wednesday, January 9th.
The Senate today passed the reso-
luton introduced by Senator Blease,
Of Newberry, yesterday, commend
ing President Roosevelt and General
Darlington for their action in dis
charging the negro troops at Browns
vile. Some of the senators opposed
the resolution on the ground of it's
questionable propriety. But the
resolution was finally adopted by a
vote of 81 to is. New bills introduced
In the Senate that are Of interest to
the general public are as follows:
Senator Raysor- Compulsory edu-
cation e weeks in q year.
Senator Toole-Railway rate reduc-
ton from three to two and one-half
cents.
Senator Graydon-Allowing action
against counties and municipalities to
be brought outside the counties and
cities concerned.
Senator Toole-The 'sten hour" bill.
Senator Carlisle- Relating to surety
bonds.
Senator. Carlisle Making railway
employees hours of labor not more
than 12 at one time.
Senator Crouch Repeating the lien
law.
In the House.
81 The House only held short session
today, and nothing of great import
ance was done. The following bills
of interest to the public were intro
duced:
Mr.. Aull-To regulate actions soc
libel and slander.
Messrs, Gyles and Wade-To pro-
hibit contracts and agreements for
sale and future delivery of cotton,
grain and other provisions.
MIR. Richards-To repeal the lien
law.
Mr.. Richards-To provide for the
erection of a practice school at Win
throp.
Mr.. Gyles- To amend section 2165
reducing railroad fare from 8 to. 21a
cents per mile.
Mr.. Gyles-To declare the law in
regard to claim and delivery.
Mr.. J. e. Smith-Prohibiting deal
ing in futures on margins.
B, Mr.. Wade-To require street car
railroads to furnish separate coaches
for the races.
Mr.. Croft-To limit the hours of
labor in cotton mills to 10 hours az day.
The bill relating to limitation of the
hours of labor in the cotton mills has
been introduced in both houses of the
assembly and warm fight is expect
ed on debate. It reduces the number
Of hours from II to 10 per day and
was defeated two years ago.
Thursday, Ian. l0th.-Senate.
There was little of interest done in
the Senate to-day. The only thing
Of Importance was the concurrent
resolution presented by Senator Car
Isle, of Spartanburg, providing that
the South Carolina delegation in Con-
gress take steps toward having law
passed prohibiting the shipment of
whiskey in prohibition states and in
states prohibiting the sale of whiskey
by private individuals, and to prohib-
it the Federal licence in all states
where private individuals are not al
lowed to sell whiskey.
The new bills follow:
Senator Crouch introduced an i'm
portant bill to amend the law as to
gambling so that the term of impris-
onment may not be less than so days.
Some magistrates infict a punish
ment of merely nominal length of
imprisonment.
Mr.. Sinkler introduced a bill to
make the term of Office of county su-
perintendent of education and county
Supervisor four years.
By Mr. Earle-To compel solicitors
and stenographers to operate the en-
crossing department and to engross
bills in typewriter form on fools-cap
sheets.
By Senator Brice-To appropriate
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