The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-01-23

fund commission to sell the State
farm.
Mr.. Brantley-To put all except life
convicts on the county chaingangs.
Mr.. Ship-To fix the salary of cir
cult solicitors.
Mr.. Nash-To prohibit the sale of
| alcoholic liquors as beverage, in
cluding the abolishment of the State
dispensary.
/ Mr.. Richards-Regulating the sale
of liquor and abolishing the State
board.
Mr.. Wallace-To provide for mar
| riage licenses.
Mr.. Kershaw-To promote attend
ance of children at schools.
Mr.. Hinton-To fix the amount of
pensions at $450,000.
Mr.. Hughes-To provide for pay
| ment of attorneys fees in partitions
of real estate.
Mr.. Richard-Regulating the adop-
| tion of text books in public schools.
Mr.. Scarborough-To prevent adul-
teration of cotton seed meal.
Mr.. Wyche-To repeal special laws
for school districts except in unincor-
porated towns and cities with a pop
ulation of more than 5000.
Mr.. Aull-To abolish State constab-
| ulary and providing for rural police
| system.
Mr.. DeVore-To amend section 1855
exempting property for agricultural
purposes.
| Thursday in the Senate.
The senate was without, incident
to-day, except concurrent resolu-
ton offered by Mr.. Smith to abolish
the State dispensary. The resolution
is as follows:
''Be it resolved, by the senate, the
house of representatives concurring:
Whereas the people of the State
are much interested and resting un-
easily as to the settlement of the liq-
| uor question, and
"Whereas it behooves the general
assembly of South Carolina to dispose
of the question and settle down to
/ other important matters that aIe now
and to come before it,
"Be it resolved, That the State dis
| pensary be abolished and thata joint
kcommittee consisting of the judiciary
committee Of each branch of the gen.
eral assembly shall prepare and SUBJ
nit a bill to carry out this purpose
and to submit bill for the handling
of liquor in this State.''
New bills of interest:
Mr.. Sinkler-A bill to authorize
electric railway, gas and electric
light companies to lease their prop
critics.
Mr.. Carlisle-A bill to require the
railroads of this State to issue inter-
changeable 2,00O-mile books or tickets
! at a price not to exceed cents per
mile.
Mr.. Graydon-A bill to amend Sec
tion 293S of the code of laws of South
Carolina, 1902, volume 1, relating to
the pay of jurors.
! Mr.. Efird-A bill to amend section
of an act entitled ssAn act to re-,
quire the board of education of Lex
| ington county to create a special
school district in said county to be
known as ST. Johns school district"
approved 18th day of February, 1905,
by striking out the words "the main
tenance of a school for white chill
dren" in the first section thereof.
Mr.. Graydon-A bill to provide for
the travelling expenses of the circuit
judges of this State.
MIR. Wells-A bill to amend an act
entitled can act to provide punish
ment for safe crackers,''' approved
Feb. 10, 1904, by adding another Sec
I; ton thereto to be section 2, provid-
ing punishment for anyone possessing
safe cracking equipment.
In the House.
Among the many new bills intro
duced in the house to-day, was one
by Mr.. Carey to abolish the State dis
pensary and substituted county op-
ton. Some of the new bills are:
Mr.. Reaves-Extending the freight
claims act to include baggage, so as
to get prompt payment for lost bag
gage.
MIR. Lawson-To provide for a su-
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