Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-01-23
THE s. G. LEGISLATURE
Palmetto House and senate Msst
Organize and Begin Business.

Palmetto House and senate Msss
Organize and Begin Business,
No More Liquor Can Be Bought.
The house. Tuesday had q short ses-
sion before the inaugural exercises
and while there were lot OF new
( bills introduced, there was only one
matter of general interest passed up
on. This was n passage ofsa resolu.
ton. forbidding the State board OF.
dispensary directors ito purchase any
more liquor supplies during the pres
& ent session, The resolution was in-
troduced by Representative Carson
and is as follows:
That the. board of control of the
State dispensarys be requested not to
purchase any more liquors OF any
kind until the. adjournment of: the
general assembly sine, die III.
When objection was called. for. M +.
Aver Of Florence was the only menl-
Ber:objecting, and understhe rules Of
.sthe house at least ten members have
to object before "a resolution can be
passed over. from Immediate consid-
Grafton. Accordingly, the resoln-
ton was passed and ordered sent to
the senate, where twill be taken up:
A resolution was read to permit
the introduction of a bill to- charter
the, South Carolina Jockey club oE
Charleston. Under the rules two
thirds vote is necessary for the pass
ing Of the resolution, and MIR. You.
mans was the only vote registered
against t..
Thanks were returned to the
S Hampton monument commission, OH
motion of Mr.. McMaster, for their
work.
A favorable wport was made on
the bill to regulate the sale ofico-
enine.
=. TIE calendar was then taken up.
The ILL to provide for the erection
of q practice school at Winthrop
was passed over cn motion of Mr..
Richards, the author.
The bill for reduction in railroad
fare, by Mr.: Gayles, was passed owe,
The resolution to extend the tin
for The payment of taxes was kill
en- motion Of Mr.. Kershaw.
& "A bill to authorize the trustees
& q Dorchester school district to
z iect certain matr;culation fees
s PASSED over for the time being.
The following bills spassed5@se
rsa.l,rgg:
sn: Eittle-A bill to enabl
commissioners Of Tie sinking funu ;,
:ss5ie:aissfslnds to tile county board of
{: cor M sionels Of Union county. to
I,ass Tie past Indebtedness Of said
;coc.ity. and ito autEcIize. the, said
Is comfy board of commissioners to
sssplsf@e ,Le special Tax levy therein
4 y plss.asitled- for TO secure the same.
Dispensary Overstocked.
short session. Of the Senate
Eesdas night the subject of the dis
pelsaTy came up for consideration,
bills for the abolishing of the
Statea board Of control and the office
Z Of missioner being introduced by
Senator Raysor. joint author Of the
sa Rassor-M Manning bill, which occupied
such wide prominence in the cam
spalsn Tor governor the past summer.
The most important matter, how
eyer. and one which demands early
consideration, is embodied in a con-
current resolution introduced by SEN
5ator Christensen:sof Beaufort, mem
Sber ofSthe subcommittee Of the dis
pensary investigating committee.
ss;ss "a Concurrent Resolution.
Whereas it is changed the State
board Of directors of the State dis
9pensary is. orerstocking the dispen-
saiy over the protest of the commits
sloner with an enormous stock sof
liquor. that much Of their stock con-
s slsts of case goods for which there is
no demand iii this State, that publish
ed reports of the said directors as re-
CARDS the amounts of their purchases
are misleading, ard,
Whereas if these things be. true
the financial interests of the State. de-
mand that immediate action be taken
by the general assembly, therefore, :
Be it resolved by the senate, the
house OF representatives,, concurrlns:
Section |. That joint commit
tee, consisting of two senators and
three members Of the house of rep
resentatives. disappointed by the pre-
siding officers of tile respective hous-
es to investigate The affairs of the
State dispensary, and to report their
findings to the general assembly at
the earliest possible moment. Sas
committee is hereby authrized f.
empowered to elecgssa marshal, Who,
upon being sworn, shall be and be-
come peace officer Of the Senate
ard invested with all the power of
sheriffs and constables in the ser
vice of any and all process issued by
the committee aforesaid, and with the
power to arrest and imprison upon
the order of the said committee anY
and all persons who shall fail and re.
fuse TO obey any legal order Of the
said committee, or who shall be guilty
OF any dlsorderly conduct in the pres
ence of said committee during any
session thereof, or who shall be guilty
! Of any contempt of the said commit
INstee.
ssec. 2 The said committee be,
# and are hereby, authorized and en-
powered to call before them by sum-
mons or notice, in such form as The
committee may adopt and to be serv-
ed by the marshal of said committee
OF such other officer of the State as
may be by the committee required,
such person or perosns as the com
nnlttep deem nropar ord 70 ,oo,;r,