The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1912-02-08


dispensaries, but bordering on
wet" counties. They claim that
the adjoining dispensary counties
get the revenue, while their counties
get the "drunks".
APPROPRIATION BILL.
The Appropriation bill was intro
duced in the House last week and it
will likely occupy much of the time
of the House this week and of the
Senate next week. Each subdivision
of the bill will be considered separate
ly. The State levy this year is 5 3-4
mills, the same as last year, the
total outlay being Sl,97O,OOO, over
against a total last year ofSl, ,939. 900.
LAST WEEKS WORK.
Last week saw several bills of i'm
portance passed in each branch of
the General Assembly. In the House
the so-called Anti-racing bill was
sent to the Senate, as was the bill
to provide for electrocution of Grim.
inals in the State penitentiary and
the abolition of the practice Of
hanging.
The House last week sustained the
Governors veto of an act, passed
by both Houses last year. to allow
commission form of government in
cities of population between 5000
and 10000 and between $4,000
and 100000. 1t was desired to
make few changes in the bill and
in order to do this it had to be in
troduced as new bill. This bill,
allowing the commission form in
cities of the above named class, was
passed by the House, being practi-
cally the same as the bill passed last
year, with an amendment to provide e
that the establishment of the form
does not put an end to the terms of
the incumbents in office as city
officials. The bill applies solely at
present to Charleston and there was
much opposition to it from that city
on the ground that the last year act
would legislate Mayor Grace and his
council out of office. The bill was
so amended as to reject this feature.
CIGARETTE BILL.
The Senate last week tabled, on
motion of its author, Senator Rains
ford, of Edgefeld, the bill intro
duced last year to prohibit the
and sale of cigarettes
and cigarette papers. The bill has
seen a stormy career, but last week
it appeared as though it would pass
the upper branch. However, when
an amendment was offered that
would exempt some score of counties
from the requirements of the bill
the author moved 10 table the entire
measure. The Senate also laid to
rest a joint resolution providing for
biennial sessions of the General AS
sembly. The resolution was intro
duced by Senator Wharton.
SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS.
The Senate last week passed the
bill to provide for medical examina-
tions of students in public schools
and colleges of the State. There
was opposition to the bill on the
part of many of the Senators and it
was finally amended so as to allow
in certain counties the parents of
q student to have the family physi-
clan make the examination and re-
port the result of his test to the
school physician. The Senate also
sent to the House bill to put the
graduates of the State Hospital for
the Insane on an equal footing, with
equal rights and privileges, as grad
yates of other hospitals of the State.
There was much opposition to the
bill and the two factions among the
ocal nurses became marked.
The House last week passed the
mileage bill", to allow holders Of
mileage books to present same for
fare on trains without having to
exchange for ticket at stations be-