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Mr.. Sullivan-To provide for the
establishment and maintenance Of a
rural police system in Anderson
county.
Mr.. Sinkler-To amend an act to
incorporate the Medical College of
South Carolina.
Mr.. Carlisle-To incorporate the
Lockhart Power Company and define
it's duties and powers.
Mr.. Crosson-To regulate the work
ing of the changing in Lexington
county.
Mr.. Crosson-To provide for work
ing on the highway Of Lexington
county by contracts.
Mr.. Carlisle-To incorporate Pied
mont Power Company.
Mr.. Weston-To regulate the elec-
ton of the elective members of the
board of trustees of the public schools
of the city of Columbia. .....
Mr.. Epps-To amend an act to pro-
vide a county government for Will
liamsburg county. -...,. ..-
Mr.. Earle-To prevent the placing
Of ~carcasses on the premises Of an
other.
Mr.. Laney-To create a state crop
pest commission. .
MIR. Mars-To amend an act to re-
quire marriage licenses and regulate
their issuance.
The\House Of Representatives.
Mr.. Woodward w. Dixon, q mem
Der of the house from Fairfield coun-
ty, has announced that he will run
in the primary for lieutenant gov
ernor. His candidacy 8 entirely I'm.
affiliated with any candidate for gov.
ernor.
Permission was granted for the use
of the hall of the house of represents
tives for the state Democratic con-
vention next May. There was no OPP
position, of course, to the resolution
offered by Mr.. Rembert.
Mr.. Salley withdrew his bill to re-
quire all steam railroads in this state
to use Eastern time.
A. hearing was arranged for on SEN
ator S%ullivan's bill to require tele-
phone companies to furnish connec-
tions to their subscribers without ex-
ira charge. .. 49," "
The house has lost two Of its best
members. Associate Justice Thos. B.
Fraser, by his elevation to the su.
preme court, will not sit in the house,
He will begin his service at once,
Mr.. Frank B. Gary will no longer
serve as a member. He will qualify
at once, and his first term Of court
will be in Charleston, early in Febru-
airy. Both seats will remain vacant
| for the session.
The house acted favorably upon a
concurrent resolution, already passed
by the senate, endorsing the "Rock
Hill plan" for curtailing the acreage
of cotton. The concurrent resolution
was introduced in the senate by Sena'
tor Stewart. q !
The judiciary committee Of the
house has made reports on the libel
act and on the special message Of the
governor in ference to it. The first
! report Of the committee, made by
four Of its members, which it ap.
pointed q subcommittee, recommends
that all the governors libel act mes.
sage, except his specific objections
to the act which the constitution re-
quires printed in the Journal, be ex.
plunged from the record, since "the
style and language in which the same
is couched are such that self-respect
forbids that a digniied legislative
body should permit it to become part
of the records Of its acts"
The second report Of the judiciary
committee, read recommends that
the libel act pass in spite OF the gov
errors veto. :
New House Bills.
Mr.. Jones-To provide for the es-
t%ablishment and maintenance Of a
rural police system in Lancaster
county.
Mr.. Bowmap-To require the coun'
ty treasurer of Orangeburg county to
publish quarterly a list Of fines paid
him by the magistrates Of the county
Mr.. Scott-To amend section 2 OF
an act entitled "An act to provide for
the organization and regulation OF
mutual protection associations" ap,
proved February 4, 1910, by repeating
restriction as to territory" g..
B. C. Edwards-To amend section
IA Of an act approved March l, 1909,
; and as further amended by an act ap.
proved March s, 1910, amending an
act entitled "An act to establish the
Insurance Department Of South Caro-
lima and to provide for the conduct
Of the same" approved February "a,
1905, by adding to said section IA a
proviso regulating the additional IL
cense fee to be paid by foreign life
insurance companies licensed to do
business in this state.
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