The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-02-07

The House has acted upon a great
number of local measures. and a
matter of particular significance in
connection with these measures is
the tendency towards bond issues for
permanent improvements. such AS
the development of municipal enter
prlses, the building Of public struc-
lures. or the Improvement of county
roads. There are, in the same con-
necuon, two larger issues presented
Tor consideration: one looking to a
vote by the people in the next general
election on a proposed bond issue of
million dollars for the completion
and development of the new property
of the State Hospital for the Insane.
and second bond issue to be sub
mitted to the people Of a million dol
lars for the extension and improve
ment of the State House.
Perhaps the most important mat
ter to be acted upon during the pres-
ent week is the State warehouse
proposition which had its inception in
the Pee-Dee section. 1t is a some
what noteworthy feature of this con-
templated and important scheme that
it has never yet been reported up-
on by the judiciary committee of
either the House or Senate as to how
far it involves limitations OF the Con-
stitution. The bill in the House was
referred to the committee on ways
and means, very probably because of
Section II. which provides: THE
sum of $4,000 is hereby appropriated
for the contingent expenses of said
board, and the sum of s25O,00O to
carry out the purposes Of this Act is
hereby appropriated" The Senate
has passed the bill and the outlook is
that 1t will be passed by the House in
very much the same way. Of course.
the direct appropriation of a quarter
of million dollars for the starting of
the undertaking will have to be met
in the appropriation bill.
Under the bill providing for the re-
demptiOn of the nearly six million
dollars 1-2 per cent Brown consol
bonds. the tax exemption clause as
applied To banks is eliminated. OF
course, if the State is unable to
float 1 per cent bond without the
tax exemption clause, at par. the pres
ent brown bonds are to continue in
force. except what are redeemed, 20.
another twenty years after 1913 rhe
bonds are known as 20-40-year bonds
with the privilege of redemption "a.
in authority figure that they can
float" a 4 per cent gold bond win
ease in 1913.
The chances are that there will be
no liquor legislation at this session
unless it he the adoption Of a gener-
al bill permitting elections in the va
riOuS counties. The disposition is to
keep the dispensary and prohibition
issues out Of the primary. The bills
that We're pending provided for dis
pensary elections on the day set for
the general primary. This it is
thought may cloud the primary issues
and involve complications and it ap-
pears to be generally understood that
if counties want to hold elections to
get back their dispensaries they must
do so on the day set for the general
election. Others contend that the
counties that voted themselves dry"
had better wait the full four-year
period and then hold their elections.
one of the very best statutes likely
to result from the present session is
what is known as the school medical
inspection bill. The two houses have
passed such measures and the only
question now is how the two branches
will agree on the minor differences.
The central idea of medical eXamna-
tion of school children has been
maintained.-A. X. in News and
Courier.
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