The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-02-19
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CAPITAL CORRESPONDENCE
Columbia, S. c., Feb. Is, 1918
The past week has been one Of
hard and steady labor, morning
and evening sessions daily, and
in the afternoons committee
meetings, leaving but little time
for recreation. This session so
far is remarkable for the few
bills of general or state wide I'M
portance being enacted into law,
which to my mind, is good sign
that the members feel that there
is enough laws upon the statute
books.
The amount of local legisla-
tion has been heavy, to those
who do not have an interest in
this it may seem unnecessary,
but the interested regard them
as of the utmost Importance to
their localities. I believe the
constitution should be changed
so as to permit the county boards
Of commissioners of the respec-
tive counties to have the powers
to enact such local legislation as
is needed without having to go
TO the legislature for it, it this
can be done it would shorten the
sessions greatly and it would
save thousands of dollars to the
taxpayers Of the State, then too,
if the constitution could be so
amended so as to require that all
bills which are to be introduced
to be fled in the Office Of the
Secretary of State ten days be-
fore the assembling Of the gen
eral assembly it would have the
effect Of stopping the food OF
bills, and only such bills as have
merit would be introduced, which
would be another means of short
ening the sessions.
= be bill introduced by Mr..
Mitchum to establish an indus
trial school for INDECENT children
has passed the House and is now
before the committee on educa-
tion of the Senate, a hearing will
Be had on this measure probably
Tuesday, at which time Mr.. Nit
chum will be accorded an oppor-
tunity to go before it to explain
it's features; the bill carries az
appropriation of $4,000. Mr..
Mitchum deserves credit for get
ting this measure through the
House, especially since it is gen
erally understood the general
assembly is making every effort
to hold appropriations down to
prevent the tax levy from being
increased. 1 am afraid however,
its reaching the Senate so late
that it will have a hard time get
ting throught at this session, bat
the bill has SO much merit I shall
do all in my power to have it
acted upon, if in my judgment
there is a probability of the Sen
ate accepting it, but should I
find that it will be killed because
of the disposition Of holding up
on new appropriations I will
coEfer with Mr.. Mitchum with a
view of letting it remain on the
Calendar for early action at the
next session, however, if he de-
sires it T shall endeavor to get
action omit now.
Mr.. White has a bill to pre-
vent frivolous appeals from the
decisions and the verdicts OF the
lower courts, I have never seen
his bill, and really do not know
Just how he proposes to stop ap-
peals, and I doubt very much if
the lawyers in the general as
sembly will give their consent to
such legislation, as one Of the
great principles in the funda-
mental law is the right to ap-
peal, and it would be hard to de.
termine just what is frivolous,
this would have to be decided by
the court at last, and such being
the case I cannot see how the
bill Of Mr.. White can accomplish
the results be desires.
In my letter of last week in
the list of to 1nship assessors for
Fulton township Mr.. P. q.
Broughton was named. since
then I received a letter from the
Auditor requesting me to have
appointed in the place of Mr..
Broughton, Mr.. R. c. Richard
son, Jr., as Mr.. Broughton had
declined to serve, I Immediately
went to the Governors Office and
had this change made. DR.. L.
W. Nettles of Foreston, was also
appointed for his township, and
he too declines to serve, I shall
endeavor to have this place fill
ed by another.
One of the most important bills
of the session was the Ware
house measure introduced by
Senator McLaurin, and which
was endorsed by the Farmers
Union. I had no idea but this
bill would go through easily,
but in the discussion which fol-
lowed it's introduction I .discov-
cred oDposition. eSpecially from