The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1914-02-05
SOUTH CAROLINA
GENERALASSENBLY
FIRST HALF OF BUSY FORTY
DAYS SESSION HAS BEEN
PASSED.
DISPATCHES FROM COLUMBIA
Donss and Happenings That Mark
the Progress of South Carolina Peo-
pie, Gathered Around the State
Capitol.
Columbia.
Senate.

A bill creating commission 10 eFeCl
a memorial tablet in the old Bianford
church near Petersburg, Va, to South
Carolina soldiers who lost their lives
in the Battle Of the Crater was passed
and sent to the House.
Proposing a change in regard to
the states pension system, Senator
Young has had a bill printed in the
Senate Journal in order that the
members can study its provisions,
which would give the veterans and
their widows more aid.
The Senate railroad committee
recently reported favorably the bill
providing for the acquiring OF the
Charleston & Western Carolina
Railway Company by the Atlantic
Coast Line Railway Company.
A bill of Senator Patterson's defn.
ing the qualifications for the practice
Of architecture and to provide for the
examination and licensing OF, archi-
tects was killed in the senate after
some debate According to Senator
Patterson, the bill had the approval OF
the architects Of the state.
A bill to authorize the city Of Colum-
bia to sell and convey certain lots OF
land situated in and near the said city
passed third reading.
A bill to abolish the office of rural
supervisor Of Lexington county and to
raise the salary of the superintendent
of education of said county passed
third reading.
A bill to authorize the board of
trustees of the Bishopville high and
graded schools to borrow money. levy
an additional tax, and to provide for
the distribution of same passed third
reading.
A bill to. provide for the levy and
collection of a township tax for road
improvement in Spartanburg passed
third reading.
A bill to amend the law relating to
magistrates and their constables, their
powers, duties, jurisdiction, salaries,
etc., passed third reading.
A bill to require Clemson College
to furnish at cost serum for hog chol-
era passed third reading.
A bill to require and compel school
attendance within the city Of Spartan
burg passed third reading.
A bill to require the county board
Of commissioners of Barnwell county
to employ an expert bookkeeper and
to provide salary and duties for the
same passed third reading.
A bill to permit the city Of Colum bia
to buy or lease a tract or tracts Of
land situate near the said city of Col
umbia for the purpose Of establishing
public park thereon, with powers to
control and regulate the use thereof,
and vesting the municipal court Of
said city Of Columbia with jurisdiction
thereover passed third reading.
A bill to provide for rural policemen
for Calhoun county passed third read
ing.
A bill to amend the code Of laws Of
South Carolina, 1912, volume l, chap
ter 20, relating to the supervisor and
county. board Of commissioners, by
adding thereto section to be known
as section 942 a, providing for the elec-
tion of a clerk for the county board
of commissioners and providing sal
ary therefor passed third reading.
: A bill to enforce the city council Of
Charleston to close the eastern end of
Society street, in the city Of Charles
ton, from East Bay to low watermark,
and authorize the use thereof for such
railroad and terminal purposes as 1t
sees fit passed third reading.
A bill to amend section TT OF the
code of laws Of South Carolina, 1912,
volume 2, criminal code, by adding
proviso, relating to the use Of exp.o-
sives in logging, opening or improving
stream channels passed third reading.