The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-02-10

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wife. He introduced a bill seek
ing a pension for aged women,
7 have not been able to secure a
copy of this measure as it has
not been reported FROM the com.
mittee to when it was referred,
nor have I had an opportunity
to talk with Mr.. DeSchamps
about it.
Mr.. Rush's bill relating to
shooting deer during the food
season has not yet been report
ed from the committee, but 1
think his object is to prevent the
unnecessary destruction of game
without interfering with the
present close season.
I herewith publish Mr.. White
fertilizer bill that he. has had
before committee and they re-
ported unfavorably, but he has
revived it with some hope of Sc.
curing favorable action. This
is the bill.
To Amend Section 23l7, Vol. I,
Code of Laws, 1912, Relating
to the Location of Fertilizer
Inspectors.
Section /. That Section 2917,
Vol. I, Code of Laws, 1912, be,
aud the same is amended so as
to read as follows: 'sSection
2317. The said Board of Trus-
tees shall appoint and control
one person or inspector in each
Judicial Circuit in the State,
who shall secure for the board
samples Of said fertilizers and
fertilizing material, and cotton
seed meal, under such rules and
regulations as such Board may
adopt, and shall cause said sam
pies to be forwarded to Clemson
Agricultural. College, there to
be analyzed and otherwise ex-
perimented with, and who shall
perform such duties as the
board may direct:
Provided, That the said in
spector shall reside, as nearly
as practicable, in the center Of
the judicial Circuit in which he
is appointed"
The only remaining Clarendon
bill on the calendar is the one re-
pealing the one-half mill for the
bond issue of 1908, 1T received
it's second reading in the House
and it is now a third reading bill
which will probably be ordered
enrolled for ratification Monday
or Tuesday.
The Chief Executive is ex.
ercising great care with ali bills
presented for his approval, I
was sent for Friday night by.
him and informed that in en-
crossing my bond bill some
clerk was very careless with the
spelling, and if it bad not been
detected, it would have invali-
dated the bonds so they could
not be made marketable. I with
his private secretary took the
bill back to the department and
had the corrections made. !
thank the Governor for the dis.
covery.
BOND ISSUE.
A Bill to Authorize and Require
the County Board of Commis-
sioners of Clarendon County
to Issue Bonds for the Pur-
pose of Paying the Indebted
ness Of Said County Accrued
Prior to 1915, to: Provide for
an Annual Levy for the Pur
pose of Paying the Interest on
Bonds, to Provide a Sinking
Fund to Redeem Same, and to
Provide for the Appointment
of a Sinking Fund Commis.
sion.
Sec 1. That for the purpose
of providing funds for paying
the Indebtedness accrued prior
to 1915, now due by the county
of Clarendon, the County Board
of Commissioners of said county
be, and they are hereby, author
lied and empowered to issue in
terest, bearing coupon bonds Of
said county, to be known as pub.
lie debt bonds, in the aggregate
sum of twenty thousand $50, ,00O
dollars: in denominations of one
Thousand dollars and five hund
red dollars, numbered consecu-
lively from one upwards, and
bearing interest at rate not ex.
ceeding five per cent per annum,
payable semiannually on the first
day of Aril and first day of Oc-
tober, until the same shall fall
due, which bond shall be made
payable to bearer, not more than
twenty years from the date
til ereof. and a record Of the re
epootiva nunohprs denomination