The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-10
PROGRAM FOR THIS WEEK
MANY SPECIAL ORDERS CCMBER
HOUSE CALENDAR.
Imnortant Administrative Measures
Have Not Been Before Either
Branch.

Columbia. Feb. Unlike the pre-
ceding week. the work in the general
assembly during last week was one
of action and accomplishment. IN
the house the appropriation bill was
completed and given a second read
ing: the senate killed the Werner Dill
in regard to free tuition and scholar
ships by accepting substitute oy
Senator Padgett to require the fiscal
agent of the State board of charities
and corrections to Investigate the II
nancial status of the beneflclarles
of scholarships in State colleges; the
senate also passed the Lilies house
bill providing for a chaingang SEN
tence on a person convicted of viola
stion: of the prohibition laws.
Although the appropriation bill
had a stormy passage, many provls-
ions being contested, there vase few
s alterations in the actual approprla-
.tions. The unanimity of the ways
and means committee in supporting
. it's product of three weeks OF con-
.sideration presented an almost IN
4snrmountable barrier to the passage
/. of ,any amendment seeking to in
crease or decrease the items OF the
hill Only one item was admitted
4 without the support Of the commit
tee. and in another instance, the ap-
propriation of $4,000 for the ware
house commissioner, the committee
5 Withdrew its own amendment and
supported similar amendment Dy
s the agriculture committee.
Charges of "steam roller made
Thursday by some of the exasperateo
s members brought about an unexpect-
3 ed split Friday, when after heated de-
hate the house decided to create two
& emergency funds, $4,000 for the en-
foreement of the prohibition laws and
sa5 .ooo for the payment of the short
age III militia equipment. The house
{ had previously refused to make a dl-
reef appropriation for the latter Item
I and was letting the bill providing for
direct appropriation in the former
ease die on the calendar. Prohlbl-
f;onists and militia supporters be-
came bed-fellows and caused split
& & s ,,,r,nor fha members of the ways and
means committee.
The senate defeated the Werner Dill
& after many hours Of debate and by
accepting the Padgett substitute went
On record as realizing the necessity OF
I stamping out abuses in the scholar.
3 shin and free tuition privileges. The
measure and proposed remedies have
5s not vet come up for debate in the
s lower house, but chance remarks
! have shown that the members be-
lieye some methods should be adopt
ed TO place the beneficiaries under
supervision and inspection.
During the coming week, the f1fth
OF this session, the senate Will take
hold of the appropriation bill, which
will be given a third reading in the
& house tomorrow night. The calen-
dar of the house has been loaded
down With number of special or
ders for tomorrow, Wednesday and
Il { Ss1,,t,,rc5,au and it is probable that ad-.
ministration measures, such as the
sWorkmen's compensation law, the
,Torrens system of land registration
and rural credits, will not be dis
cussed before the closing days OF
this weeks sittings. If the governor
and the supporters of his measures
insist upon the disposal of these sew
seral bills, it will not be possible TO
ad iourn sine die until the latter part
of next week at the earliest.