Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-01-21
LEGISLATIVE. NOTES.

- Bills have been introduced in both
the house and senate to abolish the
state highway commission.
The house has adopted a-resolution
asking for the continuance Of Federal
aid to public roads. The. opposition ar
gued that such aid gave too much Fed
clal Jurisdiction in South Carolina and
costs more than it comes. to. On the
other hand it was represented that this
state pays about $23000000 year into
the Federal treasury and this is one OF
| tho few ways the state has OF getting
any Of the money back:
"A concurrent resolution by Claude
y. Sapn. of Rich'and, which. in sub
stance. declared that the activities OF
friends and various candidates for Of
| flee was disturbing the tranquil pro-
| ccSSeS of business of the General AS
scmhly, and that all elections should
no disposed Of as soon rs possible, was
adopted by the houSc.,. 1t provided
| that elections for all vacancies. eX-
ccpt that Of associate justice of the
State Supreme court, would begin
Tuesday, January 25, at noon.
M. r. Cooper, of Beaufort. has in
trodllced a bill prohibiting the exhibit
| ton of carnival shows in any part OF
|
twcnty-one counties exclude these
shows. but. stated Mr.. Cooper. such
special acts are unconstitutional, and
lie wanted one statewide in apptlca-
| ton, which would not successfully he
contested. Tho measure does not ap-
ply To circuses. It was referred to the
committee on judiciary,r1,.
-. Columbia January II: 4 bill re-
quiring Judges. to: sentence persons
convicted OF violating the prohibition
low to imprisonment without the all
formative Of n fine unless otherwise
recommended by the trial jury, was
introduced in the house of reprcsen-'
tatives. when it convened tonight af-
ter Il recess from last Friday after
noon. The bill carries n minimum
sentence Of ono month and a maxi
mum sentence of six months for the
first nffcnse and from. one year for the
second and subsequent offenses. lt
| likewise stipulatcs that Il fine cannot
| nc given unless the eSidcnce is clear
that tho defendant had less than n
quart in his possession. 1t was in
| truduccd by Representative w. D.
Ballard and waS referred to the COM
mittcc on police regulations.
An entirely new idea in the matter
providing for two classes of pensions,
instead of four, as ut present, is being
presented to the legislature by Senator
Hart of York, in Il bill revising the pen
sion system. The bill would provide
that the pension ftind be distributed to
the counties in proportion to the num-
ber OF pensioners In tho various coun-
ties. tho county pensioH boards to di-
vide their allotments to the veterans i'll
two Glasses. Class A would be those
veterans who have reached the age OF
so, and who lost an arm. q leg, or their
cyrsight, who are parllyZed or are to-
tally incapacitated. or whose income
is not over $500 a year. Class p would
he I'LL other pensioners not in Glass A,
these to receive s75 eqph., If the: pen
sion fund in county allows for Glass
r pensioners to receive more than S75
each, then the money would be divided
so rs tn give three-fourths Of the total
To Class a, and one-fourth to Class b.
Under the present plan all classifying
has been done by the county boards,
before tho pension fund was disburscd
to the counties. resulting in some coun-
ties getting more than others, in pro-
portion to the number Of pensioners.