The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1921-02-16
INHERITANCE BILL
PASSED BY HOUSE
Refuses to Dispense With Office of
Game Warden
TRUANT OFFICER REPORT
Tomorrow Set for Election of Asso-
ciate Justicc--Resolutions
for Judge Gage

Columbia, Feb. 15.--The House this
morning passed the Inheritance tax
Dill which was advocated by Governor
Cooper. The House refused to strike
out the enacting words by a vote of
so to IL and later advanced the bill
on the calendar
The bill provides for tax on in
heritance to husbands, wives, children
and grandchildren of 1 per cent on
heritances up to $4,000 above exemp-
tions; 2 per cent to $4,000; per cent
up to $4,000; per cent to $150,OOO
per cent to 100000, and 6 per cent
over 100000.
The measures also proves that in
heritances for brothers, sisters, uncles,
nleces or nephcws would be taxed
ratio with l per cent added in each
case.
The bill also provides for exemp-
tlons in minor amendments as fol-
lows: For a husband or wife $1O,-
600; for minor child $1,000, and for
every adult child $4,000.
Representative Belser, of Sumter op
posed the bill being the only member
to speak, against it. His argument
was that the measure would only
tax a few citizens and also that the
machinery of enforcement would be
burden on the people.
Col. Galbraith Speaks
The balance Of the morning session
was consumed with a discussion of
uncontestcd bills for ynird and second
readings which were advanced with
out delay
At 1920 o'clock the joint assembly
heard Co. Galbraith, commander Of
the National American Legion in a
discussion of the problems confront
ing the eX-soldiers who participated
in the World War.
During the night session the House
resumed consideration Of the calen-
dar and rejected the proposal to abol-
ish the State Game Warden. The
was Sd to 80.
A concurrent resolution providing
for an election of the successor to
the late Associate Justic George w.
Gage, Associate Justice Of the State
Supreme Court, and for code com
missioner now held by j. c.. Mcclure,
of Chester, will be held Thursday of
this week. The resolution provides
that the election for Associate JUS
tice will be continued from day to
day until a successor is decided on.
At present there are eleven announced
candidates in the race to succeed JUS
tice Gage and the suppostion is that
the election will continue until at
least the latter Of the week.
The bill introduced in the Senate
by Senator Wightman and passed by
that body received divided report
tonight by the committee on educatib
This bill which had previously been
acted on favorably by the House, pro-
vides for the abolition of the truant
officer. By an overwhelming vote
the House previously had passed
companion measure which abolishes
this office and places the responsible
ity of enforcement of the attend
ance law on the boards of trustees
of the schools and the County Super
intendents Of Education.
Public Service Commission
The ways and means committee sub
mitted favorable report on the Pub
lie Service Commission bill which pro-
vides for per diem for the three
commissioners ditferentiating front he
House bill which was returned to the
same committee on the objection that
the three commissioners receivcl sal
aries. The present bill provides SO
a day for the three commissioners,
bbilhSt bcl.OilCll ana Earle,
while they are in session, including
their expense account. The original
bill as introduced would give . the
Chairman Mr.. Banks $3 500 a yeara nd
the other two commissioners $4,000
each year. These provisions were
both reduced and eliminated by the
House and the Senate.
MIR. O'Rourke introduced resolution
which was passed tonight by the
House requesting Congress not to
hamper the activities of the Charles
ton Navy Yard and to call for a
hearty cooperation of all Congress-
men from this State and the two Sen
ators to see that no cut of appro-
priations is made or the Navy Yard
activities are otherwise hurt.
The House passed resolutions of
sympathy in memory of the late JUS
ticc Gage tonight and then adjourned
in honor of his memory The House
tonight killed the bill by e. A. Brown
to authorize the Governor to appoint
peace officers where he saw fit
The House sent to third reading the
bill by Mr.. Moon to prohibit the ex-
hibition of motion pictures of women
OF one race in theatcrs Of another race
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