The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-03-07
MUCH WORK AHEAD
FOR LEGISLATURE
Adjournment Planned for Saturday
But Senate Has Big Calendar
&c Consider


is .., the last lap of the
g ;sion. The senate meets
&, " night and the house on Tues
nt. The big work is with the
-; ranch of the general assembly,
gn;le the h use of representatives is
1ra tically marking time.
With a calendar of forty pages
ore before the senate for its con-
N it appears that a number
o1 wide bills will die an easy
de !. lust passing away for lack
c at. zion. The bills that are left
on '4e .Hlendar this year will be
.dr.~!, forever dead" Last year
l~a5ures that were still on the calen-
1"r 1t the close of the session remain
e On the calendar over this session,
x S the l. stature is to be reor-
led in 1923 measures that are
bending when the final gavels fall in
the two houses will pass off the calen-
dar automatically.
There has been quite bit of dis
cussion as to whether the luxury tax
bill will become law this year. After
receiving an unfavorable committee
report, the vote being. II to 2, ac-
cording to information, there was
fight made to revive it and it was
sent back to, the finance committee to
be reconsidereds and perhaps amend
ed. The measure is still in the COM
mittee room but may be considered
this week, since the committee has
finished its work on the appropriation
bill. There has been some gossip,
however, that the bill might rot be-
come law at this session. The hydro
electric. tax bill has been brought back
to the senate after having been killed
once this session. 1t is now on third
reading in the senate with without
recommendation report"
Among the bills still on the cal
endar> of the senate are several meas
ures affecting the revenue program
of the state. Among these are the
measures to give the general assembly
power to fix just and equits lie means
of raising revenue, one to authorize
the state tax comm; ssion to order an
abatement or refund of taxes in cer-
tain cases. ard other to regulate the
licensing Of the sale of stocks and
other securities, one to provide a
schedule OF fees for foreign corpora
tions and cnc 10 give the general as
sembly further financial control over
all state expenditures and revenues so
as to provide for means of enforce
ment by the state contingent funds
control.
The 'Foster telephone bill'' which
was debated for two sessions Fri
day is carried over until Tuesday.
The senate has refused to kill the DILL
and indicated it's intention to rass
the bill, but amendments have pro-
lvoked heated opposition and the final
vote was not reached last week.
The "bad check" bill is also on the
calendar for consideration Tuesday.
Efforts to call it up Friday were un-
availing.
The appropriation bill is to be re-
ported Monday night and may be TAX
en- up for consideration Tuesday.
In the senate the past week an eff
fort was made to recall the bill pro-
v:ding for merger of the railroad
and public service commissions to
have an amendment giving the new
commission certain powers, which
were objected to by some of the SEN
ators. However, it is stated now that
this fight will be abandoned.
In the house the past week the rep
resentatives voted for passage of the
simonhoff bill to provide for physical
examination by prospective bride
grooms before they can be married,
and when it came near meeting death
and was recommitted. The bill was
killed in the senate earlier in the ses-
sion.
There is much work ahead of the
senate-considerably more than a
weeks business, unless some eXcep-
tional speed is shown. The senate,
however, has voted to adjourn sine
die and the resolution is now in the
house.