Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1922-02-23

sage 10 both houses Of the general as
sembly in which he said he was grave
ly concerned in the proposed appro-
priations for the public schools. Inc
governor called attention to the ad-
vancement of the school system and
how the appropriations recommended
in the ways and means committee bill
would seriously cripple the work. He
urged the legislature not to reduce the
common school work as sacrifice
for the institutions Of higher learning.
In the senate the massage, upon
motion of Senator Goodwin, was re-
ferred to the finance committee. The
house received it as inofrmation.
Final passage of the Gerald bill re-
Quiring street railway companies and
their employees to arbitrate their dis
putes was feature Of the senate ses-
sion, the measure being passed by a.
vote of 81 to 7. This bill, while farm
ed as an act not applying to any par.
ticular company, in reality affects
only the street railway company OF
Columbia and its employees as 1t ap-
plies to counties having incorporated
cities of more than 10000 and less
than $4,000 inhabitants. Senators
Pearce, Miller and Ragsdale led the
fight for the passage and Senator
Watkins against it, as he thought the
bill unconstitutional and voted
against it on that ground.
The joint resolution providing for
| the appointment of committee COM
posed Of three members of the house
and three from the senate to investi-
gate the advisability Of erecting an
Office building in Columbia to house
the state offices was killed by large
majority.
The program to provide for biennial
sessions of the general assembly and
for four-year terms for state officers
encountered an impasse in the house
of representatives when the first OF
the series of seven joint resolutions,
required to make these changes in
the state constitution came up for
consideration and failing to muster
the needed two-thirds majority, was
killed. The other six resolutions, fol-
lowing the defeat Of this first measure,
were tabled and withdrawn from the
files of the house upon the motion or
Representative Eugene 8. Blease
of Newberry county with the concur
renee of F. G. Harris Of Spartanburg,
one of the three authors Of the bills.
The record vote on the bill stood So
to So in favor Of its passage.
The resolution upon which the fight
was made was the bill to provide for
the amendment of Article 10 Of the
state constitution so as to provide for
the levying of the state taxes bien-
nially instead Of annually as at pres
ent. w. P. Robinson Of Lancaster
led the attack on this bill, opening
the discussion with motion to strike
out the enacting words. This brought
a number Of the young members OF the
house to the defense Of the measure,
chief among these being Representa-
tives ]. R. Bryson Of Greenville, F. G.
Harris Of Spartanburg and julius s.
McInnes OF Darlington, joint authors
Of the series of resolutions.
OF the 48 states in the United
States 40 Of these, it was pointed out,
now operate under the biennial sys-
tenn, while only six - among these
South Carolina-still cling to the an
nual meetings. In two states the Leg
lislatures meet every four years Sim
liar resolutions, it was stated, were
passed By both houses Of the general
assembly several years ago and SUBJ
mitted to the people Of the state with
the result that after changes had
been agreed to by the voters OF the
state the general assembly "for some
reason" failed to ratify the election.
James DeTreville of Walterboro and
]. o. Williams of Easley also spoke
in favor of the measure.
The committee on banking and In
surance returned favorable reports,
with amendments in certain cases, on
1he bills by Senator Hart to further
regulate the banking business, with
the exception Of the measure in refer
ence to a certain reserve fund, Whlcn
was given an unfavorable report.
Senator Christensen's bill to amend
the fish and game laws so as to strike
out the clause providing for a 80 lie
cense for fishing boats in the low
country and requiring owners OF such
boats to report the number OF fsh
caught and also striking out the
clause making a closed season for ter.
rapin until July is, 1926, as well as
amending the law so as to allow ter.
rapins five and one-half inches long
to be caught instead Of FIVE inches.
was passed and sent to the house with
no strenuous objection. Senator Hart
interrupted Senator Christensen's ex-
planation of the bill long enough to
ask him what Griffenhagen said about
the bill.
Prospects for an adjournment OF
the general assembly within the con-
stitutional 40 days look rather slim
at present with the senate legislative
mill grinding exceedingly slow in COM
parison to the house. Those In touch
| ~ A. ;o-or rorkippa Of the a6.