Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-03-07

!; After q general agreement was
reached 10 include In the Atkinson
public service commission bill an
amendment so that the law would not
break up existing contracts or inter-
fere with municipality owned utilities.
the senate, by an overwhelming ma
1ority. passed the public service COM
mission measure, thus ending the most
determined fight OF the legislative
year. ....r. XII.
When the amendment to exempt
| contracts already existing and muni-
cipal plants were agreed to the whole
fight on the bill practically collapsed,
only seven votes being cast to strike
out the enacting words as against il
not to strike out the enacting words.
The bill was taken up and also the
; efforts to recall the Miller railroad
commission bill from the hands of the
| governor, and the two matters were
debated at length.
Senator Miller led an untiring fight
| to pass the public service commits
| sion bill and to prevent the recalling
| OF the railroad commission measure
from the hands Of the governor He
| spoke for over an hour and half and
| declared he was absolutely determined
| to see that the public service commits
sion bill had square deal for once.
He spoke on the effort to recall the
railroad commission bill and declared
that If the senate passed a concurrent
| resolution to ask the governor to re-
turn the bill the house of repre-
sentatives would not for a moment
! agree to it. He said such a resolution
would get no further in the house than
"a SNOWFALL down below"
The committee on military affairs
| made favorable report, with amend
ments, on the bill to enact a new
| military code for South Carolina.
| The senate concurred in the house
amendments to the bill to incorporate
the Superannuate Aid association OF
the South Carolina Methodist confer
ence and the bill was ordered enrolled
| for ratification.
Senator Laney's code amendment
measure was passed and sent to the
| house.
The Richland and Calhoun delega-
tions' bill to provide for a bridge
! across the Congaree river at Bates
| ferry was advanced to third reading
with an amendment by Senator Pearce
to allow for per cent interest in.
stead of 6 If necessary. This amend
| ment was adopted.
| Several statewide bills were ad-
vanced to third. reading with the un-
derstanding that the debate come
then.
The free conference report on the
]. o. Williams cutout bill was adopted.
! This report recommended that the
senate amendment allowing spotlights
to be used where they are extinguish-
ed within 200 yards OF an approach
ing vehicle be adopted. The report
recommended the change of the title
or the bill so as to take IN spotlights.
The bill prevents the use Of cutouts
on public highways.
A concurrent resolution by Senator
Goodwin providing that the general
assembly adjourn sine die not later
! than 11:55 o'clock, March IL, was
adopted by the senate. This resolu-
ton also forbids that the clocks of
the two houses be run up or stopped.
The finance committee bill to amend
the law in regard to fees for the in.
| quiry and reporting OF the origin of
fires was passed and sent to the house
Senator Rogers bill to regulate
health and accident insurance compa-
MES collecting premiums by the week,
or by the month. known as industrial
| companies. and to levy tax on their
premium collection and to provide for
the better supervision Of such COM
panies was passed and sent to the
house.
| The finance committee bill to au.
thorize and empower the tax commits.
sion to order an abatement or refund
OF taxes in certain cases was sent to
third reading.
The committee on education's meas
| ure to allow the state board of educa.
tion to use its discretion in the Sc
| lection OF school texts upon which
the prices have been raised was given
its third reading.
On motion d Senator Duncan the
vote whereby the Sapp engineers
| license bill was killed ras reconsid.
| cred and the bill placed back on the
calendar. 1t developed that the rec
ords OF the senate had shown Senator
Ragsdale voting to strike out the en-
| acting words of the bill, when he was
| not present.
An unfavorable report by the finance
committee on the bill from the house
to authorize the governor to have the
Washington monument in front OF the
state house repaired was adopted and
the bill killed
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