Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1922-03-07
THE ROLL CALL BALLOT SHOWED
NINE MEMBERS IN FAVOR
OF KILLING AMENDMENT.
Chief EXECUTIVE SIGNS ACTS
A Large Number OF Local Acts and
Statewide Measures Were Given
Approval.
Columbia.


The house OF representatives, follow
ing the lead Of the senate, passed the
tax extension resolution over the veto
Of Governor Cooper by the overwhelm-
ing vote OF 79 to 9. Debate on the res
olution was unusually brief and was
confined entirely to the arguments OF
proponents of the tax extension that
the house should override the chief
executives objections to the measure.
The resolution thereby became part
of the law of the state and the time
for the payment of state and county
taxes, under the provisions Of the act,
has so been extended until June 1st,
with no executions to be served until
September I. Penalties are imposed
on delinquent tax payers as follows:
For taxes paid during March, per
cent; for taxes paid during April 5
per cent: for taxes paid during the
month OF May per cent, and for
taxes paid during and after June, s
per cent. Executions for unpaid taxes
will be drawn up on June l. but under
the provisions OF the resolution will
not be placed in the hands of the
sherins until September /.
Representative J. J. Evans Of Ben
nettsville opened the fight to secure
the passage Of the resolution over the
governors veto, taking up the argu-
ments advanced by the governor and
bringing evidence to refute them. The
objection raised by Governor Cooper
to the proviso carried in the bill to
oil
June l to cast their ballot as usual
that this provision of the resolution
was unconstitutional, Mr.. Evans con-
tended, should alarm no one since this
did not affect the other provisions Of
the measure. The governor had also
been misled. he thought. in arguing
that the postponement of the time for
the payment OF taxes would injure
the states credit. Governor Cooper"
Mr.. Evans said, has argued that the
passage of the resolution will ma
terially injure the credit Of the state"
forgetting the fact that the sheriff's
gavel will fall on many homes in the
state IL it is not passed" T. K. Vassy
OF Cherokee, f. r. buckingham OF All
ken. J. G. Wolling Of Fairfield and
]. r. Bryson of Greenville also spoke
in favor of the passage OF the meas
ure over the governors veto, advanced
practically identical arguments with
those raised by Mr.. Evans
julius S. McInnes Of Darlington
then moved the previous question and
the vote was taken on the passage of
the resolution. the objections OF the
governor to the contrary notwith-
standing.
Governor Cooper signed a number OF
acts, several of statewide Importance,
the acts becoming law with the sigma
ture of the chief executive.
The McElveen McCutchen Lewis
Ford bill to regulate the fees for the
selling Of leaf tobacco on the floors
OF warehouses was signed. This act
makes several changes from the old
law. The measure to regulate the fees
charged by sherifs in serving pro-
cesses so as to provide that a sheriff
cannot charge mileage for serving af
three or four parties in one community
at the same time was another act to
get the approval of the chief execu-
tive.
Representative Bradford's joint res
olution to give the general assembly
power to regulate the state printing
was another measure to get the sigma
ture of the governor.
Representative Fosters bill to re-
quire textile corporations to pay their
employees during work hours was
signed and became law.
The Blease measure to provide for
the borrowing Of money by any school
district in the state and to pledge the
taxes for the payment Of obligations
made was in the list to be signed.
The we'll known corn cob" bill was
another to receive the approval of the
chief executive.
Representative Dukes bill to amend
the highway act 30 as to provide for
the highway department to take over
and maintain roads in towns up to
$500 persons, instead OF as now pro-
'vided. was another to be signed.
A large number of local acts and
other statewide measures were given
approval.
The finance committee returned a
favorable report on the ways and
means constitutional three mill levy
bill.
The Simonhoff marriage license bill,
which had been advanced from a Sec
ond to third reading by a practically
unanimous vote, was ordered recon-
mitted on the motion of Representa-
tive ]. r. O'Rourke OF Charleston. the
vote standing 40 to So in favor of re-
committing the measure. This action
is practically tantamount to killing
the bill as the time Of adjournment is
so near as to practically make 1t
impossible to secure its passage even
though the committee should report 1t
out again. The house, however. refus-
ed to apply the parliamentary clincher
by q vote Of a. to n.