The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1922-02-23

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sage to both houses or the general az.
sembly in which he said he was grave
ly concerned in the proposed appro-
priations for the public schools. The
governor called attention to the adj
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 q 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 O
vote Of 81 to z. This bill, while farm
ed as an act not applying to any par
ttcular company, III reality affects
only the street railway company of
Columbia and it's employees as 10 ap-
plies to counties having Incorporated
cities of more than 10000 and less
than $4,000 inha bitants. 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 1t on that ground.
The joint resolution providing for
the appointment of a committee COM
posed of three members Of the house
and three from the senate to inyesti-
gate the advisability of erecting an
onlce 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 twOthrdS 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were tabled and withdrawn from the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 Of
|
OF Newberry county with the concur
rence of f. G. Harris Of Spartanburg,
one OF the three authors Of the bills.
The record vote on the bill stood SO
to 52 in favor OF its passage.
| The resolution upon which the fight
was made was the bill to provide for
the am endment 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 a 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 j. r. Bryson of Greenville, F. G.
Harris Of Spartanburg and julius S.
McInnes Of Darlington, joint authors
OF the series of resolutions.
OF the 4S 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 sub.
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
j. 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
the bills by Senator Hart to further
regulate the banking business, with
the exception of the measure in refer
ence to certain reserve fund, which
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 SIS IL
cense for fishing boats in the low
country and requiring owners of such
boats to report the number Of fish
caught and also striking out the
clause making a closed season for ter
rapin until July IS, 1925, as we'll 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