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t CAMDEN, S. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 18?0. NO. 5. "1 1 m ? ii. Amended so as to Compell Railroads . to Provide Separate COACHESFORWHITES& BLACKS of Trustees for State Colleges Passed lis Second Reading SEVENTEENTH DAY. ? Aft A OOUS0 quenoe of several important bills acted on during the last few days, which naturally called for deliberate actiou and disonssion, the senate oaloiular bad grown to considerable proportions. The senate oon fined itself to passing as many of these meaauros na possible, and selected as a rule those bil Ih which would not provoke debate. GrubeV'a oounty oourt bill was given its iiual reading, not-, however, beforo a fow more amendments were made to it. t As the bill now goes over to tho hou^o it requires that on a petition presented by one-third of tho electors of a oouuty to the oounty oommissiouor, ho nmy order an election to dotermiue whether or not oounty courts shall bo estnb llshed. Of the 40 oouuties/ iu tho State, 80 were exempted frumi tho pro visions of the bill, 'lhe 10 remaining counties that are willing to $avo tho question for the electors to determine, in the way set forth aboy'e. are tho following: Aiken, Baruwtfl, Berkoley, Colleton, Darlington, G^uville, Hoi- j ry. Marlboro, Newborn aud Union. A bouse bill to reqire oot^ou buyers to ' accept bales of cotton weigtoinj? not less than 800 pounds without llocluug the seller ?1 or anv other amount on ao count of the 'lightness of t[ the bale, called for a good deal of fiiscussiou. The bill waft passed to a third reading. At 1:80 the house oame qfer on invita tion of the Senate and ''the following acts were ratified: To athorizc- the eotinty commissioners of Colloton to ?til the county poor bouse and farm; to amend the aot establishing Chero kee county by providing for the chang ing of towuship lines; to increaso the penalty for practising dentistry with out license; to amend the charter of the Charleston City Kail way oompany. Eighteenth Day. ?After euu of .the ablest debates pro and con ever heard in the State oa'piKd, th? Senate by the decisive vote of 24 to 14 refused to pass a bill to "aid and <y?3urage manufac tures by remitting SW Slate and oouuty taxes, except the school tax, on their Investment for five years, " From the general tone of this debate, -it is to be BeiieVed^nSt had not several Senators thought the bill to bo unconstitu tional they would have support ed it and thus secured its enactment. The following third reading bills pftseed: Aldrich, to amend the revised statutes in relation to the maun or oi acquiring rights of way; Suddath, to forbid boards of township commission * era and oounty boards of Commission era and any other officer ot officers tc asse*^ oiMevy. and oonnty treasurer# or any other officer or officers to oollect any tax for the payment of ^wnship bonda or the o6tt0ona thereof, or judg ments entered up thereon, issued in the aid of a railroad not completed and finished through the township issuing suoh bonds and coupons and not ac ? oepted by the railroad commissioners; house bill to deolare the law in rela tion to termination of rental cou? tracts; house bill to require cotton bnyers to aocept bale* of cotton weighing not less thad 800 pounds; house bill to amend the law so far M it relates to the working and maintaining the roads and hicrhways; Atoher, to authorize and require clerks of the circuit courts, masters aud indges of probate of the aaveral oouu tieft of this State to tarn over to the county treasurer of said counties such A Bill (Hating to the formation of Boards mm or aums of money as shall bare been nayable and uncalled for for a period of seven years whioh belong to ? keirs or claimants who are unknown and whose whereabouts are unknown, the sum to be returned to them when called for by the heira or olaimants eu titled to same. Among the new bills \ Introduced was one by Mauning to vTfreYent tho spread of forest fires by empowering (he township comrais <* siouern to call oat al) males subject to road duty. Nineteenth Dat. ~ Three matters oootipied tbe morning session of the Senate. In tbe order in whioh they were taken up, they were a joiut reso lution by Bay instructing the attorney general to investigate the control of the Ohio Biver and Oharleaton rail road by tbe Month Carolina and Goor ?[ia railway to see if ouch ooutrol was n violation of the constitution as to competing lines; Draydon's bill re ducing the fees of olerks of ihe court, , and the ropeal of tbe metropolitan police law. Hay's joint resolution met with euch decided opposition that it waa finally recommitted. Oraydon's bill to rcduoe the fees of the olerks of the court pasted a second reading in. -"the Senate in muoh modified term4. "It makes a alight reduction in tho feos now paid, and, under an amendmeut offered by Mower, does notvbecome Operative until the terma of the present incumbents hare expired. In Hi* ?ountiea of Abbeville, taken in regular order and onlyi those passed to which thero was no ob ieotiou. lioiuo bill, "to facilitate the transportation of prisoners; House bill to ameud au aot to nroteot keepers of boardiug houses and iunn. The fol? . lowing new bill was introduced; Mau ; niug, providiug for registering births, ' marriages aud deaths and to require the reporting of Ooutbgioui diapason Twentieth IUy. ?There was a bare Quorum at the session of tho Senate, Tiio calendar was taken up aiu\ tjie following were atnonu tho bills I to puna final reading. House bill to : amend Seo. {158,- vol. 1 of tho revise^ statutes of South Carol inn of 1803; house bill to provtdo for the renewing of ohartors of ferries, and for granting olinrtora for fotrios uot heretofore granted; Love (by request), to unthorizo the Catawba Power company to oon struot a dam aerohH tho Catawba river at or . uear Indian Hook shoals, iu York oouuty; House bill to )f|>et?l the metropolitan police law; Bo won, to require tho stato board of health to oo-operate with the Federal govorniuout in establishing quarantine 1 ruloa and reuulaJtians for the protoo tion of the live stock industry of this Stato; Liviughton, to incorporate tho Marlboro, Marion and Horry Railroad Company; Houso bill to ntneud au act to authorize all oitios and towns to build, equip and operato a system of waterworks and eleotno lights, and to j issue bonds to moot tho costs tit same; House bill to auu'nd an aot to provide for the county government of the vari ous counties so as to exempt Orange burg oounty from the operations there of; House bill to incorporate Bonnetts villo ati'd Osborue Railroad company; Hou*e judiciary committee, to prevont destruction of craves and crave yards; Houso' bill to fix the timo for holdiug the oirouit oourts iu tho Eighth I judicial oirouit}" House bdl to ap ply the provisions of tho revised btatutes ou drainage in oertain CoVtu* ties to Cherokee co"h-uiy; judici ary commit'ee, to further establish and declare tho law of distress for rout;' Houa'tbdl to prohibit tho ?rattfo iu long cotton, known as t-o.i island cotton, >u the seed without a license; house bill to amend un aot to authorize tho appoint ment of officers of the peace having ju risdiotion withiu industrial communi ties containing loO inhabitants or more; Aldricb, to incorporate the Barn well -Black ville Railway aud Pow or Company; Love', to luo'trporate tho A. R. P. Orphanage; Suddath, to amend general statutes of South Car olina by dow allowirg the Sheriffs of Edgetield and Saluda counties 20 oents per day for dieting prisoners; Hay, to incorporate tho North and South Carolina railroad company. At 11:30 o'clock the house oame over on invitation of . tho senate to ratify ucts. Here are those ratified: To enable towns and cities of more than 4,-600 inhabitants to hold laud* acquired for municipal purposes. For tbe%jrelief of deliuquont taxpayers of Beitufort county. To authorise Ab beville county to borrow money from sjckiug tuud. To ratify an ordinauce of tho city of Anderson providing for an issue of bonds for mauioipal pur poses. To require county commis sioners to deduct pay from salary of regular constables when special consta bles have tobeomployed to do the work. A.concnrreut rofolution providing for a committee of one Senator and one rep resentative from each judicial circuit to arrange the time of holding oourts in the various oirouits was passed. The president ou the part of tho Senate made the following appointments on that committee: First cirouit, J. W. Barnwed; Second, D. S. Henderson; Third, Leerand Walker; Fourth, Kuox Livingston; Fifth, J. O. Sbeppard; Sixth, Glenn; Seventh, G. 8. Mower; Eighth, \V. Jj^Graydoti. TwENir-FiBST Di^PThere w$s a fairly good attendance of Senators present when President MoSwoeney oullnil the Senate to order. Thecaleu~ dar was smaller thau it has been for fiotno time. Only the third roading hit )b were taken np and they were soon disposed of. Among tbo bills intro duced wore: Brown (by request), to provide a uniform ti.ue for tbo return :of taxable property for tbo purposo 'of municipal taxaiion in oittes and towns.^ Aldf.eh, by requost, a concurrent res >> lution allowing the introduction of a bill to obarter the Ashley Kivor and Navigation company. Blakeney, by \ruquost, tot- Authorise the Georgia, Carolina and ^Jorthorn Bail way com* pauy, tbe Cheater field and Kershaw Railroad company and other railroad companies to merge and consolidate tbwir capital stock, franchise and prop erty with the Raleigh and Gaston Rail road company. THE HOUSE. ? Nineteenth Dat. ? The privilego tax matter was fettled in tbe House. The judiciary committee's bill passed with out n "ingle change, and tbe other bills were either killed or withdrawn. As tbe judiciary committoe bill was adop ed without amendment, Clemson must depend upon a direct appropriation from tbe general treasury, just as other State institutions are aoing, As the net iDOome from the privilege tax may be considerably more than the appro priation recommended ? 840,000? tho ?>tate will hardly suffer from tbe change in the law, but may gain.- Hill asked to withdraw his bill . relating to the length crf~' the term of jrablio xcbools, and to substitute therefor ! "Winkler's bill on the same snbject; The Honse agreed to this, end. a# t 4ai then nearly ft o'clock, debate i was adjonrood on til the nfeht seisiou. Verner iatrodnoed s .rnoliitigi _ex rrwettas tbe eyypaihy oMh? fcoqse #g XepreneaUtivtw for Gov. filler be inHiis , ?icknoM. Hoasked for imm?di?U?os aidfr*tioO, nod tbe boose nnanisolMlr vw L^_- - -j . -J f> ajM*. .4&?. .?? ? - ? *? . i ? ? -TS2S* f '1 ?ohools, And the disposition of dispen *ary funds for their support. The lasf hour won also played hard. Moss1 bill to provide for two now oirouit courts wan op for diHCU^slou, atul was finally killed by a vote oOh> to a >? Tl ere was no night sesslou of tho Hon-*?. The judiciary committee iutrodnood by request a bill to appoint u joint legist lative committoo to examine annually the State institutions of learning-., There whs a favorable report with amendments to pay salaries instead of costs and fetfs to certain county offloora. Flo.vas bill relative to charges for selling leaf tobaooo, and the judiciary oommlttee bill to regulate tho privilogo tax panned third reading. Winklor's bill to fix tho term of tho free puhlio schools, to provide for tho support of tho same and to reirulato tho disbursement of money ariaiug from the salo of liquors parsed its third t reading aftor a long fight. Tho bill ns it was up for disoussion was quito difforant from tho original an in fro duced by Wiukler, j whioh pro vided that tho schools of the Slate should be kept open fopflve months, the funds fo|r their support being tho threo mill supplemented by tho dispensary profits, fiimkins' amendment proposed nothing of tho length of t^o tornj. and stipulated that tho funds should l o divided amoug tho counties iu propor tion to tho school population. Tliia was further amended by Sawyer so that only suoh counties as havo dis. peusaries will receive any part of tho profits. After quite a longtliy debate, Moss' bill to provido for two additional oirouit courts was killod. On motion of prince, Caugbmao'a bill relating to a chaugo in the separato ooaoh law was I made a special order. TWENTY- FI8T DAY. The house killed filnkler's bill to suppress the wearing of certain wea pons upon the person; McCullough's bill to regulate the return and assess ment of property for taxation, and the taxation of notes and mortgages pars ed a second reading after a hard fight; McCullough'a bill to amend the char ter of the G-reenvllle Railway and Power Company passed its second readings Montgomery's bill to charter the Carolina and Northern railroad passed Its second reading, capital stock $500,000: DeBruhl's bill to char ter the Due West and Donald's rail road passed Its second reading. The capital stock Is $10,000; there was a hard fight over the bill Introduced by MeCullough In regard to regulation of returna^ctf property for taxation, and to tax credits and investments. The bill finally passed a second reading At the night session two interesting andvery Important matters were dis posed of. Caujrhman's amendment to the separate coach law and Dargan'a bill to require an oath against lynch ing. Caughman's separate coach law was ordered to a third reading. In Bubstance It provides that all railroads and railroad companies engaged In this State as common carriers of pas sengers for hire 6hall furnish separate coaches for the accommodation of white and colored passengers; that the provisions of this act shall not apply to nurses oh trains, nor to nar row guage roads ot. branch lines under forty miles in length, or to relief trains In case of accident, or vestl buled trains; that tho rate for trans portation of passengers on all rail roads to which the provisions of this act shall apply shall not exceed three cents per mile for every mile traveled; that it shall be unlawful for the offi cers or employes having charge of such railroad cars as are provided for by this aot to allow or permit white and colored passengers to occupy the same car except as herein permitted. Dargaln's bill to Incorporate the fol lowing clause Into the oath to be sub scribed to by members of the general assembly and State, county and mu nicipal officers was next considered: "I do further solemnly swear (or af firm) that I have not, since the first day of January, In the year o-f our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, engaged in any lynching of any human being where death en sued therefrom, as accessory before tho .fact, as principal or as present, aiding, abetting or counseling the same, and that I will not so engage Id any such lyncalng during tho term of offlfce to Which I have been elected or appointed, so ^Jielp m*fi God," Is the way the clause reads. After a lengthy discussion the rote was taken . on a motion to strike out tho enacting words, resulting 55 to 28 In favor of the motion to kill the bill. Imme diately afterwards the House adjourn TWJIHTY-eFfiOND DAY. The session of the house accom plished a great deal in the way of rid ding the calendar of important moy ures. Twenty of the second roadlfig bills were passed, leaving about 170 stflll on the oalendar. S6\-eral new matters were disposed of. Tho House adopted a resolution, offered by Means, that after each teflon 'he hall be thoroughly ventilated. The House adopted a concurrent resolution to allow the Introduction of a bill to oharter the Carolina and Southeastern ran road. Winkler offered a resolu tion to allow no speeches of over five minutes in length on any questlpn ex ceptcept liquor bills $nd..-aptfro$rJa tk>? Wile. Prince said that the ma tSoa was puerile. Important legisla tion could not be discussed in such a limited tin*. If a member bad. any thing worth eayiijg, be couldn't wmj VL In five minutes. Tbe resolution was "* W11 Ito preyeut ~ It* yjwtdi Inmate bad caused ac ] mmmm Ing. It will not go Into effect untl | February. H'OO. J-'oVJowin* the main provision: Thar th<? bo.-vr, 1 ot | trustees o t South Carolina colics aud the Wlnthrop Normal and Indus COllefjo of South Carolltn, shall cicli be composed of the gnvfj^ov of tin State, the superintendent r.' edii.n: : >r\ and the chairmen of the comwiHus on education of the Senate and House Of Representatives, who f> h a 1 1 be mem bers cx-offlclo of each s.ii-.l boar-ii, and seven other memner?. uv!i to ba J electod, one from each con.mo. clonal. 1 district of the State, by the joint Note of the General Assembly. ??And the hoard of visitors of the South Carolina Military Academy shall bo compose 1 Of the Governor of the Stato. the Ad jutant and Inspector General, the State Superintendent of Education, and the chairman of the military com mittees of the Senate ant! Home of Pe-prcsQutatives. whu ihuli l?o num ber cx-offlclo of &aid board, and r^evon others to bo olo'oted, one from each congressional dlfctrlc: of 'the State, by the Joint vote of the General As sembly. Twentv-thwd Day. ? When the House met at 7:80 p. in., (tiioio \va* uo day soeaiou) baroly a quorum was present, but withiu 15 minutes the ie quired numbot^waR present* After forty minutes c$ ekiVmishiuff along this lino, tho houso^'tOoU lip the 17 tbird roading lulls on the e^loiular and passed them. Several second rending bills 1 wero brought up but wero dmmiaaod | without disonssion. There wore u low first reading billa presented. Tue ap propriation bill cauio up for its first reading. Mr. Wilson iutrodueed a bill that tho leaks in the roof of tho Stuto capitol be repaired. The senaio bill to inourporate the Marion, Marlboro and Horry railroad reoeived its tirbt read ing, also tho bill to incorporate the BarnwellBlaokville railroad. '1 wewty-poubih Day. ? There was another slim attendance when the House flret met. There woro tifty.ono present at the hour for opening, aud it was fully ton miuutes beforo th<^o whs tho requisito number, sixty-tnroe. ?Four bilis passed third roadiug. Nine eeoond reading bills wore ktllod or continued until the next session. The new representative from Sumter. Mr. Altamont Moses, wus sworn In, Max ill moved to strike out the onaoting words of Woodward's bill requiring a licenao for Oarrying ceitaui deadly weapons. Woodward said that he woutd not discuss the matter further as it hud been up before. The bill was killed, Mauu'a bill to provide for the equitable assignment aud payment o i taxes on mortgaged property was killed. Sturkie oailed for tlie special order, the bill relating tobiennal sessions. Blease eaid that it required a two thirds majority of the members to pase a bill to rtubmit to the poople a pro posed araeudment to the constitution. He suggested that the matter be de ferred. However it was decided to dis cuss the question. After muoh discus Bioo aotion ou the dim was posipoueu temporarily. Mo^Jraw moved to con tiuue hisjbill prohibiting bicyoles from passing vehioles without permission. Tins wai agreed to, by the House. Thia disposes of the biil until next session. Gruut's bill to regulate the eale of ferti lizers was taken/up. Magill moved to strike ont tho enuctiug words. The House refused to strike out the enacting words by a vote', of 41 to 60. li lythe wanted the bill recommitted, as there were so msny ohangea in it. The House by a vote 60 to 42 re fused to reoommit the bill. A motion was made and oarried that disusaion on the bill, be postponed for the present. Rogers' bill to provide for the registra tion of births, marriagea and deaths was, upon motion, continued until next session. Bobinson'a bill to provido for no doable oosta in change of veuue oases waa killed. Richards' bill to license graduates of the fcjouth Caro l>ua Medioel College witboal examina tion waa killed. J he committee on State bouse and grounds ro I>orted favorably upon Bacot'a reso lution to lend the portraits of Con federate generals in the btate house to t her*, .executive committee of the veterans' reunion in Charleston. The committee included the State flags eiso. The entertainment oommittee if re-, quired to insnre the properties. Means offered a concurrent resolution that a committee of two Benatora and'* three members of the House be' appointed to investigate the sanitary condition of the state bouse. Adopted. Ashley's bill toexteud the jurisdiction of magistrates was by him continued until nextsfea*ion. The House got down to business at tlie night session. Blaasa'a bill to incroase tho punishment Jar violation of labor contraots was killed. DeBruhl's bill to promote prompt settlement with dis charged laborers passed ita second reading. Evens' bill to authorize the couuty commissioners of Edgefie.'d county to borrow money from tho sink ing fund in order to place thooountv on a cash basis, passed its second. reading. Duke's bill to prevent certain officers from aoeapting fees passe'd its second reading. \ The provisions of the bill make it ttnlewfnt for any sheriff or other officer to reoeive fees or pay o' any kind for summoning, sub pceuinsr, or serving process upon auy w.tn ess that has already been bound over to appear at the general sessions court by a msgistrato or otherwise, f-awyer' bill to add tho following to the iirat aeotioa of the act governing conduct of magistrates pas*ed aeoond reading: "That the oonnMbls of each megietratee shall be repaired to deliver ?aid convict to the officer iu ebarge of -* ? * ? ? Ai the chaingaog within 94 hours after sentenee, and for ao doing he a ball re* eelve 60 eaaU. " The House agreed tke jenaetis*. werde .* rale 89 to M. < ' r. isi"'.'TrV rnr> *' Representative Stroms' Bill Amend ing the Dispensary law? * gILL FOR BETTER ROADS Upresentstlve trans' Bill to E table the S nkiii? Coniuilssoners to lend Funds to County Board of Commissioners of Cleve land County. I Representative W. A. Stroms' Bill. Bo it euactod by tho Genera! Assem bly of tho rttnto of South Carolina: tteotiou I. That sections B, 0, B and 9 of an act oniitled "An act to provide for the elootiou of -g^he Btate hoard of oontrol, and further regqlato the ealo. nt?e, consumption transportation ana [Imposition of luioxioating and alooliolio liquids in tho Btuto, aud prescribe further penalties for violation of ilie dispensary laws, aud to police tho Rftine," npprovod tho sixth day of Matou, > I). iyU0, so tha; as amended tho said Hootioub shall read redpeotivoly as follows; Heo. 8 That tho State board of oontrol shall, at tho expiration of the term of the present commissioner, aud at tho expiration of every two years there after, appoint a commissioner, which appoiutment shall be submitted to tho ueuate at its uexi session for its appro val; said commissioner shall be believed by the Btate board of oon,trol to' be an abstainer from intoxicants, and shall, under such rules and regulations as may be made bv tho Btate hoard of oontrol, furnish afl lutoxioating liquors for lawful use ii> this state to suoh persons as may he designated as dispensers thereof, to be sold as thereafter prescribed in this act. Baid commissioner shall reside, aud have Mfe place of business in the oity of Columbia, in this State, a id hold his office two yoars from his appoiutmeut, and uutil another be appointed in his stead. He shall be subjeot to removal for causo by the State board ot oou trol. lie shall qualify and bo com missioned the same as other 8tate offi opis, and shall receive an annual sala ry of not more tkyi fifteen hundred dollars, payable rrt m the dispensary fund upon the warrant of the State board of control. He shall be allowed a bookkeeper, who shall be paid in the snmo manner a salary of twelve huu rired dollars, and such other assistants as in tho opinion of the board or oon trol may l<e deemed necessary. He Khali not furnish to the county diRpeuse^s nny intoxicating or fermented liquor except snoh as have been tested by the chemist of the S. 0. College and do clared to be pure, provided : That eaid board of oontrol shall have authority to appoint each assistants as they may find necessary to assist the ohemist of the South Carolina College in making tho analysis required by this act ; and the said board of ocutrcl *1* much res^onable compensation, if any, a> they mav deem proper, for .the servioei roudored bv such ohemist or snob assistants. Lach county dispenser shall remit to the State t/ej^urer all money* accruing to the State from the sale oi liauors under suoh rules as may b? prescribed by the State board of con trol, aud.the State treasurer shall'keep a separate aocount with said fund, from which the State board of oontrol shall draw from time to time upoo warrants, or in such manner as they may provide; the amount jaecessary tc pay the expenses inoorretr in conduct ing the businoss. All rulea and regu said oommis lations governing the sioner or oouuty dispensers in the per* formanoe of any of the duties of hia office, where the same ia not provided for by law, shall be prescribed by ths State board of control. The State com missioner shall, before entering upoo the dutiek of his office, execute a bond to the State treasurer, with sufficient sureties, to be approved in the sami manner as the bonds of other State of floors, in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars, for the faith ful performance of the duties ol his office. In all purobasea 01 sales of intoxicating liqnors made, as contemplated in this act. the State board of oontrol shall oause a oertifloate to be attaohed to eaoh and every paokage oontainioo said liquors, when the same ie shipped to. State commissioner from the place of purchase or by State oommisaioner to the their which mnty dispsnsariee, certified b, loial signatures and tifioate shall state that li I signatures and sea - e shall state thatliquo contained in ssid_ package have V^o ra ed in . purchase*) by the State board of for use Within the State of Squill Car ntro) olina, under the laws of eaid State, and : shall also cause to be attached to all suoh liquors the eertifloate of tbeobem iai of the South Carolina oollege thai samples of the same have been tested, as required by this act, and without such oertificate* any paokaire contain ing liquor* whioh shall be shippsd frcm place to plsce within the Stato 01 .delivered to the consignee by auj railroad, express company or other common oarriers, or b? found in the possession of any common carriers, shall be regarded as contra band, and may be seized without war rant for confiscation, and snob Com-') mob carrier shall be liable to a penalty of five hundred dollars for each offense, to be recovered against seui common j carrier in any court of competent juris diction by eommeos rfad com lalnt^ proceeding to be instituted If the se lie* tor of an/ circuity with whom evi Use ef tfce VH>toiow; a?d m i|jr? ^ *' '.'J* w ? > m *? M t W** Ml . flip 'wj's it. r*JFir i , J" It"**** oitiov Provided, All ?aoh roles and regulations khull be submitted to tbe Mate board oi coutrol, and approved by them before their adoption. Section 0. County di? peuners shall ba oUvted by the qualified oleotor# of the county iu which the dispensaries are located, :u the same way aud maauor an county supervisors are elected, and in no cann shall their salary exceed six hundred dollars, and they shall ex ecute to the county treasurer a bond in tho penal sum of three thousand dol lars, with good ami suffloient sureties, conditioned that he will well and truly obey thO .laws of the Htato of Soutu Carolina, now or hereafter in foiue, In relation to tho sale of Intoxicat ing liquor*- will pay ?'i tines, penalties, damages And costs that may bo assossed or rooorded aguiuat l.nu for violation of suoh lawa (lur)DK tho term for which suid ap pointment is made, and will not soil intoxicating liquors' and at ft pnoe other thau that fixed by the Stat# board of control. !\aid bond shall be fofc^th? use of tho State and county, oiv any porson oi persons who may be damaged or injured bv reason of a\iy violation 011 the pftvt of the obligor of tho le^ro- I lating to intoxicating liquors purchased or sold during tot m for whlou said ap-> pomtuieal is made. Tbo aaid boud shall bo dopoaited with tho county tieasuror, and Hint, thereon shall bo brought at nny timo by tho solioitor j cr any povaon for whoso bonofit the seme is given; a^id in caso tho condi tions thereof, oilnny of them, shall be violated, the principal end enretios thereon Rhall al^o bo joiutly aud uevor ully hablo for all oivil damages, cost# aud judgments that may bo obtained against tho principal in any civil aotion brought by wife, child, parent, /?unr diau, employer or other portion undor the provision of the law. All other mouoji oollected for bveaehon of such bunda shall bo dinirihnted as other lunde arising from the disi ensary. Said boud shall bo approved as other official bonds for tho oonnty. SEarrov 8. Each oonnty dispenser, before commissioned, shall make and eubsoriho, ou oath l>ofore st mo officer authorised by law to administer oaths, wbioh shall bo OudoVHed upon tbe bond, tne efteot and tonor following : "I? do solemnly nwear (or nfHrm) that I wilFwoll aud truly perform all and lingular tho oosditiou of the within bond, and keep aud poi form tho trusts ton tided in me to purchase, keep and toll, intoxicating l/quors. I will not sell, give or fnrnis)t to any person any intoxioating liquois otherwise than is provided by Jaw, aiid, especially, I will not soil or fttruieU intoxicating liquors to suy minor, intoxicated persou or nereone wbo am W the habit of becom* tug intoxicated, and I will make lino. full ami acviraia returns to tue oouutv board of oontrol on the urat Monday of ench month or nil cort liOAt 6rt aud requests made to of received by me, as requirod by law during the prooetliug month} and such returns ehall nhow ovory Bf.le and de livery of unoh liquors mad# by me or for me during the rno.nt'a embraced therein, aud the truoHigunture to every, request roooivedjwid grantor!: lovurun sbaurBliow hit t'ae liquors or delivered to any ???<} every person a? returned. " \ppon taking said oath and the oath required by the constitution, and filing bond as horoiubefore pro vided, the county bovj-dof oontrol shall authorise him to keop and sell int<tau eating liquors as in this aot provided] and every appointment so mado shall apecifv the build ieg, giving tho street aud number or l/nsatiop, in w^aoh in toxioating liquctrs may beaoldov vir tue of the name, and the length or time ! in whioh the same shall beinforoe.whieb | in no case sha',1 exceed twelva months. Appointmenta made under this aot shall ! be deemed trusts reposed in the reoipi | enta thereof, ?ot as a lAattor of right. ! but of oonfidenoe^ aud may be revoked i upon sufficient ehowing by order of the county board of control^ and upon tha : removal of any County dispenser, or > -upon demand ot the ooanty board of control, heahall immediately turn oVfcr to tha county board of oontrol all lufuors and other property in his pos session belonging ' to the State or county . board of oontrol shall be cl larged with the duty of proseouting I'm county dispenser and any of bia employee wbo may violate any of the provisions of this aot. On the death, resigt^ation or removal of a county dis peneer, or expiration of his term oi ?office, the governor ehall appoint bia exooeieor until the next general eleo dLton. New Road Bill. Senator Mauldln la the author of aj new broad tire Mil which has been drawn to meet the objections raised to a bill on the same subject ait the last session of tlxe General Assembly. Section 2 of tie measure Is a bill that was Introduced by Senator Man ning but afterwnrds recommitted to] enable it to be engrafted in the praa- ; ent bill, the text of which Is as fol lows: , Section 1, That after January 1, 1901, It shall bo unlawful for ^ny per son or persons, firm or corporation, to ! Import Into this State, or sell, or other , wised Is pose of, for use In this State, any wagon .having leas width of tire than below specified, viz.: Oo^all wagons havlig standard Iron or axles, not exceeding - one and -three eighths inahos, tubular axles, not ex ceeding one and seventh-eighth* Inch.- 1 es, or thimble skein axles, not exoaed- 1 Ing two an<| three^alghths Inch ear. tha I width ot tha t irm *haH be not lota} than two Inches; on all wagons ba v- 1 ins aUftdard trafr-or ateel ?*}e? exyi ceedlag one a?4 three Igh the but sst ex t?mtm oa< and fhr<H inches tntrafcu* I the wldtn o^tlrcs fthflll b? rot i< tli an fon r and one-half Inches. See. 2. That from and after the saKO'^f this act, and until the y? 1903. any p?r!*on who i>rod? tlfloate of the tow^iH . lessors. or a makfrfty oj tliwa. effect that such/ person owns hahltuallv/ffwrr ?+ leant one road hide wlttT tires nob loss than four;? IncKfca-ro width, sjrall be exempt from road duty nuJ-^fonj the payment of % commutMtrtn road tax: Provided* That the provision* of this se?etlofc shall not apply to lop carts or log wagons. Sec. 3, That after the year 1W>3 It shall be unlawful for any person or persona to use upon the public high ways of this State, or any part there- J of. any wagon heaving tires of V width width than abovo (tr?Blf?nati Provided, That tthe provlelans of act shall not apply- xo-ploasura-vo)^ nor to the uu of pari 9 of the p highway? by any person or persoi transporting auy crops or prf from one part to another of premises: Provided further, tj wagons now In use, or that. use January 1st, 1001, of ] than abovo designatfd, may until worn out. See. 4. Thai tho vlAja.tloj the proviairins nf t.h.t* deemed, and Is hereby det)l a lulsdcmrano'*. and iho offender* upon conviction, shall bo punished tiy a fiae of not leas than five dollar* -and not - more than fifteen dollars, <?r by U&r J prlbonmcut for not nloro -ttutit thiiflR 'F (lnys*. ,y * ... i>ro. That It shall he the.diifey PC . all county supervisor^ and tnetaber* . of co'uity boards cf commlssloawa to sec that iho provisions of th4s act era ? IS properly on forced, and .to profp^ltii r all vlla-l-ious thereof. \ ._ . - Repr. scnlativTlv^Utivrg ~ A Bill to Enablo the Commission to fiend County Boavl of Comi Eduo/iold County to J debtoduoua of Mitd Comi said County ou a Cuf^ Aulhorizo iho said (| Commissioners to Pie] Tax licvy Herein Pro' euro the Knrue. ?? Bo it i!)oncted by tho ( Jouoral AfinilMy of tho imitate of South Carolina ; Section 1. That thoeommisaloaero )f tho Sinking Fuud of the State of ^ South Carolina uro hereby authorised* ? :o loud to tho county board'of 0* jioners for Bdgetield CPtynt&onj iuuda in thoir hands, the MlB? < )'JU, to bo usud to pay thepaatf nlnees eouutyJ'WtRV mrront oxi>euhes'for the year Section ?. 1 hat for the period of iea< bear intarest at a rat# five per cent, per . Dually. And there isberel <?* of_flve ?iKhtJa;^ on the dollar on all taxable p the couaty of Edgefield fdr of ten yaar *t for tae porpo^ log said lean proceeds of saW le^ of r year loan aaid be turne for ordinary Section 8. supervisor of 4a(d jCO are lieraby arborized to or notes to He oomroiaafea Sinking Fund for the ai loan, and the apeoial tax of one mill herein proyic pledged by the oonai| missionera toaeatfre i aaid note or notea. ? - . Miction 4. That immediately the approval of thia aot, board of commiaaioaere of county shall proceed to -J provided in thia eety andont of the 4 ? so recaived ahall at oikw pay off past indebtedness of and the balance of aaid M.w "* ? ,countT d "ring the mm 1 hat said eom mo lent ehali ba for by the couaty treasnra>r of J county aud hla official bead L, hab a therafor. aa in . ihe -?a if >llna fandainhia hands. Haoxiox 5. Thia aot'ihaM gal affect immediately apoa i?e< SaonoN 6. Thai all a^a i? of aeta ineoBaiataat with th^ and the same are hereby.