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I ( 05 vor 1x,--4 COUNTY GOVERNMENT. THE NEW BILL PASSED BY THE RE CENT LEGISLATURE The Offlce ct County Comm'ssioner Abol lah d and the Offloe of C unty bupOrvis or Subit-uted Tberefor-A Mevsure that ihould be Gi'ven a Fair Trial. A bill to provide a system of county government for the several coanties of the State. . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gen eral Assembly, and by the authority of the same: Section 1. That from and after the 1st of January, 1895, all Acts, or sections of the General Statute relating to the election, duties, powers and rights of county commissioners be, and the same are hereby, repealed, except such speical Acts, Darts of Acts or sections of the General Statutes as have heretofore conferred special powers and privileges upon- the county commissioners of any county, which said duties are devolved upon the county supervisor and county board of road commissioners as herein after provided. Sectioa 2. There shall be an ekection held at next general election for State officers in the several counties of the State for one county supervisor, and at every general election thereafter, whose term of office shall be two years, and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified. Section 3. The county supervisor so elected shall, before entering uoon the duties of his office, execute a bond for the use of the county, with three or more sufficient sureties, for the faithful perfor mance of his duties, in the penal sum of five thousand dollars, said bond to be approved in manner the same as now provided for bonds of county auditors and treasurers. Section 4. The county supervisor shall have genen.l jurisdiction over all public highways, roads bridges and fer ries, and over the paupers, and in all matters relating to taxes and disburse ment of public funds for county purposes In their respectave counties, and in any other case that may be necessary for the :nternal improvement and local con cerns of their respective counties; said supervisor shall have power and authori ty to administer oaths to any person in references to matters appertaLming to his office. Section 5. That the Governor shall appoint, upon the recommendation of the Senator and members of the House of Representatives from the respective counties three discreet freeholders in each township in the several counties of the State, who shall be konwn as the township road commissioners. whose term of office shall be coterminal with that of the Governor by whom such commissioner shall have been appointed, and until ther successors are appomted and qualiAed. In case of a vacancy or In case et the refusal of any person so appomted to serve as such commis sioner, the Governor shall fill the same as herembefore provided: Provided, that no person shall be required to serve more than once in every tour years, and said commissioner shall, during the term of his office, be exempt from all road and jury duty. Section 6. Tat all the duties, powers and privileges now devolved upon the township board of assessors be, and the same are hereby, devolved upon the townsphip board of commissioners, and township boards of assessor' are hereby abolished. Section 7. That all the duties, powers and privileges now devolved upon coun. ty boards of equalation be, and the same are hereby, devolved upon the county board of commissioners, and said county toard el equalization is hereby abolished. An] the members 01 sa.id board, while performing the Ctunes now devolved upon the courty board of equalization, eball im ca- .h n e compensation as such cara uo ie ceive, Section S. That the ecounty supervisor, togetherwith the chairmen of the town ship boards of commidssioners in the seT eral townships appointed by the Gov ernor, shall constitute the county board of commissioners, of which said board the county supervisor shall be chairman. Section 9. That immediately after the appointment of the several boards of township commissioners, and the elec tion and qualification of the county sup. ervisors, or as soon thereafter as may be practicable, the said supervisor shall call a meeting of the county board of commissioners for the purpose of or ganization. And the said noard shall meet thereafter on the first Monday in January, April, July and October of each, year at the county Court House, for the transaction of business, and a majority of said board shail con stitute a quorum: Provided, that the chairman of said board may call an ex tra meeting at any time, and shall be required to do so upon the written re quest of three members of the board. That a; the first meeting of said board they shall elect one their number who shall b~e a member of the State board of egnalization and who shall perform all the functions of said office as now pro vided by law. Section 10. That it shall be the duty of the county supervisor, toge!ther with the chairmen of the boards of township commissioners, township road commis sioner, to lay off into convenient section the roads, bridges and ferries in the several townships in their respective counties, which said sections shall be numbered for the purpose of letting out the same to be worked and maintained under contract. Section 11. Thatrif the county board cocomminssioners conclude to adopt the fontract system for working, maintain ing. construc'ting and operating the sev eral sections of highways, roads, bridges and lerries in the several townships of their respective counties, the county supervisor, as soon as practical thereaf ter, shall advertise in a newspaper pub lished in the county once a week for ihree weeks and by notes posted in two or more conspicuous places in the sev era] townships, for bids from responsi ble persons for doing the work as above set forth. Any and all bids made shall be in writing, sealed and addressed to the county supervisor, and by him opened and submitted to the county board of commissioners, and it shall be the duty of said board to accept the lowest bid made by a responsible person or party: Provided, that said board ma! in its dig cretion reject any and all bids. Section 12. When any bid shall have been accepted by the county board of commissioners they shall require the person or party whose bid, with good and sufficient sureties, shall have been accepted to enter into bond double the amount of said bid, payable to said bard and their successors in office, for the use of the county which bond shall ex specify the nature of the work required, tb conditioned for the faithful performauce n of the same. ax Section 13. In case of the failure of any contractor to perform the condi ions of his bond the county board of commis- or sioners shall declare the sante forfeitezl o and the circuit solicitor shall enter suit M in the name of said board for the penal- to ty thereof, and any sum of money recov- ja ered in sc's action shall be paid into su the county treasury and become a part th of the county road fund. m Section 14. The county board of com- co missioners shall have power to remove c any and all detaulting contractors and cc to relet the sections o highways, roads, M bridges orferries so let to him to some ki other responsible person or party. Section 15. The county treasurers of o the several counties are hereoy author- a, ized and empowered to receive from any 01 and all persons liable to road duty in the a several counties the sum of two dollars p, as a commut ition tax in lieu of all road T duty required by law, and all money so w paid shall be set apart and known as the p1 county road fund: Provided, that said cl commutation tax be paid between the first day of November and cc first day of March In each year for that 1 fiscal year, or when State and county ( a taxes are paid, and that the ' auny treasurer shall furnish a receipt to the d person paying the same. s: Section 16. The county treasurer m shall furnish the county sunervisor a sa list containing the names of all persons n, who have paid their commutation tax. tt and the chairman of the township board of commissioners shall also prepare and. ei furnish to the supervisor a list of all per- ai sons liable to road duty in their respect- i ive townships, and the said supervisor P shall check off the names of all such per- s sons whose names shall be reported on the list of the county treasurer as hav- h ing paid their commutation tax and all w persons whose names shall remain on o the list so checked sball be required to w perform road duty, not exceeding in the ir aggregate six days; said persons shall not be requied to work more than three cc days in any one week, and shall be as a signed to such duty by the county su- g pervisor under one of the contractors in 0 the township having under control the .g section or sections nearest the residence of such person or persons: Provided, ' that in those counties where the con- b] tract system is not adopted said persons e( shall perform the work under road over- c seers, to be appointed by the board of u township commissioners for each town- ai ship, under the provisions of existing b laws. - Section 17. It shall be the duty of the s contractor of any section to receive such 12 a prson or persons assigned to him un der Section 16 by the county supervisor e and he shall allow to the county board t, of commissioners a sum not less than 1 fifty cents per diem for the labor of any it such person or persons, and said sum fc shall be credited upon the amount due d or to become due said contractor.by the si said board. p] Section 18. In case of the refusal of any person or persons to pay his or d their commutation tax as herein provid- 3 ed, within the time prescribed by this 0 Act, and upon refusal to perform the road duty required. by Section 16 of this P; Act, he shall be deemed guilty of a mis demeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined ten dollars and costs, or it imprisoned in the county jail for the pe riod of twenty days: Provided, that if a any person liable to road duty neglects a to. pay his commutation tax within the ti time prescribed by this Act, the county Pi treasurer is hereby authorized to receive e. the same, with a penalty of 50 per cent te of said amount added: Provided, the same be tendered within fifteen days af ter the expirstion of said time. Section 19. All accounts, claims and b demands of whatever nature existing against the county for opening, con- de structing, maintaining any public hiah- tt way, road, bridge or ferry, shall be pre- he sented to the county board of commis- si sioners duly attested, and it approved by di said board the county supervisor shall ci draw his warrant upon the cornnty aS treasurer, under the seal of the county of: oard of commissioners, for the amount tt of any such claim o r claims, waich war. rant shall be countersigned by the s ic retary of the board, and the same shall s be paid by said treasurer of the county road fund. Section 20. Any wilful neglect of duty m on the part of any member of the coun- t] ty board of commissioners shall be yt deemed a misdemeanor, punishable by J1 a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars gi or imprisonnient not exceeding one year. it Section 21. The county board of com- it missioners shall, at the last term of the. de Court of General bessions in each year o make a report to the presiding Judge, h to be by him submitted to the grand jury, of all their actings and doings, containing an itemised statement of all e* amounts ordered to be paid by them, b the condition of the public highways, c bridges and ferries in their respective S counties for the fiscal year, and all mat- ti trs appertaining to the same. ar Section 22. The members of the coun- b, ty boaid of commissioners shall have til power to administer oaths to all persons , appearing before them and to punish by I fine not exceeding ten dollarr or impris onment in the county jail not exceedmg" twenty-four hours, any and all persons guilty of disorderly conduct amountmno to an open or direct contempt- or wilful a interruption of their proceedings. C Section 23. That from and after the C) pssage of this Act all the Courts of F this State and municipal authorities, la which under existing laws have power ti to sentence convicts to confinement in ai prison with hard labor, shall sentence o: all able-bodied male convicts to hard labor upon the public works of the je county in which said person shall have y, been convicted, and in Lbe alternative c: to imprisonment in the county jail or of state tenitentlary at hard labor: Pro- y vided, That municipal authorities of may sentence convicts to work upon in the streets and public work of the mu- w nicipality In which they have been e: convicted, and such convicts when so sentenced shall work under the direc- cc ion and control of the municipal au- p thority imposing sentence. Provided, n That no convict whose sentence shall bi be for a period longer than two years v: shall be so sientenced. o, Section 24. That all convicts so sen- tt tenced shall be under the supervision b, and control of the county supervisor and by him formed into a county chain- ec gang and required to perform hard Ia- al bor upon the public highways, roads,, b< bridges and terries or public build- cl ings in the county; he shall direct the tu time, place and manner of labor to be le performed by said chain-gang: Pro vided, that said chain-gang shall not oc be worked in connection with or near ri any road contractor or overseer. oj Section 25. That the county board of tj commissioners shall diet and provide c< suitable and efficient guards and app11- b' ances for the safe keeping of said con- q victs. They shall likewise provide all c< necessary tools, implements and road si machines for performing the work re- ~ quird ofsaidconicts allcost a j penses of which all be Pa Mt Of e county road fur in the salae man r as other chargeagainst .id fund e paid. Section 26. Thatn case aa cavict convicts so empyed by tC clunty pervisor shall beme ungemable unfit for the latr reqtii of such nvict or convictsthe said !pervisor ay commit such envict o:Cokvicts the State Penitntiary : coMunty 11. And it shalbe the d-y of the perintendent of te Penittiary, or e sheriff of the ounty, a the case ay be, to receive av such niet or nvic's so comtitted. bien said Lain gang is not :mpioyeior when invenient and praticablebeY shall confined in the ounty ja for safe eping under diretion o t super sor. Section 27. Th t the cnty board commissioners ihall bguthorized id required to enploy a tysician 01 iysicians whenerer necefy to ren 3r medical aid Vtsick coicts and tc -eserve the healti of thiain gang he fees and expnses ofie same, a ell as for medicines preibed, to be fid out of the road d as othei aims are paid atainst safunds. Section 28. The cout board oJ mmissioners shall havgeneral su rvisioa over the paus -and the )or house and farm ole county, id the said board shalrovide all !cessary buildings for taccommo tion of the poor of theunty, witt ifficient tillable land to e employ: tent to all paupers able work, anc did buildings and lands 11 be desig ited as the poor huuseid farm of Le county. Section 29. That said .rd shall be npowered to make all rssary rule! id regulations for the prnment o: Le county poor house atarm, to ap )int a superintendent,th such as stants as may be needto- provide teans for the employmeas may tq st suited to the inma of the pool Ause, to see that every.per able t< 'ork is employed, and appoint oni more physicians to tipoor house ho shall furnish med aid to thi idigent sick. Section 31. The co;y board 0 mmissioners shall hapower to de Land, sue for and rive all suc] Its, legacies, fines, fotures and al ,her moneys or thingsich may b iven as coming to the3 of the pooi Section 32. In case spoor-child o iildren shall be, or bene, chargea Le to the county, the tity board o: ymmisioners may binyut any sue] iWid or children as apprentice t >me person or good ral charactei ntil such child, if he 1l male, shal rrive at the age of 16 irs, and if 1 D a female until she ave at the ag 14, or shall marry. ;e said boar alL have power to bTsat to service nder some person of i moral chai ter, any illegitimate ld or childrei kely to become cheable to th )unty or liable to beimoralized b: ie immoral conduct evil exampl their mother or othpersons hai ig them In charge, in I manner an >r the time-prescribeck patper chi. ren, ani they shall ha power to iE ie all necessary writs enforce th rovisions of this secti. Section 33. - Any ney becomin e on any recognizan given for th aintenance of any ilitimate chil children, if such ch or childre ili be boand out to sre, shall b id ot and receive by the st rvisor, to be inved and e3 anded by him undere order of th robate Court for thenefit of suc egitmate child. Section 34. The counboard of con issioners shall have wer to mak I contracts in referer to supplyii ie poor house and intes thereof, re airmng buildings and~her necessar rpenses incident to thare and maim nance of saia poor hse and ffirdi here any contract all exceed tb im of t wenty dollarsey shall adve: se and receive bid-s fcame, and sha 3cept the lowest bidsm a responis te person.. Section 35. All accots, claims'an emads of whatevezature again! e county in referee to the pot use or farm for the iintenance an ipport of paupers shi be presente' 2y attested, to the brd of count >mmissioners and be them audites lowed or rejected, afor the amour any claim so audit and allowe ie county supervisorxali draw h: arrant, under the al of the boar< pon the county trsurer, counte gned by the secretax of the boar< ho shall pay the sanmut of the par sr fund of the count.' Section 36. The cour board of cot issoners shall, at b last term ie Court of General.'ssions in eac ar, make a report I the presidir lsdge, to be by him bmitted to tU and jury, of all thekctings and d egs for the fiscal yer containing r emized statements all amounts 0 bred to be paid by em. with a li inmates and the cadition of the po mse, farm and inmes. Section 37. The amnty supervis call procure, adopt'seal and when lopted shall save jescription ther , with an impressk thereform, filedin the office~f the clerk urt and .of the shiff, treasurer ar ~cretary of State, al the same shi ereupon be the se of the supervis id all orders or otir papers sign' said commission shall be authe cated by the offici; seal.. Section 38: Each cmnty shall pay: he fees of the granand pettit juro he in attendant upon the Circi urt. 2. Witnesse:[ees in the Sta ises for actual attendants :ovided by~ las 3. Fees ysicians and s-geons testifyii iexperts befoi the Circi art. 4. Fas <sherisif a lerk of Court as prelded by law. ees of county corns as allowedI w. 6. Fees or salaes of trial ju ce and constables. The salad;es iditor, treasurer ancounty superv as provided by las Section 39. That ti fees allow~ rors, constables an hvitnesses sh: Spayed by the treurers of t munties, on the presetation to the certiicates signed y the presidii tidge and countersiged by the cle te Court, or be reeived by hi tthe payment of al. county tax hen duly approved bthe -county si visor. Section 40. That th accounts of 1 roner and sheriff an supervisor at aysicians' or surgeos' fees for pa ortem, shall be appeved by cour aard of commissioner, and the sup isor, on their approva, shall draw der upon the count treasurer: e payment of the sam, countersigl 7 the secretary of the oard. Section 41. Sheriffs, eputy sheri roners and constable shall exec 1 legal orders to them,irected by1 mards herein providet for, or 1 1airman thereof, and shall rece: erefor the same feer and costs swed In other cases. Section 42. That the -eports or yunty treasurer and otlir officers r quired by law to be mate to the bo county commissioner shall, af e passage of this Act, h made to yunty supervisor, and al settleme y any of the~ county etIcrers now uired to be made with the boart yunty commissioners or ts chairs ll be made with the coirty sul ctn 43. The omnt board commissioners shall prepare an esti mate of the amount of money neces sary to pay the expenses incurred by said boards and for ordinary county ex penses and report the same to the Comptroller General of the State, on or before the 15th day of November of each year, to be by him 3ubmitted to the General Assembly in order to pro vide the necessary taxation for county purposes. Section 44. In case of the failure of the county supervisor to faithfully per fora! the duties of his office or the con ditions of his bond, it shall be the duty of the solicitor of the circuit in which such'supervisor shall reside to bring an action upon the bond of said super visor in the name of the county, and any amount realized from said suit shall be deposited in the treasury to *:1e credit of the road fund, and shall receive therefor such- fees as the Court shall designate. Section 45. That the salaries of the supervisors in the several counties, shall be paid quarterly by the county treasurers out of the county funds, in the same manner as other claims against said county are paid. Section 46. That it shall be the duty of the county supervisor to cause a re cord to be kept of all the proceedings of the board of which he is herein made chairman, as well as a record of all contracts entered into with said boards, as provided in this Act, which said re cords shall be open to public inspec tion, and all ne:essary books and ma terial for keeping same shall be paid for out of the funds herein provided for the respective boards in the same manner as other charges are paid. Section 47. That so much of this Act as applies to the worring of the public highways by the contract sys tem and by convicts in chain gangs shall not be obligatory on such county boards of commissioners and conclude that the present system of wofking the highways in their respective counties is more conducive to the welfare there of, and in such cases overseers, as now provided by law, shall be appointed in each township by the township board of commissioners for such townships, who shall execute fhe laws now of force in reference to the working of public highways. I Section 48.- That said couaty board of commissioners at their first meeting shall elect one of its members as secre tary thereof. . Section 49. That the salary of the supervisor in the respective counties shall be as follows: In the county of Abbeville, $900; in the county of Aiken, $800; in the county of Anderson, S600; 1 in the county of Barnwell, 800; in the t county of Beaufort, 800; in the Coun ty of Berkeley, 500; in the county of I Charleston, $1,000; in the. county of Chester, S800;1n the county of Chester - field, $400; in the county of Clarendon i $800; in the county of Colleton, $800; in the county of Darlington, $800; in the county of Edgefield, $800; in the coun ty of Fairfield, $650; in the county 01 Florence, 500; in.the county of George I town, $750; in the county of Greenville $600; in the county of Hampton, S600 in the county of Horry, $500; in thf county of Kershaw, $600; in the count] ot Lancaster, $300; in the county 0: Laurens, 8600; in the county of Lex e ington, 8600; in the county of Marion $800; in the county of Marlboro. $700 in the county off ewberri, $750; -it e the county of' Odonee M0; in thi L- county of Orangeburg, $800; in th county of Pickens, $400; in the count] e ot Richland, $900; in the county 0: Spartanburg-, $1,000; in the county o: Sumter, $1,000; in the eounty.of Union t- $000; in the county of Williamsburg S600; in the county of York, $500. Section 50. That all Acts and part of Acts inconsistent with this Act be and the same is hereby, repealed. Spanish AnarchtSt. SBARCELoXA, Jan. 3.-Tbe anarCh ists Fogas, Codina, Ripoli, Cerezuela IBernard, Salvat, Archs, Fontanals -C arbonell and Fruitos were at noon to, dav handed over to a military judge b; d the magistrae who has been conducting tthe examination into the Lyceum Thea *rtre explosion. This transfer was mad upon the demand of the millitary authoi ties and it is held to mean that the pni soners will be tried by court matilal an Sthey will get more justice than law The anarchists were greartly surprise and alarmed when they learned that in jstead of being tried oy the civil court r-they would have to stand trial by a cour martial. Hitherto they have beheve t hat a long term of penal servitud would be the worst puinishment mete i- out to them, but now they fear whati extremely probable that- they will b condemned to be shot. The resident gof the~ city are certain now that stric emilitary jutice will be expeditiouisl: meted out to those men who have gic ridin their crmswhen thythoughb Sthe civil a'uthorities would deal wit r them. It is the general bslief that th prisoners, some of whom have confesse )r that they singly were responsible fC i crimes which it is almost certain the e- did not cominit, the confessions havin 3 undoubtedly been made for the-purpos f of confusing the.the authorities and de d layng their trials, will now deny i truth of their confessions and seek b revery means in their power to sho that they had no'.bing to do with tb~ rries with which they are charget .Much satisfaction Is expressed et il rsaction of the military authorities in de it mnding the prisoners, and equal satis t faction is expressed that the civil an as hrities .so readily gave them up. ofDespite the Croakinigi. tNEW YORK, Jan. 5.-A special to tt ad World from Pittsburg says: Desp11 5; the croakings of protectionists th; y the proposed tariff reductions will ki t- the iron and steel business in this mai of ufacturing district, every mill in Pitt is- burg is no w working for the first tin since the shut-:down on June 3 ed Among the largest plants started c ill single and full double turns are all ti ie Carnegie mills in Pittsburt, Hom in stead, Bjraddock, Beaver Fails at ig Duquesne, the mills of Jones & Lang rk lin, the Carrie Furnace company, Wi n Clark's Sons & Co., Park Bors. & C es, Howe, Brown & Ca., J. Painter & Sor p- Clinton Iron and Steel company, Si ger, Nimick & Co., and the Oliver Irc he andt Steel company, All the gla nd houses with the exception of tho )st owned by the Table Ware trust a ty working full blast. Owing to the er- forts of the labor unions wages we a nnot reduced in the glass trade. At e Eor ery iron mill the employes suffered Led ductionls, but they are glad to get bal to work notwitnstandinlg. The man ff, factarers say the outlook is good. heFatai End to a Frolic. e CHATTANooGA, Tenn-, Jan. 3.-A ye other great sorrow has entered t l- home of Ne wel Sanders, a promine manufacturer and politician of ti he city. This afternoon while his sey ow year old daughter, Dotle, was playl rdd in the yarrt roasting potatoes in cr open fire, which some young compt the ions had built in the yard, her dr ns ignited and before tho flames could r- extinguished, the little one was frig of fully burned. She cannot live throu ann the night. Two years ago, Mr. Sand e- lost his eldest son by drowning. WI pinicing with two companions, f tbree were drowned. DISSATISFIED DEMOCRATS. The Party Badly Divided on the Income Tax. WAsHINGTON, Jan. 4.-The failure to establish a quorum in the House this afternoon was due, in pa.t,to the iefusal of certain Democratic Repre sentatives to respond when their names were called. Some of these gentlemen were in their seats, others loitered about the corridors while the roll call was in progress; while others again quietly absented themselves from the House when the session began and re mained absent during the afternoon. It is significant that all of the gentle men, possi7 with one or two excep tions, are dissatisfied with the tariff bill. There was not, so far as can be learned, any concert of action among them to break a quorum through fail ure to answer to their names. One of the number, a prominent Eastern Democrat, said: "I am opposed to the triff bill; and If such a thing were possible, I am even more opposed to the income tax as reported by the ways and meani committee. I think the lon ger the consideration of the tariff bill Is delayed the worse it will be for the bill. That is why I am unwilling to vote to make a quorum. I understand that it is a purpose of the committee to incorporate the income tax in the tariff bill without accompanying it by a report showing the amount of reve nue which will be collected and the manner of collection. This is not the proper way to deal with a question so important. I understand the commit tee have no reliable data showing the amount of tax to be collected, and I think it Is better to wait until this has been laid before us." Mr. Haines of New York, is another Democratic member of the House who is dissatisfied with the bill. Haines is one of the Representatives who was conspicuously absent from his seat during the roll call, although he was in and about the House during the day. He regards the income tax as part of a plan to divert public attention from the tariff bill. He said this afternoon that he did not believe that feature of the bill would pass the House, nor in his judgment, did he believe the ways and means committee expected it to pass. Haines thinks that public senti ment will condemn the income tax sc strongly that it will fail to become a law, and that a duty of one cent per pound will be laid on sugar to compen sate for the loss of revenue that wouid result from a failure to levy a two per cent tax on incomes. While no formal agreement has beer made to that effect, Chairman Wilson, of the dommittes on ways and means says the Democratid members of the committee have expressed the opinion that it would be well for them to re frain from taking paft in the genera debate on the tariff 'bill. Of course Wilson will open the debate in a gen eral statement, in accordance with the general understanding on that subject "The members of the committee," ai Wilson, "will defend the provisions o the'bill in the course of the five min ute debate, but they are so anxious t expediate its -passage that they will probably not deliver formal speeche i. its support." "Will the bill be voted on the 22nd? was asked. "We want to reach a vote at abou that date," was Wilson's response "but there are so many contingencie: which may arise in the course. of th debate that the day for taking th vote has not been determined. It wil be about the 22nd." McMillin said that no course of ac tion had been decided upon by thi members of the committee with regar to the debate. "1 take it that that is matter for Individual preference an judgment to decide." he said. "if - speak it will probably be toward thi close of the debate.". A member of the minority of th committee said, when a.sked if he knel anything about the arrangement fo Democrats not,.to -speak: "That's th first I have heard of it. It cannot b Scarried out, however, if it has been er -tered into. Bourke Cockran is sure t make a speech against the Income ta: feature" -* Representative Catchings, a membe - of the committee on rules, said this a: ternoon thiat no date had yet been fixe - for taking a vote on the tarift bill. I i would, however, in his opinion, be tal t en between the 20th and 25th instant. i After the House adjourned this a a ternoon, Chairman Holman, of the cat 3 cus committee, issued .a call for meeting of the Democratic caucus t< morrow at 8 o'clock to consider it tariff bill. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ some New LswP. The Legislature at its last sessia passed a bill abolishing the office C t jury commissioner and imposing tt Sduties heretofore performed by tha e office upon the Treasurer and the Cler Sof Court. They shall constitute r Board of Jury Commissioners, and Wi ntbe pai-1 any salary for their serv ces .The Clerk is to be the custodia gof the jury box. The bill goes into e Sfet at once ani the officers named Wi -have to fill the jury boxes this mont e as has been customary with the Jul y Commissioners. E nother bill passed was one esta e lishing a State Board of Medical Exar -iners. It is to be composed of .sev( e reputable physicians or surgeons, or - from each Congressional District - the State. They are to be appointed - the Governor, and are to hold ofiice fi the term of two years each. The Go' ernor will take some time before ma ing the appointments, as he is aniol e that the. Board shall be composed, ee sought after in the bill, of the be: tt physicians or surgeons to be foun 11 The Board is to meet in the city of C L lumbia on the fourth Tuesday In Api B- of every year, and will then elect te chairman and secretary, who is also 1 D. act as treasurer. Extra meetings ce n be held when it is considered necessar ie The Board will examine all applican e- who desire to practice their professic Ld in SouliL Cairolina, and give to tho 1- considered comnpetent a certifica1 a. This certificate will cost the applicat >., $5. The certificate, of course, entiti' s the bearer to practice anywhere in t a- State. Persons not so licensed are su nn ject to arrest .and to a punishment is three months in the Penitenitiary or se a fine of $300 or both. . f tranae and Terrible. re,.CoLEMBIA, S. C.; Jan. 4.-Tue Str Y- has already chronicled the strange deal e- of the late Meaers. S. C. arnd Jerry Ca ~ledge,- brothers. ia Edgefid, of t t- same disease. lNow in less than a weel time comes the intelligence that the th and last of the brothers died on Salt a-day of the same trouble in tbe sai h manner, and the further intelligence tU at Mr. . C. Cartledge's wife is at 1 tis point of death with the same disease a en two of her childrea are very ill al agg.All these deaths in the same same fa an i1y, occurrme alter such short illness in- has given rise to the belief that the si lss posed malady is not the grip, but ro be~ contagious disease which i3 as bad at-the Asiatic cholera. Certainly it lo( gh very strange for each of the three bra srsera to attend the bedside of the oie I A TAX ON INCOMES. Final Action of the Ways and Means Com mnittee. WAsiiINGTON, Jan. 2.-A 2 per cent. tax on 'incomes above $1,000; an ad ditional tax of 10 cents a gallon on whiskey; and a tax of 2 cents a pack on playing cards, was the decision reached by the Democratic members of the ways and means committee today. This con clusion was not une, pected inasmuch as the committee have been known for some time to be evenly divided on the proposition.to tax incomes, with Turn er or Georgia, occupying the only posi tion of doubt. The committee met at the Treasury Department this afternoon at 4 o'clock deternmined to settle the question of an income.tax before adjournment. It was represented by such of the gen tleman as favored the proposition, that a general income tax would yield the government an annual revenue of 830, 000,000; that making the exemptions include those incomes less than $4,000 would limit it to a class amply able to afford it, and that in view of the large deficit that will be caused by the re duction in customs duties there was no alternative but to adopt it. Some of the gentlemen who opposed the tax argued at length that the political ef fect would be fatal to the Democratic party, and that it would be better to limit the tax to corporations only and raise the additional revenue necessary from other sources. Mr. Cockran of New York, insisted that an income tax -ought to be laid upon all incomes whether large or small, and that any other course, was unwise and undemo cratic in that it did not fall on all alike. When Chairman Wilson put the pro position to a vote, six of the eleven re presentatives present voted aye. These were McMillin, Bynum, Tarsney, Whit ing, Bryan and Turner, and it was car ried. The tax applies to the net earn ings of corporations as well as to priv ate incomes. It does not, however, apply to inheritances, although that suggestion was one of the eariest ad vanced when the matter first came up for consideration in the committee a month ago. The additional tax of ten cents a gallon on whiskey includes whiskey now in bond. With a view tc make the tax fall as lightly as possible upon the owners of this whiskey, it wa decided to extend the bonded period tc eight years. It is now three years. It was decided that the allowance for "out age" shall be limited to six years. ThE term "outage" is technically used to ex press the liquor that is lost by evapo ration and other causes after its manu facture. The large revenue arising from the income tax cause. the committee to re cede from a taxof six centsa pack or playing cards and reduce it tb two cent the more especially as it was felt tha the maxifium tax would prove an em barrassment to the inanufacturers The tax of S1,50 per thousand on cigar I ettes. -upon which the committe( argreed several weeks ago, was allowet to stani. Mr. Wilson, the chairman of th< ways and means committee. will no present these revenue features, a ee< upon today, formally to the House He will announce tommorrow the con clusions reached by the committee, an( will offer the items as an amendmen to the tariff bill at the conclusion o the morning hour on Wednesday, an will make a short speech in explanatioi The chairman is so exhausted with th labr which the preparation of the bil has imposed upon him, that he is in n, condition of body or mind, as he e3 pressed it tonight, to do the subjec I justice. He is unwilling that the dU cussion should be delayed, however, an t is for this reasoni that he will bring: up tomorrow with a view to disposin of it aaquickly as possible. While ther is no disposition otrthe part of eithe M. Wilson or the Democratic majorit Sto prevent the Republicans from de bating the matter fully, it is the chal: man's intention to reach a vote oni th Sbill January 17. Deducting Sunday: -this will leave the bill before the Ilous thirteen legislative days. It -Is M1 Wilson's intention to limit general d' bate to tive days. The remainder rthe time will be occupied in considerin the measure under the five-minute ruli Night sessions will be held in orde Sthat members who desire may have a opportunity to spear, but unless tt present programme is changed, all de bate will be closed on the 7th inst. At the conclusion of Wilson's rf marks totamorrow Burroughs of Micd igan, one of the leading Republic met ebers of -the committee will speak1 opposition to the b111 Thie Fight Commenced. TorEKA, Xan., Jan. 4.-- lostilitie were begun anew in the Lewellini Lease embroglio this-mornling, the Gol Sernor having persisted in Mrs. Lease kremoval regardless of the statut which states plainly that he has ne Llthe power to do so. Efforts at effec1 .aig a compromise have been continue< Sand papers which have been read since Monday, were filed in the Supren Court-this morning in the case of Mr: Lease -against J. W. Freeboin, he would-be successor. The court Issue a restraining order forbidding 1-'rei born from acting or attempting to a< as a member of the board and from ir Sterfering in any way with Mrs. Lease nacting as a membor of the board or edepriving her of any of the rightsc the office. Governor Lewelling sai '~this morning that he was no longer party to the case and that- it now re maned for the courts to determir whether Freeborn or Mrs. Lease wa 15 entitled to the office. He ventured t] s opinion, however, that the injunctic Sgrants would not hold, but qualifie - the assertion by saying: "There is r Stelling, however, what the court w1 4'j." M~re. Lease is in 03sswatomi *ato-day with the board and it is thougl 0that service can be obtained on Fre Sborn there to-night. U'NIONS. C , Jan. 4.-Ne ws reacht se here last night of a terrible catastrdp! -e in which three men were killed ou itright, and five others wougded-ol s mortally-On the plantation of Senat< ee Glenn D. Peake in tnis county. TI > boiler of an engine of a cotton g f bursting, is the cause of such a teri ,0 ble affair. The men killed are 2 Thomas R. Jeter, a man well know with fine connections, and a brother Mrs. James T. Douglass of this pli t Crouch, a white man who came he i from North Carolina, and a neg t- whose name I have been unable to : ee Icertain; nor has it been possible to g a sthe names of the wounded, or lea rd whether they were all white or n< .-This affair is greatly regretted by the we ho knew the parties killed, and ha grea syspathy f or the atllicted fat at lies-State. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ d d They speak Out. 3. CINCINNATI, C., Jan. 5.-Clothi 1- Cutters Association No. 7,954, K. of] s last night adopted resolutions endo p- ing the Wilson tariff bill in its entirl neand earnestly praying Congress for asspeedy adoption. Also endorsing_ iks ncome tax oa all incomes exceed1 L $4,000 as eqitable, and as a means rst relieving the non-possesbing classa lar placing tne ,tax on those whom it ongs, the opulent. FIGHTING TAXES WITH FIRE. Terrible Ou:break of the Wor king CiRs-a !in S!cily. lolmE, January 2-Disp2tches re ceived from Sicily today show that the anti-tax movement has maae great pro gress in the province of Trapani. Sev eral days ago the discontent in Campo bello, a town of 6,000 inhabitauts, near Trapani city, had become so threaten ing that the town council passed a res olution abolishing the wheat cetroi. As protests against this action the millers refused to reduce the price of flour and the bakers announced an in crease in the price of bread. When these measures became known Sesterday morning about a thousand men and fifty or more women of the working class gathered from the town and the surrounding country and be gan marching through the streets. The police who tried to disperse them were put to flight. The rioter? set fire to all the phblic buildings except the town hali. From these buildings the fire spread to private houses. While a large district was in flames the mob left the owners and otlic:als alone to fight the fire, marched to the prison and took it by storm. All the perso-s were liberated. The soldiers who had been conilned in their barracks were driven out by fire and then turned their attention to saving the rest of the towa. They were very forbearing and did not fire or use their bayonets upon the mob. Nearly a third of the town is now in ruins. Many families that were burn ed out walked the streets all last night. The whole towL looks as if it had suf fered from a bombardment. Among the buildings destroyed were every mill and miller's house in the place. At Salemi, a to-vn of 15,030 inhabi tans, in the same district with Campo bello, fires were .%trted by anti-tax rioters shortly tora dark vesterday, and half a dozen ou* - ig were burn ing by9 o'clock. Firn were s 't by rioters in several smaller twns also, and in the early evening the whole dis trict seemed ablaze. The troops, al though provoked by the rioters repeat edly in Salemi, did not fire. Several rioters were arrested aftet a struggle. A private was shot in the cheek and a captain in the stomach. At Pietra Perzia. a town of 11,000 inhabitants, near Caltaulsstfa, an auti tax mob set lire to three public build ings and tried to get at the rest, but was p:evented by troops wbo hal been called out to Drotect them. The rio ters made suci determined attacks on the military in their eff orts to reach the buildints that eventually the or-. der to fire was given. Five were kill ed and many wounded by the first vol ley. The second volley, tired over their i heads, was followed quickly by the dis soltition of the mob. The town council in Marineo, near Palermo, abolished the wheat octroi on Saturday, but the millers aLd bakers, like those of Campobello, retused to re duce their prices. The people rose yes I terday and tried to destroy the town buildings, but wero driven off by the troops after several stubborn lights, in which three rioters were killed and I several more were wounded. Troops continued to guard the houses of the millers and bakers . and the public I buildings throughout the night. t The communal counciliors of Syra f case have taken steps to quiet the pop I lace by lowerng the wheat tax. The announcement. of this policy yesterday e morning was received with joy tnrough out the city, and the Governor was re ceived with tremendous applause when he entered the theatre last evening. :t All the ministers pronounced the I- situation in Sicily to be graver than al any previous period of the anti-tax ag itation. Several ministers expressed the opinion that the communal coun cils, whose- bad administration hac caused the disorder, ought to be dis solved Dy the Government. The appea -of the military commander ot the peo ple is considered in lhe raimstry af Qanairs. ~Several Sicilian Depaties, who havy great influence with the people of thei: districts, have started for the island ti help in the work of pacifying them Premier Crispi is not expected unti this evening to go to Sicily, but th alarming reports redeived in the las dispatches- have c iused him to chang his plans. He will not visit Sicily fo the present, as he deems his presence in Rome indispensable. SA mass meeting of all classes in Pal ermo last evening appointed e deputa tion to report formally to the Govern ment what reforms were most neede< in Sicily, "as tile government- was bu ill informed by the officials represent ing it on the island." Imposing Procession. e ALBAY, N.Y., Jan. 4.-The u!2usus tspctacle of 200 clergymen, robedin cas sock, surplice and beretta, moving alon in solemn procession, following a coffin is not often seen on the street.in on American cities, but agetnme Albanians witnessed this sighut this al ternoon, just after the bell in the towe ~.of the brown stone Cathedral of the Im tmaculate Conception pealed out the hou i-of 4. In the collin of natural oak re 5posed all that was mortal of Fr-anci 1McNierney, Bishop of Albany. Th coffin was borne by members of the O: dder of Christian Brothers, in dark robem After entering the cathedral, It wa placed upon the catafalaue directly i iefront of the high altar, at the head of th centre aisle, there to remain until afte nthe service to-morrow, when it wdll bi placed in the crypt. As the prccessio oentered the church, the Miserere wa 1chanted, followed by vespers for tb edead. The faithful were atterwards ai tlowed to view the remains, -over o0 -passing th~e body during the first hou and a steady stream continued for man hours. A guard of honcr composed< priests and sodalists were with the bod all -night. 'l he visiting bishops wb Swill be present are: ()'Farrall of Trer leton, Conrov ot New York, McQuid r Rochester, Ludden of Syracuse, Ryan eBuffalo, Wigger of Newark and M< n Donal of 'Brooklyn. Other bishol i- may De present from Canada. Arci -r bihops Corrigan of New York and W1 nhams of Boston will also be her-e at Sthe foroner is to he the celebratant mass to-morrow mornxng. Aaginst R111roadsi. t LeUmsVIL , Ky., Jan.3.L-The Kei rn tucky general assembly oiganized f1 - work at noon today. The dret bus seness before it came in the shape oi tl yebiennial message from Governer Broiv The document is sigmdicant chieilyv account ot the hold stand taken by t governor agaiusL, the raiiroads. Ie as. ngfor the passage of a law emnpowerin~g Li ,,railway commissioners of the $tate s-adjust freight and passenger ra'.es am tyas for the proposedi absorption of tl Is Chesapeake & Ohic and Southweste an property by the Louisville & Nashvill g~ the executive announces that he w f tight it to the last ditoh. Cheaper co: d reduced taxes and the need of bett > management for the penitentiary a 'h othebr reforms he advocates. ANOThER PAY WASTED. BOUTELLE SUCCEEDS IN AGAIN CAUS ING ADJOLRNMENT. Xany Demscrats Not Present or Refuse to Vo!e-Uncertain WheL the TarIft 11 Cad b3 Taken Up-A Bad Showing. WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-An air of ex pectant activity pervaded the House when it convened this morning and a determination was manifested on the Democratic side to carry things in its own way today. Boutelle's success in tying up the House yesterday after noon appeared to have borne fruit, and the Democrats seem to think they had a quorum of their own. Immediately after the reading of yesterday's jour nal, and before the beginning of the first morning hour, Boutelle again at tempted to get iis Hawaiian resolution before the House. The Speaker ruled that the motion to consider the resolu tion which was pending yesterday had expired when the House adjourned yesterday and might (te suggested) be renewed. The call of committees was then completed without producing any -re sults. The Speaker announced that the' terms of the regents of the Smithsoni an Institution having expired, it would devolve upon him to appoint regents for the ensuing term, and he accord ingly named Wheeler of Alabama, Breckinridge of Kentucky, and Hitt of Illinois, as such regents, all being reap pointments. Boutelle then called up and had read his resolution reciting that the execu tive had invaded the rights and privil eges of Congress, and ask for its im mediate cnsideration. This was the signal for a short, bat exciting setto between Boutelle and Mcillin-who champions the administration end of the controversy. McMillin raised the question of consideration in favor of the tariff bill. Boutelle inquired whether it was a proper procedore to state for what pur pose a question of consideration was raised. McMillin replied that he simply de sired to be candid with the gentleman from Maine, and had stated his reasons for objecting to the consideration of %he resolution. Boutelle declared that the gentleman from Tennessee had gone beyond his parliamentary rights and he wished to call him to order. Boutelle's resolution was then read and le moved its immediate considera tion. The Speaker put the question to fa&House-. 0:La~viocae.t the...-. Hlouse divided on party lines, the ma jority being against the consideration, and thereupon. Boutelle demanded a di vision. The division resulted: Yeas 58, nays 124. Ba;uelle then demanded tellers, but McMillin called for the yeas and nays, as he said, to save time. Boutelle was on his feet in a moment with an objection to McIillin's form of making a motion, and asserted that he (Boutelle) was trying to consume time. (Laughter.) The Repablicans refrained from vot ing to take up the Boutelle resolution, thereby hoping to break the quoram. Oa the yeas and nays, there were 150 votes against consideration with 4 in favor of it, the Republicans generally refraining from voting. No quorum. having voted, McMillin demanded a call of the House. The call showed the presence of 229 members, and McMillin moved to dis pense with further proceedings under it. The question then recurred on the consideration of Boutelle's resolution and on. this the yeas and nays were again ordered and the House settled down to the monotonous roll call. The second call on the questIon of consider ation of Boutelle's resolution was al most a repetition of the firat, the Re publicans as a rule refusing to vote, * and the Democrats being able to mus ter but 150 members. The Democrats being thus disappointed in their hope tat the afternoon trains would bring eef, the House at 1.40 D. m. on motion Wilson of West Virginia, adjourned tomorrow. A study of tJat vote discloses some interesting no 4,say striking Ifacts. The fo e~b for the JBoutelle resoluti '~- "--' Adams, the new member for Pef sylvania, (O'Neill's successor) and Mc Call of Massachuttes, who is opposed to filibustering on principle, Republcans; and Pence of Colorado and Boenof Min -nesota, Populists. The absence, or -failure to vote, of Democratil Repre sentatives, sufficiently accounts for the inability of the majority to proceed - twith the Wilson bill. Of the Demo -cratic members for New England, 'Everett, of Massachusetts, Poggott and De Forest, of Connecticut, only voted to take a quorum, ten of the eighteen SDemocratic members from New York were not recovered; the six Democratic. Representatives from New Jersey were represented by English alone, and the six of Louisiana all failed to repn otheir names except Blan crod to not being within the rail -when their namnes were -called, Catch ings of.Mississippi, a member of the - Committee on rules and Bynum, a rmember of the committee on ways and means failed to get their names on the roll, although they after wards tried to make- good the o rersight. Cockran of New York and Stevens of Massacha setts, also members of the committee on way seanid means, were not recorded. Cockran was not at the Capitol. 1In view of these facts, the prospects of the immediate passing of the order S fxing a date were voted upon the pas sing of the bill, which the committee on rules will report tommorrow, becomes a matter of interesting spje.-latlon. . It is said by some Republicans that i~h' - order cannot be passed tomorrow. ) The Republicans have decided, it is said to the printing in the Congressional Record of undelivered speeches, so that c if any member wants to have his views to go to the country he must express them on the nloor. The committee on rules at its meet in ooro w will tixc on the 2?,id or 23id instant, according to one of the tmembers. as the date for taking a vote -upon the bill. - .- Refas~e to Help. -WAsIIINGTON, Jan. 5.-Speaker d Crisn a'i a member of the Democratic leaders detecmed during the fight in the Houise, whenl it became evident that the LPopulist votes would be suffcient to make a quorum, to give the Third -. party recognition as a party during the r progress of the debate, if its members -wouild agree to vote. A propositon e was formally submitted to Representa . tive Jerry simpson of Kansas, that the n Populists should have three hours dur e 'g the evening for debate as long as the s genleral tarlat discussion lasted. Simp e son conferred with his associates and othey were greatly pleased that for the dfirst time in the history of their organiza e tion, they had received a tender of ac D tual recognition as a party on the floor , of Congress. It was decided, however, ill not to accept the pronosition as the , Popnhsts believed that the five days al er lowed for general debate, was entirely e insufficient for a full presentation of the I tari question.