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GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN ANNUAL SESSION.| COMMITTEES APPOINTED?M. L-. SMITH ELECTED JUDC* -STATEWIDE PROHIBITION BILL. ) Columbia, January 14:?The fight; for State-wide prohibition opened in! the General Assembly today, when a j bill providing for a referendum by the people September 14 on the question of driving liquor from South Carolina was introduced simultaneously in the Senate and the House. Senators H B Carlisle of Spartanburg and Alan Johnstone of Newberry are sponsoring the measure in the upper chamber, and Representatives Jesse W Boyd of Spartanburg and George Warren of Hampton will start the bill on its way through the House. The Senate will refer the proposed referendum to the committee on police regulations, of which Senator H W Sharpe of Lexington is chairman. The other members of this committee, which will hold hearings and report its findings to the full Senate, are: Senators E C Epps of Williamsburg, J B Black of Bamberg, Alan Johnstone of Newberry, Huger Sinkler of Charleston, J F Williams of Aiken, E E Verner of Oconeefand B E Nicholson of Edge field. PROVISIONS OF MEASURE. Should the vote by the people be for State-wide prohibition the act provides for its going into effect November 1 and any person manufacturing or selling intoxicating liquors or beverages, on conviction, will be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishedlby a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $2,000, or imprison 1 ment on me cnaingauK iui uui icc? than three months nor more than one year,or both,in the discretion of the court. The Governor is empowered to appoint constables to enforce the law. The dispensaries must dispose of their stock of goods and wind up their affairs before December 1, and no goods are to be bought after the election if prohibition carries. The House referred the bill to the committee on the dispensary. The ordinary legislative proceedings paled into insignificance today, being so thoroughly overshadowed by the unexpected resignation of Governor Blease. About all that was done in the House other than to stand the shock was to receive and refer about twenty-five new bills. Among the number was one by Mr Liles of Orangeburg relative to taxation, and Messrs Warren and Shirley reintroduced the marketing bill that was passed by the House at the extraordinary session, x JUDGE MENDEL L SMITH. Before the sensation 4'broke" the joint assembly unanimously elected Mendel L Smith of Kershaw presiding Judge of the 5th circuit to take the place of the late Judge Ernest Gary. Mr Mills of Camden made a striking nominating speech, in which he spoke of the great fortune of the State in being able to have a man of such ability and forceful ness accept a position on the bench.- It was a foregone conclusion for some time that Mr Smith would be elected to the Judgeship, but his unanimous election was a high compliment to anyone. Judge M L Smith will be a credit to the bench of South Carolina. It is his expectation to enter upon his office without delay. WORK IN THE HOUSE. TheJlpuse today killed without much ceremony the Sinkler resolution fixing February 13 as the date for final adjournment. During the session Speaker Hoyt suggested that if the House would hold an afternoon session it was possible for him to present the membership of the various committees. With this hope in view the House took a recess until 4 p. m. Messrs Moise, Query and Workman were the committee appointed to tabulate the vote for the joint assembly. After receiving and recording all of the votes the tellers announced that all of the ballots cast in the general election, with the exception of about a hundred, were east for Richard I Manning as Governor and Andrew J Bethea for " ** > |f V i -v -- > ' \ ; Lieutenant Governor. All of the membership of the House is present except Mr Liles of Spartanburg, who is quite ill. AN IMPORTANT BILL. An important bill presented today in the House came from Mr Liles of Orangeburg. He wishes to deal effectively with tax penalties. The bill reads: To amend Section 454, of Volume l,of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1912, with reference to delinquent taxes, penal ties and executions. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of South Carolina: Section 1. That Section 545 of Vol 1, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1912, be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out all of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Section 545. Delinquent taxespenalties?executions. That when the taxes and assessments or any portion thereof charged against any property or party on the duplicate for the current fiscal year shall not be paid on or before the 31st day of December, the county Auditor shall nrnpppd to add a penalty of 5 per cent on the county duplicate, and the county Treasurer shall collect the same; and if said taxes,penalties and assessments are not paid on or before the first day of March next thereafter, the county Treasurer shall issue his tax execution for the said taxes, assessments and penalties against the property of the defaulting taxpayer, according to law. Section 2. All acts and parts of acts contrary to this act are hereby repealed. Section 3. This act shall take effect on the 30th day of September, 1915. AFTERNOON SESSION. At the afternoon session of the House, after the committees had been announced by Speaker Hoyt, the State-wide prohibition bill fathered by the prohibition organization was introduced by Representatives George Warren of Hampton and Jesse W Boyd of Spartanburg. The bill was referred to the committee on ihe dispensary. A concurrent resolution was introduced by Mr Dixon of Fairfield providing for a committee to consult with the Governor-elect and Lieutenant Governor-elect regarding their inauguration. The resolution was agreed to unanimously. After a short session the House adjourned to meet tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. COMMITTEES NAMED. Speaker James A Hoyt this afternoon announced the committee appointments for the House. He has given the selections the utmost care fUA VTAyir aiiu 5LUU.V auu nao niauc uic vsrij i best choices practicable for the most careful and expeditious work of the House. Wherever possible he has retained on former committees those who haye previously served on such committees and are most familiar with the work. The appointments were made with the hearty co-operation of experienced jnembers. The appointments follow: Judiciarj?Mower of Newberry, chairman; Boyd of Spartanburg, Moore of Abbeville, Massey of Lancaster, Warren of Hampton, Walker of Union,Friday of Orangeburg,McMahan of Richland, Graydon of Abbeville,Wingard of Lexington,Dixon of Fairfield, Moise of Sumter, Berry of Orangeburg,Searson of Barnwell, King of Georgetown, Beckett of * * *> ? A M T_ n 1 Jtfeaurort.ttngnam 01 AiKen.Jueurana of Marlboro, Harris of Greenville, Baker of Horry, Cherry of York, Momeier of Charleston, Muldrow of Florence. 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