PAPERS FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House sent the Senate the following: S. 251.-Mr. Brice: A Concurrent Resolution in reference to the approval of an Act to provide Courts for Spartanburg and Rock Hill by the President of the United States. Returned with concurrence. Received as information. H. R. 269.-Mr. Morgan: A Bill to ratify the amendment to Section 11, of Article VII., of the Constitution of 1895, relating to Counties and County government. Read the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. H. R. 270.-Mr. Kibler: A Bill to provide for a Department of Insurance. Read the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. H. R. 271.-Mr. Mauldin (by request): A Bill to provide for the investigation of incendiary fires and for the better prevention of excessive fire insurance rates. Read the first time and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. SPECIAL ORDERS. The Senate proceeded to the consideration of S. 2. Mr. Gaines: A Bill to regulate the traffic in seed cotton and unpacked lint cotton. (Special report.) The Bill and report was read. Mr. TALBIRD moved to indefinitely postpone the Bill. After debate by Messrs. TALBIRD and J. W. RAGSDALE, Mr. MANNING moved to lay the motion to indefinitely postpone upon the table. Upon a division, the vote stood: Ayes, 17; nays, 12. Mr. McIVER proposed the following amendment : Insert Sec. 5, page 3, of printed Bill, after the word "to" on first line of said Section, the words "ginners purchasing seed cotton at regular established public gins nor to." After debate by Messrs. McIVER, HOUGH, MCLEOD and MAYFIELD, Mr. MAYFIELD moved to lay the amendment upon the table, and decided in the affirmative. Mr. FORREST proposed the following amendment: Insert after the word "year," in Section 2, line 4, “except, in the Counties of Saluda, Lexington, Clarendon and Colleton, where the time shall begin August 15th and end December 1st." After debate by Messrs. J. W. RAGSDALE and FORREST, Mr. BRICE moved to lay the amendment upon the table. The question was taken on agreeing to the motion of the Senator from York, on which the yeas and nays were demanded and taken, resulting as follows: Yeas-Messrs. Blake, Brice, Brown, Carpenter, Douglass, Gaines, Hardin, Hood, Hough, Hydrick, Johnson, Manning, Mayfield, McCall, McLeod, Mower, Raysor-17. Nays-Messrs. Aldrich, Davis, Dennis, Forrest, Goodwin, Herndon, Marshall, McDermott, McIver, Peurifoy, J. W. Ragsdale, Sharpe, Sheppard, Stanland, Talbird, von Kolnitz, Williams-17. The vote being a tie, the Chair voted nay. So the motion was lost. The amendment proposed by the Senator from Saluda was withdrawn. Mr. HYDRICK proposed the following: Amend by striking out "20," wherever it occurs, and insert instead thereof "Ist." The amendment was adopted. Mr. TALBIRD moved to amend by striking out in Section 2 all after the word "issue," on line 11, in said Section. After debate by Messrs. TALBIRD, HERNDON and RAYSOR, Mr. RAYSOR moved to lay the amendment of the Senator from Beaufort on the table. The question was taken on agreeing to the motion of the Senator from Orangeburg. Upon a division being demanded and had, the vote stood: Ayes, 19; nays, 5. So the amendment was laid upon the table. Mr. HARDIN proposed the following amendment: Sec. 2, line 12, by striking out "three hundred" and insert "five hundred." Mr. McIVER moved to lay the proposed amendment upon the table. The question was taken upon the motion of the Senator from Chesterfield, and upon a division the vote stood ayes 7, nays 20. So the motion was lost. The amendment was then adopted. On motion of Mr. voN KOLNITZ, the Bill was further amended: Sec. 2, on line 8, by inserting after the word "traffic," the words, "Provided, That said applicant is a freeholder." Mr. RAYSOR moved to reconsider the vote whereby the amendment of the Senator from Clarendon was adopted. Mr. DAVIS moved to lay the motion to reconsider upon the table. Upon a division being demanded, the vote stood ayes 11; nays 19. So the motion to lay upon the table was lost. The question recurring upon the motion to reconsider, it was decided in the affirmative. The amendment, on motion of Mr. RAYSOR, was laid upon the table. On motion of Mr. HYDRICK, the Bill was further amended by inserting in line 3, of Sec. 5, after the word "law," the word "or." Mr. VON KOLNITZ moved to reconsider the vote whereby the amendment to Section 5, proposed by him, was adopted. Which was agreed to. On motion of Mr. von KOLNITZ, the amendment was laid upon the table. On motion of Mr. voN KOLNITZ, the following was adopted as Section 6, and Section 6 was changed to Section 7: "Sec. 6. That the provisions of this Act shall not apply to the traffic in sea island cotton." The question being put, "Shall this Bill be engrossed and read a third time?" it was decided in the affirmative. LEAVE OF ABSENCE. Mr. HOUGH asked and obtained leave of absence for the Senator from Kershaw until next Wednesday. Mr. SHEPPARD moved that when the Senate adjourn, it be adjourned to meet to-morrow at 11 o'clock A. M. The motion was agreed to. On motion of Mr. MARSHALL, at 10.30 o'clock P. M., the Senate adjourned. Saturday, February 7, 1903. The Senate assembled at II A. M., the hour to which it stood adjourned, and was called to order by the PRESIDENT. The roll was called, and, a quorum answering to their names, the PRESIDENT announced the Senate ready to proceed to business. The proceedings were opened with prayer by the Rev. O. A. Darby, D. D., Chaplain. The Clerk proceeded to read the Journal of yesterday, whereupon on motion of Mr. JOHNSON, the further reading of the Journal was dispensed with. PETITIONS, MEMORIALS, &c. Mr. MARSHALL presented S. 279: Account of McCreery Brothers for gown furnished Lieutenant Governor Sloan, $100.00. Referred to the Committee on Contingent Accounts. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. Mr. GAINES, from the Committee on Roads, Bridges and Ferries, submitted a report, without recommendation, on H. R. 147.—Mr. Morgan: A Bill to amend Sections 6 and 7 of an Act entitled "An Act to further regulate the working and maintaining of the highways and bridges of this State," approved the 26th day of February, 1902. Ordered for consideration to-morrow. Mr. MOWER, from the Committee on Finance, submitted a favorable report on S. 207. Mr. Manning: A Bill to authorize and empower the city of Sumter to refund its bonded indebtedness in coupon bonds. Ordered for consideration to-morrow. Mr. MANNING, from the Committee on Claims and Grievances, submitted a favorable report, with amendments, on S. 211. Mr. Marshall (by requect): A Bill to provide for the passage upon and payment of claims of N. W. Brooker. Ordered for consideration to-morrow. Mr. MCDERMOTT, from the Committee on County Offices and Officers, submitted a favorable report on S. 253. Mr. Brown: A Bill to authorize and provide for the erection of a new Court House for the County of Darlington, and for reindexing and otherwise perfecting the public records of said County. Ordered for consideration to-morrow. Mr. MANNING, from the Committee on Claims and Grievances, submitted favorable reports on the following Claims, which were immediately considered and agreed to, to wit: H. R. 191.-Claim of W. E. Adams, refund of taxes, $4.18. H. R. 224.—James F. Izlar, special Judge, Newberry, $178.75. H. R. 240.-Claim of "New Sentinel," for publishing proclamation of election notice, new County of Allendale, $65.00. H. R. 254.-Claim of the Freeman, publishing notice of election, $22.00. H. R. 255.-Claim of Mrs. S. J. Wilson, account of J. S. Wilson, deceased, as Supervisor of Horry County, $12.50. H. R. 256.--Claim of J. F. Bigham, publishing notice of election, $40.37. H. R. 257.—Claim of the Outlook Publishing Company, publishing notice of election, $40.11. H. R. 258. Claim of E. O. Hall, Treasurer of Berkeley County, for services rendered previous to commission, $7.35. H. R. 259. Claim of Spartanburg Daily Herald, publishing notice of election, $68.42. Also the following Claim, with amendment: H. R. 238.-Claim of B. M. Fewell, York County, overpaid taxes, $2.71, approved for $7.01. Upon immediate consideration the report was adopted and returned to the House of Representatives with amendment. |