County Government Bill Seeks New County Supervisors System
The act proposes a statewide shift from county commissioners to elected county supervisors and township road commissioners. It sets terms, bonds, duties over highways, taxes, roads and paupers, and creates a county road fund with commutation tax. It also reorganizes boards of equalization and assessors and outlines penalties, contracts, and chain gangs for road work.
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South Carolina
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Township Board of Commissioners
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County Board of Equalzation
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County Court House
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Aiken
Anderson
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Chester
Chesterfield
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Laurens
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Marion
Ssco
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Newberry
Oconee
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Spartanburg
Sumter
Union
Shou
Williamsburg
County of
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Governor Brown's Biennial Message Highlights Railroads and Reforms
In Frankfort Kentucky January 3 the general assembly opened with Governor Brown's biennial message. He opposes railroads coercively and urges a law giving railway commissioners power to fix rates. He opposes absorbing Chesapeake & Ohio and Southwestern by Louisville and Nashville. He calls for cheaper coal reduced taxes and penitentiary reform.
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Lovis
Dissatisfied Democrats Stall Tariff Debate over Quorum
In Washington Jan 4 a quorum failure in the House was linked to several Democrats abstaining or lingering during roll call. Key figures oppose the tariff bill and the income tax plan, with hints of a strategy to delay debate and possibly delay a vote until late January. Chair Wilson says debate will proceed with five minute speeches and a vote around the 22nd, while Holman calls a Democratic caucus meeting for tomorrow to map positions.
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Lam
Ways and Meats Committee
Staines
New York
Iaines
Ife
Ways and Means
Wilson
Committee On Ways and Means
Hourke Cochran
Catchings
Committee On Rules
House
Holman
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Moe
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theLouse
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Kentucky
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McMillin
Maine
Tennessee
Yeas
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Ilousa
Louisiana
Blanchard
Rar
Mississippi
Rules
Bynum
Cochran
Stevens
Massachusetts
Wagse and Means
Cockran
Capitol
Tommorrow
Willix
Third Cartledge brother dies amid feared contagious disease
In Colmbia South Carolina reports verify a third Cartledge brother died after illness, with their wife and two children also gravely ill. Local speculation likens it to a contagious scourge as families attended the bedside. Earlier notes described two prior deaths in the same family after similar symptoms.
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Sovon
Income tax and whiskey levies advance in committee action
The Ways and Means Committee endorsed a 2 percent tax on incomes over 4000, plus a 10 cent per gallon whiskey levy and a 2 cent per pack playing card tax. The plan includes extending the whiskey bond period to eight years and capping outage at six years, with the $1,560 per thousand cigarette levy retained.
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Ways and Means Committee
Turner
Georgia
Treasury Department
Cochran
New York
Wilson
McMillin
Bynum
Tarsney
Whiting
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Wigs and Means
Ife
Tommorrow
Mr. Wilson
Tommorrow Burroughs
Midiain
Republic
Democratic House Standoff Delays Tariff Debate
Washington reports a partisan delay as House Democrats fail to produce a quorum while Boutelle's resolution on executive overreach triggers a clash with McMillin over tariff bill procedures. Votes show 150 against, 4 for. adjournment occurs at 1 40 p m with no progress on the Wilson tariff measure.
Ex State Treasurer Adam Ilorold Commits Suicide
San Francisco report says former State Treasurer Adam Ilorold hanged himself with a silk scarf in a hotel washstand. Ilorold, who served as treasurer in 1886, had been a candidate for the mint supervision, a post won by Daggett, and had been despondent in recent days.
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San Francisco
Adam Ilorold
Golden West
Mint
Daggett
Ile
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