Bill 829

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                       829
Type of Legislation:               Concurrent Resolution CR
Introducing Body:                  Senate
Introduced Date:                   19950510
Primary Sponsor:                   Land 
All Sponsors:                      Land 
Drafted Document Number:           pfm\7466bdw.95
Residing Body:                     House
Current Committee:                 Invitations and Memorial
                                   Resolutions Committee 24 HIMR
Subject:                           James Hugh McFaddin Highway,
                                   Clarendon County

Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  _______________________________________  _______ ____________

House   19950518  Introduced, referred to Committee        24 HIMR
Senate  19950517  Adopted, sent to House
Senate  19950516  Recalled from Committee,                 15 ST
                  placed on the Calendar
Senate  19950510  Introduced, referred to Committee        15 ST

RECALLED

May 16, 1995

S. 829

S. Printed 5/16/95--S.

Read the first time May 10, 1995.

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

TO REQUEST THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO NAME U.S. HIGHWAY 527 FROM THE SUMTER COUNTY LINE TO THE WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY LINE IN CLARENDON COUNTY THE JAMES HUGH MCFADDIN HIGHWAY AND TO PLACE APPROPRIATE MARKERS OR SIGNS ON THE HIGHWAY REFLECTING THE DESIGNATION.

Whereas, James Hugh McFaddin, the son of Hugh McFaddin and Elizabeth J. Aiken, was born on September 6, 1912, at Fullwood Plantation in Clarendon County; and

Whereas, Judge McFaddin settled as an attorney and farmer in Manning and was associated with the law firm of Davis and McFaddin; and

Whereas, Judge McFaddin served in the Eighty-second, Eighty-third, and Eighty-fourth General Assemblies from 1937-1942; and

Whereas, Judge McFaddin resigned from the Senate in 1942 to serve in the United States Army throughout World War II, rising in rank from first lieutenant to major; and

Whereas, after the war Judge McFaddin again was elected to the Senate and served until 1958 when he was elected judge of the third judicial circuit; and

Whereas, serving on the bench until 1970, Judge McFaddin expressed a strong interest in improving the penal system and revising the legal statutes; and

Whereas, offices and memberships he held include delegate to the national Democratic Convention in 1948 and 1956, Clarendon County attorney, delegate for Clarendon County to the state Democratic Convention in 1958, member of the American Bar Association, American College of Trial Judges, American Bar Judicature Society, Masons, Shriners, Knights of Pythias, Elks and Rotary clubs, American Legion, and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:

That the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, by this resolution, requests the Department of Transportation to name U.S. Highway 527 from the Sumter County line to the Williamsburg County line in Clarendon County the James Hugh McFaddin Highway and to place appropriate markers or signs on the highway reflecting the designation.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the family of Judge James Hugh McFaddin.