Complex sentence: It is uncertain why the plans for Lowndesville were abandoned but in December 1834, the state legislature authorized commissioners to select a suitable site for a courthouse, so that the county seat could be moved away from Franklinville.
Split into simpler sentences: It is uncertain why the plans for Lowndesville were abandoned. In December 1834, another law was passed by the state legislature authorizing commissioners to select a suitable site for a courthouse, so that the county seat could be moved from Franklinville.