The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-12-20
So1ush Carolina Legislature.
TUESDAY. Dec. l2. 1855

4 DIll 10 amenn an ACT emitted AN Act
more effectuay v to prevent free negroes and
other persons of color from entering into the
! State aud for other purposes passed on the
nineteenth day Of December, Ammo Domini,
one thousand eight hundred and thirty-live
The Bill received the first reading, and was
! ordered for second reading tomorrow, aud
TO be printed.
The President laid before the Senate the re-.
port of the President of the Bank of the State
of South Carolina, in relation to notes of a less
denomination than five dollars; which was or.
dered to lie on the table.
The Senate proceeded to the
GENERAL ORDERS OF THE DAY.
The report of the Joint Special Committee,
appointed on the part of the Senate to examine
the Bank of the State of South Carolina at
Charleston, was,
On motion of Mazycl, ordered to lie on the
table.
Newberry and Chester Railroad Company
received the second rsading, was agreed to, and
ordered to be sent to the House of Representa-
tiveS.
The General Orders were suspended.
Mr. Chesnut submitted the reports of the
Committee on Agriculture and Internal I'm
provemcntS.
On Bill to authorize the Laurens Railroad
Company to extend their Road from Laurens
G. H. to the North Carolina line, in the direc.
ton of Ashevle, recommending its passage
and
On Bill to charter Company to construct
p,l ro,1 from, tho Inno ~ tbo
and Columbia Branches of the South Carolina
Railroad to Hamburg, South Carolina re.
commencing the passage of the Bill with
amendments
SPECIAL ORDER.
A Bill from the House of Representatives,
to repeal the sixth section of an act entitled,
can act TO extend the Charter of the Bank of
the State of South Carolina"
The question being upon the amendment of.
fered, by Mr.. Mazyck, as fellows: d,
That hereafter, it shall be lawful for every
than five dollars, and not less than one dollar"
The question was ordered to be taken at
this hour by yeas and nays, and they are as
follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are
Hon. X. +. w. Aston, President, Messrs
Adams, Barker, Barton, Brockman, Calhoun,
Carcw, Delreville, Drayton, Dudley, Fish
burne, Goodwyn, Ingram, Marshall, Mazyck,
McAlIey, Miller, NOVEL;, Porter, Townsend,
Williams, and John Wilson.
Those who voted in the negative are
Mrssrs. Bcdon, Boozer, Bucha IAN, Cannon,
Carn, Chcsnut, Evins, Grisseit, IIarlee, Ha
sell, Iibben, lIuey, Moorman, Moses, Powe,
Ruth, James J. Wilson, Witherspoon and
Zimmerman.
In the affirmative, %; in the negative, 10.
The amendment was agreed to, and the bill
was amended accordingly.
The bill was fur her amended, on motion of
Mr. Adams: by adding to the amendment Just
agreed to- the foil owing words:
"Provided That no private bank shall issue
more than one tenth of its capitain such small
bills"
On the question of agreeing to the bill as
amended, the yeas and nays were ordered to be
taken. and they are as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are
Hon. r. +. w. Aston, President; Messrs
Cannon, earn, Drayton, Ewing, Grssett, Harl
lee, Ilibben, Ingram Marshall, McAlcy, Mo
ses, Powe, Ruth, " llllams, James j. Wilson,
Witherspoon and Zimmerman.
Those who voted in the negative are
Messrs. Adams, Barker, Barton, Bedon,
Brockman, Boozer, Buchanan, Bull, Calhoun,
Carew, Carroll, Chestnut, DeTrevilIe, Dudley.
Fishbur'e, Goodwin, Hasell, IIuey, Mazyek
Miller, Moorman, Novel;, Porter, Townsend
and John Wilson.
In tho Affirmative 10 in tho rnu,tivo Ok
Mr.. Buchanan submitted the favorable re-
port Of the Committee on Finance and Banks,
on memorial of sundry citizens, praying that
the re-charter of the Bank of Charleston may
be granted upon condition that its capital is
reduced to one million dollars which We're
ordered for consideration to morrow.
IIorsE OF REPRESENTATIVES,. On the me
mortal of Merchants and others. for re-chartor
of the Bank of Charleston with its present cap.