The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-12-24
Condensed from the Carolina Times.
PROCEEDINGS
SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE

WEDNESDAY, Dec. II, 1856,
The Senate met at Ii o'clock.

asking leave to amend tho message of the
Senate sent on The subject of adjourn.
ment so that the day fixed for such adj
journment shall be on Saturday next, the
2oth inst, at . o'clock p. IN.
MIR. Wagner introduced y resolution for
the appointment OF the usual Committees
Tor the examination Of the Bunk Of the
Slatc, and asking ior the usual message
10 he sent to the House, similar commit
tees, TO unite with those Of the Senate,
and that they be allowed the same per d.
cm pay as is allowed to members Of he
General Assembly.
A Till 10 aid in tic construction of the
Charleston and Savannah Railroad a bill
10 amend an act for the better ordering
and governing negroes and other slaves
in the province, passed 10th of Nav, l74O
received a third reading, titles changed,
called acts, and ordered TO the House of
Representatives.
The Senate proceeded 70 the considera
ton of the special order Of the day for one
o'clock, which was resolutions introduced
by Mr.. Mazyck, in relation to the Blue
Ridge Railroad. On motion Of Mr.. Ma.
zyck, the resolutions were taken up scpa.
ratcIy. The following are the resolutions:
ResOtced, T:nt no such subscriptions
have been made, or aid furnished to the
Tennessee Railroad Company, AZ to give
reasonable assurance Of the construction Of
said Railroad.
R"snl"e.', That he exchange of J+GG
shares amounting at par to S54S,O0O, Tor
iginally subscribed by sundry individuals
to the capital stock of the Blue Ridge
Railroad Company, and afterwards trans,
tcrred 10y the subscribers { the City Coun-
Gil OF Charlcston,) for $500 shares of the
capital stock of the Blue Ridge Railroad
Company, i'll South Carolina, is not such
u subscription to her capital stock of the
latter Company, asto satisfy the condition
that 81 900, 600 should be subscribed by
responsible persons, companies or corpo.
~ratons, to the said capital stock, before the
Comptroller General should be authorised
and required TO subscribe, on behalf OF the
State, the SUM off%GO,O 0Q.
Resol"cd, That ~suppC.ing the subscrip-
ton of S5eO,O 600, made on behalf CT the
State, to have been authorised by the
terms CT The act Of 1854. the payment Of
the State subscription being directed by
tn" said act, to be made by installments
Of 100000 each, and two instaIIments
having been already paid, leaving only
100000 Of the subscription unpaid the
Comptroller General is not authorised to
make any further payment, until the State
subscription shall have been increased to
at least 100000.
Mr.. Marshall moved to lay on the ia.
BILE. The yeas and nays were demanded
by Mr.. Mazyck, were taken, and are
yeas %, nays ls so the resolutions were
laid on the table,
IedS-lIon. James Chestnut, Jr., Pres't;
Mcssrs. Allen, Beatty, Bull, earn Deloacb,
Darlington, "lIaselI, Ingram, Irby b. J..
Johnston, \. r. Johnston /; Marshall, Nc
AliiIey, Mordecai, Pickens, Porter, Preston,
Scott, Tillinghast, Townsend, Wagner.
Nays -Messrs. Barton, B~lakeney, Bon
neau, Cannon, Dudley, Fox, Cause, Gist,
Mazyck, McCaw, Mellard, Moses, Shuler,
Watson, Westmorcland, Withcrspoor,
Zimmerman.
y bill 10 ex.cud the system of public
education in this State, was the second
special order, and for two o'clock, l.. NJ.
was taken up. This bill was from the
Al of Representatives, and perhaps is
The bill which has created no Sigh. fami-
Iy quarrel in that branch of the General
assembly. 1t brought up, rs the sections
were being read through, several of the
Senators. The particular section of the
Jill which empowers commissioners Of free
schools to tax tho people to the " amount
oftwenty five per cent OF the general tax
for the erectioui Of schooIl houses, icailed
forth a very interesting debate-not st0r.
my, not violent, not personal, but ANNA
ted sufficiently TO give u relish 10 the mat
ter. In fact, indecorum is unknown in
the Senate Chamber OF South Carolina
End your reporter does not mean to insin-
uate that it is either Known 10 the other
branch Of the General Assembly. But
we had q slight misunderstanding to day,
and some warmth, still 40 dicniied and
kind that neither Senators nor visitors
could in any wise feel anything but pleas
urable iatcycst.
Mr.. Dudley moved TO lay the bill on the
table. The y%as and nays were deman-
died., were t,ken, and arc-yeas rs, nays
lG. SO the bill was laid on the table.
Yeds-Messrs. Allen Barton, BlakeDey
Beatty, Bonneau, Brownlee, Cannon, De-
Loach, dudley, Fox, Darlington, Cause,
Gist, Irby, Al Johnston, Marshall, Ma
zyck, McCaw, Mellard, Shuler, %Tillinghast
Watson, WeslmorelanI Witherspoon,
Zimmerman.
Nays-Hon. Jas. Chestnut Jr.. Speaker
Messrs. Barker, earn, HaselI, Ingram, Nc
Alilley, Mordecai, Moses, Peay. Perry,
Pickens, Porter. Preston, Scott, Townsend
Wagner.