Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-04-20
Legislative.

OF the Court, after unusual delay. We have
already published most of the important acts We
now give the remainder:
/. Be enacted by the Senate and house of Rep
rescniatiVes. now met and sitting in General AS,
sembly, and by the authority of the same That
hereafter. in all elections by the people, the mana-
gers shall proceed count the votes publicly i'm
medlately after the final closing the polls al the
/ precinct where the votes have been taken. make
out certificate of the result which shall be SIGNED
| py The managers. or majority of them and taken
! 10 the Court House, or place fixed by Inv for
counting the votes. the day next subsequent In
the day Of the said election. before the hour
of four o'clock. l.. NJ. by ono or move of the saia
managers: PrordoI, That nothing herein con-
tanned shall change the manner OF countins tho
votes in ST. Lukc's Parish
H. That the Managers of Elections. or major
NY OF them who may assemble, shall 5coceed to
examine the statement of the managers provided
Tor III the FIRST section OF this Act and declare the
result of the election.
1. BE IL enacted by tlie Senate and House OF Ron
resentatives, now met and sitting in General AS
sembiy. and by the authority of the same. That
the first section Of Act entitled An Act TO
make malicious trespasscs indictable" ratified on
the twenty first day of December in the Veor of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty
seven be altered and amended so as 20 read az fol
lows; Ihat any person who shall Silfully un-
lawfully and naliciously, cut, shoot MAIN, wound
or destroy any hoTae, 'Guio aeat cattle hog sheep
chattels of another. shall be guilty of a msdemean
or and upon conviction thereof shall be fined and
imprisoned at the discretion of the Judge before
whom the case shall be tried.
/. BE ii enacted by the Senate and House Of Rem
resentatives, now met and sitting in General As.
se'nbiy and by the authority of the same. That
the tenth section Of the first article of the Const
tuition of this State be altered and amended 10
read as follows: Senators and members of the
iouse OF Representatives shall be chosen on the
tuesday after the sccoud Monday in October in
the year of orr Lord one thousand eight bundrcd
anu slNty-two. and on the same day in every second
year thereafter, in such manner and at such times
as are herein directed and shall meet ON the fourth
Monday IN November, annually, at Columbia
(Whlch snail remain tlte seat Of government until
otherwise determined by The concurrence of two.
thirds of both branches of the whole reprcsonto.
ton unless the casualties of war or contngieus
disorders. should render it unsafe to meet there
In either OF which cases. the Governor or Com
,nHnder IN Chief for the time being may, by proc
| Iamation. appoint more secure and convenient
! place OF meeting: Pror'dcd, That nothing herein
contained shall be construed as to apply TO those
Senators whose term of Office will not expire ON the
second Monday in October, in the year of cur Lord
ono thousand eight hundred and sxty.two
: Among the Reports and Resolutions we ind
the following. in relation to elections: tH
khpatrck's-Jones Sriblng and Warren
I Davis, vice Stephen Baldwin md F. w. Xii.
/ patrick
! Sims 'e %
Resotrcd, That the election precinct or poll.
! IN said District. known rs Trimnicr's. be, md
the same Is hereby, discontinued, and that a
/ new election precinct or poll be- and the same
| IL hereby, established nj the muster ground
Beat No. ? and that w. y. Davis. joel +.
Jones and David Hall Ic. and are hereby. an.
/ pointed Managers of Election at Tie same.
HeSoIccd, That the election precinct or noll
In SAID District. known as G.ines'. he. nmd the
same is hereby. discontinued, and that n new
election precinct poll ho. and the same is
hereby, established at the shop Of Reuben
| Gaines Co.; and that Charlie, Thoonson
| Reuben Arnold and j. A. Gaines he. and arc
hereby, appointed Managers of Election at
| the same.
Rcsoircd, Thnt new election prccnt bc
and the same is hereby. established in said Dis.
trict, at Fenton III. Halls and that Jonas Phil.
( lips, Jr.. John Hughes and Lucius Chambers
be- and they arc hereb.i, appointed Managers Of
Election at the same.
The following Report WAS adopted:
The Committee on Chains. to whom was ro.
/ terred the petition of sundrv citizens nf pickcns
District praying that John Calvin Mcdaniel be
placed upon the pension list of this State 70.
specially report: That they have considered
t9e m same and are of opinion that John Calvin
Mcdaniel be placed upon the pension roll of
tins State and that he lie ppid sixty dollars per
annum during the remainder Of his life
The Committee Oh Offices and Officers to
whom it was referred to inquire and rcn,rt
some plan to dispose of the Acts and Reside
t,"ns which have accumulated in the offices of
the Clerks of the different Judicial Districtk of
the State. beg leave tn report: That they have
CONSIDERED the same They find that q lnroe
number ot the Acts and Resolutions sent TO the
olices of the different Clerks. remain ursnld.
ana have accumulated until .hev are trouLie.
some IL seems to your Committee that il
would be better t. authorize the sale Of the ex-
ira copies, at q reduced price and ia that way
the Offices wonid he clcnre,l and at the same
time the people get the hencGt at n small cost.
"t these valuable publications.. Your Commit.
tee therefore recommend the adoption of. the
! following resolution:
Resotr't That the Clerks of the different .Ju.
dic'al Districts of the State be- and the same
are hereby. authorized to sell the extra copics Of
tpe Acts and Resolutions which have accumu-
lated in their cficcs. at the reduced rrice of
twenty-five cents per copy, and account for tho
proceeds OF such sale as now required by law.
RATIFICATION OF THE Constitution or THE
Confederate SrATEs.-The following is the
vote. by yeas and nays. in the Convention OF
the People of South Carolina upon the ratifca.
ton 1T The Permanent Constitution adopted by
the Provisional Congress of tho Confederate
States st Montgomery
Ayes-D. +. Jamshn. President; and Messrs.
Allison. Appleby. Atkinson. Aver, Barnwell.
Barron. Barton Heaty, Bethea, Bellinger. Bobo.
Brabham. A H. Brown. Buchanan, Burnet,
Cam. Calhoun. Campbell CarR, Carlisle. Car.
roll Canghman. Cauthen. Charles. Cesnut,
Cheyis. Clark, Connor Crawford, Darby, Da.
Dn OIL &c mn