Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1865-10-05
BY w. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION.

kColumbis, we furnished our readers with a
brief review of. the proceedings of tho
Convention to Saturday the 2srd ult., in
elusive, and now add a few additional items
OF interest which occurred previous to its
adjournment on Wednesday, the 9th ult
On Monday, Mr.. Thos. Thomson intro.
duced the following resolutions which were
considered Immediately and agreed to !;
Resolved, That a commission consisting of
two persons be. appointed by His Excel
1enct the Provisional Governor, to prepare
and report to the next tugisIature what
laws will he necessary and proper in con,
sequence OF the alterations Of the funda-
mental law. and especially to prepare and
submit a code for the regulation of labor,
and the protection and government Of the
colored population Of the State; and that
the Legislature 6r the compensation of
said commissioners.
In execution Of the power conferred by
a'e aboae resolution, ~e learn that Govero-
or Perry has appointed the Hon. D. L.
Wardlaw and the Hon Armstead Burt to
constitute the commission. The appoint
,nent could not shave been more worthily
bestowed. They are able lawyers and pro,
found juris.s, and will bring to the task as.
signed them judgment, sagacity, and en-.
larged experience. The limited time al-
lowed for the discharge Of the duty, is the
chief obstacle in the way Of its successful
accomplishment.
A resolution. authorizing the General
Assembly to lay capitation tax, which,
upon each poll, shall never be less than
one fourth of the tax laid upon 800 worth
Of land, was passed by vote Of IS yeas
to 20 nays.
4 resolution proposing two thirds vote of
the General Assembly to exempt corporate
property from taxation gas rejected, yeas
80, nays 81. 5"
The following section conferring lini-
ted veto from the Governor, was passed by
q vote Of 50 yeas to ~ nays;
SECTION 2l. Every Bill (which shall
have passed the General Assembly, shall,
before it become law :, be presented to the
Governor !; if he approve, she shall sign it
but if not, he shall return it, with his OBJ
jections, to that house in which it shall
have originated, who shall enter the Oh
jections at large on their journal, and pro-
ceed TO reconsider it. After such recon-
sideraton if majority of the whole repre-
resentation of that uouse shall agree to
pass the Bill, it shall be sent, together
with the objections, to the other House,
BY which it shall. likewise be considered,
and if approved by amajority of the whole
representation Of that House, it shall be !.
come a law. But in all such cases the
votes Of both Houses shall be detc' mined
by yeas and nays. and the names of, the
persons voting for and against the Bill
shall be entered on the j,urnal Of eaoh
House respectively. If any Bill shall not
be returned by the Governor within two
days Sundays excep;ed) after it shall have
been presented to him, the same shall be
law in like manner as If he had signed
it. And that time may always be allow
ed the G vernon to consider Bills' passed
| by the General Assembly, nsither House
shall read any Bill or the last. day of it's
session, except such bills as have been re.
turned by the Governor as herein pro-
vided.
The following resolution introduced by
Mr.. F. w. Pickens, after being .unfavora:
/ bly, reported upon by the committee, was
rejected, the convention. by yeas % nays
! rs. .F,r debts hereafter contracted no
real estate shall lie subject 70 levy or exc
cuiion, Lu. this shall not he construed so
as to prevent any legal process against the
rents and p.ofi;s of the same.
A favorable report vf the. commit ee up
on the Judiciary, on a resolution sauti.or-
ling the admission Of testimony by color
ed persona in certain casea, was finally, af
ter considerable discussion, referred to the
commission to be- appointed BY the Pro-
visions' doverncr, yeas, 90, nays 3.
Mr.. Connor, from The Special Commit.
tee. submitted memorials to bis Excellsn-
cy tie L e.ijeut Of the Uuited StateS in
behalf of Hon. j. ff.rson Davis, Of Missih-
sipri, taud Hon. A. II. Stephens, of Geor-
gia nlso, in behalf Of Hon. A. G.. Ma.
grath and Hon. Georgia., Trenholm, citi.
zsns Of South Ca,olina; which were con
Fsidered Immediately, were unanimously
agreed To, and were seferrei to tho Eogros.
sing Committees. x
Mr.. Gunner presented the following res.
oi"t'on, which was considered Immediate ]
" and WAS agreed 20:
Resolved, iThae Hon. ID. ;E..sWardIaw
lion: Alfred linger aud Hon. 7. N, Daw-y
KIM; ;oe Committee 70 present 10 uisEx!
! csllency The lPsesideHs of The .Uni,ed,1
States, the inemorials Of the Convention 10. 4
/ behsR Of The Hons. Jeferson DAVIS and a.
u. Stephens, and of the Hone, AZ IG. Ma.
grath and George "A. Trenholm, and that