Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-09-20
MONDAY, Sept. 10, 1866.

MONDAY, Sept. 10, 1866.
In THE SENATE, Mr.. G. W. Williams
submitted the report of the Committee on
the Judiciary to alter and fix the times for
holding the Courts Of Sessions and Com.
mon Pleas in this State, recommending
substitute. The report was made the spe-
cial order of the day for tomorrow at l,
p. m.
Mr.. Tillman offered the following resolu-
tions, which were considered and agreed
to, and were ordered to be sent to the House
of Representatives for concurrence
ResoZued, That the Attorney General
and Solicitors of this State be and they are
hereby instructed and required to take i'm
mediate measures to check any and all vio
.lations by the several Rail Road Companies,
chartered by the Acts of the General AS
sembly of this State, in the matter Of the
overcharge by the said Companies, or either
of them, for freight or passage money, and
that the said Attorney. General and Solici
tors be required to institute the necessary
proceedings by rule quo a0arranto, or other.
wise, for the forfeiture of any one or more
of the charters of said Companies who may
in the particulars named, have heretofore
violated or are now violating the provisions
of their charter or charters.
ResoZued, That the Attorney General and
Solicitors, each, make special and sepa-
rate report to the General Assembly on the
LIST day of the next ensuing session, of their
actions respectively under the above resolu.
ton. .------------.---
In THE HOUSE, Mr. Lord, from the
Committee on the Judiciary, made favor.
able report on bill to make plaintiffs and
defendants, in all cases, competent to give
testimony in such cases, as other witness !;
which was ordered for consideration to.
morrow.
Mr. Campbell, from the Committee on
the Judiciary, reported favorably on the
passage of Bill to define the term persons
of color, and to declare the rights of such
persons also on a Bill from the Senate, to
define the term persons of color, and to de-
clare the rights of such persons which
were severally order for consideration to-
morrow.
The same Committee has also reported a
Bill providing that no persons shall be de-
barred from the privilege of purchasing,
holding, enjoying, inheriting and transmit
ting real estate by reason of being an alien,
nor shall any widow be deprived of dover
by reason of being an alien, or the widow
of an alien.
Mr.. Marley introduced the following
preamble and resolution, which were con-
sidered Immediately, and were made the
special order of the day for tomorrow, and
ordered to be printed:
Whereas the condition of the country de-.
mands that the Legislature shall, by all le-
gal means, interpose to prevent the sacrifice
of property at Sheriff's sale.
Be 1t Resozved, That committee to con-
sist of five members of the House and three
members of the Senate, be appointed to in
quire and report upon the propriety and ex-
pediency of appointing three Assessors in
each District, whose duty it shall be to as
sess and determine the real value of any
property upon which levy under execution,
has been or may be made, and to return
such assessment, under oath, to the Sheriff.
Aud to report further upon the propriety
of law which shall provide in substance ::
That if the property levied on be sold for
more than its assessed value, the plaintiff in
execution shall pay five per cent. on the as
sessment; if it be sold for less than its as.
sessed value, but for more than three. .fourths
of such value, the plaintiff shall pay fifteen
per cent. upon the assessessment; if it be
sold for more than one half and less than
three-fourths of its assessed value, the
plaintiff in execution shall pay thirty per
cent. of its assessed value if it be sold for
less than one.half of it's assessed value, the
plaintiff in execution shall pay forty per
cent on the assessment. That the tax thus
imposed shall be retained by the Sheriff,
and be subject to the order of the Commis.
sioners of the Poor of the District in which
the sale is made.
A Bill for the establishment of agricul.
tural and mechanical schools; and Bill
to create the Office of Superintendeuts of
Free Schools, and to amend the law in rela-
ton to free schools, were ordered to be laid
on the table.
Mr.. Keitt offered the following resolu-
tion; which was considered Immediately
and agreed to-:
Resolved, That all the unfinished busl-
ness of the last regular Session be continu-
ed to the next regular Session of the Gen.
oral Assembly.
The House proceeded to the considera-
tion of Resolutions (by Mr.. Darlington } in
relation to the people, growing out of their
Indebtedness as effected by the results of
the war, and the necessity of remedial