The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-09-26
Legislature of South Carolina.
FRIDAY, SEP TE5fB.Ee IA, 1866
SENATE. (
10 Senate met at hi a. ln

IDe senate met NC a.'fn.
The bill giving authori;wto the City
Council OF Charleston to proceed in tn,
matter of fire loan, with a view to ait
iu building np the city anew was rcao q
third time and its title chatged TO al
Act.
Messrs. Sullivan, Williams, Tracy
Hemphill and Thompson submitted re-
ports of committees.
The report Of the special Committee or
so much of the Governors Message No
as relates to procuring sMQlies Of food
and enlarging the powers OF the Com.
missoners OF the Poor, was discussed.
Mr.. Townsend offered al resolution,
which was agreed to, that aSjoint com
miltce, to be composed of two members
Of the Senate and three members Of the
House, be appointed, to provide, if pos
sible, suitable places for thesmecting ol
the two Houses of tho General Assem-
bly,, at the next session, and that they
report to this Legislature with rs little
delay as possible.
Adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES..
The House met at 10 a. m.
Messrs. Shaw, Hammett, Stackhousc,
Sally and D. w. Aiken submitted le.
ports Of committees.
Mr.. Barker introduced the following
resolutions, which were referred to the
Committee on Federal Relations:
Resolved, by the Senate and House Of
Representatives, now met and sitting IN
General ASSEMBLY, That the President OF
the United States be requested to send
official notice to the military comman
ders in South Carolina Of the fact that
the war is ended.
Resolved, That the President be also
requested to order the disconHnuance OF
provost courts in South Carolina, and
that the ju rsdiction Of military courts
be confined to the limits prescribed by
the Rules and Articles of Wpt.
Resolvca, That his Excelency the
Governor be requested to communicatc
the foregoing resolutions to ll;sExcellea
cy the President Of the UnitdA States.
Mr.. Lord introduced. rs ti,, proviao q
'torthe resumption Of specie payment by
the banks Of this State, or for their dis.
solution. -
Mr.. Hutson INTRODUCED a bill to obvi-
ate the necessity Of n multiplicity Of suits
to ascertain the real consideration OF con,
tracts made between January l, 1862,
and May Is, 1865.
A message was received from the
Senate, informing the House that Messrs.
Townsend. Frierson and Author had
been appointed a committee Of three on
the part Of the Senate, to mature plan
for organizing and establishing college,
or some other institution, in conformity
to the requirements Of the Act Of Con.
gress donating public lands to the seve.
raj states and Territories, which may
provide colleges for the benefit Of agri
culture and the mechanic arts" and re-
quests the appointments of n committee
consisting OF four members of your
House, to act with the committee o. the
Senate; and that they be instructed to
report at the annual session Of the Gene.
raj Assembly.
Messrs. Coker, Hagood, Haskell and
7. 2. Mikell were appointed the House
committee. 81
- "A message was received fram the So.
nate, refusing to concur in the resolution
from the4 House, requesting railroad
companies to reduce their fare for refu.
gees"
The bill to relieve the pccuniary dis
tress Of the inhabitants ofthis State, was
made'the specia ! order of the day for
ednesday, 28th day November next,
at p. IN.
After the discussion Of several impor.
tant bills, the House adjourned.