Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-09-20
SATURDAY, Sept. Is. 1856

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its third reading, the title was changed to
An Act, and sent to the House.
A resolution was adopted and sent to the
House for concurrence, requesting the
members of the Legislature to ascertain the
number of INDECENT poor in their respec-
tive Districts also the quantity of supplies
that will be absolutely necessary for their
subsistence during the ensuing year, and
report the same at the next regular ses-
sion of the General Assembly.
A Bill to provide for the establishment
of a Penitentiary, received the second
reading, was agreed to by vote of 25 to
4, and sent to the House.
The Senate resumed the consideration Of
a Bill to alter and fix the times for holding
the Courts of Common Pleas in this State.
Supdry amendmants were offered and a.
greed to. On the question of agreeing to
the Bill, the yeas and nays were ordered,
and are as follows
Those who voted in the affirmative are :
Messrs. Beatty, Buist, Charles, Grisham,
Hemphill, Reid, Richardson, Skipper, Till
man, Thomson, Townes, Wheatherly,
George W. Williams, Wilson and Win
smith.
Those who voted in the negative are
Messrs. Arthur, Boozer, Bratton, Dozier,
Griersop, Kershaw, McCutchen, McDufie,
Mcqueen, Shiugler, Sullivan, Townsend,
Tracy and J. H. Williams.
In the affirmative, 15 In the Negative
IA. The Bill was therefore agreed to, and
was sent to the House of Representatives:
Mr.. Kershaw moved to reconsider the
vote of yesterday postponiug to the next
regular session, the report of the Committee
on the Judiciary
On Bill to amend an Act entitled can
Act to establish and regulate the domestic
relations of persons of color, and to amend
the law in relation to paupers and vagran.
cy;" and,
On Bill to amend an Act entitled can
Act to establish District Courts, recommend.
ing postponement to the regular session
On this question the yeas and nays were
ordered to be taken, and they are as follows
Yeas, IS; Nays Is There being a tie,
the President voted in the affirmative ard
the Bills were recommitted to the Commit
tee.
In THE HOUSE, resolution from the
Senate fixing Tuesday, 18th instant, for ad-
journment, sine die, was made the special
order for Monday next.
The "Bill to alter and fix the times of
holding the Courts of Common Pleas and
the Courts of Equity in this State" came
up for consideration. An amendment was
offered by Mr. Butler whereupon Mr.
Todd moved that the Bill and the amend
ment be ordered to lie on the table; and
the question being put, will the House agree
thereto it passed the affirmative Yes, SO !;
nays 40.
The yeas and nays were requested, and
are as follows: Those who voted in the af-
frmative are:
Hon. c. H. Simonton, Speaker; and,
Messrs. D. Wyatt Aiken, James R. Aiken,
Bachmau, Barker, Campbell, Cannon, Car.
Isle, Coker, Coogan, CoviDgtou, DePass,
DuPre, Duncan, Elliott, Fair, Gaillard,
Gavin, Hanckel, Haskell, Hearts, Hough,
Hunter, Huston, Lee, Leitner, Lewie, Lord
Magrath, Martin, Melchers, T. P Mikell,
W. E. Nickel, j. W. Moore, W. A. Moore,
Mulvaney, Perry, Petty, Pressly, F. D.
Richardson, j. S. Richardson, Jr., Salley,
Shaw, Siegliug, Sparkmau, Stackhouse,
Stokes, Talley, Tew, Thomas, Thompson,
Todd, Townsend, Wagner, Walker, A. S,
Wallace, Wannamaker, Marley and Wood.
ruff.
Those who voted in the negative are:
Messrs Anderson, Ball, Benbow, Black,
Bonham, Bowen, Brown, Browning, But,
Ter, Clyburn, Copeland, Crayton, Culbreath,
Duryea, Elkin, Farmer, Flowers, CARING
ton, Gayer, Goodwyn, Graham, HagOod,
Hammett, Hay, Hayes, Howe Jones,
Keels, Keith, Keitt, Landrum, Lipsey,
Manigault, McCauley, McKewn, Milling,
Mullins, Price, Rawlnson, Russell, J. j.
Ryan, Sessions, Sheridan, Springs, Suber,
Talbert, Trescot, William Wallace, and
Wright.
So the bill and amendment were ordered
to lie on the table.
Mr.. Depass introduced the following res,
olution; which was considered Immediately,
was agreed to, and was ordered to be sent
to the Senate for concurrence:
l. ResOlved, That the Special Joint
Committee, to whom was referred the Bill
to provide artificial legs for all citizens Of
the State who have lost their legs during
the recent war, "have leave to report thereon
at the next session of the Legislature.
2. Resolved, That the Governor be re-
quested to take such measures as may be
necessary to procure information of those
citizens in the State who have lost their
legs as aforesaid, and to invite proposals
and specimens of artificial legs, and to re,
port, at the next session of the General As,
sembly, the number needing artificial legs,