The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-05-07
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hefollowing gimpoft i order. No,
80, from District Headquarters. was
made public yesterday: 81 81
L The Constitution adop ted BY the
Convention assembled Id this city,
under the authority Of the law OF the,
United States, Of March a 1857, essto
provide Tor the more efficient govern.
ment Of the rebel States, to franhe d
Constitution for the State of South
Carolina, having been submitted to
the people of the said, State, and
having been duly ratified; and the
Convention having, by an ordinance
adopted on the 18th day Of March,
1858, provided that the General AS
sembly, elected Under ethe provisions
of the said Constitution, shall as
semble in the city of Columbia, pon
the 18th day of May, 1868 = the pro-
per officers of the provisional go-
vsfn tnrnt or the State viii nidke
suitable arran gements for the accom-
mo odation of the said General Assem-
bly,. And for the purpose Of defraS-'
ing the necessary expenses of hall
rent f.sa::..a-rss and a. oontingencies,
until the General Assembly shall
otherwise provide, the sum of 900
is hereby appropriated ic from any
moneys in the Treasury Of the State
Of South Carolina; not otherwise ap-
'propriated. iFs iD2i,& ~ Esa sifneRt
II To remove any doubts as to the
proper construction of Sections Ia,
Is and 16, of Paragraph II, (Appro-
priations,) Of General Orders No.
139, dated December 8, 1887, the
Treasurer of the State of South Ga
rolina is hereby directed not to make
any payments from the Treasury of
the said State on account of any APP
preparation made, or for any service
rendered, or for any debt otherwise
contracted, prior to the 30th day of
June, 1866, unless the same shall
hereafter be authorized by proper
Legislative authority. 80
Ill. Upon representations that
since the late elections many laborers
have been discharged from their en-
ployment because they exercised the
right of voting, or because they did
not vote as their employers wished
them to vote, Commanders of Posts
are directed to use the authority con-
ferred upon them by the first para
graph of General Orders No. 53,
dated March 20, 1868, to require that
when such persons become proper
objects of public charity, the Com
missioners. or other municipal of
ficers, having the care of the poor,
shall make the same provision for
them as for other objects of public
charity; and, if necessary to that
end, the Commissioners are autho-
irized to levy such additional poor
taxes as may be required :
Like representations having been
made with regard to planters and
other persons who have received nd
vances from the United States under
the provisions of the circular of Fe.
bruary 27, 1858, the Assistant Com
missioner for the State will, upon
satisfactory evidence of the fact,
withhold all further advances to such
planters; and others who have been
guilty of such practices. and take
measures to secure the reimburse
ment of the money value of the ad-
vances already made.
The officers and agents of the Bu-
reau will, in all cases, give their aid
in procuring employment for labor
ers who have been discharged; and
to, oil such, when able to rent lands
and to work them on their own ac-
count, advances may be made in con-
formity with the provisions of the
circular Of February 81, 1868, and
General Orders No. %. Of the same
date.