The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-02-05
Convention.


der by President Mackey, followed by
prayer from Isaac Brockington, coored.
E. W. NJ. Mackey made a personal cx-
p'anaiion aad apology for his assault Oh
a newspaper reporter yesterday. On mo.
tton the apology was received The as
/ sau!t vas made on the Mercury reporter.
Report from committee recommend.
ing the Convention to petition Congress
to continue the Freedmen's $ Bureau until
, the restoration OF civil government, and
, t!;at a bureau 9: cdrcatiun be established.
he MINORITY Of the Committee disscntcd,
as ty the time for the proposed diScon.
tinuance-July l6--civil government
will be established. The reports were
made tie special order for tomorrow,
at1..
The Special or,lcr, IAN ordnance 20
levy S:'cci.} tax to defray the expenses
oiiiIi> Convention and preserve ihc credit
81 IT,, S,ate," WAS taken up. The matter
; :. s> ':;>rH>>ed, %nl was finally r!adc the
! SHc"ial orGcr for liaii-, a>t o'c"ci; Wed.
! Mrs:I:,y
! 'i'ne o->!i'.aaco defining paj-, was taken
mp. T. j. i,,n'.c;tson said the committee
could see 20 other way Of raising money,
! but by endorsing the bills receivable.
and much mere cn the sam. subject,
showing ho" distressed the members
We're ior money, &c.
After various amendments ~ Robert
son, Whlttemore, Parker and Noses, the
"rd'na"ce, as finally "dol'ted, is as fol.
lows:
;hc pay Of Members sll Per day :;
Secretary Sll per day; Assistant Ser
sgrant-a:- Atins $6; Assistant Secretary
IS Enyros<ng Clerk S.; Reading Clerk
| s.; Door Keeper 81; Assistant loo;
Keeper $6; two Messengers s. per day,
each And the sums me:ti ned :!ore
said, shall be pail to the members and
officers in bills receivable IF tae State of
South Carolina. The mileage of mem
| bcrs aud officers Of the Convention, shall
be twenty cents per mile to and from
the convention by the usual mail routes.
January 29.-Conven,ion being called
to er:'er and opened with prayer,
I. j: Coghlan offered resolution, tnat
the reporter of The Mercury be excluded
from the floor and privileges of This
house. The motion was carried, and Mr.
Logan retired.
Arnim offered a resolution to petition
Congress to lend the State S3,00e,000,
which amount is the nett proceeds of the
cotton tax Of the State Referred.
Parker moved that the President be
instructed 10 request Gen. Candy to
provide for the Convention, at once. $12,
O9O in bills receivable of the State.
Adopted. -
The special order, an ordinance for
the division Of Pickens District, was
taken up and passed by, vote of ages,
Sc; nays, 25. :.
B. F. Whiucmore offered the following
resolution which was referred. to the.
Legislative Committee: =: : :-.'.t::; =,
Resolved, That all persons shall be eli
giole to take or retain n seat in the House
of Representatives, who shall have at
tanned the age of twenty-one years, and
have been citizens and residents of this
State one year next preceding the day Of
election, and for the last six months of
time, and shall continue to be- residents
Of The District which they are to repre-,
sent.
;. Beverly Nash introduced resolution
to tax uncultirated lands one per cent.
more than cultivated lands. Referred to
SOullllltLce OH lH0uCe.
B. 0. Duncan offered the following
resolution, which was referred to the
Committee on Petitions:
- Resolved, That a Committee consist
ing of one from each District, be appoint
ed by the Chair, to report to this
Convention the names CT such pe,-
sons as. in their opinion, this Convention
shall petition Congress 70 remove all dis
qualifications from, on account of past
political offences
The tax ordinance was taken up, read
q third time and passed, as follows:
That there shall be assessed and COL
lected by the Tax Collectors of the se7e-
raj Districts and Parishes in this State.
in addition to the tax already levied,
Under General Orders No. 139, issued
fro,a Headquarters, Second Military Dis
trict, by Brevet Major. General E. r. s.
Candy, commanding said District, dated
Charleston, December, g., 1867, the fol
lowing taxes, which shall be collected by
the persons at the times and in the man,
ncr presented by said General Orders:
On all real estate, seven and half cents
on every hundred dollars. excepting such
| lands as are exempted in Article l Of
said General Order. On articles manu-.
facturcd for sale, barter or exchange, be.