The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-12-08
The state LegisIaturc.
TENTH DAYS PRprEEnIses.
J rlhstH SENATE. a..N,tla -,

SATURDAY, December5, 5, 1868. The
Senate assembled at IL III. and was
called to order by the President pro.
! tenn. "; t l}H9s IA
Mr. Cain asked and obtained leave
of absence for three days, on account
Of sickness in his family.
The House returned to the7Senate,
with concurrence, q resolution Ire-
quiring reports from Comfy Com mis-
sioners; also concurrent resolution
to print fifteen hundred copies of the
several military orders specified in
the Act entitled can Act to quiet
rights vested under military orders.
Concnrred in, and ordered to he re-
turned to the House of Representa-
| tives.
A message was received from the
House of Representatives, accepting
the invitation to meet in Joint as
sembly on Wednesday next, at l
o'clock p. NJ, for the purpose of GO
ing into an election for Circuit Judge
for the first Circuit, and Register of
Mesne Conveyance for Charleston
County.
Mr.. Rainey presented tho account
of DIR. Henry L. Heriot, of George
town, for medical services rendered
prisoners in Jail. Referred to the
Committee on Claims.
Mr.. Wright, from the Committee
on the Judiciary, to whom was re-
ferred bill to provide for the draw
ing of juries for the next term of the
Court Of Common Pleas and General
Sessions for Williamsburg County,
presented, on behalf of Mr.. Corbin.
Chairman, the report of the Commit
tee, with q recommendation that the
bill do lie upon the table. Ordered
for consideration on Monday. Also
bill to facilitate tho drawing of
jurors in this State, with recon-
mcndation that the bill do lie upon
the table. The report was ordered
for consideration on Monday, aud to
be printed.
Mr.. Nash, from the Committee on
Contingent Expenses and Accounts,
to whom was referred tho accounts of
II. Fl. d. Byron aud William Simons,
reported back the same, with recon-
mendation that they be paid. Or
dered for consideration on Monday.
Mr.. Hays, from the Committee on
Claims, to whom was referred sundry
contingent against the State,
submitted report asking that the
Committee be discharged from the
consideration of all such claims, and
recommend that they be referred to
the Comptroller General. The report
was adopted, the Committee dis
charged, and the following ordered
to the Comptroller General. Accouns
of Thomas L. Dudley, Thomas J.
Duncan, James Thompson. w. b.
Timmons, p. McColl, Daniel Doug
lass, ID. l.. Thompson, Charles Green,
Gilbert Calder, Henry Pate, ID. ID.
McColl, John l.. McColl, james
Dudley, Thomas J. McCants, J. NJ.
Wilder, L. NJ. Paysinger, DR.. j. L.
Culpepper, John NJ. Miller, NJ.
Glover, Thomas G. Moody.
Mr.. Jillson introduced n resolution,
which was agreed to, that the Special
Committee on Rules Of the Senate
be instructed to report an article
defining tho powers and duties of the
officers of the Senate.
Mr.. Cain introduced bill to eY-
tend an Act regulating private cor
porations in this State Read first
time, and ordered for consideration
on Monday.
Mr.. Hnync introduced a bill to
authorize tho consolidation of the
Charlotte and South Carolina Rail
road Company and the Columbia
and Augusta Railroad Company, and
to amend the charter of the same.
Read first time, ordered for con-
sideration on Monday, and to be
printed.
A bill to authorize Il. S. and NJ.
r. Bennett, of Beaufort, S. c., to
collect wharfage, was read a second
time, and referred to tho Committee
on the Judiciary.
Report of the Board of Commis-
sioncrs Of Elections ordered by the
Constitutional Convention, was taken
up for consideration, and resolution
introduced by Mr.. Hayne, that
Committee of Three be appointed to
inquire of the Board of Commission
ers of Election, ordered by the Con-
stitutional Convention, what DISPOSE
tion has been made of tho furniture
mentioned in their report as pur-
chased for the use of their office;
also, that copy of their expenditures
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