Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-02-08
Referred to the Committee on Pcti

"o"csIc'aS anu bankruptcy, Whlch were re
ferrcd to the Legislative Committee
Arnim offered resolution to petition Con
gress to lend the State a3,0O0,0OO which
amount is the nett proceeds of the cotton tax
of the State. Referred
Parker moved that the President be in
structcd to request Gen. C,nby to provide for
tho Convention, at once, $4,000 in bills re-
ccivablc Of the State. Adopted.
The special order, an ordinance for the di-
vision Of Pickcns District, was taken up aud
passed by a vote Of ayes, Sc; nays, 25.
| The special order, an ordinance for the di-
vision Of Pickens District, was taken up and
passed by a vote Of ayes, Sc; nays, 25.
j.. B. johnson moved that the ordinance
| for the division Of Pickcns District, be refer.
red to the appropriate committee, with instruc,
tions to incorporate the namo Of O,once Dis.
trict in the new Constitution, with the names
Of the other Districts. Referred to the Log.
islativc Committee
B L. Whittemorc offered the following res.
olution, which was reforrcd to tho Legislative
Committee
to take or retain a seat in the House of Rep
roscntativcs, who sh,ll have attained the ag.
of twcnty-onc years, and have been citizens
and residents Of this State one year next pro
cedng the day of election. AMI for the last six
months of time, aud shall continue to be resi-.
dents Of tho District which they arc to repre-
sent.
Chamberlain moved to take up an ordinance
reported by the judiciary Committee, invali.
dating contracts for the purchase and sale Of
slaves, and that the same DC passed to its Soc
ontl reading
Beverly Nash introduced u resolution to tax
uncultivatcd lands one per cent more than
cultivated lands. Referred to Commi tee on
Finance.
A resolution was adopted, authorizing the
| President or the ;fsschlDlagc to ask General
Candy to send to the State Treasurer for
$4,000 in State bills.
0 Duncan offered the following rosolu-
ton, which was referred to the Committee on
Petitions
R+soiOnl, That Committee, consisting of
one from each District, be appointed by the
Chair, to report to this Convention the names
of such persons as, in their opinion, this Con
vcntion shall petition Congress to remove all
disquniIicatious from, on account of past DO.
litical offences.
Tho tax ordinance was taken up, read
third time and passed, as follows:
That there shall be assessed and collected
by tho Tax Collectors Of the several Districts
and Parishes in this State, in addition to the
tax already levied, under General Orders No.
l30, issued from Headquarters. Second Mill.
tary District, by Brcvot Major, General Il. r..
S. Candy, commanding said District, dAted
Charleston, December B, 1867, the following
taxes, which shall be collected by the persons
and at tho times and in the manner presented
by said General Orders: On all real estate,
seven and a half cents on every hundred dol
lars, excepting such lands as are exempted in
Article of said General Order. On articles
manufactured for sale, barter or exchange, be-
tween tho first day of January, 1868, and the
first day of January, 1869, fifteen cents on
every hundred dollars, to be paid by the man.
ufacturer. On buggies, carriages, gold and
silver plate, watches, jcwclry and pianos, on
hand on the 1st day of January, 1903, cx-
ccpt when held by dealers for purposes of sale,
fifty cents on every hundred dollars. From
the sale Of goods, wares or merchandise, en-
bracing all the articles of trade, sale, bartcr,
or exchange, (the cotton taxed by the United
States excepted, } which any person shall make
between tho lst day Of January, 1868, and
the 8lst day Of December, 1868, fiftccn cents
on every one hundred dollars. And the Tax
Collectors, Shcriffs, or any other persons whose
duty it mag be to collect, or the Treasurer of
tho State, whose duty it is to receive, shall be
liable upon their respective official bonds for
noglccting or refusing to collect, safely keep,
pay over, and disburso tho samc in conformi-
I! ty to the orders of this Convention.
That a sufficient amount of the sum thus
realized, is hereby appropriated to refund to
tho Treasurer of the State Of South Carolina,
any SUN or sums which may be advanced by
tho ordor of General Canhy, or otherwise, for
the payment of tho per diem, mileage or 9TH
or expenses of this Convention, in bills re-
ceivable Of the State.
That the filth and credit Of tho State are
hereby pledged for tho redemption of bills re-