The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-08-19
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE
PRO. TEN.
TlIlRrY-FiRST DAY.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
., OF THE

Immediately after the reading Of the
journal, Dr,'J. n. Ncagl", Compl oll"r
General elect, rose to n nprs ion of priv
lcgc, and sent up to the Clerks desk the
following paper, with the request that it
be read:
"W hercas certain anidavi,s have ap-
pcared in the Charleston .Nc,Ds, cmanat-
ing from certain Rock Hill Conscrva-
tive Clnb,' making the infamous at.
tempt to fix upon me an Infamous crime
thcs efore request tho appointment of
five members Of this House as commit
tee, with instructions to examine the
evidence propose to produce, and re.
port to this House as to the correctness
of said affidavits'"
He stated that these a(lidavits were
made by persons who would be midnight
assassins, but who, failing to sacrifice
his lite, were now attempting to destroy
his political reputation by infamously
false charges.
In accordance with his request The
House ordered The appointment Of the
committee.
Dchargc offered join. resolution,
that Joint Committee be appointed
from the House and Senate to invcsti.
gate and report upon the feasibility Of
reducing The expenses Of the printing of
this General Assembly but SUBSEQUENT.
~ modified it so as TO refer tie matter
to the Printing Committees of the two
Houses acting conjointly, in which shape
it was passed.
IN presenting it, DcLargc said, that
he desired to impress upon the members
the necessity Of making this invest,ea.
ton. AS chairman Of the Committee
OF Ways and Means, he had some time
ago introduced a bill to make appropra.
nons. and in it had provided for The cx.
prnacs OF the General Assembly, includ.
ing wha was then supposed would he a
sufficient amount topay for the printing;
but had since discovered that a; the rate
the cost for this feature was accumulate
ing, that amount would not be enough.
He had found that the printer had n
large Quantity Of papers in his hands
he knew not from whence coming, or
by what authority. for the printing of
which there was no more necessity than
Tor ladder to the moon. Amongst
other things, he found that he was pre-.
pared TO print ia fall a number Of extra
copies Of the message Of late provisional
Governor Orr including all the details
OF the trial of Maj, lee, Superintendent
OF the Peniteniiary, the particulars OF
which were OF no moro use to the mem
bers than was the prcc of land in Aus
tralla, and the Reproduction would cost
between $500 and $500. Hc had also
learned, on good authority, that the
Legislature was paying as much for
blank as printed pages. These things
he desired remcdcd, and the expense OF
the printing brought within the means
Of the General Assembly.
Boseman, the chairman Of the Print
ing Committee, said in this connection.
that he was utterly ignorant Of the cost
at which the work was being done, or
the terms Of the contract, masmuch as
tho printing had been awarded in Joint
resolution cmanating from the Scnatc,
and which had never been referred to his
committee NOR had the matter ever
been brought officially to his attention
as chairman OF the committee, or to that
Of the committee. In fact tho commit
tee itself had been, and still was per-
feet nonentity to all practical purposes.
a resolution was adopted, inslructng
the Committee of Ways and Means to
report whether or not tho Comptroller
General shall instruct Sherffs to contin..
ue the salo and purchase of lands sold for
taxes by order of Gen. Candy.
Mcintyre offered resolution, provid-
ing that in view of the arduous duties
imposed upon the Speaker, he should bo
allowed an extra compensation cf $4
per diem, to commence from the first day
Of the session. After desultory debate
it was laid upon the table, with the I'M.
derstanding that it would be called up
again.
A. resolution was adop:e;! 10 90 ;n;o
joint ballot on Thursday, at o'clock.
with the Senate, for eight Circuit
Judges.
On motion OF Paris; who prcfaccd it
With the remark that the finding Of the
Coroier's Jury had removed the necessi.
ty of further action on the part of the
House, the resolution appointinga Com.
m'ttee to inquire into and report upon
the circumstances connected with the
disturbance in which young Smith was
killed, on Saturday night week, was re-
scinded.
A resolution was adopted, requesting
the Secretary of State to inform the
House, as early as possible, what quaint.
ty Of land in the several Counties was
held for taxes and for how long period.
A communication was received from
the Governor announcing that lie had
approved the Act to authorize the Coz.
ernof to negotiate a loan Of $l25,OOO.
a. bill to provide for the poor In diff
ferent Counties was read the first time.
1t authorizes the County Commissioners
OF Horny, Williamsburg, Lexingtoh and
Orangeburg, where there are no County
Poor Houses, to buy tracts of land and
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