The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-01-22

Gen. Candy TO stay forthfee monthe
| all exeouti ms for debts prior tod June
30, 1866, was, after cons;defable. dis
seussion, referred to the Executive
Committee, with instructions to ne:
port to morrow. .$iek
| Allen,sof Greenville, introduced an
! ordinance providing for al, exemption
from liability to execution of real
estate to the value Of 81, 800, and
/ personal estate to the value of 81 900;
also providing for separate estate
for married women, and preventing
the, owner Of real estate from mort
gaging it without the consent of his
wife; he wanted the exemption ex-
| tended as far as possible to debts
existing at the time of the passage of
/ the proposed ordinances; and he
wished the matter referred to the
| Legislative Committee, with power
to employ the best legal talent in the
State, If deemed necessary. He was
NO, lawyer, and knew nothing about
the lew, ard he wicked &c &c ::,at-cc..
ed in the law on this point. Referred
to the Legislative Committee.
L. S. Langley introduced an ordi-
nance to change the name of the
Election Districts in the State to
Counties, and to divide the Counties
into townships of not less than five
nor more than ten square miles each.
Neagle, of York District, intro
duced resolution to the effect, 1st.
That the President of the Convention
write his name and the date, "Char-
lesion, December 90, 1861" across
the face of 5000, 900 worth of the
bills receivable of the State, issued
December 81, 1865, and that the
same be declared legal tenders for all
demands arising within the State,
except where the United States Go
vernment is q party. I'd. That the
State Treasurer, in Charleston, be
authorized to sell every week $40, 900
worth of said bills receivable, so
signed by the President of the Con-
ventlon, or as much as may be neces-
sary to pay the expenses of the Con-
vention. 3d. That the Finance
Committee be instructed to prepare
an ordinance providing for the levy
ing and collecting of tax in accord
ance with the Reconstruction Acts,
for the payment of expenses of the
Convention-the tax to amount to
5000, 600, and to be collected between
September l, 1871, and January l,
1872, and the money so raised to be
applied to the payment of the afore-
said bills receivable. The money
raised by the sale of the bills to be
placed i'll the hands of the President
of the Convention, and the balance
remaining after paying the expenses
OF the Convention to be applied to
the payment of the contingent ex-
penscs of the State. under the direc-
ton of the Governor The resolu-
tion was referred to the Committee
on Finance, with instructions to
report on Wednesday, at IL o'clock.
b. Odell Duncan, of Newberry,
offered resolution to the effect that,
slavery having been abolished by the
United States Government, and this
action having been ratified by the
State Legislature, debts for slaves be
declared null and void, because to
allow suits for their recovery would
be to acknowledge the legality of
slavery. Referred to the judiciary
Committee.
The same member introduced a
resolution, that owing to the bad
management of the rebel finances,
the property of the State, on which
cantracts made prior to the end of
the war were predicated, had been
greatly reduced in value; therefore,
debts incurred prior to June 80, 1865,
be reduced one-half. Referred to the
Judiciary Committee.
F. ]. Moses, Jr., offered resolu-
ton that Maj. G. d. Melton, of York
District, one of the Solicitors of the
State, be requested to act as legal
adviser of the Convention, and that
in case he accepted, and was willing
to aid the Convention in the work OF
reconstruction, room in the Club
House be assigned him and he be
allowed the per diem and mileage of
q delegate. Referred to the Execu-
tive Committee, to report on to-mor-
row.
Randolph presented a petition
which he wished the Convention to
send to Congress, asking for the con-
tinuance of the Freedmen's Bureau
in this State until the restoration of
civil government, and after that for
the pstahliab m ont nf a Rurao, of