Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-07-31

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charter. Made special order for Monday
at IL. 80 o'clock.
Accounts of c. b. Glover, for services as
acting coroner and magistrate. wcrc laid over
for future consideration
Also, account of j. P. Dubois, jailor Of
Marion District, for supplies furnished pris.
oacr'.
The petition Of the Board Of Commission
era Of williamsburg County, praying an ap.
preparation For The building of a now Jail, was
referred to tbc Committee on Public Build.
;ass
| Nca,;lc Offered resolution, providing that
tho report Of M.;or L. B. Leo, suporintcn.
dcut OF tho pouitontia1y, as contained in tho
lest message Of ox.Psovisional Governor Orr,
bo referred to tho Committee on tho Peniten.
tiry, with instructions to reports so sooa %
praa:csblo. Adopted.
Ne.g.o also gavo notice Of ssbilt tocrcato a
loan of S1,000,0o0.
4 bin To rarsa' all ca?isation taxes WAS also
presented by Ncaslc, read e first time, aud or
dorea to be p. .,tea Aal referred to thc Ways
aud Means Committee. It provides that all
sums ci,;acd to be duo and owing as state,
County OF municipal c.pi:a.ion taxes, or any
Gums dues as executions for nen.payment OF
taxes, by any porson who mas heretofore bccu
denied The right of outrage, shall DO void
from Jauaary 1st, 1868, and ,aakcs it n mis-
icu,taaos .v.a;,y oac't to collect :ny p"sl there,
of. Eciusrctl co tic Committee Oh Waye aud
Means
The following bills were read 6rst time
and appropriately referred
A bill to determine and rcrpctuato tho
homestead.
A Ill! to regulate appeals and writs of or
ror q Ito Snrromc Court.
A bill TO ore ,nizc circuit courts.
! A bill to amend tbc charter Of tho city Of
Charleston.
The bill to estai!:gls the County Of Aiken
WAS tasc1 up Cor second reading, but was
ordorc' to DO printed nnd laid over for con-
sidcrotion on Monday.
An inquiry was raised as to whether tho
State pr:n.c. charged ra!l rates per page for
tho calcnd"r which frequently contained on.
ly few i:,iea. Ncngle desired to know what
Was TIC price ;,l,e,,, aud said he understood
it 20 DC so per i,:;;c Tor zoo copies (Which
would mako the ct"rge TO. the c~lcudar $500
II day.) His !udicrous (to use u mild term)
mistake, WAC corrected, but neither momber
Of tho committee could inform the House
what the precise charge was, and motion to
dispense with tho calondar, altogether, as
matter Of economy, was only defeated by
resolution instructipg tho Committee on Prin'
thug 70 make shc necessary inquiries and 70.
port to tho House.
Tho report Of tho Committee Of Ways and
Means on Neaglo's bill to provide for tho re.
demption of bills recoverable, by tho imposi-
tioI Of tszcs on cuttou and rice, was then
made and :onsitcvod. Tho conmitsse showed
that, besides other objections to it, the bill
was oica:ly unconstitutional, and therefore
recommended that it be indefinitely postpon.
cd. Tho report was adopted
The speaker laid before the House com.
municaton from Mr.. II. 2. Uammctt, Presi.
dent Of tho Circenv;llc and Columbia Railroad,
informing the mombors that an excursion
train would star: for Grconville, to morrow,
end retusn The next day, and inviting thom
to accompany IL"
Tac invitation was accepted, and tho rules
80 FAR a. required the House to meet at IL
o'clock, Monday, were suspended, and tho
House ngrccd that, whom it adjourned, it
wonld stand adjourned until o'clock =. NJ,
Monday.
Tho Houao then adjourned.
TaE DILL PRISONERS. arc happy 10
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incn have at last been turned ovor to tho civil
authorities.
A MAN in Lowoll, seventy yoars of age,
has recently had born to him his thirty.sec.
ond child.
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