Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-07-30

Crews offered q resolution, which was adopted,
instructing the Committee on Interpretations. to
investigate and report whether any companies or
corporations, appyingfor renewal Of their charters
have discharged any of their employees on account
of their political opinions.
Hyde, from Greenville, offered Bill providing
that all sales Of property made by the Confederate
Government under the sequestration laws, and tor
non-payment of taxes, where the parties were alb
snt from the State, be declared null and void The
Bill was read first time and referred to the Com
mittee on Claims
....... l.. liz WEDNESDAY, July o. 1868.
In the Senate, the following bills were reported
as engrossed: . .,g.f'
:, A Bill to determine and perpetuate the home
stead A Bill to organize the Circuit Courts; A
Bill to regulate appeals and writs of error to the
Supreme Court; A Bill accepting the benefits of
an Act donating public lands to the several States
and Territories, which may provide colegesfor the
benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, ap-
proved July 9, 1862 . - -. -.
Rutland, from the Special Committee Of Five, to
whom had been referred resolution of enquiry as
to the propriety of reducing the bonds Of public
officers, reported the following Bill and recommen-
ded its passage: ..,-.a,. .....,.--.s...,..-. =. /;
be 1t enacted by the Senate ana house OF rep
resentatives of the State of South Carolina, now
met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the
authority Of the same: ~ Ea ..t i9aaFfrs t,
SECTION L.. That the official bonds of the follow
ing public officers shall hereafter be executed in
the following amounts, that is to say OF the SEQ
retary Of State, ten thousand dollars; of the Comp
troller General ten thousand dollars; of the Treas
urer, forty thousand dollars; of the Attorney Cen
era five thousand dolIafs; Of the Solicitors, three
thousand dollars; of the Probate Judge Of Char
lesion County, ten thousand dollars Of the Pro
bate Judge of each of the other Counties, five
thousand dollars; Of Escheators, one thousand
dollars of the Coroner of Charleston County, five
thousand dollars of the Coroner of each Of the
other Counties, two thousand dollars of the Clerk
of the Court of Common Pleas, for Charleston
County, twenty thousand dollars; of the Clerk Of
the Court of Common Pleas for each of the other
Counties, ten thousand dollars; Of the Sheriff Of
Charleston County, twenty-five thousand dollars;
and of the Sheriff Of each of the other Counties,
ten thousand dollars. ~ ~ m"ag.
SEC. q That the bonds of all other public Off
GERS shall be executed for the same amounts as now
required by law and all Acts or parts Of Acts in.
consistent with the provisions Of this Act be, and
the same are hereby repealed.
SEC. 8. That if any public officer shall, by virtue
of the State, and shall fail to account for and pay
over the same on proper demand, he shall be ad-
Judged guilty of felonious embezzlement, and
upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in the dis
creton of the Court, in sum not less than double
the amount embezzled, and be- imprisoned in the
Penitentiary for term not less than six mouths,
nor more than FIVE years, the discretion OF the
Court to be exercised with reference to the amount
and circumstances of the embezzlement. And in
any Indictment therefor it shall be sufficient des
ignation of the felony to charge that each officer
did 'embezzle the money" of such person or Of the
State, as the case may be. =. 81, Ii s.:-t >
Allen gave notice of a Bill Ito protect the prop
erty of married women from the debts contracted
by and the liabilities of their husbands, and to Sc
cure their separate estates in the same.
A resolution requesting the Surveyor General
ito send report to the General Assembly OF oil
vacant lands belonging to the State, also report
of all lands that have been escheated to the State,
was referred to the Committee on Public Lands
JIson introduced q Bill to provide for the cleo
ton of the Board Of Directors of the State Peni-
tentiary. ;.', .:.sls E..-:l.5q.".
In the House, the Committee of Ways and
Means, submitted q report, fixing the compensa-
ton of subordinate officers. Of the House, as fol-
lows: Clerk OF the House, Sc per day two Assis-
tant Clerks, IS each one Reading Clerk, IS; Ser
geant-at- Arms S. Doorkeeper, 90 four Messen-
gers, s. each two Pages, 81. so each Janitor, g.
Under suspension of the rules the report was
considered. Neagle moved 10 amend by striking
out four dollars per day for the Assistant Sergeant
alarms, and inserting five dollars, which was
agreed to, and the report was then adopted. Il
The report of the Committee on Rules, was then
taken up, and with some unimportant amendments,
adopted. The rules, in general, conform to those
which have heretofore governed the House OF
Representatives of this State. a.
The following papers were introduced and re
ferred to appropriate Committees:
A protest against the admission OF the !Ancas-
ter Delegation. A joint resolution authorizing the
not to exceed 81 800 per annum. A joint resolu;
ton providing for the recording deeds, wills and
mortgages in the Clerks Office Of the County in
which such conveyances are made, within thirty
days after their execution, or to remain null and
void. A joint resolution creating the office OF
County Solicitor, to act in conjunction with the
Circuit Solicitor .. ...,.....- .-.,,s,a,i
The rules were suspended and the Bill to sus.
pend the functions of the Trustees and other Off
GERS of the State University was read the first time
and referred to the Committee on Education.
... THURSDAY, July %, 1868. 2
In Cne SeIate, dllor tuc usual pISuluibnLy puot-
ness, the President invited Hon. James l. On,
who was present, to a seat on the stand. ..lla
Montgomery offered the following resolution,
which was ordered for consideration tomorrow:
Resolved That it be referred to the Committee
on Railroads, to inquire and report at the earliest
possible day, on the expediency and policy Of, at
once throwing open the State to the introduction
of an enlarged and liberal railroad system, by the
enactment of free railroad law; and that the
committee have leave to report by bill or other
wise. .. .r.,.-...... ~ . Ell ..- -
The bill to organize the Supreme Court was ia
ken up, read second time, and passed section by
section. .. !.
The following bills were read third time, pass
ed and ordered to the House of Representatives ::
A bill to determine and perpetuate the homestead.
A bill to regulate appeals and writs OF error to the
Supreme Court A bill to organize the Circuit
Courts. ,.,:,,;i,..,.
The bill in relation to the bonds Of public officers
was taken up, and pending its consideration, the
Senate adjourned. r.- "1i)f"J rleaFa ~ 4.
In the House, after the usual preliminary busi
ness, time was, on motion of the Chairman OF the
Committee of Ways and Means, granted that com
mittee wherein to report upon the bill offered by
the Special Committee, which had been appointed
to investigate the condition of the Treasury, and
report what means could be employed to facilitate
the payment of the members. ...
The Special Committee, charged with lnquirlng
and reporting upon the .practicabilty and cost OF
fitting up suitable rooms in the new State House,
for the meeting of the General Assembly, reported
that they had discharged the duty assigned them,
and that room on the lower floor, A by % feet
in dimensions, could be obtained for the Senate,
and one on the upper, Is by 46, for the House