Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-02-06

After various amendments by Messrs. White
more, Parker and Moses, the Convention, on mo
ton, adjourned. .'''''' ''', ''.'.''.''. .'A'
'g#G@" THIRTEENTH DAY. !. &ta&!.G
WEDNESDAY, January 29.-The Convention
opened at l2 o'clock, NJ. ~. ,l.... Ir. a.:
Mr. j. K. Jillson moved that the rules and regu
lations, as reported by the chairman Of the com
mittee on the subject, be amended in the fourth
section, 80 as to require all articles, sections, &e
of the new Constitution to be read three times, in
stead of two Agreed to. a.,a.- i...g.. 10
~,,... HoMEsTEADs AND RELIEF. ,,...y. I.at
s. Corley, Of Lexington, offered, in substance
Resolued, That the State shall be authorized
Ito issue bonds to the amount Of ---- millions
the State to be pledged therefor, and to be based
upon the lands to be purchased with the money al
the lowest cash prices when forced into market
These lands to be divided in one hundred acrt
lots, one of which tracts shall be reserved as ;
homestead at the price paid per acre for the whole
tract the title to be given by the State, and the
said homestead to be forever exempt from levy
Iund saic; exceps to tho Stxee rnonsy'
said homestead to be paid for in annual graduated
installments, during period Of twenty years. a
an interest of seven per cent the remainder o
said lands to be held for sale to any citizen wht
will oblgate himself to settle on and improve the
same ; not more than one hundred acres being al
lowed to one individual.
ResoLced, That any person, indebted beyond the
supposed value of his property, either as princi
pal or surety, against whom any suit to the value
Of five dollars has been entered, may make appi
cation to the said Commissioner or Commissioners
for the sale of his effects at public auction for the
benefit of his creditors; and the said Commission
or or Commissioners, being hereby empowered. te
effect such sale or sales SHALL to that end, receive
a schedule of all the papers and property of saio
debtor, not legally exempted from levy and sale,
and the said schedule being sworn to and duly ad
vertised for the space Of one month"; for the in
spection of his creditors, who shall be allowed te
disapprove the correctness of the same. which
offending and if not disproved said debtor shall
be entitled to all the privileges Of this Ordinance
and his creditors shall accept the proceeds Of any
and every sale so effected as final in the iquida-
ton of all such debts no creditor to receive more
than his equal per centage, without preference OF
partiality, through any attempted forced sales
for his own benefit, to the detriment Of more leni
ent creditors ~ o..
Referred to the Legislative Committee, with in
structions to report within one week. T..
THE CHARLEsToN MERCURY.
Mr.. Chamberlin, white, of Berkeley, rose to
question Of privilege, and offered the following
resolution: ...-.- g. 49,.
Whereas, R. B. Rhett, Jr., and Brother, Edit,
ors, and R. M. Fuller and Roswell 7. Logan, As
sstant Editors of the Charleston Mercury, q sour
have by their false report of the proceedings Of
this body, and their blaekguardism Of its members,
proved themselves to be wholly unworthy Of the
privileges of this floor, which should only be ex-
tended to the gentlemanly conductors Of the press,
RESOLVED, That said R. B. Rhett, Jr., and
Brother, r. NJ. Fuller and Roswell T. Logan, are
hereby expelled and excluded from the floor Of the
convention. .:'
Resolred, That the President be requested to see
this order enforced.
The resolutions were adopted-Moses, of Sum-
ter. and Boozer, Of Lexington, voting IN the neg
atr.>. -. " o. '...
. THE sERaEANT-ATtARMs.7 .,.ti.s -:
Nh. N. G.. Parker moved for reconsideration
of tie motion Of Tuesday, dispensing with the
election of Sergeant-atArms, which being a.
greed to, he moved that the President be author
lied to appoint Sergeant-at-Arms. Adopted.
FUTURE LEGISLATORS
B. F. Whittemore, white, offered the following:
That al persons shall be eligible to seat in the
House of Representatives of the State who are
twentyone years of age, and have been citizens of
the State ten years next preceding the day of cleo
ton, and who have been during the last six months
of their time, residents of the District which they
are to represent.
Subsequently the same delegate offered the fol-
lowing: ..-..
That all persons shall be eligible to seat in the
Senate who have attained the age of thirty years,
have been citizens of the State two years, and of
the District which they are to represent, SIX
months. -,- ~.-. .--r
Both of the above were referred to the Commit
tee on Legislative Provisions of the Constitution.
THE TAX ORDINANCE -.
Was taken up, amended, passed to its third
reading, and adopted as follows: -.
An Ordnance to levy a Special 1a1 to defTay
the expenses of this Convention and preserve the
Credit of the State
We, the people of the State of South Carolina,
by our delegates in Convention met, do ordain:
That there shall be assessed and collected by the
Tax Collectors of the several Districts and parishes
in this State in additional to the tax already levied
under General Orders No. l39, issued from Head
quarters Second Military District, by Brevet Ma
jor-G General E. R. 8. Candy, dated Charleston, 8.
c., December 8, 1867, Commanding said District,
the following taxes, which shall be collected BY the
persons and at the times and in the manner pre.
scribed by the said General Orders. .a-g q -
On all real estate, u cents on every 500, except
ing such lands as are exempted in article first of
said General Orders. as'.'! fRs''1 III:
=" On all articles manufactured for sale, barter or
exchange, between the first day Of January, 1868,
and the first day Of .JlulaIy, 1859, ID centaioh