The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-12-12

enacted. then he desired to oner very maIeCial
amendments. His bill would make the law
more general in its character, so as TO reheVe
the General Assembly OF the Necessity OF OF
judgement it was better for corporations to pc
| foImed under general laws. Then everybody
knew what their rig ats were. ..u.
In rHR House, the Speaker read the follow
| lowing communication
NEW YORK, December l, 1858:
| Nr. Speaker Moses, Of Tie General ASsensosy
of South Carolina:
have the honor to hereby Respectfully teh-
der nv resignation as o member OF the house,
/ from Beaufort County, on account OF LII health.
remain, your obedient servant;
GEO. A. BENNETT.
The resignation was accepted.
w. J. McKinlay, from the committee TO
whom was referred the report of County Com
missioner5 from Kershaw County, TRANSMIT.
| ting to this General Assembly the result OF
| their transactions. recommended that the same
be returned to the County Commissioners OF
Kershaw. with the following amendment
The attention of County Commissioners OF
KershaW County is called to sections II and IL
of an act entitled IAN act to define the 1urls.
dictlon and duties of County Commissioners,
also of article V, section 10, OF same act'
which will give them all necessary information;
first, as to division of townships; and second,
| as 10 ulUuo VI PlOCOouAS Ava NS"o1~N-o ~
raising taxes.
On motion of G. Lee, the report was adopted.
| Sasportas. from the Committee on Engross-
| cd Acts, reported as duly and correctly en-
crossed for a third reading bill to incorpo-
rate Calvary Baptist Church. OF Charleston.
Laid over for q third reading
| The cnactine clause OF the Dill TO estaDlsh
| health officer was stricken out.
A. J. Ransier introduced the following, which
was adOptcd:
Whereas The Colored Orphan Asylum, ut
Charleston, occupying the Elliott Mansion,
and supported by the Government OF the Unit,
ed States through the agency OF the Bureau OF
Freedmen, Refugees and Abandoned Lands, Will
cease to receive aid as such from this source
after the lst of January, 1869; therefore,
Resolued. That the Committee on Educa-
tion be, and they are, instructed to report, as
soon as practicable, bill providing for the
support and maintenance OF said Asylum by
the State, and to inquire into the e1pediency
of changing tho location Of the same.
R. c. DeLarge introduced bill to amend an
act entitled can act to define the jurisdiction
and duties of County Commissioners" which
was read the first time.
G. Lee presented the petition of certain
citizens of Charleston for charter for mill
tary company.
R. c. DeLarge presented the account of F..
p. Porcher, NJ. D., for post naortem examina-
tion.
Mr. A. Smith gave notice of bill to repeal
the fence law in Christ Church Parish.
A bill to repeal an act entitled IAN act to re-
peal the charter of the Town of Hamburg"
was read the first time.
MIR. Tomlirson gave notice OF bill to renew
the charter of the Charleston Bible Society.
A joint resolution directing the State Treas
urer to pay 8. L. Lea >hart, late Comptroller
General, $184 SO for extra services during the
months of July and August 1865 was taken
up and read o second time.
A bill to regulate the sale of spirituous
liquors, by apothecarles was indefinitely post
poned.
A Joint resolution relieving E. W. Oliver, late
Sheriff of Fairfield County, of penalty of five
per cent. per month, upon executions not
returnable by him, was read the second time.
A bill to prescribe the manner in which all
debts contracted prior to May l, 1865, shall be
collected iu this State was put upon its second
reading, and the enactine clause stricken out.
a bill to punish sherii15 and other officers
for violating the Homestead law was treated
in the same way.
The bill to incorporate the Calvary Blptist
Church, OF Charleston, was read the third
time, passed, and sent to the Senate.
The bill to incorporate the Citizens Savings
Bank was discussed. and Its further coasidora-
ton postponed until tomorrow, at Las 2. NJ.
a. Smith, Of Charleston, introduced reso-
luton to allow members per diem durir the
recess, which, after great deal OF laughter,
was withdrawn.
A. j. Ransier introduced q resolution to ad-
journ on the 22d instant.
Numerous motions were made, and q lengthy
discussion ensued.
Mr.. Tomlinson hoped the matter would como
to speedy conclusion, and that the House
would OF once resolve to take recess, or save
time by emphatically voting it down. -.
1Sono caI6 6r1nn 1Irtin enI1I1
prevent members from drawing their per diem
during recess He thought, ut least, it
would be unconstitutional. He then read Sec
ton 20 Of the constitution. 1t was. he said,
sheer nonsense to insert such clause in q re-
solution as would deprive members OF their
pay or per diem. Under the constitution he
could get his per diem. However, let them
take the recess, and ON their return obtain the
opinion of the Attorney General on tic sub
ject.
R. C. DeLa1ge believed that a majority OF
the General Assembly desired 10 act right in
this matter, his constitutional friend (Ransierl
to the contrary notwithstanding. The expen-
ses are $1,000 day OF $4,000 for fourteen days.
He intended to call the yeas aud nays to put
members on record, and to let the people sec
who it is that desires to draw from the treasu-
ry OF the State money for performing no SER
| vice. Even il they We're entitled TO pay, as his
tedIHCQ iIlclu k1sLIlol'l Il'lll tuIu luC, lC uC'
| lievad they would refuse % accept 1t without
rendering sono service as an equivalent.
Mr.. jerks was not willing to vote FOR Hc,n-
| bcrs 10 draw paw when they perform no service.
As there was socie Cont a. tn the constitu-
tiorallty OF the matter he lauyed TO lay the
| whole matter ON the table.
| The motion was agreed TO-.
An animated debate took place on the
| further consideration of bill to incorporate
.lc Citizens Savings Bank.
NJ. jerks moved to tu, ,,her amend section
| by adding, after the last word IN the section,
tho following words: "And satisfactory cyi-
dence of the same furnished to the Comptrol-
General" Agreed to.
| Mr.. jerks moved further to amend section
| by striking out all the words between the
words UNITED States in the fourth line oi
the printed bills and the words "to lend
money! on the sixth line Of the printed bill.
Agreed to by vote, on division, OF yeas, Al;
nays, "a.
Whipper said the gentleman from Charles
ton was aiming to kill the bill, and he resorted
to this method to do so.
Mir. jerks said he only wanted to act as pro-
tector to the poor depositors, who, as oppor-
tunity offer, deposit their little mite. The
poor laboring man has no time to look into the
workings of the savings bank. 1t is enough
that he knows that the Legislature OF his State
has chartered tho institution, and believing
that they did as they professed to do-protect
the poor as well as the rch-he is satisfied.
Mr.. Tomlinson opposed this bill last session
and will this. He did not want to confer on
any institution the power TO dabble in any and
oil kinda of stocks notes Sn without Afford