The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-08-04
THE LEGIsLaTn,rRt,N, !. ., !, a a.
rwENTY-fIrTH DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Co1UstBIA. August 3.-The Com.
mittee on County Offices and Officers
mnde report on the resolution in-
structing them to fix the salaries of.
County officers. The report, which
was considered Immediately and
agreed to, recommended that the
matter be re-committed to q Joint
Committee, consisting of Committees
of Ways and Means and County
Offices and Officers.
The Judiciary Committee made
report on the resolution proposing to
rescind the order of General Candy,
appointing a Mayor and Council for
the town of Laurensville. The.com-
mittee expressed the belief that a
new Council could be appointed or
elected ut this time, if these Offices
were vacated, by the adoption of the
proposed resolution, and, therefore.
recommended that the resolution be
tabled until general law on the sub
]ect OF municipal elections was passed.
The report was agreed to.
Whipper introduced q bill to de-
clare vacant certain Offices. which
was read the first time, and ordered
for consideration tomorrow. The
bill declares all Offices, whether filled
now by election or appointment, to
be vacated Immediately upon its
passage, except such as were filed
by the election which took place on
the 14th, 18th and 10th days of
April, under the provisions Of the
new Constitution, and authorizes the
Governor to supply the vacancies by
appointment until elections can be
held; but the provisions of the bill
are not to extend to the cases of per-
sons holding Office as Mayors or AL
dermen, Intendant or Wardens, of
any incorporated towns or cities who
were elected under the terms of their
several charters.
The chairman of the Committee
of Ways and Means made an unfa
vorable report on the bill to levy q
tax of $500 annually on Kershaw
District for the support of the widow
OF s. q. w. Dill; which report was
agreed to, and the bill ordered to lie
on the table.
Notices were given of a bill "to
provide a public administrator, and
bill "to protect the State against
scarcity, and for other purposes.
Joint resolutions were received
from the Senate, petitioning Con
gress to remove the political disabili
ties of W. j. Clawson, of Yorkville.
and S. d. Goodlett, of Greenville.
which were read and referred to the
Special Committee on Political Disn-
bilities
The Judiciary Committee reported
back, with sundry unimportant
amendments, the bill to organize
Circuit Courts, which was read
second time and passed. The bill
establishes eight circuits. The one
in which .Richland County is en-
braced. will hold its Courts of Com
mon Pleas on the first Monday in
February, juno and October, and
the Courts OF General Sessions on
the first Wednesdays after the first
Mondays in these months, respect
ively-discretion being given the
Judges to postpone the terms of the
former, If necessary, until the busi-
ness Of the Courts of Sessions shall
have been finished. The equity
business is all transferred to the
Courts of Common Pleas. The rest
of the bill embraces mere matters of
detail, such as the transfer of the
books, records, &c.
4 communication was read from
Governor Scott, announcing that he
had approved the joint resolutions
petltioning Congress to remove the
political disabilities of N. E. w.
Walker, of Barnwell, and G. B.
Farmer, Of Colleton.
The unfinished business then came
up for consideration. 1t was the
bill to reduce the amount of the
bonds of public officers, and the
pending question was on the adop-
ton of an amendment proposing to
increase the bond of the State Trea
surcr from $4,000, rs contained in
the bill. to $4,000, the amount
always heretofore required of that
official.
Whipper, (colored radically said
that. when he had concluded his
speech on this subject. on Saturday
last, he thought he had said all that
it was necessary for him to say, but,
from events which had subsequently
taken place he was in1uca1 to I,o