The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-02-01


was taken up, ana bi ittenoro tass q oissea / roso.
luton to make The per dions Ss in & Sgrcsnbaeks
instead of s11 in nIS@te billas W
Pending the aiiseaszion sef which thp body
adjourned. W ss
THURSDAY BORN. ,
The minutes of the, last meeting were read,
but owing to the incorrect assertion by the
priatet Of two petitions for divorce, the minutes
were ordered to be corrected and reprinted
The Chairman then read for tho informa-
ton of tile usscmblage a letter from General
Clitz, commanding the Post of Charleston to
tho Mayor of the city, requesting that officer
to detail n sergeant ol police and five -privatcs
to attend the sittings of the convention and
preserve the peace. The Chairman said that
the letter was written without any consultation
with him. and he did not like to act in the
matter without the advice oftho body. s
Whittcmorc moved that n committee of three
be appointed to wait on General Clitz,. for the
purpose of inquirng his reasons for writing
such q letter. Adopted.
Whittcmorc, Ransier and Rose, woac ap-
pointed ON the committee.
w. G. Whippcr, moved that until the re-
port of that committee was received no police
man be admitted on the floor
S. A. Swails made report from the COM
mittcc on rules and regulations in regard to
the pay of absent members, and tho form of
proof Of attendance in order to draw pay
Adopted.
y communication was rsccivcd from j. T.
NJ. Erping, United States Marshal, in regard
to land and labor. Referred to the Committee
on Petitions '#t
Parker moved that copy of the tax ordi-
nance bc furnished to General Canby, with
request that he enforce it, Adopted
J. NJ. Allen, in behalf Of Gentry, offered a
resolution fixing the rent Of lands, the lessor
to receive onethird of the grain ceop and one
fourth of the cotton and tobacco crop, where
the lessee furnished all the capital, and the
lessor to receive onc-haf of all crops, where he
furnished the stock and feed any landlord re-
ceiving greater proportion than this, to be
guilty Of mis,lcmcanor and liable to fine and
Imprisonment. 4''''''.'f
Several members were granted leave of ab-
scncc. itfg g, hr -jr 7i9li .. .ag.l, llI
Runion introduced arrcsolution providing
that all the officers Of tho State shall be elected
by7thcpcoplc. except the judges cf shc Su-
prcmc Court and tho United States Senators.
Referred to the Committee on franchise and
Elections, 7,.j i, .na4 ST. y.s
Allen prcscutcsla Il petition from >citizcns of
Pickcns, relative to property sold during the
war, for Confederate money. and asking that
some provisions bu mndu Tor an equitable set
tlcment between buyers and sellers, i'm such
cases. srom -..,i sI st tue - , -Ji
Moses introduced . resolution in regard Is
simplifying the. .plendings illnthc courts. ic-
fcrrcd the judiciary Committee
I Rnnsicr introduced resolution ~ the effect
that although tile convention would undertake
to relieve tho people Of the State from their
great distress as are necessary to secure tn,
pay OF, the members, the speciul object Of their
assembling is to form u State constitution, and
they will not usurp the place of tho Lcgisa-
turc which they have tho power to create by
passing laws on cXtranc"us subjects. Referred
J. tff
F, The majority report of the Committee OH
Miscellaneous Provisions Of tho Consultation
to whom was referred the petition Tor the con-
tinuancc of the ircedman's bureau was taken
up, being the first special order. I
Z The report, which favored the petition, was
finally adopted, Randolph speaking in favor
and Byas c~ntra,.. an..s, sIi F.t1a
! The second special order being the ordinance
Linyalidating contracts for slaves was taken up,
and Rutland spoke against it. Corlcy read
speech on the subject. .5i LII
On motion of Whittonlorc it was made the
special order for Monday at | =. NJ.
b The Next special order, the ordinance fixing
pay and mileage, was taken up and altered to
read eleven dollars per day &c, sin State
bills, which have not the par value Of United
States currency.
The asscmblagc then adjourned