The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-02-03
STATE LEGISLATURE.
'FoRTY-FIFTH DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIV

SVAVkc -LEiSSISLATURE.
'FoRTY-FIFTH DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
MONDAY, February 1.-The House met at
II M. The Speaker took the Chair 3.
The Qommittee on the Judiciary submit
ted aanajority and minority report on bill
to punish all persons having, or pretending
toShave, authority to solemnize matrimony
who shall marry minors without the consent
Of parent or guardian. Also, unfavorably
on bill to enlarge the powers of the Mayor
and Aldermen of the city of Columbia; also,
favorably on bill to extend tho power of
magistrates to imprisonment in certain
cases, and recommended ON amendment;
also, favorably on bill to regulate the sale
OF poisons, and recommended m amend
ment. The bills were ordered to lie over for
second reading.
The Committee on Interpretations report
ed on a bill TO incorporate the Columbia
Educational Society, and recommended
that the bill be referred to the Committee
on Education. Also, favorably on petition
OF certain citizens of Lancaster village for
the renewal of charter, and recommended
that the prayer of the petitioners be grant
cd. Adopted.
The Conomittee on Legislative Library
reported on q concurrent resolution author
zing the State Librarian to purchase addi-
commended that the resolution be adopted
Reeonamitted.
Tho Committe on Engrossed Acts report
ed as duly and correctly engrossed for a
third readihgy B. Senate bill to incorporate
the South Carolina Phosphate Company.
Also, o bill to renew the charter of the
Charleston AncientArtillery Society. Also,
bill to incorporate the Aiken Sanitary AS
sociation. Read the third time, and ordered
to the Senate
A bill to provide for the enlistment, dis
cipline and pay Of an armed force for the
purpose of governing and keeping safe the
convicts in the South Carolina Penitentiary,
was read and referred. +i'
resolution was referred to the Library
Committee. that the Governor of the State is
hereby authorized to purchase for dstribu-
tion such Of the previous volumes of the
State reports, both of law and equity. as he
may deem necessary to complete the ex-
changes now being made with the other
States OF the Union, provided the amount
expended does not exceed $500.
resolution was presented, but tndefi-
nitely postponed that, during the remainder
of this session. not more than twenty mem
bers of the House shall have leave OF alb
sence at any one time, except in cases of per-
sonal illness ..l...
The memorial of the City Council Of
Charleston, to authorize the levy Of taxes
and prOsiaiohs Of ordinance to raise supplies
for the year 1869; also, communication
from the City Council of Charleston, enclos-
ing the annual statement of the Charleston
Aims House for 1868; also, the petition of
John Phillips, surviving executor of John
Campbell, praying for the renewal of certifi-
Gates or scrip for State stock lost or DESTROY
ed; we're referred.
The Committee on the Judiciary were in
struoted to prepare an amendment to the
Constitution of this State extending the
right OF franchise to females of the age of
twenty-one years and upwards provided said
right be restricted by property and educa
tional qualifications.
Ihe following was introduced and refer
red: That In consideration of the fact that
no tax has yet been collected under the new
regime, nor has any official report been re-
ceived by this House from the Assessors
appointed to assess the real and personal
taxable property of the State; consequently
that no bill or resolution, the object Of
which is to solicit aid from this State direct
ly or indirectly, shall be considered until
the House has received official information
OF tho amount Of real and personal property
liable to taxation in this State. and until the
Chairman of the Committee on Ways and
Means reports the amount of United States
currency necessary to carry on the State
government for the present fiscal year.
The account Of u. M. Gentry, ex-Sheriff
OF Spartanburg County, for dieting prison
crs committed for murder, was referred.
A resolution was referred to the Commit
tee on Ways and Means, that the Hon. w.
b. Rose and Il. B. Elliott be, and they are
hereby, appointed and authorized to rep
resent the stock held by the State and by