The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-11-26
LEGIsLATIvE PROCEEDINGs,
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER rs, 1869.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATJV

LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER rs, 1869.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
hoThe House met at I2 NJ, and tho
Speaker took the Chair.
81 lt6GO copies of the Governors Message,
with accompanying documents, were or
dered TO be printed for general distribu
10 Notice was given of bills to alter and
amend the, charter OF the town of Wal
;terboro, and to repeal on Act entitled
t'An Act to. authorize additional aid to
the Blue Ridge Railroad Company, in
South Carolina ...
uaAresolution from tho Senate, that the
Governor of the State be authorized to
purchase, for distribution to other States,
100 copies of volume fifteen Of erich
ardson's Reports of Gases ut Law and
Equity" was referred to the Judiciary
Committee |~ 'v
iaaThe petition of John 81. Law, praying
that the bridge known as Rantowle's,
oYe-, the Stono River, be Taoiiartered aud
vested in him; also n certified COPY of
1ease and assignment, was referred to the
Committee on Roads, Bridges and Fer
ries. yt,.i,s.. ett. ,...
A bill to- incorporate the Deutschcr
Artillerie Unterstutzungs Verein, and
the South Carolina Saving and Building
Association No. Q, were referred to the
Committee on interpretations.
At P. NJ, the House adjourned.
- T:t.r SENATE.
= The Senate assembled at IL NJ, and
was called to order by President pro tenn.
montgomery. Prayer by Rev. Mr.. Web
~ The House returned, with concurrence
a nri n 1,
State to employ the necessary clerks for
enrolling bills and engrossing the Acts
OF the General Assembly; also, to have
the Acts of this session printed as soon
as the session terminates.
The petition of John Phillips, surviv-
ing EXECUTOR of John Campbell, deceas-
ed, was presented, praying that the State
treasurer be authorized to issue to him
duplicates OF certificates for State stocks
destroyed in the onAagration at Colum-
bic, In February, 1885, Referred to the
Committee on Finance.
= The petition of sundry citizens of
'WiiAsmsbhfg> County, praying for a
charter OF ferry as Lawrence's bridge,
Lynch Creek, in said County, was refer
red to che Committee on Roads, Bridges
and. Ferries! .
The petition of Henry Higgins, citi
zen or Williamsburg County, praying
permission to erect q water mill on
Lynoh,s Creek, in said County, was re-
ferfed to the Committee on the Judici-
ary.i 'tf"S.a &1'.''a
The petition of the Unity and Friend
ship Society. OF Charleston, praying for
an Act Of Incorporation, was referred to
the Committee on interpretations.
An extract Of the presentment of tho
grand jury, at the extra term of the
court held at Orangeburg, October. 1869,
was presented and referred to the Com
mittee on the Judiciary.
Notices were given of bills to author
lze o lease of certain land on Edisto Is
land and the erection of wharf and
other structures thereon; to renew the
charter of tho, Columbia Hebrew Bene-
VIOLENT Society,
The following bills were introduced:
= TO incorporate the Clahin University; to
incorporate the Edisto Phosphate and
Fertilizing Company; to amend sn Act
entitled San Act to organize the Circuit
Courts" to Incorporate the Deutscher
,ArHBerie ,Upterstutzungs Verein; to in
corporate the South Carolina Saving and
Building Association, No. Q: which re-.
'ceiged thoir FIRST reading and were order
ed for consideration tomorrow.
a COMMUNICATION from the Clerk of
the Legislative Council, of Canadn, was
referred to the Committee on the Judici-
cry, With instructions to report and re-
commend to the Sennto such action as
they may deem proper; for ON exchange
of courtesies.
The President laid before the Senate
map Of the city Of Columbia, presented
to the Senate by Mr.. A. Y. Lee, Archi-
tect, &c. The thanks of the Senate
were returned to Mr.. A. Y. Lee, and it
was ordered that the map be hung in n
conspicuous place in the Senate Cham
Der.
The report of the Commission to Co.
dify the laws was laid upon the table,
and the accompanying bill taken up for
first reading.
a bill to revise, simplify and abridge
the rules, practice. pleadngs and forms
OF the courts of this State. received it's
first reading. and was ordered for con-
sideration tomorrow.
House bill to punish persons for vio-
lating Section 3 of Article XIV of
amendments to tho Constitution Of the
United States, received its second read