The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-01-30
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roRTY-fEooND DAx's PROCEEDINGS.

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THURSDAY. January %. 1.-The Senate as
semed at ~ m, and was called to order by
the President pro tenn.
The House sent TO tho Senate bills to in
corporate the VauoIuse Manufacturing Com
pany, in the State of South Carolina; to
enforce the provisions of the civil rights
bill OF the United States Congress, and to
amend an Act entitled ''An Act to lease the
State Road running from the County of
Greenville. in this State, across the Saluda
Mountain. to the County of Henderson, in
North Carolina" which received their first
reading, and were ordered for a second
reading tomorrow.
The House returned to the Senate, with
amendments, a bill to incorporate the Lake
Swamp Navigation Company; Senate re-
fused to concur in the amendments; n mes
sage returned accordingly.
The House also sent to Senate q message
refusing to concur in q resolution rquesting
Congress to remove the political disabilities
OF Mr. j. G. Hope, of Lexington County.
The account of j. E. Green, Sergeant-at-
Arms OF the Senate. amounting to $50, for
coal furnished the Senate, was referred.
The preseptment of the Grand Jury of
Sumter County, for the January term of the
Court of Common Pleas and General Ses-
sions, for that County, was received
The Committee on Elections, to who m
was referred @ bill to confirm and declare
valid the recent election of Mayor and
Aldermen of the city of Charleston, with
request to report this day, reported that
the committee have had access to the official
reports in this case before the Acting Board
of Aldermen of said city, also to the records
OF the Supreme Court, and finding the case
somewhat complicated, and in view of the
fact that this bill was 80 recently referred to
the committee, they ask for further time.
The Special Committee on the Removal
of Political Disabilities, to whom was refer
red the petitions of Ainsley H. Monteith,
of Richland County; H. G. Gaffney, of
Spartanburg County, and A. r. Aaughtry
OF Union County, praying for the removal
of their political disabilities, reported back
the same, with q recommendation that the
prayer of the petitioners be granted Or
dered for consideration tomorrow
The Committee on Engrossed Bills, re-
ported as duly and correctly engrossed, and
ready for third reading, the following: A
bill to punish persons obtaining property
under false pretenses; a bill to authorize the
renewal OF State stocks and bonds lost or
destroyed; bill to determine the value of
contracts made in Confederate States notes
or their equivalent.
The Committee on Enrolled Acts reported
rs duly enrolled, sealed and ready for rati-
cation, the following: An Act to renew the
charter of Pendletop village, in the County
of Anderson; joint resolution directing the
State Treasurer to pay S. l.. Leapheart
S1S4.93, for extra services as Comptroller
General, during the months July and Au-
gust.
A bill to regulate contracts received it's
first reading
A hill to authorize the consolidation of
the Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad
Company and the Columbia and Augusta
Railroad Company was made the special
order for tomorrow, at p. III.
A bill to alter and amend an Act entitled
can Act to define the jurisdiction and
duties of County Commissioners was re-
committed.
bill to alter and amend an Act entitled
can Act to organize the Circuit Courts"
was read by its title and referred
The report of the Committee on Incorpo-
rations, on q bill to incorporate Citizens
Savings Bank of South Carolina was consi-
dered by sections.
bill to alter and amend an Act to au-
thorize the sale of the Columbia Canal re-
ceived its second reading, was considered
by sections, and ordered to be engrossed
Bills to incorporate the Aiken Sanitary
consolidation of the statutes Of laws of the
State of South Carolina, and to amend al
Act entitled "An Act to regulate attach
ments," were read and referred.
The Senate adjourned at 3. 10 p. m.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
The House met at II M. The Speaker
took the Chair.
The Compittee on the Judiciary reported
unfavorably on Senate bill to change the
location of the County seat of Barnwell
County from Barnwell Court House to
Blackville, and the bill was ordered to a
second reading.
The Committee on Interpretations report
ed on sundry bills
The Committee on Engrossed Bills re-
ported as duly and correctly engrossed for a
third reading q bill to enforce tho .,rox-;