The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-03-20

agreed to stay four days longer in session, ant
then both Houses are sslemuly pledged by
Senator Leslie to adjourn sine die. 1t was gen
orally supposed from the large number Of i'm
portant measures to be acted on that this
would be the case. Many of the bills on the
calendars OF the two HOUSES have passed one
of the branches, but could not have been fnal'
ly disposed Of by Saturday.
Quite captious correspondence took place
between the House aud Senate this morning
on question OF parliamentary practice. La
reply to request from the Senate for the re-
turn of Senate bill laid on the table in the
House, the latter sent the following message;
In THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
COLUMBIA, s. c., March 16, 1869.
To Me Honorable the President and Members
| GESrIEmEN Gts M N The House respectfully in
forms your honorable body that they have re-
ceived from your honorable body q message
containing request for the return OF Senate
bill to establish and maintain system OF pub
| lie chools for the State of South Carolina
(which bill is now on the table in this House, }.
The House have ordered that message be re-
turned to your honorable body reques.lns que m
that reasons be given for the request con anu
ed in said message from your honorable 10
body. , r.
Speaker of the House Of Representatives.
On motion Of Corbin, the following message
was .urned to the House OF Representatives
In THE SENATE.
COLUMBIA, s. e., March II, 1863.
The Senate respectfully informs your honor
able body that the message OF your honorable
body requesting that "reasons may be given
for the request Of this body tor the return OF
the Senate bill to establish and maintain sys-
tenn of public schools ior the State OF South
Carolina" has been received. The Senate
being, by the constitution, an entirely lnde-
YOUR honorable body. respectfully declines to
give your honorable body any reasons Tor the
request heretofore transmitted.
The House then returned to the Senate the
following message:
:: In TIE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
COLUMBIA, 8. c., March IL, 1853.
To the Honorable the President and Members
of the Senate:
GEsTLEMEN-The House respectfully informs
your honorable body that they decline to re-
turn Senate bill "to establish and maintain q
system of public schools for the State OF South
Carolina, which bill was laid on the table in
this House.
by order. r. y. MOSES, Jr.'
Speaker OF the House of Representatives.
The action OF the House rather astonished
the grave and staid senators, and caused no
little surprise and amusement to the well
known clerk Of the old House Of Representa-
tiyes Colonel Sloan). who happened to be o
spectator in the gallery at the time OF the &C.
ton Of the House on the 8 mate message.
On the receipt of tho Senate message Elliott
moved that a message be sent to the Sei ate as-
sertine the equal independence OF this House,
and that the House respectfully declines to re-
turn the bill.
TouIinsou moved to amend the motion by
striking out so much as relates to equal inIe-
pendence Of House. Agreed to.
The motion, os amended, was agreed 10, ana
a messa ce soDt 10 the Senate accordingly.
A committee Of conference has been appol IL
ed on the causes of disagreement between the
two houses on bill which has caused more
discussion and consumed moro time than any
other bill at this session. This is o bill TO
amend an act entitled 'An act to dohne tho
jurisdiction and duties Of County Commission
ers." The great point of difference is IN rela-
Lion to the salaries OF County Commissioners.
The Appropriation bill from tho House was
referred in the Senate to-day to the Finance
Committee, who will make their report upon
it tomorrow.
The bill from the House to authorize the
Common Council Of the City OF Charleston to
amend an ordinance entitled An ordinance 70
aid in rebuilding the burnt district and waste
places OF the City of Charleston" and joint
resolution on the same subject, introduced IN
the Senate, were bUth laid on the table In the
latter body to-day.
The b;lf to facilitate the settlement OF the
affairs of the Bark oil the State OF South Caro-
lima, on its second reading to-day in the SEN
ate, was am ended 80 as to authorize the Gov
ernor to appoint president aud three dlree-
tors to take charge of that institution. Inc
bill will be read the third tims tomorrow, and
ordered to the House Of Representatives,.
A bill to provide for reporter for the courts
of the Rrst circuits, which passed Its second
reading in the Senate to-day, gives Judge Car
penter authority to employ stenographlc re-
advocated the passage uf this bill on the ground
that such provision was generally favored by
the members OF the bar IN Charleston.
House bill to incorporate the Ashley
Bridge Company received its first reading to-
day, In the Senate; also, bull to amend an act
entitled Gan act providing for the assessment
and taxation Of property" also, bill 10 de-
fine fine contracts tor lsborors, and fer other pur-
poses. o.,,;.
Senator Dickson, Chairman of the Commit
tee on Agriculture, made the following report
on the message Of the Governor aud coulmu-
nicatiou of Professor Shepard, relative to The
establishment OF an inspectorshIp OF guano
and fertilizers
b The Committee on Agriculture, to which was
referred tb message Of his Excellency the
Governor, in reference to the establishment OF
an inspeclorship OF guano and fertilizers, re-
spectfully report:
That the importance Of securing to the ag-
ricultural interest OF the State, upon the sue
cess of which its prosperity 81 largely depends,
the use Of genuine fortlllzers, must Do appa-
rent to all who have noticed the largely in
creased consumption OF these articles. IL Is
Of consequence, not only to the farmer that
be should be guarded fIom imposition IN haV-
ine worthless article folsted upon him, by
which he ls dafrauded OF time. labor and money.
but also that legitimate encouragement should
be afforded to tho honest manufacturer and
dealer by detecting and exposing the spurious
articles which come in competition with those
that are genuine.
far advanced to attempt at present to elaborate
and mature a law fully adj quate to all the O.
ouirements of this subject but tho committee
doem il of importance that temporary ar
rangement should be made by which the M
terests involved may be projected until the
next meeting of the General Assembly, when
it is to be hoped prompt attention VIII DO
gwen to the subject. With this view they re-
specttully report the following concurrent r.
solution for the consideration OF the Senate:
Be il reSoued, by the Senate. the Houso OF
Rerrettatiyes concurring, That the Governor
| be authorized and directed to appoint askilled
| and competent person as Inspector OF GuanO
| and fertilizers. to inspect aud analyZ' ai
guanos and fertilizers offered Tor salo III THIS
State. anl 10 furnish certificates OF such In
spectiou and analysis, anu whose coWp0nsa-
| ton sSull be derived ilom fixed scale OF ICES
to b. paid by those requiring his SERVICES.
Ordered for consideration tomorrow, ard tc
be printed. ~,
Tho bill to allow Wilson & Co. to collect
| wharfage in the Town OF Beaufort was amend