The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-01-23
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STATE LEGIsLATURE.
THIRTY-sIxTH DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
SENATE.


THURSDAY, January 21.-The Senate as
sembled at IL M.
The House sent 10 the Senate o bill to
alter and amend an Act entitled can Act to
to close the operations of the Bank of the
State OF South Carolina" which received
its first reading.
The account of DIR. W. l.. Templeton for
post anortena examinations was withdrawn.
The petition of the Camden Bridge Com
pany for re-charter was referred
The petition Of A. Won Dohnlen, praying
the remission of taxes over-paid, was re-
ferred.
The Committee on interpretations, to
whom was referred bill to incorporate the
Columbia Building and Loan Association,
reported back the same, with recommend
alton that the bill do pass Ordered for
consideration tomorrow.
The petition of the citizens of the new
town OF Pickens, in the County of Pickens,
praying for charter Of incorporation with
the usual powers and privileges, was recon-
mitted.
The Committee on Engrossed Bills, re-
ported as duly end correctly engrossed and
ready for third reading, bill to incorpo-
rate the Mission Presbyterian Church, in
the city of Charleston, South Carolina.
Passed, and ordered to be sent to the House
of Representatives.
The Committee on the Judiciary. to
whom was referred u bill from the House
entitled ga bill en- powering the Attorney
General to change the venue in State cases, s"
reported back the same, with q recommend
alton that the bin do pass. The same Com
mlttee, to whom was referred bill to au-
thorize Courts of Arbitration. reported back
the same, with n recommendation that the
bill do lie upon the table. Ordered for con
slderation Tomorrow
Bills to extend the time i'll which the Cam
dep Bridge Company may rebuild their
bridge; aud to amend Section 139 OF an Act
providing for the assessment and taxation
of property, were introduced.
After discussing the bill to increase salu-
ries of the Justices of the Supreme Court,
the Senate adjourned
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
The House met at - NJ.
The Committee on Roatls Bridges and
Ferries reported unfavorably on IL resolu-
tlon relative to certain ferries across tho
Congarce River, at Colu.nbia, as charging
rates believed to be higher than is allowed
by their churters; ana the resolution was
referred to the Representatives. from the
Counties of Richland and Lexington. Also,
unfavornbly on bill to compel mill owners
to keep in repair their mill dams or bridges
thereon. Ordered for second readug
The Committee on engrosscd Acts re-
ported as duly and correctly engrossed for IL
third reading bill to incorporate the Will
sons Bridge Company. Also, bill to in
corporate the Vaucluse Manufacturing Com
pany, in the State of South Carolina
The accounts of Miss Sarah Giyens for
services as teacher of free school in Beau
fort, and j. G. Traynham, NJ. D., for post
mo'7em examinations, were referred to the
Medical Committee.
Bill to amend an Act entitled can Act
to provide for the temporary organization
of the Educational Department Of the State
of South Carolina, was introduced
The petition of A. Won Dohnlen, praying
the remission of taxes overpaid, was re-
ferred.
Senate sent to this House bill TO change
the location of the County seat of Barnwell
County from Barnwell Court House to
Blackvillo. Read and referred.
A bill to amend an Act to lease the State
Road running from the County of Green
ville in this State, across the Saluda Noun
tain, to the County of Henderson, in North
Carolina, was put upon its second reading
and amended.
Abill to regulate the agencies of insurance
companies, not incorporated in the State of
South Carolina, was read second time,
The following members obtained leave of
absence: Mickey, johnson, Thomas, John
ston, Harris, Pettengill and S. j. Lee.
The consideration of the special orGer,
being Senate bill 70 alter and amend the
criminal law was resumed, and discussed to
adjournment.
The BLUE RIDGE RAILROAD AND CHARLES
TON TRADE WITH EAST TENNESSEE. E.-The
Knoxville correspondent of the New York
Times writes rs follows:
Shipments to the South are now very
heavy, owing to the rise in the rivers and
mountain streams, which brings hay corn
and oats from the more inaccessible points.
and from the buoyancy of money in the