The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-03-02
STATE LEeIsLArUnH.
srxTYasnvRNTH DAYS RsooEsD1Nas

/ s4SgUssDAE, Ss a s. February % The Senate as
y Senator'S Rogers and Wimbush obtaine,
| leave OF absence @ e. So
A bill to regulate the law of divorce wa
debated, amended and reoommitted to tn
Committee on the Judiciary sd7 1na.,L
The petition of William Mallory, of Ches
terfeld County, praying the removal of hi
political disabilities, was referred. :.
Sundry reports from committees wer,
submitted. A bill relative to allowing per
sons charged with murder to give bail wa
reported upon unfayorably.
A joint resolution was introduced, that al
Sheriffs or other persons holding taxes
against citizens upon which there are O.
are mot executions issued, shall turn then
over to the Treasurer Of the County fol
which the taxes are to be collected. and the
said taxes to be collected by the Treasures
OF the Counties in the same manner a.
though there had been no executions ISSUED
upon the same; and that when such taxes
shall have been collected, the County Urea
surers are hereby authorized to pay to the
Sheriffs or other persons issuing such exc
cutlons the actual cost of such executions
But that if any Sheriff or other person.
shall fail to comply with the instructions o.
this resolution, it shall be the duty of the
Solicitor for the circuit in which sucl,
Sheriff or otheraperson may reside, to com
mence prosecution against such person OF
persons for misconduct in office; and Cir
cult Solicitors are hereby directed to pro
ceed, under an Act entitled "An Act tc
punish persons who may attempt to hold
office by authority of the late Provisional
Government" ratified the 18th day of Sep
tember, A. d. 1868, against all persons liza
BILE to the penalties therein provided. The
resolution was ordered for consideration on
Monday.
A joint resolution was also introduced and
ordered for consideration on Monday, that
the Attorney General aud Secretary Of State
be authorized to provide for the publica
ton, In such newspapers of the State as
may by them be deemed necessary, of the
Acts and resolutions of the General Assem-
bly,; and they are further authorized to ar
range and prepare the same for publication
IN pamphlet form, and superintend the exc
cution of the work; and the Treasurer is
authorized and directed to pay all accounts
for the said work. after being duly audited
by the Attorney. General and Secretary oil
State, out of any funds appropriated fol
the payment OF the expenses Of the General
Assembly.
Bills to provide for special elections; tc
incorporate tho South Carolina Central
Railroad; to incorporate the various Boards
OF Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal
Church in South Carolina; and to incorpo-
rate the Homestead Building, Planting
and Loan Association of South Carolina
received their first reading and were or
dered for consideration on Monday.
| The Committee on the Judiciary. tc
whom was referred the report of the Com
mittee on Public Buildings, reported n joint
resolution, that the Governor be authorized
and empowered to invite proposals to com
plete so much of the State House as will be
necessary for the accommodation of the
Executive, Judicial and Legislative Depart
ments, and that he shall enter into a speci
fed contract with such person or persons
as he may deem proper, and for the bes
Interests Of the State, requiring from the
contractor sufficient bonds to secure the
State from any loss, and to insure the full
iillment of the contract. That he is hereby
authorized to draw from the State Treasury
on demand of the contractor, such sums q.
the contractor may, from time to time, q.
the work progresses, call for, not to exceed
tho sum of S25, 900; and that the worl
shall be completed on the first day of No
| vembcr next.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
The House met at II M.
The Committee on Ways and Means re
ported favorably on bills to authorize Svl
vnnus Mayo to build wharf ana collcc
wharfage in the town of Beaufort; on il join
resolution to authorize the Governor of til,
State to fill the vacancies now existing il
the State Board of Equalization; on bill
to authorize D. G. Wilson & Co. to build ,
dock and collect wharfage in the town o
Beaufort; on bill to provide for the col
lection of Wharfage at Hilton Head; on {
Senate Joint resolution relieving J. NJ Will
der, late Sheriff of Sumter County, of ,
penalty OF five per cent per month upor
executions not returned by him; on Sennt
bill to amend an Act entitled "Au Act to Fl:
the salary and regulate the pay of certain
officers. "