The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-02-04


he held to be returned upon the resig.
| nation of any OF the respective members;
fthat by the terms of the act to better protect
holders OF insurance policies i'll this State, passed
by your honorable body, on the 2lst day OF De-
cember, 1869, requiring deposit Of twenty thou
sand dollars, in bc:ils, your petitioners would DC
deprived Of their charter, and their benevolent
and approved institution would cease 10 exist,
| inasmuch rs it would he impossible for them to
comply with its terms: that they have not the
capital to invest, and by the terms of their char
ter and the object of their association, it Will be
impossible to acquire The same; that this age IS 4
progressive and humanitarian one, and all pub
lie measures calculated to benefit and amellOrate
the social condition of communities and indiriuu-
as, and to limit the overpowering force OF capt.
tai, should be sustained and promoted by the
liberal ana enlightened of mankind, and, III tile
confidence that your honorable body is generally
actuatcd by such sentiments, your petitioners
respectfully pray for such action OF exemption IN
their behalf as will enable them to continue In
the exercise of their favorite system Of insurance
and mutual protection"
SPEEDY EXAMINATION.
In the Senate to-day Cain introduced "oill TO
| u ~SsNS
for indictable Offences" which provides that
whenever any person is arrested for an offence
ndctable under the laws Of the State. it shall be
the duty of the arrest!ng officer TO carry him or
her before magistrate or Justice of the peace
for examination within twelve hours after such
arrest: that the magistrate or justice shall either
discharge admit to bail, or commit such person
to the common JAIL that any arrestinS officer or
magistra.. who shall fail to comply With the pro-
visions OF the BILL shall be deemed guilty OF mis-
demeanor, and, on conviction, sha! be punished
by q fine OF not less than two nor more than five
hundred dollars, or by Imprisonment in the conf
mon iail for not less than ten days ncr more
than six months.
RAILROAD CONSOLIDATION.
A short time ago, bill to regulate the rights OF
railroad companies was introduced In the Senate,
received three readings, and was sent to the
House. The bill simply provided plan Tor the
consolidation Of railroads, and It was believed at
the time it was introduced that it was only anoll-
er one of the schemes of the Blue Ridge Railroad
.ring;n this one to get into their possession the
Blue Ridge, Spartanburg, Laurens, and Green-
willie aud Columbia Railroads, and consolidate
them. Those who did not believe this thought
there was something 'Gshy" about it, yet let 1t be
passed. However, an attempt has been made to
reconsider the bill. In the Senate, yesterday,
Cain introduced resolution, which was adopted
providing that the House return to the Senate for
its consideration the Senate bill to regulate the
rights OF railroad companies. The resolution was
sent to the House, and to-day, when it was called
up In that body, DeLarge moved that message
he sent to the Senate informing that body that it
was not within the power OF the House to accedc
to the request for the return OF the bl for the
reason that 1t had received three readings in the
Senate, had passed, anu was sent to the House,
read the first time, referred TO the Committee on
Railroads, and WAS yet in their possession and in
possession OF the House, therefore an assent to
said request would be out of order.
FREE SCHOOL TENT BOOKS.
The bill to establish aEe maintain system Oh
free common schools In the State passed the SEN
ate without much debate, but the house have not
allowed it to escape so lightly. AS soon as 1t was
thrown into them they pounccd upon and liter
ally tore it to pieces especially those sections
OF it which provided for the purchasing OF the
text books to be used In the schools. The readers
of THE NEWS will, perhaps, remember some of
the animated discussions over these sections g.,
and 81 and that they were referred to special
committee composed Of seven colored men, OF
which DeLarge was chairman. To-day that COM
mlttce reported the following, as substitute for
section third:
That, for the purpose Of procuring an uniform
system Of text books to be USED IN the common
and public schools throughout the State, there
shall be a commission OF live appointed, 10 con-
sis; of his Eycellency the Governor, who shall he
er ONfciO cllairnan; the chairnen OF the COM
Iniitees on Education OF the senate ana mose o,
Representatives; and, for the purpose OF selecting
the other two members, the Senate shall, by u
majority OF votes. appoint one, and the House CT
REPRESENTATIVES, shall, in like manner, select the
otlier: Provided, That the commission having
decided upon list or text books, such list shall
not be subject to amend Orchange until the frst
OF January, 1873, unless authority be granted 10
the commission, by act of the General Assembly,
TO amend or change the list aforcsaid: And pro-
vled, further, That The commission shall decide
upon 4 list oil text books to be used in the com,
mon and public schools throughout the State, anu
shall furnish the same to the board OF education
Mt its first session. The meetings OF the State
board of education shall be held for the purpose
of considering such matters as may Ue deemed
necessary, and OF taking such action rs may a1 :
vance the cause OF common school education III
this state.
The substitute was ordered to be printed, and
the further consideration Of the bin postponed
until Friday next.
ACCOUNTS OF TOWNSHIP OFFICERS.
Since the repeal OF the Township act, the officers
appointed under its provision have been sending
in accounts to the Legislature, which caused the
introduction to-day in the House, by Ncaglc, of
joint resolution providing that all unpaid ac-
counts Of township officers fof services rendered
under the act of the General Assembly, passed
September &c, 1885, entitled "An act to organize
townships, and to define their powers and prvi
legcs,n shall be presented to the county commits
sloners OF the several counties, and, if approved
by them, Shall he paid out Of the county funds in
the same manner Us other county expenses. 1t
was referred to the Committee on County Oillces
and Officers.
SALARIES AND CONTRACTS.
Since the estate Labor Convention" composed
almost exclusively OF colorcd men, met in
Columbia last November, and presented ME.
mortal to the Legislature requesting certain mca-
sures to protect the RI! Its OF laborers, there have
been any number Of bills joint resolutions, &C.,
submitted in the House, which body, however,
has treated them almost with contempt; doing
nothing whatever with them. A few days ago
the 'bl for the better protection Of aborcrs, and
for the appointment of 4 commissioner of con-
tracts in each county Of the state" was referred
to the Committee On Labor, with instructions to
report at an early day. To-day the committee re.
ported 4 bill with long preamble, which