The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-01-10
cases which require legal Inference througl

cases which require legal Inference through
the courts.
The contracts shall be In dupcate form, the
employer and the employee holdlg one each; anu
the third SHALL be fled and recordl In the ONCE
of the agent or supervisor for te county, eacn
copy receiving the signature and pal Of the agent
to validate It, for which duty n shall receive
fee OF hfty cents from each party Dntractng, anu
furnish necessary papers.
All contracts for the year 1870 n1st be recorded
as set forth above, aud be subjecEd to the same
rule of approval and record, thouh made, sgned
and entered up0n
The agent or supervisor shall eter into recog-
nizance, for the faithful performance OF his duties
in bond OF not more than $500, or less than
$1,000, and hold his of1iee Tor tNt years, unless
ssperceded for negligence or misconduct.
PuosPRATEs.
Monday Is the day appointed forhe special con-
sidera.ion OF the 'bil to grant to:trtain persons
therein named the exclusive rien to dig and
mine In the beds OF the navigablestreams and
waters OF tse State for phosphate rcks and pros-
phatc deposts.n 1t Is not probate that 1t will
| be taken up tlen. The supportersof the bill 10
repeal the township act assert tha their bill must
be taken up and disposed Of first Corbn Is op-
posed to the rep.aling bill, andhas bill to
amend the township act Over tese two bills
there will be an obstinate fight. The supporters
OF each are about equal in nunses, and the
result is doubtful.
In my last letter mentioned thaton Thursday
morning last there was lying on thedesks OF each
OF the senators copy Of DR.. Pratfs History OF
the Marls OF South Carolina, and OF the discovery
and development of1he Native Bole Phosphates
of the Charleston Basin," and that 1t was not
known who placed them there. There report
hof Ia IN
the Senate, at an early day, a bill prGlding that
the State pay to the -'discoverer Of ne value oil
the phosphate dcposts'' a sum OF money, $780,
900 has been mentioned as mark OF apprecia-
uoB OF the man who has opened up tsthc State and
its citizens such source OF wealu. The repor'
further alleges that Or. Pratt is ts dscoVerer OF
the vaue Of these deposits, and tfatthe copies OF
the wslE referred to were placed b! his friends
upon the senator's desks, with vtW OF prepar-
ing them ior the bll also, that the supporters Of
said bill have been searching for apreccdeat 1or
their request and have found oBe-the reward
given to NOISE by Congress for his Invention OF
the telegraph.
STRAY ITEMS
Wright has received a letter from his attorney,
A. Riddle. Of Washington stating 1at his suit
against the Rchmend and Danvtle Railroad
Company for bang put out of thelsdles car had
been commence In the United States District
Court at Riohmoad, Virginia. the damages being
laid down at 5000. United States Senator
Robertson has expressed his Intention OF seeing
the case through the court as far as bis means
will permit.
The following business vas disposed Of in the
Senate to-day:
Jillson gave notice OF his intention to Int roducs
bill to protect the deposltos in allbanks, saw
ings and loan institutions not chartered By the
United States. Leslie gave notice ora bill pro.
tect depostors IN all except naaonalsanks in the
State.
The reports (unsavorabe) OF the Committee on
Claims on account OF 7. II. Cooke; OF account OF
sallus Randall on account OF DR.. Lobby; on ac-
counts OF Drs Calhoun, Duncan, Tonpcton and
others, were adopted. When the last report came
up Leslie made one Of his characteristic speeches,
denouncing Democracy, TEE NEWS and the OIL
GERS OF Barnwell County.
The following business vas transacted in the
House to-day:
Doyle gave notice Of bill to extend the limits
OF the State Of South Carollns and to provide for
an election. lie afterward withdrew his motion.
1t was resolved that the use o. the hail Of the
House be granted to the Chaplain OF the Senate,
and any other minister Of the Gspel who may
desire it, to hold service on each iabbath during
this session.
Brodle introduced O bill to incorporate the Ply
mouth Congregational Church, OF charleston, Sc,
which was read the first time anl referred to the
Committee on Interpretations. livcrs gave No.
tice that he would Introduce bill to incorporate
the Sons and Daughters OF Zion, If Hamburg, 8.
C. Johnson gave notice that he you'd Introduce
q bill to alter and amend tle charter Of the town
OF Winnsboro, Fairfield County. Sasportas gave
notice that he would Introduce bill to amend
the act which provides for the appointment OF q
land commissioner.
The judiciary Committee reported favorably
upon the following bills Which were ordered 10
lie over for their second renling: A Senate bill
to protect persons lawfully il possession OF lands
and tenements; bill to provue for the establish
ment Of county courts in the several counties Of
the State; bill to prohibit tle carrying Of con.
ccaled deadly weapons by any person in this
State other than State or mulcipal officer; bill
to amend an act entitled "m net to empower
actions, both civil and criminal"
The following bills wer. received from the
Senate, had their frat reudhg and were referred
10 the Committee on interpretations: A bill to
grant a certain lot Of land to the Zion Baptist
Church OF Columbia; bill to incorporate the
vigilant Firo Engine Company Of Columbia: q bill
to incorporate the Waterce Fire Engine Company,
No o ,f r,mfcn South Cat,Iina. n hill to incor.
p0rate the Winnsboro' HooEand Ladder Company
of the Town of Winnsboro; bill to incorporate
the DeKalb Fire Engine COmmny Of Camden,
South Carolina.
A Joint resolution. authorizing the county COM
missioncrs OF Williamsburg County TO levy q
special tax, was made the pecial order for one
O'Clock next Monday.
THE STATE