The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-01-12
8 sTAT1s LEaGsLATURE. :
TUESDAY, January IL, 1870.
SENATE.

Il
y sea. Montgomery in the Chair.
J The following bills, received from tlie
4 House, were read and refertsd: To ia
corporate certain Fire EufineN Gonna
pies, Hose Company, aud Hool, and
Ladder Company of the town of Beau.
ttorti to incorporate the Columbia Oil
j Company @
Inc concurrent resolution from the
House, 70 meet in joint assembly, to
elect SIX Regents for the Lupatio Asyium
I ana for the election Of Associate Judge,
was conourred in.
Aconcnffent resolution requesting the
Attorneysaenasats toiufurm ths GsneEal
assembly whether the law requiring
1 thFeo months notice in the public press
for the changing or amending eharters
es interpretations is abolished by law,
Ao5mnS S6iSatEonifro& ahe sa.e Hoase
Keeper, relative to the gas lights in the
Capitol building, was referred to the
Committee on Public Buildings.
Eatition ofrthe County Commissioners
or Lnn oastef, asking permission TO levy
an aauitional tax, was read and referred
to Finance Committee.
Petition OF Henry W. Mack, of Sum
ter, TO change his name to that of
\ Mackey, was REFERRED i"di 49, i.. vol
Portion Of the presentment of, the
grand jury of Lexington County, relat-
ing to roads, 40. ) was read and referred.
Petiti6naofs the president and Direo-
tors of the Union Bank of South Caro-
lima, to increase its capital, wasreferred
to the Committee on Finance.
Mr. Hgyt inEpdueeda bill to regulate
the Sdigging Eahd Iu2inihg tofs phosphate
deposits from navigable streams and wa
ters in this State - "a ~ d
Mr.. Cain introduced bill to incor-
porate the "South Carolina Chemical
and Mining Company" and for other
| purposes. * % Sa ( : Z
Notice was given Of bills to increase
South Carolina; to regulate the dieting
OF prisoners confined in jail; to amend
the;homestead law.
The following bills were read the third
time: Cedipg ,the Jurisdiction Of, the
State OF South Carolina to the United
States Of America over, such lands as may
beSacqpired for public purposes by the
said United States of America; to moor
porats the Union Fire Engine Company
No ], Of Beaufort; the First Freed
mems Baptist Church, of Anderson; the
New York; Hose Company, No. 1, OF
Beanfort;.. the Unity and FRIENDSHIP
Charitable Association. of Charleston
Joint resolution to direct the County
Commissioners of Charleston County tc
4 examine and report to the Attorney
General concerning lands belonging tc
the State; bills Ia, incorporate the Nash
\ vile Independent Blues Charitable Asso
citation Hook and Ladder Company
J, No. l, of Beaufort; Washington Fire
5 Engine Company, No. 2, of Beaufort
II Bamberg Fire Engine Company. tn.
q Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy, O.
C1arteEton; joint resolution authorizing
d the appointment of Fish Commissioners
incorporate the Winnsboro Baptis
Churcf, OF Fairfield; DeKalb and Wa
j teree Fire Engine Companies of Cam
den; the Vigilant Fire Engine Company
of Colnmbiai Hook and Ladder Compa
N.Y. OF Winnsboro; Promptitude Fir,
Engine Company, of Charleston; Afri
sam sontb MssaGaIss 6sao9lns Epjas'opel Church il
lssAabiil to. create the County of Coosa.
whetohie, was read the second time.
A bill to regulate the rights ant
powers of railroad corporations, was reat
and ordered to be engtossed. "
The following Act and joint resolution
were duly ratified: An Act to authoriz,
Administrators. Executors and Other
fiduciaries, to sell certain evidences
of indebted dedness, at public sale, and t.
oompfonnise in certain cases. Join
resolution authorizing County Commis
sioness Of williamsburg County, to lee,
, Especial tax. .fsd5
!, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
!, The House met nj 12 m. ,SSpeake
! Moses in the Chair.
Accounts Of l.. Jackson, J. L. Harrow
: James M. Allen and J. e. Edwards. wer
! ordered to be paid
Account Of Rice Rodgers, Sheriff O
) Union, County. was ordered to th
County Commissioners of that County.
a bill to grant certain lot of land t.
the Zion Baptist Church, of Columbia
3. C,,. was referred to the Judiciary Com
Asbill to establish and maintain O sys
. tenn of free schools in South Carolina
was laid over.
. A concurrent resolution relative TO an
pointment of committee of investigate,
: to examine affairs of Blue Ridge Rail
road, after much discussion, was sent e
, the Senate.
, James M. Allen, @. M. Wilder, Wilso,
CDok, IL. j. Lomax and r. Tomlinsor
were appointed proxies to represent til,
, State stook in the meeting OF the Green
vile and Columbia Railroad Company.
The following bills were reported q.
having been duly and correctly engross
ed: To amend an Act entitled "An Ac
l to empower Circuit Judges to chang,
tho venue for tho trial Of actions, boil
civil and criminal; joint resolution au
tho.izing the County Commissioners o
Williamsburg County to levy q specia
ta:;, read the third time and passed.
IA bill to repeal SO much Of an Act en-
3 tilted IAN Act to amend an Act entitled
, an Act TO define the Jurisdiction an6
, duties Of County Commissionsra - a,