The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-03-02
STATE LEGysLATURE.
TUESDAY, MARCH /, 1870.
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Ino ASpeakoe etcenQe1 IN the Senate,
when the following Acts were ratified:
Relative to the power of the City Qoun-
Gil Of Charleston to impose punishment
for violation Of city ordinances; to au-
thorize trustees to invest funds in bonds
OF the State of South Carolina; to aid
and encourage wooden and cotton manu-
faotures in this State; to amend an Act
entitled IAN ACT to incorporate the
Barnwell Railroad Company; to incorpo-
rate certain Fire, Hook and Ladder Com
panies: the incorporate the Comet Light
Infantry Company; Randolph Rif1emen,
of Charleston; Lincoln Guards, of St..
Stephens, and the Santee National
Guard; joint resolution to provide medi-
cal aid for the INDECENT sick in the re-
spective Counties in the State; to pro-
hibit the sale of ardent spirits in this
State; to make appropriations and raise
supplies for the fiscal year commencing
November I, 1869; to amend the charter
OF the town of Walhalla; to simplify,
abridge and revise the rules, practice,
pleading and forms of the courts of this
State.
A resolution was adopted, that an ad-
visory board be appointed to the Land
Commissioner, and that they be request
ed to report at once to the General AS
sembly the amount of money expended,
to whom sold by said Land Commits
sioner, and the amount received there
for.
A message was received from the Go
vernon, stating that he had "vetoed" tho
phosphate bill; and that he had approx
ed and signed the following Acts: To
limit the costs of criminal prosecutions;
to provide for the filling of vacancies in
County Offices; to authorize State Trea-
surer to issue to Richard P. Buck, his
heirs or assigns, certificates of State
stock lost or mislaid; to invest certain
tract of escheated land, in the County of
Sumter, to Isaac Haithcock; to incorpo-
rate the Plymouth Congregational Church
OF Charleston; to incorporate the Charles
ton Banking and Trust Company; joint
resolution to reissue to Alexander Ro-
bertson, j. F. Blackjack and E. P.
Coachman, or their assignees, agents, or
attorneys, certificate of stock; to au-
thorlze the Attorney General to institute
proceedings against the South Carolina
itailroad Company, for violation OF it's
charter; Acts to incorporate the Enter
prise Railroad, of Charleston; to further
perpetuate and determine the home
stead; to fix the per diem and mileage of
the next General Assembly; Joint resolu-
ton to continue the Investigating Com
mittee of Third Congressional District,
80 as to embrace Investigations in the
Fourth Congressional District; to incor-
porate home for invalid clergymen; to
provide for sinking fund and for the
management of tho same; to repeal an
Ordinance entitled can Ordinance to
prevent the erection of wooden build
lngs, and to provide greater security
against fires" and also certain portions
of the Acts of the General Assembly re.
ferring to the erection of wooden build
ings in the city of Charleston; to provide
for the construction and keeping in re-
pair of the public highways and roads;
to emf orce the provisions of the civil
rights bill of the Congress of the United
States, and to secure to the people the
benefits of Republican Government in
this State.
The phosphate bill was passed over
the Governors veto-in the Senate 10 to
5; House IS to %.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The Governor sent n message to the
House, stating that he had approved
and signed the following Acts: Giving
authority to the City Council of Charles
IOu " uuCuu du ordinance eQLlCl6Q An
ordinance to aid in rebuilding the burnt
districts and waste places in the city of
Charleston;" to provide for the poor; to
amend m Act entitled "An Act to pro-
vide for the appointment Of a Land Com
missioner, and to define his powers and
duties, and for other purposes" to en-
force O uniform system of assessment
and taxation by municipal bodies; to
amend an Act to charter the Port Royal
Railroad Company, ratified December
21, 1857; to alter and amend an Act to
provide for the assessment and taxation
of property.
The following bills were read the third
time and passed: Relative to the power
OF the city. OF Charleston to impose pu-
nishment for violation of city ordinances;
to incorporate the Coopers' Trade
Union. of Charleston; to aid and encou-
rage woolen and cotton manufactures.
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