Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-04-29
The Georgia Bill.

\ practiced In tho organization of the Legisia. 1
tureFin the statcQf 0eorgia@ both in lis ffst
orgsnizationS and Gin the expulsion Of oartaifi
ncn, bcrs, as welbalso asSinsits organization I
since tho acsuf 9ecenbcr thst ithorcfofs, /
"A BE Il cnosSteR, that the e&isting goyefImoht |
itf. the State df Georgia iAshlersby dcelared so
be provisional, ,Eand the saliic shol continu8
subject to tho provisions Of the, uots of Con-
gross Of March 2, 1867 and 23d, 1867. and
Of July ", 1867, until theadmission of said
State by law to representation in Congress-
and for this porpose tho Stute of C eorpin
shull constitute tho third niltury district.
Seq q. -Aaa be 1t Jitrther enacted, That
in accordance with the provisions of, and un.
der the powers ands limithtiona provided il,
said nets, an election shall<bo held il said
State, commencing Oh tho 18th Of IN oyenbcr
1870, and continue as the President may dos.
ignatc, for all the niembcrs Of the General As.
scmbly of said State provided for in the con.
stitution Of suid State, adopted by its convene
tion on the Ithi day of March, 1868, at
which electiobs all PERSONS who, by Buid con.
stitution, are electors, shalt be entitled tovoto,
and said General Assembly so elected shalt
assemble at tho capital of said State, on Tues.
day, the 10Th day of December, 1870, and orr
ganizo preparatory to the admission of the
Stateto representation in Congress, and the
powers and functions of the members of the
existing General Assembly shhlf cease and
determine on the said 18th day Of December.
SEC. 8. And be ii further enacted, That
whenever it shall appear to tho President
from any application by the Legislature Of
any State, or BY the Governor Of such State
when the legislature cannot be convened, that
domestic violence, prevails in any city, county
or municipal organization in such State that
cannot be suppressed by the local authorities,
it shall be tic duty of the President to sup.
press such domestic Sfolcnce, and for that
purpose he Is authorized to employ the mill
tion of the militia Of any State he may deem
necessary, and to exercise all suol powers
and infict such punishment as may, by tho
laws or the rules and articles of war, be ex.
erciscd or inflicted in case of nsurrection or
invasion.
SEC, 4. Ane2 Jcst f.rthcr enaoted, That so
much of tho act entitled an act nakiug ap.
preparation for the SUPPORT of the army for
the year ending June 3Oth 1868, and for
other purposes, approved March I'd, 1867, us
prohibits the organization, arming or calling
into service of the militia forces in the State
of Georgia, be and the same is hereby repeal.
cd.
Tho Democrats were silent on the final vote
Tho nays were B,seman Chandler, Drake
Ecnton, Osborn, Ramsey, Revels, Rice, Spcn-
Ger, Stewart, Flanagan, Fowler, Hami TN
(Tcxas) Harris Howard, IIowel, Mcdonald,
Morton. Nyo, Sumner, Thayer TrumbulE
Williams, Wilson, Yutcs -25. The vote
shows defeat of the extremists. and, in con.
sequence, tho defeat of Bullock, whose object
it is said. was to continue the present Legis-
lature in Office during his term.
UNIFORMITY OF CONGRESSIONAL. ELEc-
TIoNs.--lt seems, from the passage recently
by the House of Representatives of bill to
establish uniform time for the election Of
members of Congress for the several Stutcs,
that such measure after periodical efforts
for several years past to pass it, will at lust
prevail. ltprovides that selections shall be
held in all the States on the second Tuesday
after the first Monday in November, 1872,
for the choice of Representatives to the For
ty third Congress, tho elections to be held
/ on the same day in every second year there
after for members to take their seats on tho
succeeding 9TH Of March. The opinion pre-
', Walls in Washington that the bill will pass tho
Sepatc without material opposition"
Be7> case Of suttce, sclfimmolation of
widow, occurred lately in Jounporo, India--
The relatives of the dcccascd, who encouraged
her to commit tho horrid rite, have been SEN
fenced to seven years imprisonment, and the
villagers who looked on to three years.
e.
GHr 1t is reported from Mississippi, bya
gentleman who has visited almost evcry Dor.
ton of the State in tho past forty days, that
everybody, almost everywhere, has given his
best enorgics to the pitching of cotton crop,
and very often to the entire exclusion of
everything else. e.
DsS" Snow fell on Sunday along tho line
of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, as
far East as Christiansburg, to the depth of
six inches. The mountains near Lynchburg
were also covered with snow on Monday
morning. .
Esg- The railways Of Great Britain and
ireland arc 1884 miles in length, and for
the week ending April '1st, received fonI
freight and passpgo money s3,7s3,9G0 q
1925. so milo.
Gs- An advertisement appears in Il
Rockville Wig, for 1000 hands to work n
tho Blue Ridge Railroad--60o for tunne lS
work and 1,400 for grading. This souuds4
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