The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-01-20
STATE LEGISLATURE.
WEDNESDAY, January 10, 1870.
SENATE.


pro tenn. Montgomery in the chair.
The petition of A. III. Abrahams, for
the renewal OF lost bonds and certificates
of State stock lost and destroyed, was
referred.
Notices were given of bills to amend
the Act defining the duties of Cou-ey
Commissioners; to release tax or. manu-
factures of cotton for the -hsuing five
years.
Report of commi.eee on bill to incor-
porate the Port royal Dock Company,
(favorable.) vas laid over.
Mr.. Bienan introduced bill incor.
porating the New Hope Baptist Church,
of Oconee; reud and referred.
Mr.. Leslie introduced a bill to renew
the charter OF the town of Bamberg,
Barnwell County.
The Governor informed the Senate
that he had approved and signed Acts to
! protect persons lawfully in possession of
lands and tenements; to incorporate tho
Policy Holders Life and Tontine Assur-
anco Company of the South.
The following bills were read the
second time and ordered to be engrossed:
Report Of the Committee on Roads,
| Bridges aud Ferries on q House bill to
re-charter Blythe's Gap Turnpike; joint
resolution 10y Committee on Public
Buildings) to xuthorize the keeper of the
State House TO purchase half gross of
sunlight gas burners to be used in ting
Capitol; bill 10y Mr.. Corbin) to incresy
the capital of the Union Buuk of SoIth
Carolina; House bill to authorizE the
Governor to remove County Auditors,
Treasurers, and other officers by; him ap-
pointed; rep rt Of the Committee on the
Judiciary o. dill to alter and amend an
Act entitlt "An Act concerning the
The fo1 zll'1iiisaYere referred to the
Committse o. ...... Jaas: To incorpo-
rate the Yemasseo and Millen Railroad
Company; to repeal m Act e,2titled itAn
| Act to incorporate tho All pad
Company OF South Carol <the
Acts amendatory theretQ ythc
manner in which the upon
A JOINT resolution Il authorize the
County Com missioners OF Pickens Coun-
ty to levy special tax; report Of Finance
| Committee on bill to grant, renew, and
amend the charters of certain towns and
villages therein mentioned; Joint reso-
luton authorizing the Secretary of State
to purchase 100 of Richardson's Law and
Equity Reports, was referred to tho Ju-
dietary Committee.
| House bill to vest in Toney Stafford
the charter of ferry from Dill's Bluff, Oh
james Island, to the city of Charleston,
was referred to the COMMITTEES on Roads.
Bridges and Ferries.
Resolution to fine the Senators from
Chesterfield, Clarendon and Lancaster,
for absence without leave. was laid on
the table.
Bill to create The Metropolitan Police
Force in the State of South Carolina,
was indefinitely postponed
| Bill to designate the officers by whom
sales ordered by the Courts Of Com
mon Pleas and Judges thoreof, and the
Courts of Probate, shall be made, occu.
pied tho attention of the Senate ND to
81: o'clock, when they adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The House met Mt IL IN. Spcnker
Moses in the Chair.
The Committee on Engrossed Acts
reported as being duly and correctly en-
crossed bills to incorporate tho Sisters
of Our Lady Of Mercy, Of Charleston;
to incorporate the Edgetield Agricultural
Society.
Mr.. Morrison, from the Committee on
Roads, Bridges aud Ferries, introduced
bill to incorporate the Coxbridge
Road.
Mr.. Wooley introduced bill to re-
lieve the farmers of this State This
; bill provides that 81, ,OOU, 900 in bonds of
the State shall be appropriated to be ad-
vanced to farmers, to assist them in
making their crosasna That the Governor
be authorized II asPpoint in each County
| for an advance to be secured by lien
polntment is made from responsible
public officer of such County, who
shall discharge his duties without addi-
tional compensation.
| Mr. Rivers introduced n joint resolu
tlon, to authorize the levying of an
additional tax for township purposes
MIR. Mobley presented u bill to repeal
an Act entitled can Act to extend the
charter of Kinsler's Ferry"
Mr. Hagood introduced bill to
amend an Act entitled "An Act to In
corporate the town Of Pickons."
The account of b. Byas, Sergeant.at-
Arms of the House, for fixtures, was
ordered to be paid.
Notice was given of the introduction of
the following bills: To incorporate the
Providence Baptist Church, Of Ham
burg; to alter and amend the town of
Greenvllle; to Incorporate the Camden
Hook aud Ladder Company; to amend
an Act entitled IAN Act to confirm and
declare valid the election for Mayor and
Aldermen of tho city of Charleston"
passed in March, 1869.
Mr.. Sloan, from the Committee on
Agriculture, reported OH 30 much of the
Governors message as relates to agricul-
tural and mechanical sciencc. The
committee fully concur with the Govor.
nor, that science is indispensable to sue
cessful agriculture. They do not, how
ever, concur that one Agricultural collrpn