The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-01-18
STATE LEGISLATURE.
MONDAY, JANUARY II, 1870.
SENATE,

NsDAIs JANUARY II, l0fU.
SENATE. ze
The Senate met at IL m. President
pro rem. Montgomery in the CHAIR. y
Messrs. Lunney and Swails obtained
leave of absence q
Mr.. Corbin introduced .jointresolu-
zion TO petition the United States Con
gress to make an appropriation for the
6ociety OF Our Lady of Mercy, in
Charleston.
MIR. Jillson introduced bill to incor-
ferate the Filpine Greek Railroad Com
pany. t. ..4F
mr.. Wimbush introduced bill to
mold no ans-eieetion- for County officers of
"A bill Is q create the ooodhty; y Of ooosaw-
EhatchIe. and the report of the Judiciary
ECommlttee on q bill to designate the
officers by whom sales ordered by the
Courts offs Donn66 Pleas and, Judges
thereof, ana OF fhes Cohrts of Probate,
shall be made, and for other purposes,
wero postponed.
The following Acts we're duly ratified:
10 protect the rights Of persons lawfully
In possession OF lands and tenements; to
repeal an Act entitled 'san Act. to orga-
nize townships and to define their
Powersrand privileges;" joint resolution
directing the County Commissioners of
Charleston County to examine md re-
port to the Attorney General concerning
lands belonging to the State; an Act to
incorporate the Policy.ho olders' Life and
Iontine Assurance Company of the
South.
pill TO change the name Of Alexander
Henry Riley to that of,Alexander Henry
Buchanan, was passed.
bill to incorporate the Unity and
Friendship Society, of Charleston, and
bill to incorporate the Coopers' Trade
Union, OF Charleston, were ordered for
a second reading.
HOUSE OF OFtREPREsENTATIVEs.
Tie House met at IL M. Speaker
Moses in the Chair.i'h III
The Committee on interpretations re-
ported favorably upon the following
bills: To incorporate the Edgefield Agri.
cultural Society, laid oyer for second
reading; to incorporate the Sisters of
our Lady of Mercy, of Charleston, was
read the third time and passed.
A Senate bill to authorize lease Of
certain lands on Edisto Island, and the
erection of wharf and other structures
thereon, was read the third time and
passed.
} Account of NJ. H. Berry, for desks,
was ordered to be paid.
Mr.! Rush introduced bill to incorpo-
rate Mount Carmel Baptist Church, of
Darlington County.
Mr.. w. "a. Jones introduced bill in
cooperating the Houston Fire Engine
Company, of Georgetown.
NJ. Whipper introduced bill to in
corporate the Comet Light Infantry
Company, Of Charleston.
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the townfof' Anderson.G1 .
Mr.. jerks introduced bill to author
tlze the Comptroller General to certify the
removal of State liens in certain cases.
Mr.. DeLarge introduced bill to re-
quire banking associations, doing bust
ness under the laws OF this State, to de-
posit State bonds as security with the
Comptroller-G
resolution to deduct the pay of any
members absenting themselves over six
days without leave, was rejected.
Bills from the Senate, to amend the
charter of the Georgetown Railroad
Company, and the several Acts nnenda-
tory OF the same; to regulate the rights
and powers Of railroad companies, we're
read and referred.
A resolution to instruct the Attorney
General to institute proceeding against
certain persons for digging phosphates,
&c, in this State, was referred.
A resolution was indefinitely post
poned, that the Attorney-G General, J. A.
Green and William J. McKinlay, be ap-
pointed proxies to represent the stock
of the State in the next annual meeting,
and any adjourned meeting thereof, OF
the stockholders of the South Carolina
Railroad Company.
i Notices of the following bills were
given: Bill to modify certain license
law or ordinance Of the city of Charles
ton; to alter and amend the charter Of
the city of Charleston; to authorize and
require the Probate Judges of this State
to take charge of certain of the bonds
and records in the Offices OF the late
Commissioners in Equity.
communication from the State
Auditor, relative to communication
from James III. Risley and others, rela-
tive 10 certain taxes, was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means.
SENATE bill to establish and maintain
a system of Free Common Schools for
the State of South Carolina, was re.
sumed and discussed up to 3 o'clock,
when the House adjourned.
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The PLANET VENUS VISIBLE AT noon
DAY.--The planet Venus can now be dis
tinctly seen with the naked eye at mid
day, when the sky is clear. 1t has
reached its period Of greatest brilliancy,
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