The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-02-25
VOLUME IX.--NUMBER 1904.
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stock held by them."
After debate, the bill was referred to the Com
mittee on the Judiciary.
The following were ratified to-day: An act TO
establish ferry across the Waccamaw River, In
Horny County, and restng the same in j. j.
Reaves his heirs and assigns: ar act to sell a GER
tain lot Of land to the Zion Baptist Church. Of Co.
lumbIa an act to provide for the payment OF
claims OF teachers for services rendered during
the 1sccl year commencing November lst, a. ID.
1858, and ending October 31st, A. d. 1869; an act
to authorize the formation of company Tor the
construction Of a turnpike road through or near
SaSsafras Gap, and known as SasSalras Gap Turn
pike Company; an act to alter and amend the
charter and eXtead the limits Of the City OF Co.
mnbia joint resolution to change the name OF
Alexander Henry Riley to Alexander Henry Bu-
chanan; an act to determine the time when the
salaries OF the county school commissioners shall
commence, and to fix the date Of the first meet
ing of the State board OF education; an act TO
amend an act entitled ian act to incorporate re
Charleston Board of Trade;'' an act to Charter
the Manchester and Augusta Railroad Company;
al act to grant, renew and amend the charters
The House Committee on Privileges and Elcc-
tions reported fa,erably on a joint resolution 10
authorize the Cmmittec OF Investigation for the
Third Congressional District to make similar
investigation for the Fourth Congressional Dis
trict, and recommended the following amend
ment: "Add after the last word i'll the resolution:
Provided the duty hereby assigned to said COM
mittee shall be performed in the City of Colum-
bia, agreeably to resolution Of the Congress OF
the Unlted States, in the matter OF the contested
election OF Simpson VS.. Wallace, and that the
same shall be completed on or before the 25tlt OF
March, A. D. 1S1O.''' Tile resolution Is amended
was read second time.
Messrs Claude C. Turner and Javan Bsant re-
corded their reasons for voting against the bill
granting more money to the land commission.
The former said he did so because ''the members
Of this House know nothing OF the disposition
made OF the original two hundred thousand dol.
lars' worth OF bonds placed at the disposal ofthe
commission last year-whether they had been
sold, hypothecated, converted into money, or
whether lands have been purchased for the home
less or whether the commissioner has appro-
priated the same to his own private purposes, We
know not;" and the latter, IN his own words, be-
cause 81 do not believe that the poor, the desti-
tute, the homeless, will ever receive benent OF the
half million OF monies therein appropriated, but
that it will be disposed Of In the same manner as
the two hundred thousand appropriated for that
purpose last year have already been."
Upon its second reading to-day, the Appropria-
ton bill was amended so as to strike out the $4,000
allowed as contingent fund to the Code COM
missioners. $4,000 was added for State orphan
asylum, and the quarantine appropriation was in
creased to $4,000, and the Catawba Indian fund to
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