The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-02-18
STATE LEGISLATURE.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY, II, 1870.
SENATE

u SfNATE. j, :
Mr.. Wimbush Rntrodpesd a abilIfto in
corporate dertaiR; churqbes in York and
Chester Counties& Y Fa #
Mr.. O9rbin INTRODUCED . bill To- pro-
vide for IN election to ll-certAin Sacan-
cies occurring in County offices.
Reports of the Committee on Rail-
roads on bill to authorizeg the extension
OF the South Carolina Central Railroad
from Sumter uia Camden and Lancaster
to Charlotte, N. c., was laid over.
T.. H J. Maxwell {oolored} was elected
School Commissioner, under the educa-
tionnl bill iT J2l- itTbh MO He :
, The Speaker attended in the Senate,
when the following Acts were ratified:
To regulate the publication of all legal
and public notices; to incorporate the
Unity and Friendship Society, of Charles.
ton, and to confer certain powers there
on; to establish the weight of barrel of
crude turpentine; to incorporate the
Wide Awake Fire Engine Company, of
Sumter; joint resolution to authorize
the Secretary OF State to purchase copies
OF Richardson's Law and Equity Re-
ports.
Bill to alter and amend the charter and
extend the limits OF the city of Colum-
bia, ,vas made the special order at 2. 80
p. m, tomorrow.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Mr.. Turner offered resolution that
the Committee on the Penitentiary be
instructed to inquire by what authority
visitors are charged for visiting the Peni-
tentiary. Adopted. 'u" cr'i
Mr.. Wells introduced bill to incor-
porate the Beaufort Home Guard.
Mr.. Lomax introduced q bill to author
ize the County Commissioners of Abbe-
vile to open q public road leading from
Greenwood to New Market
Mr.. Smythe introduced q bill to au-
thorize the County Commissioners of
each and every County to purchase q
farm, to be cultivated under their super
vision, as the model farm Of their Dis
tricts. - - - W.
A number of bills to incorporate GER
tain fire companies, hook and ladder
companies. and to amend md renew the
charters OF certain towns, were recon-
mitted to the Committee on Incorpora-
tons. with instructions to incorporate
the whole in one bill.
The enacting clause of bill to incor-
porate the town of Chesterfield was
stricken out.
"a JOAho AGoo1oIlOa " CuauS0 lue uAIu6
Of Alexander II. Riley to that of Alexan-
der 81. Bushmann was ordered to be
engrossed.
"A bill from the Committee on Rail-
roads to charter the Manchester and Al
gusta Railroad Company, was read and
laid over.
Notice was given of bill to prohibit
men from having more than two wives.
The following bills were passed: To
grant certain lot of land in the city of
Columbia (the lot in the rear of the Odd
Fellows school-room) to the Zion Bap-
tist Church, of Columbia; to renew and
amend the charter of the town of Ham
burg; to incorporate the DeKalb Fire
Engine Company of Camden; to renew
and amend the charter of the town of
Abbeville; to grant, revive and amend
the charters of certain societies and vii
lagos and towns, (from the Senate;) was
amended and returned.
Robert Smalls (colored) wss elected
School Commissioner.
A bill to authorize the purchase Of the
property and rights of the Columbia
Bridge Company, and to grant aid in the
construction of free bridge over the
Congaree River. with a substitute, was
ordered for consideration tomorrow.
A bill to renew and amend the charter
of the town of Mount Pleasant, was un-
der consideration, when the House ad-
journed.