The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-02-15
STATE LEGISLATURE.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY ID, 1870.
SENATE

The Committee on Engrossed bills re-
ported the following as being correctly
engrossed, which were read the third
time and ordered to be enrolled: To pro-
vide remedy against charges for trans
portation, conveyances on toll in excess
of limits prescribed by statute and to
declare the proper construction thereof;
to amend an Act entitled "an Act to fix
the salaries OF certain State officers
tho bill rs amended gives the Secretary
of State 50, 900 per annum, and allows
him clerk with salary of 81, to
incorporate the Wide Awake Fire Engine
Company. OF Sumter; to amend the
charter of the Graniteville Manufacture
ing Company; joint resolution to au-
thorize the Acknowledgement to institute
proceedings against the South Carolina
Railroad Company for violation of its
charter.
Mr.. Hoyt introduced bill to charter
the Columbia Horse Railroad Company,
with capitol of $2OO,OOO. with the
privilege of increasing it to $500, 900, in
shares at S25 each; said company ore
empowered to lay a railway track in any
of the streets of the city, and to run
horse cars thereon, for the space of
twenty-one years; the corporators being
D. III. Chamberlain, Hardy Solomon,
Joun Agnew, N. g. Parker, w. r. Hoyt,
W. E. Rose and J. W. Denney.
Mr.. Johnston introduced resolution
to incorporate Olivant Baptist Church.
of Chester.
Mr.. Rainey introduced bill to renew
the charter of the Antipedo Baptist
Church. of Georgetown.
The following joint resolutions and
bills were ordered to be engrossed for q
third reading: Joint resolution to autho-
rize the State Treasurer to reissue to
Alexander Robertson, J. F. Blackjack and
E. b. Coachman, or their assigns, agents
or attorneys, certain certificate of
stock; bills to regulate the publication of
all legal and public notices; to incorpo-
rate the Plymouth Congregational
Church, of Charleston; joint resolution
to authorize the Secretary of State to
purchase 100 copies of Richardson's 18th
volume of Law Reports, and 100 copies
of Richardson's 14th volume of Equity
Reports; to incorporate the Black Greek
Cemetery Company, of Darlington Coun-
ty; to incorporate as a public highway
the road known as the Cox Bridge Road;
to establish ferry across the Wacca-
NAV River, in Horny County, and to vest
the same in J. ]. Reaves, his heirs and
assigns; to incorporate home for invalid
clergymen.
Reports OF the Committee on Contin-
gent Expenses and Accounts on accounts
Ne,os; of Committee on County Offices
and Officers on concurrent resolution to
appoint committee to investigate, &C.,
concerning alleged defaulters in certain
State and County offices; of Committee
on Claims and Grievances on the ac-
count of DR.. r. A. Crawford, were agreed
TO.
A bill for allowing attorneys assigned
to defend criminals compensation for
their services, was laid on the table.
Resolutions to authorize the State
Agent to sell certain wooden buildings ut
the State works at Greenville, was passed,
with an amendment, that the amount re-
allied from said sale be invested in State
securities, were adopted.
The Committee ON interpretations re-
ported on bill to authorize certain per-
sons to dig and mine in the navigable
streams in this State, recommending
certain amendments; laid over.
At half-past o'clock, Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The House met at - m.
A message was received from the
Senate, refusing to agree to certain
amendments on q bill to establish and
maintain a system of free common
schools for the State of South Carolina
The House receded from its amendments,
and the bill was returned.
Notices of the following bills we're
given: To incorporate the Home Guard,
OF Beaufort; to prohibit gambling in this
State.
A communication was received from
Chief Constable Hubbard, in reply to
certain concurrent resolutions requiring
the State Constable to report within ten
days the name OF each person murdered
in the State, as represented in report,
and the County in which said murder
was committed, reporting that he is
unable to comply with the resolution, as
the crime reports sent to his Office by his
deputies do not give the names of those
murdered or other victims of crime, but
embrace only the names of the complain
ants and parties arrested, charged with
the commission of said crimes.
The "Code" was discussed, and seve-
raj sections amended and passed.
A Senate bill to provide for the pay
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