The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-01-08
COL U al b l A i.
How OUR NEGRO LEGISLATURE PRO-
POSES TO MANAGE CHARLESTON.
pillsbury and his Council Doomed.
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COLUMBIA, January {.
In the House to-day, DcLarge gave notice
., q n;,-which, by unanimous consent, received
its first reading-to extend the limits of the City
or Charleston, and to provide for the election OF
mnnicipal officers therein. The bill proposes to
extend the city lin its to the SiN.mile house and
10 the Goose Creek Parish line, which, it is
calculated, will bring in large majority
of Republican voters. 1t also provides for a city
election when the general election occurs next
October 1t is alleged that the object of the sup
, porters of the bill is to get rid Of the present
Nayor and Aldermen. They urge that by
change they may get better officials, but cannet
get VERSE; The bill will pass with hardly dis
sentinr vote, and will receive its second reading
tomorrow.
qualified disapproval of the new licensebill pass
ed by Council. They say that it is unrepublican
rich, because the poor cannot afford to take out
licenses. 1t is further objected, that lawyers
living out Of Charleston can so there to practice
and pay no tax, while those who live there have
to pay it, But the chief cause of disgust with Coun.
Gil is because it refused to allow colored people
sIual rights at places OF amusement and else
where.
The following notices of new bills were given:
BY Brodie to incorporate the Plymouth Congre-
gational Church of Charleston; by George Lee,
to amend an act to enforce the Civil Rights bill;
by Boswell, to repeal the charter of the Camden
Bridge Company; by Rainey, to incorporate the
Sumter Wide Awake Fire Engine Company.
The bill for the better protection Of migratory
fish, and the bill to amend the law relative to the
license and registration Of apothecaries and to
regulate the vending OF drugs and poisons, were
passed, and sent to the Senate,
The bill to incorporate the Edgcfeld Agrlcultu-
raj Society received Its first reading.
In the Senate, bills to incorporate the Port Roya,
improvement Warehouse and Dock Companies;
to levy tax of two mills for Spattanburg, and
four mills for Colleton, to liquidate the debt Of
those counties; to authorize an enrolment tax; TO
repeal the acts to secure advances for agrlcultu-
raj purposes and to regulate the rights and pow
ers Of railroad companies severally received
their first reading.
Wright gave notice OF bills to prevent certain
storekeepers dealing in cotton between certain
hours; to prevent the fraudulent practice OF mer-
chants known as the check system; to make the
clerks OF courts Of General Sessions and Common
Pleas perform the duties imposed upon select
men and township clerks, relative to the draw
ing Of jurors.
Bills were read third time and sent to the
House to incorporate the Dekalb and Wateree
Fire Companies Of Camden; the Vigilant, OF Co
lumbia; and the winnsboro' Hook and Ladder
Company, and to grant lot Of land for Zion
Baptist Church in Columbia.
The following bills received their second read
ing: Bill to incorporate the Academy OF the Sis
ters Of Our Lady Of Mercy, OF South Carolina; the
bill authorizing administrators and others to sell
certain evidences Of Indebtedness; the bill cedlng
jurisdiction over certain lands to the United
States; the bill to recharter the Combahee Ferry
fCompany.
A Joint resolution directing the Charleston
County Commissioners to report to the Attor-
ney General what lands in St. Johns Berkley be-
longing to the State are held by private ndividu-
ais; and joint resolution authoring the county
commissioners Of Williamsburg to levy tax Of
two mills to rebuild the jail there, were adopted.
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