The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-04-10

sary, the contract to be awarded bv the
Governor aud the Executives Committees
appointed by ths Joint; Committee of
the General Assembly, to invite propo-
sails for the completion OF the State
House, the money for the payment of
SAID work to bejpaid upon the order of
tne S4overnor; for the re.podeling and
repairs OF the Governors Mansion, hve
Thousand dollars, to be paid on the order
OF the Governor; for payment OF account
Of j. s. g. Richardson, for i Id copies of
Riohardson's g Law, Equity and Law. and
Equity Reports, agreeable to Joint reso-,
luton ahthorizlng tho Secretary Of State
to purchase sne same approved March
26, 1859. night hundred land seventeen
dollars; for payment. Of ACCOUNTS of Bry-
ON McCarter, for furnishing 100 COPIES
OF Richardson's 18th VolHme Law Re-
ports, and 100 copies of Richardson's g
!4th Volume Equity Reports, agreeable
TO joint resolution passed, eleven hun
drea dollars; for payment Of SALARY due
~. II. melton, Tor services rendered the
State AS Solicitor Of Northern Circnit.
one thousand five hundred and seventy
hve nv, dollars; for payment of salary due r.
Whitman, for services rendered as Mes
senger of Court of Appeals in Charles
ton County, and Messenger and Libra.
rlun of the same, two hundred and eioh-
ty-seven 50-1OO dollars. {i'.
EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT..
SEC. +. For the support and mainte-
nance OF free schools. fifty thousand
dollars, in addition to the capitation
tax: Provided, That snid sum Of fiftv
thousand dollars be apportioned among
the several Counties of the State in
proportion to their representation in the
lower branch of the General Assembly:
And prooided further, That each County
shall be entitled to the amount of polI
tax raised In said County; for the sup
port of the South Curolina University.
twenty live thousand dollars, to be paid
on the order of the Governor; for the
education of the deaf, dumb aud blind,
eight thousand dollars; to be paid on the
order of the Governor.
MILITARY EXPENSES.
SEC. z. To defray the expenses of the
enrolment, organization and eduiralert
OF the militia, fifty thousand dollars. to
be disbnrsed by the Adjntant and In
spector-General, on the order Of the Go
vernon. '"-i'.'3 Htl y
SEQ. 8. For the payment of the in
terest on the public debt, three hundred
and fifty thousand dollurs.
SEC. 8. That all taxes assessed and
payable under this Act shall be paid in
the following kind of funds, viz: Bills
Receivable of the State, United States
Currency. National Bank Notes, Gold or
Silver Coin.
Approved March I, 1870.
JOINT RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE MEDICAL,
AID FOR THE INDECENT SICK IN THE
RESPECTIVE COUNTIES IN THE STATE.
Whereas. the present law defining the
duties and Jurisdiction of County Com
| mlssloners does not make it incumbent
upon said Commissioners to provide
medical aid for the INDECENT sick in their
respective Counties; therefore,
SECTION /. Be II resoloed BY the Senate
and House of Representatives of the
State of South Carolina. now met and
sitting in General Asse mbly, and by the
authority of the same, That the County
! Commissioners of the several Counties
in the State be, and they are hereby, au-
thorized, whenever, in their judgment,
it is necessary, to appoint one or more
physicians, whose duty it shall be to fur
nish medical aid to the INDECENT sick in
their respective Counties; and Whenever
ance of such duty, the County Commits
sioners are hereby instructed to examine
said accounts, and, if found correct, to
audit the same, and give warrant on
the County Treasurer for their payment.
SEQ. 2. That the County Commission
ers of the respective Counties of this
State be, and they are hereby, autho-
rized and required to provided suitable
hospital accommodation in connection
with the Poor House at or near the
| County Seats of their respective Conn-
ties. where the INDECENT sick poor nav
reoei7s medical and surgical aid, free Of
charge, and to appoint physicians
thereto. except the County OF Charles
ton,, where the County Commissioners
are hereby authorized and required to
causo to be built at or near Cordesyille.
Parish of st. Johns Berkeley, hospital
for the INDECENT sick poor, and to ap-
point physician thereto, to he paid as
herein provided; Prov:dea, The cost of
the said building shall not exceed two
thousand (2,O00) dollars; Provided,
further, That no physician, so appointed
to any Of the hospitals, shall charge for
his services more than one-hulf the usual
| fees.
Approved March 1, 1870.