The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-03-08
WORK OF THE LEGISLATURE
SESSION OF 1s70-71.


Acts and Joint Resolutions Approved by
the Governor or Become Laws Without
his Signature.
The following Is list of the acts and joint
resolutions approved by the Governor up to the
Sd instant Inclusive:
DECEMBER %, 1870.
An act to make appropriation for the payment
the per diem and mileage OF the members OF tne
General Assembly, and the salaries OF the susor.
dinate officers, and other expenses incidental
thereto. -
Joint resolution authorizing the .attorney.gene.
raj to employ assistance In certain suits now
pending, and making an appropriation to pay the
same.
JANUARY 10, 1871.
Joint resolution authorizing the county commits.
sioners Of Williamsburg County. to levy special
tar.
JANUARY %, 1871.
Joint resolution authorizing the county commits.
sIor1ers OF Oconee County to levy special lax.
An act to incorporate the Stonewall Fire En-
gine Company, OF Chester.
reports, resolutions journals, and other papers OF
the General Assembly.
JANUARY 20. 1871.
Joint resolution for the relief Of S. Cochran. T.
Cochran, Elizabeth Cochran, Juians Irvine, lisa.
bella Irvine, and Henrietta Irvine.
FEBRUARY ii, 1871.
An act to regulate the appointment jnrisdiG.
tlon and duties OF notaries- public.
An act to repeal so much OF tne acS OF lsSs as Is
prohibits the clerks or the courts Of the State
from acting as attorneys or solicitors N the
courts VI the State.
An act 10 amend an act entitled "An act to es-
tablish State Orphan Asylum"
MARCH 2, 1871.
An act to authorize circuit judges to hold
courts In other circuits than their own.
An act to incorporate the Rock Hill HOOK and
Ladder Company.
An act to incorporate the Champion Hook and
Ladder Company IT Chester.
An act to incorporate the Savings Building and
Loan Association OF South Carolina.
An act torenew and amend the charter OF. the
Town OF Mount Peasant.
An act to provide for the protection OF persons,
property and the public peace.
An act to charter the Town OF Hamburg.
An act to incorporate the Town OF Timmons.
An act to incorporate the Mechanics Union, No.
/, OF the City OF Charleston. South Carolina.
An act 70 supply the deficiency IN the appro.
priation for the support and maintenance OF Tree
schools for 1870.
An act to charter the town OF Yorkvi le.;
An act to vest in the Charleston Land Company
the charter Of ferry from Hamliu's wharf, In
the City OF Charleston to the following points on
the Wendo River. to wit: ScanloHv1le, Remley's
Point, Vennlng Lsnaing, and Daniels Isl md
Landing.
An act to amend an act entitled IAN act to au.
shorize the commissioners OF public buildings, f0r
Williamsburg District, to sell certain portions or
the public grounds" passed the ed day Of De
cember, A. U. 1853.
v An act to authorize Slyvanus Mayo 10 ouild q
wharf in the Town OF Beaufort.
An act TO renew and amend the charter OF the
Town or Bamberg In the State OF South Carolina.
Joint resolution authorizing the Statetreasurer
to reissue to John Phillips, executor Of John Camp
Joint resolution to provide for the publication OF
the decisions OF the Supreme Court during the
years 1868, 1859 and 1870.
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An act to incorporate the Whipper Guards, OF
Christ Church Parish.
An act to protect the rights Of parents and .ss to
State persons under the age oil II years.
An act to incorporate the Salamander Hook and
Ladder Company, OF Georgetown, 8. O.
An act to require the State Treasurer to pay
State school Innd belonging to their respective
counties, and for other purposes.
Joint resolution authorizing the State librarian
to purchase certain volumes of State reports.
Joint resolution ordering that the Hon. James L.
Orr iuIge OF the Eighth judicial Circuit. be al.
lowed extra compensation Tor holding extra
courts.
CanOy school funds, remaining In hands OF ooun:
ty treasnrers, be appropriated to the free school
fund.
Joint resolution to provide for the payment Of
mileage certificates Of members OF State board Of
education OF the State OF South Carolina.
An act to permit William L. Wood to adopt Ma
po,eon B. Smith, to make him his lawful heir, and
TO change the name Of the said Napoleon b.
Smith, 10 that OF Napoleon B. Wood.
An act TO altef and amend an act entitled IAN
oil anl cnnrter .eXtepQ
the limits OF the City OF Columbia.
Joint resolution authorizing A. K. Taylor, Hen
ry Arthur and others to continue, for term ol
two years, TWO gates erected by them across "a Me
ginning and terminus OF their planting lands.
The following acts and joint resolutions became
laws without the Governors signature:
An act to vest the title Of the State to o lot o.
land in the Village OF Orangeburg, OF which
Deidrich K!epoug died seized, 10 the purchaser
or purchasers who shall pay for the premises an
der sale made by decree Of The Probate
Court Of Charleston County, and to direct the ap
plication OF the proceeds OF sale.
Joint resolution authorizing and directing the
State auditor aud county commissioners 10 levy
certain taxes.
An act to provide salary for the office OF the
Lieutenant-G Governor of this State.
Joint resolution authorizing the State auditor
TO suspend proceedings In certain cases.
An act to incorporate the Hedges Light Guard
or Eul6t0, SOuLn CHTollud.
An act supplementary TO an act entitled IAN
act to authorize administrators, executors and
other flucIaries to sell certain evidences OF In
debtedness at public sale, and to compromise In
certain cases."
An act to recharter the PumpIintown Turnpike
Road, In Pickens County.
AN act to incorporate the Nashville Independent
Blues Charitable Association, OF the City o
Charleston, South Carolina.
Joint resolution authorizing the Executive tc
commission Ridley X. Carlton as coroner OF Beau
fort County.
An actto renew and extend an act to provide
mode by which to perpetuate testimony In re
lation to deeds, wills, chooses In action. and
other papers destroyed or lest during the recen
war.
an act to regulate the right Of traverse.
An act to recharter Moores Ferry, under tht
name OF DinHin's Ferry. over the Catawba River
An act 10 renew and amend the charter OF the
Town VI Spartanburg.
An act TO Incorporate the Charleston Cleansing
Company or the City OF Charleston.
An act to incorporate the South Carolina Saving
and Building Association, No. 2.
An act to incorporate the Logan Fusillers OF th'
rarish Of st. Thomas and st. Denis, Charleston
County.
An act ceding the Jurisdiction OF the State o
South Carolina to the United States Of Amerlct
over such lands as may be acquired for pubi
purposes BY tile said United States OF America.
THE STATE OF THE WEATHER.