The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-12-08
THE WORK OF TIE LEGISLATURE.
What was Dsne on Wednesday.

ted themselves with reasonable industry to
the real business of the session, and, consid-
erlng the nature and habits of the respective
menageries, manifested remarkable degree
of self denial In abstaining from their accus-
toned but exoruciating oratory. In the Sen.
ate, In addition to the wholesale clearance of
the calendar already reported by telegraph
the following items comprised the main busi-
ness Of the day:
Mr.. Corbin submitted the report of the eodi-
| fylng commission and the volume OF revised
statutes produced by them, which makes
handsomely printed book of over eight hun
dred pages. The report says:
In submitting this final report, the COM
mission desire 10 state, as matter OF record,
| that, during the period intervening between
March 8, 1859, aud the fourth Tuesday CT No.
vember, 1869, they we're employed IN prepar-
| ing a Code of Procedure, which they submit
| ted to the General Assembly at the regular
session in 1859; that, since that time, between
| the sessions of the General Assembly, they
have been engaged upon the work which is
now submitted.
We desire to call the attention of the Legis-
lature to the fact that section OF article OF
the eS9saHtteqb bR provides .S 9r tas saoP99
felt themselves authorized to enter upon that
work under the statute above quoted. The
Contemplated by the Legislature In this act.
We have, consequently. only revised, simpi-
| fed, dlgested, arranged and consolidated, un-
| der appropriate heads, all the statutes Of the
State, general and permanent In their nature,
| in the doing Of which we have comprehended
| all the criminal as well as civil law OF the
State; and. It will be seen that 1t appears
throughout the volume. A Penal Code can be
prepared now, very much more easily than
| before this compilation was made, and the
| Legislature Will doubtless direct that 1t be
| done, II, in its wisdom, 1t shall deem ad-
visable.
Mr.. Corbin also took occasion to reply In
very vigorous language to the attack on the
codlfylng commission in the Governors mes
sage. ....-.
Mr.. sma!ls introduced quite an important bill
In relation to fences. which 90 amends the ex-
listing laws upon the subject as to provide that
fences shall not be required around cultivated
| land, and that animals found astray o. such
land shall be seized by the owners Of the lat
ter and held until all damages shall be paid by
| their owners.
Other bills were introduced as follows: A
bill to abolish salaries of the solicitors of the
circuit courts OF the State, ana to reduce the
| fees oftbe same, the provisions OF which are
that the present salaries of those officers shall
| be abolished, and their fees established at
seven dollars for each indictment found by the
grand jnries.
By Mr.. Whittemore, bill which provides
| that the secretary Of State shall be the cuslo-
| dian of all blank bonds and securities OF the
State. The treasurer to make requisitlon there
| for whenever their issue is required; that
bonds hereafter must be signed by the Gov
ernor, the secretary Of State and cOmptrol-
| ler.general before they can be issued, and the
| coupons signed by the treasurer Immediately
upon their eale, which sales shall be regularly
reported 10 The ompIroller-general; that all
hypothecation Of bonds and all conversions,
must also be reported to the comptroller-gen-
eral, who shall keep record OF the same;
| that the treasurer shall promptly cancel all
\ converted bonds, and deliver them to the
| omptroer.general; that, in cases of appro-
pristions, the bonds issued shall in no In
stance exceed In either number or amount the
limit fixed by the appropriation, and that the
shall be considered to be the amounts In bonds
and not In money.
| By Mr.. Allen, The following preamble and
| Joint resolution:
Whereas. The Supreme Court of the State
of South Carolina have decided that tne 1re
loan bondholders and the billholders of the
| Bank of the State OF South Carolina were cred
itors. and as such creditors, were entitled to
share bro rata In the proceeds OF the assets OF
said bank. aud In case the assets should not
bring sufficient to pay said bondholder5 and
billholders in full, that then the State OF south
Carolina should be liable for any deficiency.
| Therefore. be 1t
RESOLVED by tae Senate and House of Be
resentatives, now met aud sitting In Cen
eral Assembly, and by the authority OF the
| same, That In case the proceeds OF the assets
of the Bank of the State shall be insufficient to
nav the par value OF the fire loan bonds, as
well az the par value of all the bills of the
Bank of the State, then, and In such case the
county treasurers Of the several counties of
| this Slate be-, and are hereby required to re-
ceiye said bills In payment for taxes due and
to become due to The State of South Carolina.
The france committee reported as sub.
sttute for Mr.. Owens's bill to regulate deposits,
| a bill amending the act Of August %, 1858, by
| striking out the words "Governor, comptrol-
| ler and treasurer" and inserting instead the
words "General Assembly" (the effect being
| to abolish the financial board and invest the
Legislature with its powers and duties) by re-
auiring weekly reports to the Legislature Of
al public moneys deposited in bank, and by
| making public funds subject only to drafts,
| naming on their face the purpose for which
drawn, and the appropriation from which the
money Is to be taken.
The finance committee also reported favor
ably on the joint resolutions 10 require the
treasurer to prepare and submit within five
days an exhibit Of all bonds, stock and securi-
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