The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-12-16

G.. H. FROST,
P. ]. 0'CoNNELL,
| W. b. JONES, Jr.
As soon as the report was read o motion
was made to postpone Its consideration until
one P. N. tomorrow, to which motion an
amendment was offered requiring the COM
mittee to furnish also the testimony taken by
them in their Investigations. The amend
meut, however, was quietly headed off by the
speaker, who should really be called the COM
manding officer of the House Instead of its
presiding officer, and the original motion was
carried without much opposition. An excited
debate may, therefore, be expected tomorrow
| afternoon, and, from some OF the remarks
dropped by the members to-day, 1t may be In
ferred that M.ssrs. Scott and Parker are to be
handled without gloves.
was transacted by the House, of which the
most important Is as follows:
The engrosslDg committee reported back the
bill empowering probate judges to issue exc
cutions, and 1t was passed by the House and
sent to the Senate for concurrence. The bill,
as passed, declares that from and after the
passage of this act, the judges OF the probate
court, IN the several counties in this State,
may, and are fully authorized and empower
ed to, issue execution, when that is the neces-
sary and proper process 10 carry into effect
anv order, sentence or decree OF such court.
| The Joint resolution relating to bonds and
stocks now in the hands Of the State treasurer
was received from the Senate and passed by
| the House. This resolution Is as follows:
SECTION l. That the committee on finance
| of the Senate, and the committee on ways and
means of the House be, and they are hereby,
authorized and directed to call on the State
| treasurer and ascertain. by actnal count. the
number and class of bonds now in his pcs
session, signed and unsigned, and 10 take pos
session of the same, and deposit them In
some bank 10 be chosen By them, and 10 take
receipts therefor, which receipts shall specify
the number and class of bonds so deposited,
and report the same to The respective houses;
and that the Stale treasurer be, and Is hereby,
directed to deliver said bonds on the appllca-
lion Of said committee.
SEC. 2. That the said committee be. and
they are hereby, authorized and instructed 10
take the necessary steps 10 obtain from the
American Balk.Note Company, In the City OF
New York, the six million $4,000, 000) OF ster-
ling loan bonds now In Their possession, and
to deposit the same as above indicated. =,
The last section Of this resolution, as will be
noticed, is TO some extent rendered snper1u-
GUS by the fact already reported by tele-
graph, that the sterling loan bonds have 10.
Gay been received in Columbia upon the joint
requlsilion OF Scott and Parker; but the sec.
ton will. suppose, he operative as to the
disposal.to be made Of the bonds.
sions of this body upon lhe Senate concurrent
resolution to adjourn from December 22 to
january s. Various amendments were Offer.
ed, all Of them looking to the extension OF the
holiday, and various and malignant were the
personalities indu!ged In thereupon. fair
sample was when one honorable gentleman,
who was in favor of prolonglng The recess,
6ooloro5 onp of hi9 reasons. That IL took
him long time 10 get from Columbia 10 his
home: and another honorable gentleman re-
torted that ifthe ''honabb'e gemman's land
lady was arter him wild board bill, he'd done
git home In fu' hours." The speaker ruled
Ihat it was unparliamentary to ultimate that
the gentleman had not paid his board bill. and
the resolution finally passed in the same shape
that it came from The Senate.
A bill of some Importance was introduced
by Hurley, and Is understood 10 be very likely
to pass. 1t Is entitled "a bill to require all
bonds and stocks of the Slate of South Carroll
no to be registered at the oilice OF the state e,
treasurer, and. iJ requires the holders OF all
bonds. stocks and securities of the Slate to
cause The same TO be registered In books, TO
be provided for that purpose. In the office OF
the State treasurer, within ninety days after
the passage of the act, and the Sia'e treasurer
and State financial agent are prohibited from
lifting the coupons or paying The interest OF
this act, after the expiration Of the said ninety
days."
After some unimportant business the
House took up the SPECIAL order for two
o'clock, which was the consideration OF the
address and resolution relative TO the request
to his Excellency the Governor to remove
Judge Thomas, of the SIKH Circuit. Judge
Thomas made his appearance at the bar OF
the House, and declared his readiness to meet
the charges that had been brought against
him. The charges and testimony were then
read by the clerk amid sundry Interruptions
from Jamison and few others, who evident
ly did not appreciate this formality since Il In
termitted for the time their perpetual and
pestllenlial talking. The speaker Insisted,
however, that the proceedings would be In
formal aud without legal effect If tho charge
and former action were not read, and the
takers were slenced. The charge Is simply
that Judge Thomas did not reside In the
circuit to which he belongs, and the testimony
Is that taken before the joint committee at the
last session in support of that charge. The
members did not, however. appear 10 take
much Interest In the proceedings. and after
little pettitogging Tim Hurley made coup
d. etat by moving the indefinite pos,ponement
of the whole mater, which motion was
agreed to, and thus The entire movement
against Judge Thomas was effectnally disposed
of, aud his seat secured 10 him at least uaiil
the first OF next July.
The Senate also accomplished considera.
BILE amount oil work, although it was only In
session about one hour. Or. Hayes iutro
duced bill that would seem 10 have been in
spired by that irrepressible humorist, T. J.
Mackey. Tom declared the other day that the
only m. asure to come before The Assembly
this winter, in which he was at oil interested,
was q bill which would shortly be introduced
to provide that the members promi.sory
notes at ninety-nine years time, with three
per cent. Interest, should be made legal Tend
ers TO the extent Of three thousand dollars
euch in payment OF taxes, and he defended
the proposition on The ground that most of
the Radicals, outside OF certain select circle,
were, like himself, very poor but emlnenily
honest, and that this measure would rob
nobody but the thieves, ana would make the
honest and industrious legislators very happy.
Acting as 1t would seem upon this hint, DIR.
HAYES introduced to-day q bill 10 authorize
the county treasurers to receive the pay GER
tificates oil members OF the General Assembly
at par in the payment of all taxes due or to
become due the State, and AIN told that this
bill will certainly get votes enough TO carry it
triumphanlly over The Governors veto, which
Is Of course expected.
Other bills were introduced as follows: To
incorporate the Carolina Oil Company. of Co.
lumbia, with a capital of s50,000 In one-hun-
dred dol ar shares, and with VIM. Maginnis,
E. Hope, R. G. Shiver, S. NJ. Leaphart and
John Agnew as corpOrators, the business ofihe
company being the manufacture OF cotton seed
oil.
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