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In the Sena.ea concurrent resolution
from the House to rescind the vote
whereby tie General Assembly agreed
to adjourn March 1st, end to postpone
adjournment until March 7, was con.
Cured in by vote Of II to II
The bill! to regulate the manner OF
drawing jurors was returned from the
House with refusal to CONCUR iu the
Senate amendments. The Senate lnSis-
ted upon its amendments, and appointed
Messrs. Whittemore, Leslie and Aruim
as committee Of conference on the
part CT the Senate. The House also sent
back 20 the Senate, with amendments, q
billto compel County Treasure"ss to re-
port to the General Assembly. The
amendments were concurred in, and the
bill ordered to be enrolled for ratification.
A bill relating. to the Greenvi!ie and
Columbia Railroad Company was also
received from the House, which was
read for the FIST time ana ordered to lie
over for consideration.
A bill to repeal an Act authorizing the
State to give additional aid to tie Blue
Ridge Railroad Company was also re-
ported upon, and came up for third
reading.
Mr.. Wilson sent to the President a
letter from VIM. II. Trcscott, Esq, So
lictor of the Company, relating to the
affairs Of the road, which was real by
the Clerk. 4 protest from the Mayor
and Aldermen OF Charleston against the
passage of the bill was also presented BY
Mr.. Gaillard and read. \ long debate
ensued, pending which despatch was
received from Henry Ciews e. Co.,, bank
ers ia New York, stating that 81 ,0Oy,0o
of the bonds of the road had been sold
at seventy-tive cents on the dollar
Upon final vote on the passage Of tie
bill, the ayes We're 10, nays 10, which
not being a two-thirds vote, the bill was
not passed. ...:..
J. T. Beckman, Senator elect from
Georgetown, and J. Hollinshead, Sena'
tor elect from Abbeville, presented their
cerliteates Of election, and were sworll
in. s. E. Gaillard of Charleston, also
presented certificate of election from
the Board of State Canvassers. It was
presented by Mr.. Corb!n, who, also, al
the same time, offered the protest Of Mr.
3. II. Cain, and suggested that Gaila:d
he sworn in, and that the protest be re-
fer-cd to the Committee. ArDim moved
that both the certificate and protest be
referred to the Committee After
some considerable discussion this mo-
ton was tabled and Gaillard sworn in.
The House sent back to the Senate,
with amendments, q bill to amend an
Act to define the the criminal jurisdic'
ton Of Trial Justices. The amend
.ncnts were coEcurrcd in and the bill
ordered to bc enrolled. The House also
sent back, with amendments, q hillStc
amend Act to define the duties and jl-
risGlction Of County Commissioners. III
II the Senate House bill to7appro.
priations and raise supplies for the year
commencing November l., 1870, was,
after amendments reducing. the amount
some sso, 900, passed. to third reading
In the House, a Senate joint resolution
TO appropriate $4,000 Tor The compile
ton Of theLunatfc Asylum8was taken
up, and, after amendments, was passed
to third reading. -'h
In the Hotise bill to create debt OF
the State, to be known as the sterling
funded debt, to be applied to the pay
ment of the State debt, was indefinitely
postponed.