The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1872-12-25
not be collected until the next year.
The License Law has been repeal

not be collected until the next year.
The License Law has been repeal
ed.
The Senate also reeeded from its
amendment TO the bill to pay one
third the salaries Of tie members o.
the General Assembly and subordin
ate officers and attaches thereto,
Mr.. Hollinshead introduced a bill tc
amend so much Of Section 2, ol
Chapter XIV of the General Stat
utes, as relates to Abbeville County
A Senate joint resolution to author
iEe Commissionersiof Abbeville Coun
ty to levy and collect an additional
tax Of two mills On the dollar has
passed the House,
The House seut TO the Senate con
current resolution to appoint specia
joint committee to inquire into the
amount of bondl in the State Treas
ury of Blue Ridge Railroad, and the
amount of scripissued in lieu thereof
Referred to the Committee on Fl
aimee.
In the House Mr.. Crittenden intro
duced a bill toretain the apportion
ment of the flee school fund of the
varions Counties in the respective
County treasries, .
The Senate passed the joint resolu.
ton (House) to make appropriation
for the expe1ses of printing ordered
by the Genetal Assembly during the
regular sessions Of 1870 and 1871 and
1871 and 1872. The resolution is as
follows:
Belt Resdued, SECTION /. That the
sum OF two hundred and fifty thou.
sand dolIara if 80 much be necessary
be, and is hereby, appropriated for
the paymtnt of printing claims Of
the RepubE Ecan Printing Company for
work ordefed by the General Assem-.
bly, at the sessions of lS70-71 and
1871-72.
SEC. 2. That the sum of se. enty-
Eve thouand dollars. if so much be
necessary be, and is hereby, appro.
priated tar the payment of outstand.
ing claims for tho publication of the
laws in the various newspapers in. the
SEQ. 2. That the sum hereby appro-
priated hall be expended under the
directionof the clerk of the Senate
and the clerk of the House of Repre-.
sentativs, in accordance with the
provisions Of an act approved Jan
uary 13, 1871, entitled ".An act to
provide for the publication of the
acts, reports, resolutions, journals and
other papers Of the General Assem-
bly,"
In the House, the joint resolution
to appropriate fifty-eight thousand
dollars i'd furnishing the hall of the
House ofRcpresentatives, was report
cd on fvorably and postponed to
January I1o. Wilson introduced a
bill to bolish the State board OF
equalization. Grant, colored, intro.
duced q resolution, demanding a re-
port from the sinking fund commits.
sioners. Hurley offered q resolution
for the appointment of committee
to investigate tho transactions under
tho Blue Gidge scrip act, which was
In the Senate Cardozo introduced
,tEo bills Elating to county commits.
sioners, The first Of which provides
that a.ioajs,it5s of the board OF. com
missioners shall constitute quorum
for the Transaction of business, and
the second provides that "the county
auditor shall be the clerk of the
board If county commissioners, and
shall peform all the duties assigned
by law TO said clerk witnout extra
compensation.
The House committee on the judi.
ciary today reported favorabIy upon
the bill ID remedy and supply the loss
of publD records, and to perpetuate
testimony in regard to deeds, mort
cages and other papers loat by the
fire at Abbeville, which provides that
such records may be substituted upon
twenty lays public notice by the
clerk of he court, with proviso that
nothing herein contained shall pre-.
vent such absent defendant Or defend
ants, within two years after the publ
cation ofhhe notice in this section
provided, from moving the court, up.
on prope showing to set aside such
judgmentpr decree.
In the House, Mr. Tolbert intro.
duced bill to incorporate the Pres.
byterian Church at Abbeville G. H.
Referred +, the Committee on charit-
able and religious institutions.
HARTFop FIRE INSURANCE Co.
We are hdebted TO Mr.. W. T,
Branch, tie agent of this staunch
company FIR calendar for 1871, as
we'll as for a handsome map oi Bos-
ton, showing the great fire, out Of
which tht Hartford has come un-
scathed, asd it's prestige fully sustain
ed. Of tbs Company the Insurance