Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-03-07
Legislative Proceedings.

luton to adjourn sine die on the 7th OF
March, and it was Immediately agreed
to by the Senate, so that the day OF adj
journment is fixed at last.
On Wednesday, the following acts ana
Joint resolutions were ratifed:,
A bill to amend an act to secure advan-
ces for agricultural purposes.
a. bill to exempt the Benedict Institute
from taxes.
A bill to amend the act providing for
tho construction and repair OF highways
A bill to require the passenger trains
of the. Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta
Railroad Company, to stop Mt Hamburg.
4 bill to establish IN inferior court Tor
tho triai of criminal cases, in the county
of Char1aston. =
Bin to Charter tte spartanbnrg and
Port Royal Railroad Company
Bill to charter the Union Savings Bank
OF Georgetown, $. G.
BilIto charter the Raleigh, Coiumma
and Augusta Railroad Company.
Bill to ,cgitinatizc certain inaTaases
and for Other purposes mentioned therein.
Bill to provide for constructing new
Court ifoase for Richland county.
Bill 70 authorize james c. Thompson
and wife to adopt the child of Mary Couel,'
and to mako it their lawful heir.
Join. resolution authorizing the school
commissioner OF Union county to ap
prove certain claims o. teachers, which
was passed and ordered to be semitic the
Senate. -
In the House, Hedges Metropolitan
Police Bill was called UP, and very
strong effort was made to p;p'siit. Wfnp-
Der. e oiges, and others; spoke in favor
ofit ait. Hurley, Bosenian, Hunter, ana
others. against it. After long debate
the enacting law was stricken out, py Il
vote or 6o to l6.
The Committee of Ways aud Means re-
ported unfavorably on the Appropriation
Bill levying tax of seventeen and d h"'t
mills-but reported instead Bill Ievyli's
tax of eight mills for the State and three
mills for the County.
On Thursday, the 29th a joint resoiu-
t,oo was introduced in both houses pro:
nosing an amendment to the constitution,
to be submitted to the voters OF tho state
for ratification at the next general eiec-
ton. The amendment reads:
To the end that tho public debt may
not hereafter be. increased. without the
due confederation and free consent OF the
neople oriiie State, the General Assembly
"a hereby forbidden to create any further
dabt or obligation, either by the loan OF the
credit Of the State, by guarantee, endorse
ment or otherwise. except for the purpose
of meeting its existing obligations, or in
and for the ordinary and current business
of the State, without first submitting the
creation Of any such new dobt, guarantee
endorsement or loan of its credit to the
people Of the State at O. general State
election; and unless two-thirds OF the
qualified voters of the State vote on the
question who shall be in favor OF further
debt, guarantee, endorsement or loan OF
ies credit. mono such shall be created or
made.
The House spent the greater part OF
the morning session in rambling and
tiresomc debate on the bill to protect
travellers in railway cars in this State,
and on the joint resolution authorizing
the repair Of the lower floor Of the State
house.
The following bills were passed:
TO repeal an act to create debt Of the
State of South Carolina, to be known as
the sterling funded debt.
To charter the Raleigh, Columbia and
Augusta Air Line Railroad Company.
To incorporate the Planters Mining
and Manufacturing Company.
To incorporate the Lancaster Rihemen.
To regulate the responsibility fpar-
lies hol ling collateral securities for loans.
To incorporate the Damascus Baptist
Church of Sumter County.
To Incorporate the Merchants Build
inc. Trust and Loan Association OF AL
ken.
To incorporate the Rivers Guard OF
Hamburg, sc. =.
TO permit james Mccullough 10 adopt
change the namo of, and make, his law,
full heir Joseph Allen Stepp.
The Bill authorizing the Governor to
appoint a Phosphate Inspector was passed
to it's third reading.
Senate proceedings, on Friday March
LIST. were void of general interest.
The House was engaged most OF the
day in passing the General Appropria-
ton Bill, with several amendments. Inc
Health Officer at Charleston gets y, ,oOO; {;
Lieutenant Governor, 8, 500; Mesne Con
veyance Cficer of Charleston County,
1000; State militia $4,000.
A Bill was reported from the Railroad
Committed to relieve tho State Of its liza
biliaes for guaranty on the bonds OF the
Greenville Road. 1t provides that whel.
q, 600 of the Gresnville Road bonds
are endorsed by the State the Treasurer
shall issue to the President Of the Green
vile Road 81 ,Oo0, ,00o revenue bond SCRIP
and release the mortgage of the State On
the road whsn the bonds shall be can
celed. It also levies tax of two MILL
To nav the revenue bond scrip 80 issued.
The Bill is similar to the Blue Ridge Bill.
On Saturday, the I'd, the Senate contin-
ued the consideration of tho uestion O.
allowing the Columbia Water Power
COMPANY to construct dam across the
Congaree River to some point in Lcxing-
ton County, and adjourned to Monday
without concluding the debate.
In the House, the general license law
was taken up, and consumed most Of the
day. It waa taken from the table on mo-
ton Of Mr.. Maddocks, and all the amend
ments reported by the ways and means
committee were adopted, including the
re,.uction of the fees OH phosphate COM
panies to the uniform sum Of i've hun
dred dollars. A number of other amend
msnts were adopted, Of which the most
important is the following:
land every person holding any Office
Whatsoever, either elected or appointed
all officers of corporations and societies
shall be required to pay into the tressu-
nv of the county in which such person
resides. for the use Of the State, on IL