The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-01-26

waste places In the City of Charleston, to make
employment for the mechanics and taooring
people, and for other purposes. The pream'
Dle asserts that it is deemed wise and expedt.
ent, for The purpose Of encouraging the re-
building of the waste and burnt places In the
CITY ct Charleston, that additional induce
ments for the Investment OF capital should be
offered; that 1t would be great benefit for all
classes, especially for the mechanics and To-
borers, that their chances for remunerative
| employment should be increased, and that the
City Council are willing 10 lend their city
bonds for thess objects, and also to make
other efforts In the advancement Of q common
and general prosperity, and the bill, therefore,
provides:
SECTION l. That the City Council of Charles
ton shall have the authority, and the same Is
hereby authorized aud empowered to grant
drawback for term OF five years, equal to
| their assessed value and rate of taxation, on
any improvements or buildings which may be
| made or erected upon any vacant lot, waste
place or burnt premises within the said City OF
| Charleston.
SEC. 3. That the exemption OF drawback
provided tor in the first section shall also be
allowed and Extended 10 all assessments aud
! tax leves by the State or county, proV1led
| the City of Charleston ordain and allow the
| said exemption or drawback In their munich
pal tax regulations.
lie lands.
MIR. Jervey introduced bill to incorporate
the st. Andrews Rifle Corps, OF ST. Andrews
Parish, Charleston County, which was referred
to the committee on military affairs.
Mr. Barker introduced DILL 10 grant powers
to the Augusta Canal Company to build dam
across the Savannah River.
Mr.. Gather introduced "a bill for the better
protection cf crops under cultivation" which
Is not, as It's title might seem 10 indicate.
law 10 prohibit inopportune rains or inordl.
nate frosts, but which does with almost equal
complacency require all farmers and others
owning cultivated lands TO surround the same
with substantial fences, at least i've leet hign,
under penalty OF five dollars per acre ior "a an
lands not so enclosed. Another member, Mr.
Giles. submitted bill almost Identical with
This which is entitled IA bllto regulate iences
throughout the State" and which provides
that :all farmers In this State shall keep q
fence, strong and substantial, measuring IN
height five feet from the ground, the same TO
be 10 all intents aud purposes lawful fence"
toned to police phraseology to hear OF people
being required Dy law 10 "keep q fence, :"
while there are laws against receiving stolen
goods: but what would The Hawkshaws Of
Charleston consider "a lawful fence 2"
Mr.. L. Cain gave notice Of bill to compel
representatives 10 reside In the counties from
| which they were elected. This caused q gen.
L Rus
the members, but Of course the blu, II IL %
ever introduced, will find quiet and speedy
grave In some .hospitable pigeon hole, where
| It will slumber undislurbed, while tie farcical
elections of next fall proceed. -
Mr.. Carey introduced bill 10 aiter
and amend an act entitled "an act 10
regulate the disposition OF fines and PEN
| allies imposed and collected In crlml.
nal causes In courts of trial justices"
This bill provides that all such moneys shall
be paid by the trial justices to the county
treasurers to be used for county purposes, ana
requires all t:lal justices to make written re-.
turns of all such moneys received, on the nrst
| Monday of every month, under penalty oi
one hundred dollars and imprisonment for
twelve months or less.
The House then proceeded to the consldera-
| tion of It's calendar business and soon reached
the resolution offered yesterday by Generai
| Whlpper "that B. K. Scott, Governor OF Inc
State of South Carolina, be impeaehed Oh
/ high crimes and misdemeanOr5 In Office"
This created little whirlwind, and brought
on q lively skrmlsh, lasting for about one
hour. The Hessians began flibustering at
once by motion to indefinitely postpone the
consideration OF the resolution, but this was
| lost by voie of 2s to Al. Then General
Whlpper called the. previous question, and,
hour thus allowed him among Jones, Wilkes,
Hunter, Lee and Byas, who amused them
selves dd tibitam with their peculiar oratory,
repeated their threadbare and familiar
arguments, and disported themselves gener-
| aliy to their own intense satisfaction. The
call of the yeas and nays being finally reached.
| It was found that sufficient number OF MEM
bers were not present 20 carry the resolution
under the two-lhirds rule in any case, there
being but eghty-one members present, while
| under the speakers ruling, an Affirmative
vote of eighty-eIght Is necessary. The vote
taken, however, showed a larger number OF
members in favor of impeachment than had
voted for 1t before the recess aud resulted 10
tie, by 40 to 40. The speaker having the cast
/ ing vote recorded himself with the anli-im-
peachers, and so the resolution was lost once
more.
The votes in favor of Impeachment were:
Messrs. Allen. Andell, Bass, Bowen, Bo~ley,
Briggs, L. Cain, E. Cain, Crittenden. 7. a: Da-
vie, Derrick. Doyle: Duncan, Dusenoury, Ford,
Jtryey, -Liichfield, Lloyd. Logan, Maddocks,
Miles, Sehemias, O'Connell. Pendergrasa, Sel-
Iers. Small. R. NJ. Smith, Taylor, Thompson.
WhIpper. Wilkes, Williams, Wilson, Woford
| and Yocum-forty.
Those voting in the negative were: Speaker
comb, Boston, Byas, Cousart, J. Davis, ELL
son, Ferguson, Gullher, CAN'T, Gardner, Ga
rey. Giles, S. Greene, J. A. Green, Hart, c. D.
Hayne, Hedges, Hudson. Humphrles, Jami-
SON, Jones, Lang, Lee, McDaniels, W. D. Nc
Dowell; Milton, Mobley, Moore, Mickey,
| Nuckles, Ramsay, Rivers. Saunders, a. Il.
Singleton, ]. P. Singleton, Smart, sumper and
WarIey-fOrty.one.
The HUu.e then, at half-past three, ad-
| journed until 10 morrow.
The postponed meeting of the judiciary
commitle6'to consider the metropolitan po-
lice bill was held last night, but was attended
\ by no one who was opposed to the general
principal OF a metropolitan police establish
| ment, though several expressed themselves
strongly against the bill now pending. Among
those In attendance, besides the committee
and The Charleston members Of the House,
we're Captain Hendricks, Sheriff Mackey, Col
enel TAFT and few others, all Of whom
| agreed on the desirabilty, from their stand
point, Of metropolitan system of police, and
admi; ted freely that It was partisan meas.
ure, and that they supported 1t as such, but
| differed widely as to details, and especially us
to the control of the patronage. The present
| bill empowers the Governor 10 appoint The
three commissioners of police and The superiG.
| tendenr, who are in turn TO appoiut the sub.
ordinate officers and pr.vat.s of the force;
surrenders the two guardhouses, part OF the
| City Hall, and other property, to the new
| commissioners, includes the whole Of Charles
| ton County In the metropolitan district, and
even extends its operations, in certain con-
iingeDcies, to every portion Of the Slate.
Many OF these provisions were obnoxious to
almost every one present, but the principal
rock on which they split was as to the ap-
pointing power Some thought the Legisla-