The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-12-04
COLUMBIA, December 2.

sldered Immediately and adopted.
Senator Whittemore introduced the follow
ing resolution. which was also considered In
mediately and adopted:
Whereas, an act entitled an act relatIn
TO the financial agent of the State of Sout
Carolina. in the City Of New York, approve
March IS, 1872, authorized and required tn
financial board of the State to settle lh
claims, demands and accounts Of the fnancis
agent, aud that said board shall render
statement OF the settlement with the fuancit
agent to the comptroller-general OF the Stat
thirty days prior to the meeting of the nez
General Assembly; therefore,
Resolued. That the comptroller-geDeral be
and he ls hereby required, to inform the Sen
ate whether said statement has been made l
accordance with law, and If 30, what Is th
nature Of the settlement made with the flnan
cial agent.
Senator Hayne introduced a bill to repea
the act of March 10, 1872, entitled an act t
provide for a general. license law. The con
tents of this bill ore fully Indicated by its title
and 1t proposes to make q complete repeal 0
the license law of last winter, and to TAX
effect from aud after Its passage.
Senator Whlttemore introduced the follow
Ing bill, which was read the first time and re
ferred to the finance committee:
Whereas, delay In the levy of certain taxe
to meet appropriations for the year conmenc
Ing November l.. 1872, has continued beyont
the time prescribed by law for the commence
ment Of the collection OF the same, aud thu
time for the payment OF said taxes before
penalties must attach. Is low uuavoidably
and unusually limited; therefore,
Be Lendcted, de-, That Ii any Of the duties
required to be performed In an act, entitled
an act proving for the assessment and taxa
ton of property, or In any act of amendment
thereto on or before q certain day by any
officer or person named therein cannot, fol
want of proper time, be 80 performed In the
payment or collection of taxes TO BIZ levied tc
meet appropriations for the fiscal year com
menclog November l, 1872, the comptroller
general, with the approval Of the Governor,
| may extend the time as long as may be nee
essary therefor.
Senator Dunn gave notice ofa bill to amend
the act for the better protection OF holders OF
insurance policies In this State. he also In
trodnced the folio wing. bill, which was read
the first time and referred:
Be IL enacted, &c. SECTION 1. That the Office
of county auditor be, and Is hereby, abolished,
and the duties hitherto devolving upon that
officer shall hereafter be performed by The
sherIfa of the respective counties OF The State.
Sec. 2. That The sherifs OF the respective
counties OF the State, In compensation fol
duties hereby conferred aud devolved upon
them, shall receive the sum Of $500 per annum
for himself and $3.50, II 80 much bs necessary,
for the pay Of such assistant assessors as he
may require. to BIZ paid quarterly ont OF the
Charleston, 10 which county, 10 addition to
the amounts berelnbetore allowed, the sheriff
shall receive $500, II 30 much be necessary,
for clerical assistance.
SEQ. 8. This act shall take effect, and have
the force Of law, from and after the LIST Of
February, 1873.
The calendar business being reached, the
followisg resolution, offered last Wednesday
by the senator from Darlington, was adopted F:
Resolved by the Senate Of South Carolina,
That no person holding a State or county
Office, either elective or appointive, or posi-.
tlon 10 the State, or any county In the State,
for which a compensation Is derived, shall be
eligible or appointed to q clerkship or any
other subordinate position In the senate or
Its committees during tie present session.
4nd, further, That no person absent from
duty as clerk, or other officer Of the Senate or
Ito committees, shall receive pay certificates
for more time than they have actually served.
Senator Hope offered a resolution to the
effect that the State financial officers be
earnestly requested to make their annual re-
ports at as early a day as practicable.
Senator Dickson offered a resolution that
the committee on the Judiciary bs requested to
inquire into the practlcabllity of reducing the
cost of legal proceedings in the courts of law
Of the State.
Senator Whittemore introduced two formal
resolutions ordering the election for United
States senator for Tuesday next, at two P. NJ,
and ratIfslng the constitutional amendments
adopted at the recent popular election.
The annual message of Governor Scott was
then received and read, after which the Sen
ate adjourned, at half-past one P. H., out of
respect to the memory of the late Senator
Louis Wimbush, from Chester County.
In the House, there was another deluge
of new bills and resolutions. A list of these
has already been given by telegraph, but the
text of some of the more important are given
below.
Representative Hurley offered the three fol-
lowing resolutions, all of which were laid over
under the rules, for future consideration
RESOLVED, That all committees of this House,
to whom bNls, resolutions and other matters
are referred, shall report the same back to
THIS House within five days of the date OF ref
| erence.
RESOLVED. That hereafter the treasurer of
the STATE Snail pay 40 moneys from the treas.
ury for any claim against the State until the
same shall have been acted upon and nassed
by the General Assembly, and that the treas.
urer shall, while the General Assemble Ia In
session, furnish to them daily a Certified lat If
all moneys by him paid out, to whom and tor
| what purpose.
RESOLVED, That hereafter In all reporis mado
by the committee on contingent accounts OF
this House such reports shall be printed and
contain the Items of expense, by whom con.
| tracted and to whom Indebted and for what
purpose.
Representative Grant, from Charleston, In.
troduced the following, which was also laid
over
RESOLVED by the House Of Representatives,
the Senate concurriDg, That a committee OF
FIVE, three from the House, and two on the
part Of the Senate, be appointed In copjunc.
| ton with O similar committee of citizens, one
! from each Congressional district, to be ap
pointed by the Legislature, TO Investigate the