Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1872-02-16
The legislature ,,,.,s..s

4 . . ". ". y
! on, many Of which must pass before the ads
journ"ens While this is trus, both Houses
continue to adjourn over iron, Friday to MN.
day. The appropriation bill for tho prese0s
year which Is still uppasssd, will doubtless
require some time for its adoption 'rls bill
reported makes the aggregate appropriation
about eight hundred thous nd dollars. throJ
hundred thousand Of which are for educ ,tionB
I'll purposes The hill contains u6 provision
for tho interest IN tho State debt. tun,ers
resolution proposing u levy of sixteen mills
on tho dollar "rrStato taxes h,s not yot been
reported bauk from tho Gommitte OF Wuya
aud Means. What tho levy will be for tho
present. year depends mainly On the approprls
tlon bill. lfit be prop''sed to " the inter
est on the State debt, the levy will aud must
be heavy, perhaps the sixteen mills. Tho
only hope for re"son'bly u,oderats tux reso.
| luton lies In the Senate. Tho Hnusc, us
shown heretofore, il enlisted on the sille-ef
the Governor, aud he is out in u special mes.
sage calling for money to meet past deGoiAh
| oies. utH.se, 81. lssst. s5is siss.l5 .s-<rN,
The tInusc consumed three days Of the
past week in the discussion of tho rnetropoli
tan rolice bill, bill designed to take the DOW
or Ut appointing the police Of the city pf
Charleston from the conservative CITY
government, aud put it in the hnnds of
committee Of men named in tho bill
Right for once prevailed and the til! vas
defeated. joint resolution to pay q. WER
NEn two thousand dollars for the iron Pnlmet
| to tree in the State House yard was ,ssod -by
tn" House A resolution was pissed author.
izing the Governnr to send an agent to the sale
OF the Spartauburg and Union Railroad to
protect tho interests of the State. The State
Auditor waN scht aud bid in the road fur tho
Site ut 100000, the liabilities of the State
on behalf of the rmd being SGl9.8UO The
ter"s of the sale requiring s25 900 to bGp,id
in vnsh, the State could not cou,ply, the re-
fercc refusing to accept us cash II chuck on the
State treasurer. The ro,d vas r.-,uld aud
fin,Ily It'd III by IL. G. WuRrulNaroN for
$l5O.000
Parties in Union offered to loan the State
Auditor The $4,000 required in cash, provi
ded he would pny for tho lonn IL bonus fSlU,
OOO for twenty four hours. The State credit
is gooi(?)
In the Senate Mr.. ConprN introduced the
following concurrent resolution, which was
passed:
Where's. the Courts of the United States
as nj present constituted in this State, nrc in
adequate t" the business hrfore them
Rc&A"a. That the cause nf justice ahd
imprii'liry demands mn increase of Un2N
STATES Courts in this State @.
That y new United States District Ju.lgn
* inprrntivrly demanded in tho Western
| District Of this State
| Tint there should he u new Judicial Cir
crt created n,lt at the hatcs nf Suth Carroll
~, Ge"r"i, aud Flurid,, aud Circuit judge
| nrpn ntrd thereto
| That the Nongrrss 1f the United States
te respectfully requested to take in,mrd,tr
| steps to carry "ut the foregoing r,s'utiuns
That the Governor d. forward II cnpo
f'er""t t" the President If the Senate sud
"lsna copy to the Speaker of the IInuse of
| Representatives of the United States
The House on tho 18th. passed u coneur
REM resolution requesting Senator SAWYER and
| RnBERrsoN,tu to resign their seats in tn, United
States Congress forthwith. The,"whersases'
OF the resolution set forth thnt said Senators,
though instructed tn vutp TOR SUMMERS S s,,p
Elementary Civil Rights Bill. had vored
against it. In discussing the resolution in
the Senate, johnson color,d told LssLtE.
the d,y would come, when he Lgsl.E, wnnli
kiss the foot of II cu!ored mn to obi lin his
| Vote
The House committee on Public Printing
have reported Bill, which, it passed, will
make very Wholesome change ia tho present
law regnrdn. the public ,tipn of legal nntces
At present there are ,nanv instances ia which
paper (Republc,n) is made the official or
gnn of . half dozen cnunties, nl of which
have county p,pcrs The Kill in question
provides th"t alI lrgnl nnticcs and nIf,i j I'd
v'rlisrments of the respective counties, the
publication of wiich is required ty law, slnll
he published in u newspaper, published iu
tho county tn which such notices and ulver.
tisoments relate Prou;3ct1, Tint if, In nny
county, there should be no newspaper pub
lished then such publication shall be made il,
tho nenrest newspaper tn ,rcto.
The Unnse Committee Of Ways and Mems
have reported Mr. Nehenias' Bill to regulate
the pay Of membcrs Of the General As cmbiy
with an amendment which fixes the annual