The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-02-23
1EGIsLAT4YE PROCEEDINGS.
THUhsbAY; FRDRuAny 20, 1872.
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Ihe Senate assembled at IL NJ, @. ".
Montgomery. President pro tenn. in the
Chair.
a bill to incorporate the South Caro-
lima Agricultural College and Mechanics
lnstltate was referred to the Committee
on Education.
The following were passed.: Bills to
authorize and empower W. @. Garrity,
+: W. Towles and D. H. Towles to esta
blieh and build wharf ut Martins
Point, Wadmalaw Island; to renew tho
charter OF Marion Lodge, No. Q, 7. O.
y. r.; to grant, renew and amend tho
CHARTER OF the village of Rock Hill, in
York County
At lao p. NJ, tho Senate adjourned
until tomorrow, at II NJ.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Inc House met at l2 NJ, Speaker
Moses in the Chair.
"A message was received from his Ex-
cellency the Governor, transmitting the
report OF DR.. Otto 4. Moses OH phos-
Phates. The Governor concludes his
message as follows:
AT this late day of tue session of the
deneral Assembly, I can say but little
more than to call to your notice the i'm
Portance OF providing some means to
insure the collection of the royalty due
the state, and for guarding this valuable
interest again deterioration and spolia-
t!on. There has existed q vague impress
sion that tho phosphate property Of the
State was very large, but it has only re-
Gently been developed that the neglected
phosphatlc strata, forming the beds of
many OF our streams, are of vast and in
creaslng Importance to the welfare of
the world. These, if protected, will, in
short period OF time, yield revenue
Almost sufficient to supersede the ncces
ss,ity OF levying tax on other property.
Lie reference, III the communication of
Or. Moses. to the revenue derived by
feru from her gnano interest, will give
you some conception of the value of
these deposits
IL earnestly recommend that you will
take such action, under the suggestions
contained In my last annual message, as
VIII give adequate protection of law to
these most valuable possessions of the
State
Mr.. Yocum offered the following pre-.
amble and resolutions, which were laid
over:
Whereas it is believed that the pur.
chasers OF the Columbia Canal have ne.
elected, in important particulars to
fulfill their Contract according to the in
tent and meaning of al Act approved
tho 21st day of September. A. d. 1865,
authorizing the sale of the Columbia
Canal; therefore, be i.
Resolced, by the House Of Representa-
tives of the State of South Carolina, the
Senate concurring, That commission
OF fivo persons OH the part of the House
and -- on the part of the Senate be
appointed to investigate the same.
hesoireu, That said committee shall
have power to send for persons and
papers, examine witnesses, and to EN-.
ploy such experts or engineering assist
ance as to them shall seem proper.
They shall inspect personally and ex.
anime minutely into the stability and
suthclency Of the work performed upon
the canal, and if the same shall be found
to be In oil particulars according to con.
tract, aud to conform in all respects TO
the act authorizing the sale of said
canal, they shall approve the same, and
the said contract shall stand confirmed.
But II it shall be found that tho work
mas been performed III nn insufficient
manner, and shall in anywise fall short
of the conditions of the sale md the
provisions Of said Act, then aud in that
0t''O 49, Sbi>t COlu uilLICS SIltll COEuGmu
the said work, aud the said sale shall be
declared null and void, aud the said Co.
lumbia Canal shall forthwith revert to.
aud be taken possession of, by the
State.
Mr.. Wilkes introduced bill to in.
crease tho official bonds of the Clerk of
the Court OF Common Pleas and Gene
raj Sessions, and Judge Of Probate for
Anderson County.
Messrs. Whipper, Frost and Jones
were appointed as committee of con-
ference to adjust the differences Oh
bill relating to the payment Of the past
Indebtedness of Darlington County.
Mr.. Consart introduced bill to au-
thorize tho County Commissioners of
Lancaster County to issue bonds to the
amount Of $4,000, for the relief of the
County.
A resolution from tho Senate, to al
journ sine die on tho Goth instant, was
postponed until the 9th instant.
4 motion to reconsider tho vote
whereby substitute for bill to make
appropriations and raise supplies for the
fiscal year commencing November /,
1871, was laid on the table, was debated
uD to 3 o'clock p NT when n rncol,f;o.,