The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-12-13
Representative Sumpter, colored, OF Barnwell,
gave notice Of q bill to repeal the labor act OF

Il loOos
Representative Bosemon, colored, Of Charles
ton, gave notice OF q bill to regulate the lnspec.
ton aud measurement OF lumber In the City OF
Charleston.
Representative Turner, colored, OF Charleston,
gave notice OF q bill to Incorporate the State Pat
metto Rifle Club or Char ston.
Representative Homes, cJlored, OF Colleton.
gave notice or a bill to repeai an act relating to
in the City OF New York. more commonly known
as the settlement act, and OF q bill to repeal the
charter OF Rantowle's Bridge.
Represent tive Smalls, colored, OF Colleton,
| gave notice OF 8 bill TO authorize county treasu.
rers 10 accept school claims and jury certificates
IN payment OF taxes.
Representative Crlttenden. Conservative, OF
| Greenvile, introduced q concurrent resolution 10
| instruct the clerks 'of the House aud Senate to
| have no bill g. resolutions or reports printed with
| out the order OF those respective bodies, which
was laid over uuder the rules.
Representative Meetze, Conservative, OF Lex
ington, introduced q bill similar to the one intro
duced n the Senate to-day to NIX the time !or
holding the April term OF the Supreme Court, aud
scribed in the Senate proceedings, to authorize
the Supreme Court to send Issues OF TACT TO tne
| Circuit Courts for trial.
Representative r. NJ. Smith, .Oonservat,y' OF
| Spartanbnrg. gave notice Of a bill to repeal the
act IN relation to the bonds OF the State OF South
Carolina, passed last winter, and generally KNOWN
as the va tdating act.
Representative Wallace, Conservative OF Union,
Introduced q bill to amend the act to secure 40.
| yances for agricultural purposes, which PROVIDES
| that whenever lands shall be let or rented LOT
renting shall have a prior lien upon the crop for
the rent, the contract for rent TO be IN writing
Represe .tatlve Ratchford, colored, Of York,
Lenolr Railroad Company. which names Messrs
A. q. Davega, ]. J. MoUlure. George w. Melton,
]. l.. Agnes, W. h. II. Cooper, B. r. Wheeler, B.
g. Yocum, ). D. Witherspoon and ]. L. WATSON as
.-Ae rSh1re On nnndfH1Nf M
maintaln a railroad from Chester, through York.
Vile to some point on the line dividing North
| and SoHth Carolina In the direction or Dallas, n.
c., and with authority to consolidate with the
| Carolina Narrow Gauge Railway Company.
Representative Myers. colored. OF Beaufort, In
troduced q bill TO create q new judicial and exec
tton c unity to be known as the county OF Lin.
| coin. out OF portions Of Beaufort and BarnWel
| Counties. The boundaries OF the proposed new
| county are denBed as follows: Commencing at
| Sisters Ferry on the Savannah River. thence In 8
Charleston Railroad next south OF Coosawhatchle.
thence along the line OF the said road to the
Salkehatcnie River. thence up the Salkeaatchts
| River to Buford's Bridge, thence In q southwest.
| north OF Allendale through Erwlnton to the Sa.
| van ah River. and to the initial point at Sisters
Ferry. The bill also appoints N. B. Myers, J. b:
Bascombe. J. ID. Robertson and d. O. Marsh, OF
whom the three first named are members or the
Legislature, as commissioners to set out the bonn
daries and 70 provide suitable buildings for the
courthouse, jail, DC OF the new county.
tntroiaced a bil! to amend section s2s, title o.
chapter 2 or the act TO sbrldge and simplify the
forms, rules and practice in the Circuit Courts OIL
the state and gave notice OF 8 oil to encourage
manufactures and internal Improvements. He
also presented the protest Of Allen uutson against
che seating Of William Black g., 8 member or the
House from Lancaster County.
Representa- I've Rice, Conservative, OF Union. In
trodaced the following important ,r resolution ans
pension OF the rules, and adopted:
RESOLVED, That the. attorney. general be iIsfruct.
ed to search close y and inquire if any moneys
have been raised upon the credit OF the state
Without law and due authority; II any moneys
have been expended or emoezzled by persons 10
authority, and II 80, by whom; aud II ne snail
nnd proof against any person or persons, ne shall
have him arrested and prosecuted t. conviction
II possible. TO this end he shall have power to
send for persons and papers.
These proceedings were interrupted at noon Dy
the entrance OF the Senate, and the formation OF
the Joint Assembly to hear declared the result or
the election for United States senator. The
Senate having been seated at the front row or
desks, the joint Assembly was called to order Dy
Siesyes, VINO Id = sns
act OF congress under which it wac held. Tne
portion Of the journals relating TO Inc election was
then read BY the clerks OF the respective houses,
and the Lieutenant Governor announced tnat
John ]. Patterson having received q majority u
all the votes cast he had been duly elected as 8
United states senator, TO serve for slx years from
the 4th day Of March, 1879. The Joint Assembly
was thereupon dissolved, and the Senate returned
to It's own hambe
the House next proceeded to the consideration
Of the bill to authorize the levy OF q tax for the
expenses OF the current fiscal year emo the oeu'
ciencies Of the past, and the report Of the ways
and means committee recommending q State and
county tax Of ten mills for current purposes, and
i've mills for deficiencies. sections !, 2 and 5 or
the bill, which provide for q tax OF five mills Ior
general purposes aud two mil 8 for support or
the public schools, had already passed the House
without opposition. and the debate OF To-day was
sccordiDgl. upon the proposition to levy q TAX OF
i've mills for the deficiencies OF the year ending
October 81, 1872, and this was srrenuously OPP
o,ed oy the Conservative members, led BY Gene.
raj Wallace. OF Union, Colonel Urittenden, OF
Greenvllle, and Mr.. Meetze, OF Lexington. Each
Of these gentlemen made e.rnest and lorclole
speeches, taking the ground that before the pro-
posed tax OF i've mills, amounting to nearly 6
million OF dollars should be demanded from the
people, q fuller exposition should be given o1:the
disposition which has been made OF the millions
OF dollars which have already been taken 10 tho
taxes Of the past few years, and Of the causes
and nature II the alleged deficiencies.
The debate upon this bill, which has now been
pending more than a week, has had the eject OF
producing from the late state officials some OF the
Important statistics concerning their nnancla!
40 administration which should have been furnished
before this time 10 the shape OF their an 'ual re-
ports. which, according to law, should have been
made to the General Assembly upon the 1rst Day
OF he session. Among the .most important OF
these statistics are the following statements fur.
nished at the demand or the ways and means
COMMITTEES from the books Of the late State treas.
and expenditures Of his office during the past
fiscal year:
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