The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-02-07
:; STATE LEGISLATURE,
THURSDAY. February 6, 1873.
SENATE.

mt. OOrwln presented the claim Of b.
III. johnson, for services in attending
the insurance Convention in Now York.
The Committees on Finance, Roads,
bridges and Ferries, and Mines and
Mining, reported several bills.
MIR, ,Corwin introduced bill to moor
porate the Newberry Cotton Mill.
Mr. Jervey-Bill for the relief of GER
taln trustees, guardians and others, being
the same bill heretofore introduced in
the House.
Mr.. Smalls-Bill to amend the Act in.
cooperating the Beaufort Horse Railroad
Company
Mr.. Hayne-Bill to incorporate the
Aiken Jockey Club.
The following were read third time,
passed and ordered to be sent to the
House OF Representatives.: To renew the
charter OF the Charleston Floating Dry
Dock and Marine Railway; to prevent
State and County officers from holding
more than one Office; to provide for pur-
ohasers OF lands, at sales made for non
payment of taxes, being put in the pos
session OF the same; to provide for the
administration Of derelict estates; to in
corporate the Darlington Agricultural
and Mechanical Fair Company; to incor.
pirate the Pee Dee Agricultural and
Mechanical Association.
The Senate refused to pass the bill to
make tho County Auditor the Clork of
the Board of County Commissioners, by
| close voto.
Mr.. Hayne introduced bill to renew
the charter of the Sand Bar Ferry, across
the Savannah River.
Tho calendar bills. on second read
lug, were then proceeded with The
consideration OF several claims occupied
the time of the Senate for on hour.
| Senator Corwin's bill to incorporate
the Newberry Cotton Mills names Wal
lace A. Cline, William G. Maycs and
and others Us corporators for tho New
berry Cotton Mills" for the purpose Of
manufacturing. dyeing. printing, Sc,
woolen and cotton fabrics, and ma
chlnery for the purpose, at Newberry,
and for branches of the same industry,
the capital to be $780, 900, in shares of
Sl00 each; the usual corporate rights
and privileges are granted, and that they
may commence business as soon as
Sl00, 900 shall have been subscribed and
twenty dollars on each paid up, certifi-
cate Of such payment, sigued by the Sec
rotary OF the corporation, to be filed in
the office of the Secretary of State; the
members nre made Jointly and severnlly
liable, &C., &c. The bill proposes to e1-
empt the corporation from tuxation for
ten years.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
| The House met at IL NJ.
MIR. Fanderpool introduced q bill.
which was referred to the Committee on
the Judiciary, to amend Sections IL and
l3 OF Chapter OK Of the General Sta.
tutes. The bill amends Section IL 80 as
to read: ''Such lien shall be dissolved, =.
unless the person desiring to avail him
self thereof, within six months after he
| ceases to labor on, or furnish labor or
material for, such building or structure,
files in tho Office of the Clerk of tho
Court OF Common Pleas of the County
| In which the same is situated statement
OF just and true account of the amount
due him. with oil just credits given, to-
gether with description of the property
intended to be covered by the lien, auffi-
ciently accurate for Identification, with
the name of the owner of the property,
IT known; which certificate shall be sub
sorlbed and sworn to by one person
claiming the lien, or by some one in his
behalf, and shall be recorded in book
kept for the purpose by the Clerk, who
shall be entitled to the same fees therefor
as for recording mortgages of equal
length"
Section 10 is amended so as to read,
that unless suit for enforcing the lien
is commenced within one year after the
person desiring to avail himself thereof
ceases to labor on, or furnish labor or
materials for, such building or structures,
the lien shnli be dissolved.
There were amendments inserting the
names Of certain physicians of the seye-
raj Counties in the bill to form phar-
maceutical association, which passed to
it's third reading.
The following bills and resolutions
wore introduced and referred:
By Mr.. Ramsey-Bill to authorize the
County Commissioners of Sumter and
Darlington Counties to build bridge
across Lynoh's Creek.
BY Mr.. Hurley-Joint resolution to
allow suits to be brought to ascertain the
merits of the claims of Wm. Aiken and
others to be refunded the alleged over
payment Of direct taxes to the United
States.
BY Mr.. Cochran-Bill to repeal go
much of m Act to provide for the ap-
poiptment of ON inspector OF phosphates
as relates to the inspectorship Of phos-
pilates manufactured by individuals Or