The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-02-26
MONDAY, FEBRUARY II 1878.
SEN ATE.

Of South Carolina. The resolution
provides for the appointment Of ;
committco by the President of Tho
Senate end Speaker Of the House te
perform this duty. Also introduced
the follow ing That whereas, at the
last general election, the people OF
this State voted fsvorably upon An
alDendment to the Constitution pro.
hibiting pn iucrcaso of public debt
and whereas the Senate, early in this
session, rassed joint resolution to
carry said amrnd mcnt into effect, and
sont the same to the House Of Repre-
sentatives and whereas the House, as
yet, has taken no defuite action on
said action therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House Of Rep
rescnsatives be respectfully requested
TO take the necessary action upon said
resolution; which was laid on the
table, it being generally concedcl !, in
remarks, thnt the same had taken its
| course.
The Speaker of the lIuusc of Rep.
reaentativcs was announced, and the
follow K Acts were ratified to au.
!tH.".. sc the County Commissioners Of
, vsrtain Counties to levy and collect
| addition taxes an ACT to enforce
| the payment of the poll tax an Act
to regulate the service of processes
issuing from the Supreme Court :;
all Act to amend Sections 90,
90 and 100, Chaptert XVII, of the
General Statutes.
The following bills were read and
ordered to be epgrosscd for a third
readiug To fix the time of holding
the Ci: cult Court in York County: to
amend Section II, Chapter 45, of the
General Statutes ; to authorize GER
tain Counties to issue and loan bonds
to aid the Atlantic and Pacific Rail.
road Company.
The Senate adopted tho unfavora.
bic report of the Judi,iary Commit
tee on bill to regulate the service
of legal process, and the till was
laid upon the table.
The favorable report Of the t,m..
mittee on the judiciary on hill to
ahrogato ard s:!.f a.. "a! l:ur;,~,! T.!
;hc "sht Of >}u@;h Carn!ln. Incurred
HI "o oE the late rebci!inn nn:i:.s;
:ho tinted States, ~aS aAopao,l, aud
ihe "l,i passed, Oh motion, TO he CO..
groSS"A for . thirl reading.
The joiat resolution 80 ascertain
the extent and validity Ct thc State
debt, and the bill 70 regulate tlowarc
in the State. and TO ,cpcal un Act t,
simplify eAd ahriagc the tu!.s OF
practice, &o in the courts, were Laid
on the table.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY Is, 1878.
SENATE.
The Senate met at IL NJ, President
Gleaves in Chair.
O#ens, from Committee on Fin nee
reported on special juint committee
, appointed to examine the books and
vouchers of the Treasurer and Comp.
troller. General for the fiscal year end
ing October 81, 1872 also, reported
on the appropriation bill for the year
, cbmmcncing Novembar, 1912.
Whittemore introduced a bill to
amend Chapter 42, Section 90; of
General Statutes.
A bill to fix the time Of holding the
Circuit Courts in York County was
read u third time and passed.
The favorably report Of tho Com
mittee on Fiuance on Senate and
House bills to make Appropriations
to pay claims arising under the pro.
clamation of the Governor Of this
State, dated July 20, lS7l, with
substitute.
, The two branches of the General
: Assc nbIy convened at |. p. NJ, to
elect Trustees for the University Of
South Carolina. Licutenant.G g over.
nor Gleaves called the assembly to
order, stated the object Of the same,
aud that, as tile assembly Had previ.
ously been dissolved, no ruled new
nominations to be in order. There
being but three Trustees to elect to
make, with tho four elected last week,
the board complete, the following
we've tho anctcssful cahdidates
Messrs. j. X. Jillson, D. II. Cham.
bcrlain. i. G. North:op.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The House met l2 A. NJ, Speaker
Ice in the Chair.
A message wis received from Gov.
! Moses, vetoing the Act to repeal the
Aet authorizing stenographcrs for the
First and Fifth Circuits. The
Governor gives the following
reasons for his active. The office
in Question has been long established
in many of the Northern and Western
States of the Union, and has been
found by experience to bc powerful
aid in the administration of Justice.
Tho betich, bar and people of those
States arc greatly avorse to its aboli.
tion or disuse, and the same appre.
citation of its value obtains to q very
large extent in the two circuits Of
this State in which the system has
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