The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-02-04
STATE LEaIsLATURE.,
MONDAY, February 8, IC73.
SENATE. -

Inc Senate was called to order at IL
b. by Lieutensnt-G Governor Gleaves.
Prayer by Professor. Cummings. -
Mr.. Whittemore, from Committee on
judiciary, reported. with amendments,
lfavorably bill to alter and amend the
Code of Procedure. being little 9th OF
she Revised Statutes. This bill relates
more particularly to legal processes,
]udgments, DEGREES, fees, etc., and shove
great amount OF care and stody in the
framing of it. -.
Mr.. Cardozo. from Com mmittee on Ohati-
table Institutions. reported, by sub,tj-
tute, bill TO instruct the trustees OF the
state Orphan sylum to solicit proro.
sails Tor site and the construction of
the same; bill to refer to the quail.
| ned voters OF Barn we'll the removal of
the County heat thereof.
/ Mr. DioJson introduced bill to pro.
Vide for tue appointment Of q Commits.
| sloner OF Imm igration and to define the
| duties OF the same.
MIR. Dunn introduced bill to author
re the Oom missloners of certain Ouun.
ties to issue bonds in aid OF the Atlantic
and Seaboard Railroad Company.
Mr. Hollinshead offered q concurrout
resolution, that whereas $75. 900 has been
appropriated for the payment of publish.
ing the Acts Of the General Assembly of
| lo7l-'72, in the various newspApers
throughout the State: and whereas the
state Troasurer alleges that. the said ap-
preparation OF $4,000 has been ex.
hausted. leaving nnnnia many claims for
the publication OF the Aots:nt said Gene.
raj Assembly; that the State Treasurer
Do directed to report t9t The, General AS
sembly. within thEesf fdays after tho pas
sage OF this resolution, the names OF the
newspapers, the amounts paid each, and
to whom paid ont ofasaid appropriation
ordered to lie over for further considera-
| tion.
Mr. Nash, from Committee on Claims,
reported favorsbly upon the foIIowiuo
claims: Keowee Courier, 81, ,46O so. for
publishing Acts; +. NJ. TRIMMER. for
same, and Henry M. Smith, for services
as Coroner Of Greenville County.
The following named bills were passed
and sent to the House Of Representa-.
tlves: TO provide for tho puyneut of the
past indebtedness Of Georgetown; to
provide for special assessment of taxes
In Aiken; to charter the .Chernw and
Chester Railroad Company; to amend
the Act incorporating the town of Lewis
Vile; Joint resolution to provide en- ap-
preparation tor the final payment of
lands purchased by tbs State in Darling
ton, purchased by ordor of the Land
Commissioners; authorizing the Commits
sioners OF Beaufort to lovy Il special tax.
| The favorable report of the Claims
Committee on the claim for $279. 81 of
John Dooley, for services as quarryman.
was laid over until the next session. The
aooount Of A. Feininger. Librarian, for
SoU oo, was ordered to be paid.
Ihe following were passed to third
reading: Bill to change tho name of
MoCaulley James White; to authorize
the commissioners to open O certain road
in Abbeville County; to amend Sections
~ and 33 OF Chapter VIII, Title 4, of
the Act relating to the boundaries of
Lancaster and York Counties; to amend
the Act for the protection and preserya.
ton OF useful animals-[this was amend
cd 80 as to allow deer to be hunted from
August to January l. and partridges
10 April 1871 bill to require Trinl JUS
tlces to give bond, &c., of $500, except
in Charleston County, which shall be as
heretofore, and provides for return of
all cases tried, fees received. etc. and
! requires those who have been appoiute6
to Tile bond in sixty days; to provide
for the establishment and support of q
normal school; to provide for purchasers
OF lands at sales made for non payment
OF taxes being pnt in possession OF the
same.
A number of incorporation bills re.
ceired a second reading.
In tho House, there was no quorum.
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While war-like movements on an inef.
fective acale have been in propress