Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-02-20
Legislative Proceedings.


payment of the Poll Tax; Bill to prevent
State and County officers toshold more
than one Office; Bill to punish persons for
the removal or secreting personal property
levied on by the Sheriff; Bill to abrogate
and sink all that portion Of the debt Of
South Carolina, incurred in aid of the re-
belion.
Hamilton, colored, member Of the
House, from Beaufort, was expelled on
Tuesday, for the balance Of the session for
disorderlv conduct.
On Wednesday, the 18th, the House
passed q resolution appointing 3 Commit
tee to investigate the affairs of the State
Orphan Asylum
There was long debate on the Tax
Bill, the enacting clause of which was
stricken out.
The House also passed Bill to repeal
the Validating Bill; Bill to amend Sec
ton 8 Of an Act to approve the usury
laws
In the Senate Mr.. Julian introduced a
Bill to amend the Charter of the Augusta
Air Line Rail Road The Rail Road
Committee reported favorably on the fol.
lowing bills: Bill to incorporate the
Moultrieville Railroad; Bill to amend an
Act to incorporate the Beaufort Horse
Rail Road c Company Bill to charter the
Anderson, Aiken, Port Royal and Charles
ton Rail Road.
On Wednesday the following Acts were
signed by the Governor and have become
laws: Bill to incorporate Harmony Cir
Gle of Charleston; Bill to incorporate the
Second Coosawhatchie Baptist Church IN
Beaufort; Bill to incorporate the Union
Mariners Chapel Of Charleston; Bill to
incorporate the Union Assembly Society
of Charleston Bill to renew the charter
of WoFord College; Bill to incorporate
the village of Fort Mills, York County !;
Bill to incorporate the town Of Hodges,
Abheville Bill to refer to the voters OF
Bsrnwell the location of the County seat
Bill to incorporate the Darlington Agri-
cultural and Mechanical Fair.
The House, on the 18th, adopted res
olution TO adjourn sine die on the goth
instant, but it was tabled in the Senate.
There was a long debate in the House
on the Bill to repeal Section 4 of an Act
to relieve the State of South Carolina Of
all liability for its guaranty of the bonds
of the Blue Ridge Rail Road Company,
by providing for the securing and destrue-
ton Of the same, approved March 2, 1872,
and to repeal so much of Section u,
Chapter XI., Title III, of the General
Statutes as authorized the State Auditor
to give notice annually to each County
Auditor of the rates per centum to be
levied for various State purposes. The
House adjourned without reaching q
vote.
The Legislative Committee, appointed
to investigate the outstanding Pay Certi-
ficates and Bills Payable made their re-
port. The following are the figures: .
Bills Payable. ............ $26O, que, 90
House Certificates. 75,804.S7
Senate Certificates. 5000. .5O, ,oS4 ,4s
Joint Certificates. es..........-. l4,o9oio
Total .4Ol, ,s89. eS
This amount will have to be paid by
special appropriation, and it is said that
Bill viii be introduced for that pur-
pose.
On Friday, the l4th, bath Houses met
in Joint Assembly at l o'clock to elect
seven Trustees of the South Corollna UNI
versity. There were sixteen nominations
made, most of whom were members OF the
Legislature, and the balloting began, one
ballot being held for each Trustee. Or
the first ballot S. J. Lee, ]. A. Bowley, S
A. Swails and W. Jervey, all colored, ane
members of the Legislature were elected
when a question was raised as to whether
members of the Legislature were quallh
ed under the constitution to hold position
and the Joint Assembly broke up in con-
fusion.
In the Senate the Finance COMMITTEES
reported the Appropriation Bill, with
number of amer ,nts.
The same Committee, to whom was re
ferred the Bill to make an appropriation
to paw claims arising under the proclama
ton Of the Governor Of the State, report
ed as a substitute Bill appropriating, al
gratuity, ten thousand dollars to Majol
Lewis Merrill, United States Army, fo
his eminent services in breaking up tn
Ku-Klux organization in the State th'
said amount of ten thousand dollars to b.
in full for all services rendered in making
arrests under the proclamation of the Gov
ernor, of July 2Sth, 1871.
The following Bills were read thlrt
time in the Senate and were sent to tn,
House: Bill to change the name Of Franz
Simpson, of Anderson, to Frank Center
to amend an Act to authorize the forma
ton of, and to incorporate the, Spartan
burg and Aiken Rail Road TO incorpor
ate the town of Blackstock; to divide th'
State into FIVE Congressional Districts
to INCORPORATE the Sherman Rifles OF Edge
field.
The following Acts We're signed by th'
Governor on Friday and have become
laws; Ac! to incorporate the Gearge
town Cyprus Company to amend an Act
entitled an Act to incorporate certain
Fire Companies Of Charleston; to lncor
porate Hook, Ladder and Truck Compa
ny No. ], OF Camden to amend an Ac'
to grant, renew and amend the charters O
certain towns and villages to incorporate
the Refulgent Society Of the City of Co.
lunbia; TO incorporate the Aiken Build
ing and Real Estate Association to in
corporate the Randolph Enterprise Asso.
ciation to incorporate the Florence Edu'
cational Association TO incorporate the
Grant and Wilson National Guards Of
Greenland, Aiken County; to incorporate
the Draylnen's Benevolent Association
Charleston to authorize the County Com.
missioners of Richland to levy and collect
taxes to build Court House in said
County; to incorporate tine Charleston
Coastwise and transportation Company
INrENDIARIsM.-We learn that the
town of Elberton, Ga, was fired on last
Wednesday night and that three stores
with contents were DESTROYED. 1t ap-
pears that negro man and white man,
names unknown, broke into store with
the purpose Of stealing. secured what they
wanted and then applied the match to
conceal the perpetrators of the theft
The guilt parties have been arrested and
lodged in Jail and we sincerely trust that
the full measure Of the law will be meted
out to them. The rights of private citl-
zens should not be trampled upon. The
majesty of the law should be vindicated
and upheld at all Enthusiastically
Medium.
Greenwood d AUGUSTA RAILROAD
yyo avs ;nJebtel TO our friend Mr.. J. E.