Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-02-20
THE SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE.
MONDAY. February 10.

In THE Senate, Mr.. Whittemore introduced
the following resolution: "That our Senators
in the United States Senate are hereby in
structed, and our representatives in the House
of Representatives are hereby requested, to
use their influence against the withdrawal of
the United States troops from this State, and
to represent to his Excellency, the Pres
ident of the United States, that the withdraw
al of the same would be, at the present time,
detrimental to the permanent establishment
and maintenance of law and order in the
State; and that his Excellency the Governor,
is hereby requested to forward to each of them
certified copies of this resolution" The reso-
luton was Immediately considered, and after
debate, was adopted. Messrs. Whittemore,
Jervey, Swails, Cain, Jones and Hope spoke
in favor of the resolution, and Mr.. Mcintyre
opposed it.
The bill to amend the charter of the town
of Chester received its third reading, and was
sent to the House.
The bill to revise and amend an act enti-
tied can act to reduce all acts and parts OF
acts to determine and perpetuate the home
stead into one act" and to amend the same,
was read third time, received numerous
amendments, passed, and was sent to the
House with amendments.
An act to incorporate the village of Fort
Mill, in the county of Y ork, was duly ratified.
A bill to amend section 7, chapter 1O4, of
title /, part 3, of the General Statutes-being
bill to transfer to the clerks Of courts GER
tain duties now performed by sherifs-was
read a second time, and ordered to be en-
crossed.
The House sent to the Senate a bill to
amend the insurance law, with amendments,
which were concurred in, and the bill was or.
dered to be enrolled for ratification. The
amendment allows United States bonds, as
we'll as State bonds, to be deposited by insur-
ance companies.
The report of the judiciary committee on a
bill to regulate the fees of probate judges,
clerks of courts, trial justices and other off,
GERS, was debated at length on the second
reading. Mr.. Jamison desired to postpone
the report for future consideration. 1t was
finally concluded to take the bill up at once
for consideration, and the attention of the
Senate was engaged for an hour or more upon
large number of amendments. The main
number of amendments placed the fees back
where they were in the law of 1889.
In THE HOUSE, the Committee on Labor
reported unfavorably on bill to regulate la
Dor on farms.
A bill to provide for the registration Of
bonds, stocks and coupons of the State, and to
investigate the financial condition of South
Carolina was taken up. The amendments
proposed by the committee by adding to the
bill the following as sections and 8, were
adopted:
"Sec. 7. That so much of section 10 of an
act entitled AN act relating to the bonds of
the State of South Carolina, approved March
49, 1872, as declares the Commercial Ware
house Company in the city of New York, and
the Carolina National Bank, in the city Of
Columbia, South Carolina, to be authorized
places for the registering of the bonds, cou'
pons or stocks of the State of South Carolina
is hereby repealed.
"See. 8. That the said board shall cause to be
published, in one or more newspapers printed
respectively, in the cities of New York, Co.
lumbia and Charleston, for three months after
the passage of this bill, each notice of this
act as they may deem necessary to convey to
all persons concerned in the information ii
contains"
The bill was read second time and order
ed to be engrossed.
The Senate sent to the House resolution
praying for the retention of the United States
troops in this State On motion of Mr.. Mi
mort, the resolution was concurred in, and or
dered to be returned to the Senate.
A bill to set apart juror fund in each
county of the State, was taken up and the en-
acting clause stricken out
A bill to amend section Of an act entitled
can Act to repeal the usury laws of theState,
approved December s, 1866, being section
Of chapter so of title II of the General
Statutes, was taken up, read and ordered to
be engrossed. The amendment proposes to
fix the rate of interest at ten per cent in the
absence of contract to the contrary.
Mr.. Bowley, from the Committee on Ways
and Means, introduced bill authorizing the
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