Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-10-30
WEDNESDAY, October %.


In THE SENATE, the committee on enrolled
acts reported that yesterday, the certified copy
of the act to relieve the State of liability on
Blue Ridge bonds, &C., (known as the "lost
act") had been presented to the Governor for
his signature.
On motion of Mr.. Swails, the unfinished
business of the last session was taken up, and
on motion of the same senator, the whole of
the unfinished business was laid on the table /;
which induced the report of the committee of
free conference on House bill, to aid and en-
courage manufactures and internal improve
ments.
On motion of the same Senator, all bills and
resolutions on the calendar, for second read
ing, were referred to their respective commit
tees. Among these were the following 10
make drunkenness in certain officers al in
dictable offence; to pay mileage to school
trustees joint resolution to authorize and d.
rect the county commissioners of York county
to open road in said county; to authorize
and require the county commissioners of New
berry and Union counties to build bridg
across the Tiger river, at or near Gordon's
ferry to regulate the deposit Of State, county
and other funds; to amend sections IA, 81
and S5, of the act to regulate the manner of
drawing juries !; to punish persons for the re.
moval or secreting Of personal property levied
on by the sheriff or other officer ; to repeal an
act to authorize trustees to invest funds in
the bonds of the State; to regulate the pay
of county treasurers; to provide for the ap-
pointment of commissioner of public build
ings, and to define his duties joint resolution
authorizing and directing the comptroller
general to reconvey certain lands forfeited to
the State for the non-payment of taxes.
The bill to incorporate the Pharmaceutical
Association of South Carolina, was taken up
and indefinitely postponed.
The report of the committee on immigra-
ton, on bill to provide for the appointment
of q commissioner of immi grafton, and to de-
fine his duties, was indefinitely postponed.
A message was received from the Governor
stating that he had approved the act before
referred to as the "lost act"
The Joint resolution allowing David M.
Hemingway, of York county, to redeem
certain forfeited lands, was ordered to be en-
crossed.
The unfavorabe report on a bill to aid and
encourage manufactures, was adopted.
Mr.. Whittemore introduced bill to amend
the act regulating the pay of members of the
General Assembly.
In THE HOUSE, the speaker presented the
report on emigration of the clerks of the Sen
ate and House of Representatives, which was
referred to the committee on immigration.
A concurrent resolution that the State
treasurer be requested to issue, as soon as
practicable, for the relief of the treasury, the
remaining 100000 of the s5O0,OO0 bills re-
ceivable, authorized by the act approved De-
cember, 1865, was introduced, and an effort
was made to refer the same to the committees
on ways and means and the judiciary, jointly,
with instructions to report, as soon as practi-
cable. as to the constitutionality of the act au-
thorizing the issue of bills receivable, but the
motion was laid on the table. After pro-
longed debate on a motion to strike out the
resolving clause, the ayes and nays were called,
resulting in the affirmative, the vote being 80
to 2, thus defeating the bill. Messrs. Bowley
and Minort we're the principal speakers in adj
vocacy of the resolution, and Messrs. Crews,
Barker, Boston and Sperry against. The last
named gave, among his reasons tor opposing
it, that he believed it would be detrimental to
the interests of the poor man that the issue
of these bills would only benefit men who had
money to buy them up at a low figure, espe-
cially county treasurcrs, who could turn them
in for taxes.
At 1:5O p. m., on motion of MIR. Boston, the
House went into committee Of the whole, to
consider the financial condition of affairs, Mr..
S. B. Thompson, of Richland, in the chair.
The debate was opened by the introduction of
a resolution by Mr.. Hurley, that the commit
tee deem it an act of justice that the entire
Indebtedness of the State, floating and funded,
should be scaled in proportion to the value
the State received.
Upon the resolution, Mr.. Hurleyspoke at length,
saying, among other things, that he had found that
SOME had recommended the debt to be scaled, not
all the debt nor so that the holders shall receive
fair equivalent. Regarding the composition of
The Slate debit he would say that he would like