The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-01-11

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tuition, shall have power and authority to blnc
either OF the inmates OF the said House o.
| Refuge and Industrial School that shall have
arrived at the age of fourteen years as ap
prentices to any trade or employment fol
| which they may be fitted, the males TILL TWEEN.
| ty.one, and the females I'LL eighteen years Oh
age.
SEQ. L. That 1t shall be misdemeanor to
entlce away or harbor any Of the minors com,
mtted to The House OF Refuge or Industrial
School, or to entics away or haroor sncn ol
them as shall have been spprenticed by the
authority aforesaid.
Senator Smalls, of BEAUFORT, to-day intro
duced bill which would seem 10 lndlcale
that our law-givers are so well pleased Win
the muddle into which the Slate nnances
have been placed by the Issue OF state oonos
as to desire 10 extend the same dangerous
practice into county affairs. Tne DILL 10 en-
Titled bill to provide Tor the funding of the
debt of Beaufort County, and It's principal pro-
Visions are as follows: 1t authorizes The
Beaufort county commissioners 10 oorroW
thirty thousand dollars on the credit of the
county, to be represented oy coupon oonos
bearing 6 3-lQ interest, payable annually at
the county treasury, the principal TO De re-
deemable alter one year, and payable alter
twelve years from March l, 1873. The bonds
are 10 be signed by not less than two.
OF the county commissioners, counterslgned
by the treasurer and registered by the CLERK
of the court In the name oil the pereou TO
whom Issued, and they are 10 be IN sums OF
fifty dollars each and numbered consecutlVely
from one 10 six hundred. The amount at the
par value OF all these bonds Ia 10 oe used ex-
clusivey inHcancelling the debt of Beaufort
County. The couRLy commissioners are TO
advertise for thirty days for bids from persons
holding county checks for terms Of exchange
for said bonds at par, and those Offering the
largest discount on their checks shall have
them exchanged for bonds and the cheeks
cancelled. An annual tax OF one mill on the
dollar is also provided for. the funds there
from to be kept separate and used exclusively
tor paying Interest and retiring bonds.
Another proposition to amend the game
law was made to-day by Senator Nash In the
introduction of bill which seeks to change
the period when 1t Is unlawful to hunt deer,
which is now from January TO September l,
to the period between March and August l.
Also to limit the period In which the hunting
OF turkey, partridge, snipe, &C., which now
extends from February IA TO October 10, and
make 1t from May 10 september l.
Senator Whiltemore to-day introdnceG MS
usual batch OF bills, among them being OIL
10 require officers elected by the people 10
qnaliiy within thirty days alter the receipt OF
official notification of their election, under a
psDalty of forfeiture of the office. He also IN
d
tion of thousand dollars for the legisia-
tive expenses of the sessions OF ls7o'7l ana
l87l-72.
Senator Jeter introduced joint resolution
TO extend the time for the payment OF tue
present taxes 10 the first OF March, which,
after some debate, In which the proposal was
strongly supported by Senators Jeter and
Smslls, end as strenuously opposed by Sena-
tors Nash aud Whlttemore, 1t was laid over
for ronaidaratiOn tO.mOrrOw.
The entire time of the House this morning
was occupied with q series Of senseless squad
bles over the most lrifiing resolutions, intro,
duced apparently for the express purpose OF
provoking debate and proongiDg the session.
One or two Important bills were introduced,
however, which were as follows:
Representative Grant introduced a bill TO
divide the State into FIVE congressional dis
tricts, the proposed arrangement OF counties
being as follows:
First ict-Georgetown, Williamsburg,
Horny, Marion, Marlboro, Chesterfield, Dar-
lington and Clarendon Counties.
second Observation-Disclosures, Colleton and
Oraugeburg Counties.
Third Dlstrict-Richland, Fairfield, New
berry, Laurens. Anderson, Pickens, Ocouee
and Abbeville Counties.
Fourth Distrlct-sumter, Kershaw, Lancas.
ter, Chester, York, Union, Spartanburg and
Graenvile Counties.
Fifth DIslrlct-Bsauiort, Barnwell, Edge
field, Al zen and Lexington Counties.
The same member Introduced DILL 10 re-
peal the act TO establish an inferior court in
the County of Charleston, which proposes TO
make clean sweep Of that expensive5and un-
satisfactory institution.
Representative Wallace introduced an I'm
portant bill seeking to undo the laoors OF the
late ccdfying commission aud repeal the
act authorizing the formation of the COM
mission and tho code which they produced.
This bill also provides as follows:
The forms Of proceeding, practice and plead
ing In the Court of Common Pleas In all
actions shall be the same as have heretofore
existed 10 this State In the Court OF Equity.
The times and places Of holding The Courts
of Sessions and Common Pleas shall be the
same as those now established by the laws
hereinbptore recited and repealed, and by
any law amendatory thereof.
In actions already commenced all further
proceedings shall, nnder the order OF the
Court where it Is pending, bs made to con-
lorm itself to the said former practice OF the
Court of Equity. PICKET.