The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-02-02
= .sEATE LEGISLATURE.
SATURDAY FlsRUAaz-l, 1871.
= SENATE.I

G1oa19a EN ~ tuo Caeir. Ttyer oy fsaS'
M. Johnston Introduced bills to.isu-
thorize the building Of bridge across
Lynch's Greek; to amend the Constitu.
hon OF the State. relating to the bound
,sry line of Pickens and Oconee Coun.
ties.
Mr.. Jervey introduced bills to regu-
late fowage; to authorize the construc-
lion of the Now York, Norfolk and
Charleston Railroad Company; to renew
and amend the charter Of the Appren-
tices' Library Association.
Mr.. Whittemore introduced Joint
resolution to provide for the purchase of
Q lot Of land for the use Of tue State
Penitentiary.
Mr.. Maxwell, from COMMITTEES on
Education, reported unfavorably on the
bill to require County School Commits.
sioners to open night schools at tho re-
! spective County seats, the Stuto now
finding it difficult to provide for present
modes Of education.
Mr.. Lee presented report of David
Hemphill, Treasurer OF Chester County,
showing that 81, 500 Of tho half mill tax,
for the support of widows and orphans
OF those persons who were killed for their
political opinions, had been collected,
a
to two families.
time of holding Circuit Courts in York
County.
The bill to regulate fowngo in this
! State, introduced to-day by Mr.. Jervey,
Of Charleston, provides that owners OF
| mills may improve the streams aud
ponds without molestation; any person
aggrieved thereby may commence action
for damages, defendant having the right
to appeal from judgment, such appeal to
be made within FIVE days. Section II
provides that no person shall detuin 8
| natural stream ut any ono time more
than twelve hours out OF twenty -four,
except on Sundays. when he shall be re-
quested by the owner OF any dam one
mile below to suffer The naturnl strcum
to pass.
Mr.. Jeryey presented tho petition and
memorial of VIM. Aiken, Robert Adeer
and Wm. @. Bee, showing that they and
others paid the direct tax laid by Act of
Congress. and pray ing relief. This peti-
ton shows tina. tax of 1868, $40 was
laid upon the State of South Carolina,
being it's proportion of SO, 600. 900 laid
on the Uuitcd States, and that the pe-
nalty of fifty per cent, provided for by
subsequent Acts, created lien on the
propcrty-vcsting title in tho United
States, or. the purchase thereof. It is
also set forth, that ut the time of the
passage OF the Act, the authority of the
United States was subverted in this
State, and afterwards, in November,
1861. wos re-established in small sec.
tion, and the levy OF the tax was made as
far as possible, and many estates sold at
nominal prices, because the owners could
not pay tho taxes; that, in 1865, United
States authority was established in
Charleston and the sea.hoard, and the
same lien was extended. Tho memorial
lists hold that the whole amount of tax
and penalty was collected from q compn-
ratively small number of the citizens;
their property was seized and held by
agents of the United States, and re-
stored only upon the production of n
certificate that tho tax and penalty had
been paid. They, therefore. ask the
same treatment that would be given be-
fore the courts of the State, between
two individuals. claiming that they hnve
paid the whole debt Of the State, and
wonld bo we'll content to have their
claim to relief tricu and adjulgcl by the
courts of the State.
Tho following bills were passed 10 q
third reading and ordered to be en-
crossed: Joint resolution to allow the
heirs of the estate Of James PHILIPPE, in
Darlington County. to redeem certain
forfeited lands; bill to incorporate the
Charleston Coastwise Transportation
Company; bill to amend the Act incor-
poratipg the town of Lewisville, Orange.
burg Couuty; bill to prevent the OBJ
struction Of harbors and nayigable
streams in the State, by tho discharge
OF ballast OF stone. dirt and other heavy
materials. This last bill caused consi-
derable debate, but passed in shape
that seemed to meet with tho we'll consi.
dered opinions of that part of the Senate
familiar with nautical affairs. The bill
to incorporate the Mariners Chapel, Of
Charleston, was laid on the table, as q
similar House bill had passed; bill to
change the namo of Frog Level to Pros
perity was made the special order for
next Friday, at p. NJ.
message was received from the Co
vernon, pertaining to Executive business
The special order, being to amend
Section IL, Chapter 3S, of the General
Statutes, relating to tho salary of County
commissioners, WAS then taken up. A