The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-03-04
THE SrATE LEaIsLATURE.
WEDNESDAY. MARCH 3, 1876.
~. SENATE

sWEON89DAY, MARCH ), 1870.
SENATE.
q a uhessage Wks t4ceivsd from the
House, that bin t0regukte the sale
Of seed cotton In \Hpartanburg. U niou
and Anderson Counties, was indefi.
nitely postponed. 't
Titls Of q bill relative to State
officers and Offices. and joint resolution
authorizing County Commissioners Of
Marlboro to levy and COLLECT special
tax OF ! ~ mills on the dollar for pay
ment OF rast due Indebtedness Of said
County, were enrolled for ratification.
A communication was received from
Comptroller-G General Hoge, in which
he says, have the honor to acknow-
ledge receipt o: concurrent resolution
requiring me to furnish the General
Assembly with copies of the monthIy
| statements Of the cash transactions Of
the treasury for the present fiscal year.
In reply thereto, I beg leave to inform
you that, up to tho pre:en: time. no
reports for the present fiscol year have
been received at this Office from the
Treasurer. Received as information.
Claims OF G.. N. Cain, Aleck Myers,
(arreoting murderer,) and Hal Will
lams were presented.
A number Of reports Of committees
were received and uctel on, after
which general aud special orders were
considered.
A communication from Treasurer
Cardozo was ordered TO lie on the
table.
Mr.. Jones introduced bill to amend
an Act to provide for pay yment OF past
indebtedness Of Georgetown County.
Mr.. Swails introduced resoiutfon,
which was agreed to, that u resolution
rquiring the Senate to meet at IL A.
NJ. be rescinded.
The recon- mendations uf the Com.
| mittee OF Conference on thu Appru-
priation Bill was concnrred in.
House OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
The Chair had read, by the Clerk. an
extract from tho reply Of tho State
Treasurer. relative to the report Of the
Special Joint COMMITTEES appointed to
investigate the funding OF State boudp.
and contradicied some VI the state
| ments.
EpYcting clause Of n bill 70 uuthor-
ia County Commissioners of Union
to apply the proceeds OF one mill of
County taxes for payment OF past III.
debtedness of. said Coapty. was stricken
out. ~ - ! 80" ~ "s4
Title of q bill providing for pay
ment Of thapas dua indebtedness Of
Chester County. WAS changed 10 au
Act
A resolution relative 10 The business
Of the General Assembly, was reonived
from the Senate, which was ctncurr ed
RI, a, i1ohnI., h~
said committee recommend day for
the adjournment sine die Of this ses-
sion of the General Assembly. A reso.
luton for appointment Of joint com
mittee to examine books Of Treasurer
aud Comptroller Gs neral, was also con
CURED in.
A Communication was received from
Comptroller General Hogo. that np to
the present time, no reports for the
current fiscal yeir hnve been received
from the State Treasurer. Wherempou
Mr.. Robertson introduced a reeoIu-
tiOn, which was adopted, that the
State Treasurer inform this House
forthwith why he hos not compiled
with requirements of Section 33. Chap
tor XVII of the Revised Statutes, re-
eniring the State Treasurer. at the and
Of every month. to report to tho Comp.
troller- General All accurate statement
Of the cash transactions of tie trea.
sory. go.
A message was received from the
Governor, stating that he had ettixcd
his official signature to Acts to repeal
an Act to authorize the County Com
missioners of Lexington to change the
course of tho market road, known AZ
the "River Road" in said County; to
alte, and amend an Act to renew the
charter Of Sand Bar Ferry, across the
Savannah River, and to fix the rates of
toll Of said ferry; to incorporate town
Of Gsffney City. in County of Spartan
burg; joint resolution to allow Edward
II. Arthur to redeem certain forfeited
lands in Richland County.
! A communication was received from
the State Treasurer. acknowledging
the receipt of the resolution eqnesting
Information forthwith as to the reaso u
why he had not made monthly reports
to the Comptroller-G General. The rea.
son assigned is: "rhat the work in
my Office has been so enormous. that
it is simply and absolutely impossible
for me to perform it as quickly as
would like to. Mr.. Parker, my prede.
cessor, had three clerks in his office,
but nm only allowed two by law; and
since the passage OF the Funding Act.
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