Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-12-12
PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE.

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in favor of abolishing tho bond court. The
following from tho report of tho Charleston
Ne'os and Courier is sample of tho speech
Seen. Gary then paid his respects tt
various State officials aud opened tho Walls o
his wrath upon oil persons. Governor, Lieute.
nant Governor, State officers, Senators, MON
bers of tho House, Judges, newspapers
preachers and everybody else who favored
the payment Of the debt Of the State. Ills
speech. especially those parts which referred
to Governor Hampton. and also his violent
donnnciations Of the Chief Justice, created n
decided sensation.
In tho House, Gen. MoGowan presented
petitions from citizens Of Abbovillo PRAYING
the passage Of stock law, and also against
tho practice of fraudulently selling cotton in
tho seed.
Also bill to provide for tho establishment
OF State mircralogioal bureau and minora-
logical survey oftho State.
The Judiciary Committee, to whom was re
forrcd resolution instructng them to inquire
into the title of tho State to tho Eluo Ridge
Railroad, recommended that it be referred to
tho Attorney General to inquire into tho
matter. and to take such action as the facts
may require
On tho bill to alter and amend the law in
relation to appeals from Circuit Courts to tho
Supreme Court. the same committee reporcl
as substitute q bill entitled bill to alter
and amend tho Inv in relation to appeals from
Circuit Courts to the Supreme Court.
On the bill to prevent and punish the inter.
marriage of tho races. the same committee
reported substitute: entitled bill to
prevent and punish the intormarrying of the
races.
bill to amend an net in relation to for
teited lands and the redemption Of the same,
and to land not heretofore placed on the tax
duplicate, together with tho substitute offered
by tho committee, entitled bill in relation
to lands forfeited to the State for the non
payment of taxes, were taken up and discussed
at some length, and before vote was reached
on motion of MIR. Davant. tho bills were made
the special order for l2 NJ. to- morrow.
Messrs. Fickcn and Buist spoke in favor of
the substitute, which authorized tho County
Trcasurcrs to receive bills Of tho Bank of the
State in payment of the back taxes on the
forfeited lands.
Messrs. Murrry. Brown and Adrch sp.ko
against the substitute, taking tho ground that
IT tho State authorized the reception Of the
bills ofthe Bank of tho State in the redcmn-
tion of these lands it would acknowledge that
the bills were valid obligation of tho State
and would encourage the holders of the bills
to tender them for all kinds of taxes levied by
the State; and furthermore, it would be a
| virtual back down from the position taken by
the General Assembly in the debt compromise
in which tho State offered to fund the bills at
90 cents on tho dollar.
Messrs. Buist and Fickon showed tbnt by
an act of the General Assembly, passed at tho
last session, tho bills Of tho Bank of the State
were arendy being received in the redemption
OF forfeited lands that the tender OF these bills
had seriously interfercd with the finances of
the counties, and the mode provided in tho
Substitute bill was certainly ns advantageous
one as could be suggested for their absorb.
sion. The discussion indicated that tho Lego
lslaturc at its present session will be compelled
IN sell defence to provide for the retiring of
the bills in somo way or other.
COLUMBIA, December 6. lS78.-In tho
Senate, Mr.. Livingston introduced bill to
amend an act entitled "An act to amend an
act entitled An act to establish by law the
voting precincts in the various counties of
| this Statc'"
The special order for p. NJ was the bill
ny MIR. Gary to repeal a joint resolution
providing mode of asccrtaining the debt
of tho State and of liquidatiug and settling
the same.
After several futile attempts to postpone
the special order, the Senate proceeded to
consider MIR. Talt's motion to strike out the
cnacting clause Of the bill.
After debate by Mcssrs. Mcctzc, Taft and
Gary, the yeas and nays were taken on the
motion of MIR. Taft, and arc as follows:
Yeas --Messrs. Bird, Bradley, Buck, Cam
non' Coker, Collins, Counts, Crayton, Fraser
Jeter, Kinsler, Maxwell, Mccall, Mcqueen
Moore, Siegling. Taft and Walker--lS.
Nays-Aessrs. Butler, Crittcnden, Duncan
Eishburnc, Gary, Howard, Lipscomb, Living
ston, Meetzc, Patterson, Todd, Williams
Withcrspoon and Wylc-l4.
SO the cnac,:ng clause was stricken out.
MIR. Taft moved to reconsider tho yot,
whereby the cnacting clause was stricken ont
and to lay tho motion to reconsider on th
table
On the question of agreeing to this motion
the yeas and nays wcrc demanded, and ar
as follows:
Ycas-Messrs. Buck. Collins Mccall
Moore. Seiging, Taft and Walker-7
Nays -Mcssrs. Bradley, Butler, Cannon
COker, Counts, CrnYton Crttendcn Fish