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PROCEEDINGS OF THE LEGIS'
LATURE.
Tuesday, December, 10, 1878.
SENATE.
The Senate assembled at II NJ.

The Senate assembled AT IL VI.
The election for United States senator was
held, with the result lis elsewhere reported III
the Register.
Mr.. Fiishburnc introduced u I'LL to provide
for the revision and consolidation oil The stitt-
ulclawS of the state of South Caro.lhn.
Bill (IlouscJ making provision for certain
committee clerks of the General ASSrlhO,S
bill IiouSc) to punish assault or assault ana
battery with any iirc-arln, committed OH
streets or places OF public resort bili (ilousel
to Incorporate tie MecaaniGs, =, n"', W q rs ~
the third time, passed ana returned 10 TIC
. House.
Bill IIouscJ to authorize James $. Gibbes to
prove before the Commissioner of the court
.! of Claims certain BOMBS OF tho SrartanDurS
and Union Railroad Company guaranteed Dy
the State; bill Iiouscy To change tic time Tor
urcpnring the Jury list in UrangcDuTg County ;
( bill Iiouscj to alter and amend the law III re-
lation to the mynlcn of dcbisof IL drccIsnt
bill ulousc) to regulate the number OF Irlti
Justices for the County or Hampton, received
third reading, passed, their titles were chang
cd to acts and they were ordered to be cliroll-
cd for ratification.
Joint resolution (~IIouscl tocnnblc the oun-
ty commissioners of Anderson County to pay
certain claims due by said county passed TO
third reading.
act to- authorize County commissioners TO
submit to the qualified electors Oi t!Icir sew
cral counties a proposition to alter the fence
laws ma t." pr on nen ,%T emcc'""'''s ''' "''
Fiji blouse TO protect the lands and crops
of the citizens of .Ahhevillc and Lnureis
Counties from trrSpIss ~ stOsH Pa aS net 10 10
prevent fishing with nets In the fresh water
streams Of this state at certain scIsolisoi me
year; also. a bill! To appoint n lisl ooniIl'lSS
Sioncr and to increase the propagation OF
GShcs.
ON motion of Mr.. Crittenden, the Senate
took up out of It's order resolution (by MIR.
Cary as to Court Of Claims.
MT. Crittendcn offered the following as q sub
stitnte therefor:
Re il r,solrtd by tho Senate Of South caroll-
ma, the House of Representatives concurring,
That it be referred. to Joint committee, 10
consist OF the Judiciary Committee OF the
Senate and the on 'ud'ci" ay,r m
whether tho Court OF Claims, creatcI ny n
Joint resolution approved March Y, 1873, emil
tied "a joint resolution providing hlous o!
nsccrtnining tic debt Of the State ana or
Iiouidating and settling the same Is, or Is
not, constitutional court, with Instructions
to report at the earliest period practlcaDle.
Pending the consideration or the ABOVE res
olu:ion, ut 3.l5P. NJ. the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Mr.. Price Introduced Il bill to incorporate
the Ninrly-Six and Aikcu Nailrond Colhpa-
ny: ,n, .,,, .,.,os RI
parties holding real estate by virtue OF tax IT,
MIR. w. X. Bradlcy-A bill making hard Ia
Dor Il punishment for ofienscs or which I'M
l II ~ iiS NSNt'ts J"aS -
atty; also, II bill to provide for drainagei In inc
counties of Grcenvillc. Anderson, Abbcrille
and LaurenS.
The Committee on Mines ana Mining ina"e
m unfavorable report ON Il bill to establish a
Bureau Of Agriculture, Statistics aud Mining
III !leu VI 'he oiH-o 0
A Joint resolution to authorize the Treasur-
or to pay II balance due X. a. B0wcn on
Comptroller Generals Warrant NO. Nb, or SSO:
81, ana u Dill ouu.,oi u,'moN,: cnnrn M God
inc LauieiS lNhiiiouu coiipnms H." InoI
by inc Stnte 10 present amu P[nnG ,n - ns'
lore me commissioners u N'"
were rsIcc.cu. e.,,, ,,o ron,n,,ttoo IN tho
Nj. n.C.ioMnn' = Ga = =, = rnnnrt IN a iii
Juuiciuis .ittc - AM vCnrdcns nj
o,r nt Snrl,~iIIn 70 irnnose and levy u
Spcc,ai taH h hoI tilI PaS mcnt,oneI' "'eN
Mr. i u TrTnphill, from inc Committee on
,hn i,i"i,rv mrdr 81 rcuort ON u bill to re.
lhe uuiEiui!' a.. ~ - md AZ NJ rbnntcr XVI
ptat " ~ ! ~, isnT ctntnteS rrIoiinp to
o! tille VI ~ "ni ~ nhnlish thno officers
Stalc CONSTITUTES, "tH nn W. MO .IdcI fnr aud
ana c9inpeEsmtlon ai'o VI - ipnhet;tnto. A. hiII
olleTcd me LOTION lis e. " nma"sntinn nr thn
TO- abollsh the once hiu S.nIn q 9 " now.
Office ol cnlei co'inut'IS d" rnr ,,o ton,nn.
provided by law. and provide Tor INC Tempo
At the hour OF IL Al tme taotss iioe"t" cu r ~
the el.G'io 10 si "i x ~ rn't c@inm.ncinr March 4,
INC term on siA SeMtH, oIsnn.hnrn IN orr col.
uImns. ,.oooo,oa ~ ,no consideration
1ne thVuSv - tnS,,, ro,nInti,,n nrovidinr
OF Diis ~ Irpt" ~ tHr Lrbt Of tho State.
Mr.. Seegcrs-A joint resolution anproprin,
ting the sun OF i've nulu!eu uo L,m W r .mS
upon the grounds surrounding Tie otatc Zap
it0l.
Mr., Bacon-A b!ll 10 ram! ana cnmrI,u h ~
the execution OF an hgrcGiHGmr ~ m, ny
and between the Columbia IMilni SoniLaisH, ~
and sullivan fernGs, ah hssisiee IVY =, 49,
and to reimburse inc said coni.miSs!on NJ, Id ~
sum Oh eighteen coiihis ut",SSim SnrTnro r
and TO be cNpcnde4 "! eS'!in"sci 10 q ,h" snr; VI
the said canal, ana 10 nfrroltlnl .ne HuIi J VI
twenty-five tnouSanu d'a"nna VI 'No '" ~
velopement OF TIC saia cnnn,. william,
MI. Maikcr-A Dlil 10 uut"Hn'"I mime,
Hunt to construct u wha'l Ill o""''c"'o"
County. u,o
Mr.. Perry-A bill TO amend cnnllcr3i t!Ie
II, part i, Of the general statutes, in relation
to ilour, meal, wheat, r5e ana corn ana 10
make the said inspection optional.
On motion Of Mr.. Cooke, the rot" by which
T the cnactlnG words OF abtll TO provide Tor tilc
payment Of the past indebtedness OF TIE
school districts In the county OF GrrcnTillc
were stricken out was r"culssdrrcd ana inc
bill taken up for c"Eslderati"ii.
After some time slent IN Tic discussion
thereof, Mr.. Cooke called the previous 'iucs'
ton, which was sustained. -.
The bin was read the second tlne, me lltie
amended and by str king out the WORD conn,
Counties and by adding. after the word
"Grccnrille," the words "Narlboro, Aiken;
Pickeng. COllctOn, Richlind, Lexington ana
Charleston" urd ordered to be c;grosscd fM:
n third readlng.
Mr.. Brown, Of Anderson, obtained The moor,
and proceeded 10 the discussion Of the debt
question. alleging that the liabilities OF thr
State were too great FOR the people 10 Dear,
and that the honest dehtS nl inc H'ale VERY
oppressive, without attcmrtinS 70 ray any OF
the fraudulent bonds issued by the carpct-nng
government. lie maintained that taxation
in some counties would reach ~ mills II the
interest on the fraudulent bonds had ~ be
met. He was in favor of rejecting the last
dollar reported as invalid by the Bond Com
mission, and stood low where hcdidlast win
Ter in onuosing tie frauds and corrupt Issues
of Radical onicc-holders. He was willing to
leave the discussion rs to the cnnGtitutiona!i-
~ of the Bond Court to lawyers, but he was
satisfied the tax payers Of the State would
never CONSENT to the pAymcn OF f!1lndnirnt
bonds whatever might be the decision OF the
courts.
Mr.. Kennedy, Of KcTshaw. argued ag0ins!
the rcncal of the Joint resolution establishing
nucnt SDccrh. Ills points were as follows;
4 c In tho rorstiintiOnality of the Court
nf tIoi,nc
o Hrtn iho rooconc which, urre1 the last
icn oral Asscn,hIv To- establish this tribunal.
q 'rhnf r. wnu tho hrvt roril,oI Of settling
,Lmn nn"stion nC tho handel deli.
~ iv,o r,nt,nr hnc,ro tI,n + noiciotrrr NOW is
nnt NC IN wt,cthnr th, IiSnutrd bnnds renortpd
. nv rho DnnG com mission shnil bo unsscd upon
~. H. nn,,rtc
. court is not complete. or that the decision OF
ed
} &. That the action Of the last Legislature