Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-01-01

Tho completion Of their contract, they Yorfeiting
their Investments In oaso of failure TO comply. |
Tho Charleston Canal Bill provides OH appto-
priation Of $4,000 to be used in constructing
q canal across Charleston Neck, tho money to
bo expended only whom contract Is entered
into by responsible persons to purchase from
| the State q sufficient amount of rock from tho
quarrics ut Columbia TO reimburse tho State for
tho outlay Tho canal is to be bull. between
Line street on tho South and the city boundary
on tho North, and it @s. Aot cross any street
without the permission of tho City Council
Tho Canal Commissioners will have authority TO
authorize any railroad running to this city to
connect with either terminus of tho canal by u
| switch. This canal is expected to give tho city
unsurpassed terminal and shipping fecilitcs,
without any charges for wharfage.
The Bill to provide gor the investment. aud use
| of the Agricultural College Fund restores 10 the
Fund an amount equal to tho proceeds of tho
| agricultural Land Scrip, given to tho State by
| tho United States, which proceeds wcro invested
in State bonds, which were hypolhcoatcd and
lost TO The State in Radical days. Tho State
| Treasurer is required 10 issue to tho Board Of
Trustees Of tho South Carolina University o
certificate of State stock for Sl0l 800, bearing
interest at six per cent, which interest shall bo
used by the Board for the purposes for which
tho Land Scrip was originally issued to the
Slate by tho United States. Tho Board of
| Trustees is authorized TO establish College Of
| Agriculture aud Mechanics for the benefit of
white students, using Tho University buildings
and grounds, and establishing scholarships TO
be used equally BY students from various sections
OF ts Sinio riIh Az iicun n nj
Districts. The Board will also have power to
establish scholarships for white male graduates
Of chartered colleges Of the State the tuition 10
DO free. This new College Of Agriculture and
Mechanics is in addition TO tho Agricultural
College and Mechanics Institute, for colorcd
students, which is in successful operation at
Orangcburg; and the two colleges will be here
after maintained out Of the income of the Land
Scrip Fund.
The Act to extend the time for tho redemption
of forfeited lands provides that all lands here
toforc forfeited 10 the State, for the non payment
Of taxes may bo redeemed by tho payment Of
one half Of tho simple taxes Of the years 1876
| and 1877 and the full amount Of the taxes,
costs and penalties Of tho year 1878, pl4-Siirt
that such payment be made on or before The 3lst
| May, 1880. After that date unrcdccmcd lands
| will bo sold for the benefit of tho Sinking Fund
| Of the State.
The Act repeating "thc Act to alter and
amend tho law regarding elections" rcpcals The
"two.box" law, passed during the session Of
| 1873, providing for separate ballot-boxcs when
ever there is on election for both State officers
and Presidential electors. Tho old onc-box
system is restored.
Tho substance Of the bill TO provide for The
settlement Of the Consolidated debt Of the State,
the Fickcn bill, has been heretofore published.
| 1t provides for final settlement of Tic public
! debt OH the basis Of the recent decision OF the
Supreme Court. II provides for tho payment Of
tho interest Oh the entire debt for 1880, and tho
payment Of the unpaid interest for 1879 OH The
| valid debt Tho details Of tho settlement arc
| entrusted TO Special Commissioner James G.
| Coit WHO will examine tho :lcbt unlcr the+@ght
of the decision of the Court, and report mouthy
| to tho Treasurer. For bonds and COUPONS
declared partly valid, tho holders will
receive Consolidation bonds for The portion
declared valid. Tho public value of the
Act lies in tho fact that it was passed by
tho common consent of tho whole General
Assembly, aud can DO safely regarded,
therefore, as q settlement that tho people, by
thcir representatives, approve of and will
faithfully carry. out.
iTosision is mado in separate net for ;hc
funding Of all State indebtedness, which by
law is fnndablc, and for consolidation and
funding of interest on tho unfundcd valid
debt from 1871 up to and including 1870
The act regarding tho funding OF tho bills
of the Bank Of the State authorize their
| funding in Consolidation bonds at the rate of
fifty cents on the dollar, tho first coupon
being payable in 1881. This relieves. tho
| State Of another chronic trouble.
Tho act creating department of agricul-
| turo places it under tho control Of board
consisting of tho Governor, the Master Of tho
State Grange, tho President Of the State
Agricultural and Mechanical Society, aud
two other persons TO be selected By the
General Assembly. The Commissioner Of
Agriculture and his clerk will DO under the
control Of this Board. which shall also havo'
power to require County Auditors to furnish
such statistical and other information ms may
Lc needed. l. shall investigate all subjects
regarding agriculture, immigration &c.,
snrcrintcHd and quarantine diseased stock |
take charge of the Fish Department., exact
and issue licenses fer fertilizers, (rcplacng
tho present phosphate inspector and agent,)
inspect fertilizers, &C., and generally devote
itself to the advancement Of tho agricultural
interests Of the State.
Tho act TO declare tho law regarding lie rs
provides that hereafter, at tho expiration of !
twenty years, q lien or Judgment shall bn |