JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE State of South Carolina. REGULAR SESSION, COMMENCING NOVEMBER 28, 1876. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1876. Pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution of the State of South Carolina the members elect of the House of Representatives assembled in the hall of the House and were called to order, at 12 o'clock M., by A. O. Jones, Clerk of the late House of Representatives. The Clerk stated that he held the following certified list of members elect of the House of Representatives, and read the same: ABBEVILLE-William K. Bradley, Robert R. Hemphill, F. A. Conner, William Hood and Thomas L. Moore. AIKEN-C. E. Sawyer, J. J. Woodward, L. W. Asbill and John G. Guignard. ANDERSON-H. R. Vandiver, R. W. Simpson, W. C. Brown and James L. Orr. BARNWELL-Isaac T. Bamberg, John W. Holmes, L. W. Youmans, M. A. Roundtree and Robert Aldrich. BEAUFORT-Thomas Hamilton, Hastings Gantt, Joseph Robinson, George A. Reed, N. B. Myers and T. E. Miller. CHARLESTON-E. W. M. Mackey, William J. Brodie, Benjamin F. Smalls, Robert Simmons, William C. Glover, Frederick S. Edwards, Isaac Prioleau, John Vanderpool, Joseph J. Lesesne, Joseph S. Lazarus, Samuel C. Brown, Benjamin F. Capers, Adam P. Ford, Richard Bryan, Julius C. Tingman. Abram Smith and William G. Pinckney. CHESTER-John Lee, Samuel Coleman and Purvis Alexander. CLARENDON-Syfax Milton and Hampton Boston. COLLETON-H. E. Bissell, William Maree, John N. Cummings, L. E. Parler and Robert Jones. DARLINGTON-Richard H. Humbert, Samuel J. Keith, Zachariah Wines and Jackson A. Smith. FAIRFIELD-John Gibson, Prince R. Martin and Daniel Bird. GREENVILLE-J. W. Gray, J. F. Donald, J. T. Austin and J. L. Westmoreland. HORRY-L. D. Bryan and John R. Cooper. KERSHAW-R. D. Gaither, A. W. Hough and E. H. Dibble. LANCASTER-John B. Erwin and J. C. Blakeney. LEXINGTON-G. Leapheart and G. Muller. MARION-J. G. Blue, James McRae, R. H. Rodgers and J. P. Davis. MARLBORO-Philip M. Hamer and Thomas N. Edons. NEWBERRY-Thomas Keitt, S. S. Bridges and Will. H. Thomas. ORANGEBURG-D. A. Straker, Shadrach Morgan, W. H. Reedish, Christian W. Caldwell and Ellis Forrest. PICKENS-D. Frank Bradley and E. H. Bates. RICHLAND-Andrew W. Curtis, C. S. Minort, James Wells, R. J. Palmer and William M. Lowman. SPARTANBURG-W. P. Compton, John W. Wofford, E. S. Allen and Charles Petty. SUMTER-Thomas B. Johnston, John H. Ferriter, William J. Andrews and J. W. Westberry. UNION-W. H. Wallace, G. D. Peake and William Jefferies. WILLIAMSBURG ---- -William Scott, James F. Peterson and John Evans. YORK-A. E. Hutchinson, J. A. Deal, W. B. Byers and B. H. Massey. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE. I, H. E. Hayne, Secretary of State, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the certificate and determination of the Board of State Canvassers as to members of the House of Representatives, chosen at the General Election held on the seventh day of November, 1876. Given under my hand and the seal of the State, at Columbia, this 24th day of November, 1876, and in the one hundreth and first year of American Independence. (Signed) H. E. HAYNE, The members elect presented their credentials to the Clerk, and, after a call of the roll by Counties, he announced that from the official certificates from the Secretary of State, it appeared that one hundred and sixteen (116) members had been elected, that fifty-nine (59) had answered to their names, that a quorum was present, and the first business in order was the election of a Speaker. Mr. THOMAS, of Newberry, nominated Hon. E. W. M. Mackey, of Charleston. Mr. WESTBERRY, of Sumter, nominated Hon. N. B. Myers, of Beaufort. Messrs. T. B. Johnston, of Sumter, and D. A. Straker, of Orangeburg, were appointed tellers. The House then proceeded to vote, viva voce, with the following result: Those who voted for Mr. E. W. M. Mackey are: Messrs. Hamilton, Gantt, Robinson, Reed, Myers, Miller, Brodie, Smalls, Simmons, Glover, Edwards, Prioleau, Vanderpool, Lesesne Lazarus, S. C. Brown, Capers, Ford, Bryan, Tingman, A. Smith, Pinckney, Lee, Coleman, Alexander, Milton, Boston, Humbert, Keith, Wines, J. A. Smith, Gibson, Martin, Bird, Green, Kinloch, Gaither, Hough, Dibble, Keitt, Bridges, Thomas, Straker, Morgan, Caldwell, Forrest, Curtis, Minort, Wells, Palmer, Lowman, Johnston, Ferriter, Scott, Peterson and Evans.-55. Those who voted for Hon. N. B. Myers are: Messrs. Andrews, Mackey, Lee and Westberry-4. Whole number of votes given........... 59 Necessary to a choice...... 30 Hon. E. W. M. Mackey, having received a majority of the whole number of votes given, was declared by the Clerk as duly elected Speaker. Messrs. Myers and Miller, of Beaufort, and Johnston, of Sumter, upon request, escorted the Speaker elect to the chair, and the oath of office was administered by Mr. N. B. Myers, of Beaufort County. The SPEAKER took the chair and said: Gentlemen of the House of Representatives: I can I thank you for the honor you have done me. I regard it not as a personal tribute, but as imposing upon me a high duty and a grave responsibility in a most critical conjuncture in the affairs of this State. Should I succeed in fully performing that duty and discharging that responsibility, the result must be due largely to your generous indulgence and kindly co-operation, aiding my own inexperience. only promise that I shall aim always to act with strict fidelity to the State and with impartial justice to each and every member of this honorable body. The necessity for perfecting the organization of the House admonishes me to refrain from any extended remarks. I trust, however, that your deliberations will be marked by mutual respect and forbearance, and contribute to the lasting good of the whole people of South Carolina, without regard to race or party. Mr. W. H. WALLACE, member elect from Union County, was present but did not vote during the roll call for the election of Speaker. Upon a call of the roll by Counties, the following members having previously presented their credentials, were sworn and took their seats: BEAUFORT.-T. Hamilton, H. Gantt, J. Robinson, G. A. Reed, N. B. Myers and T. E. Miller. CHARLESTON.-E. W. M. Mackey, W. J. Brodie, B. F. Smalls, R. Simmons, W. C. Glover, F. S. Edwards, I. Prioleau, J. Vanderpool, J. J. Lesesne, J. S. Lazarus, S. C. Brown, B. F. Capers, A. P. Ford, R. Bryan, J. C. Tingman, A. Smith and W. G. Pinckney. CHESTER.-J. Lee, S. Coleman and P. Alexander. CLARENDON.-S. Milton and H. Boston. DARLINGTON.-R. H. Humbert, S. J. Keith, Z. Wines and J. A. Smith. FAIRFIELD.-J. Gibson, P. R. Martin and D. Bird. GEORGETOWN.-C. S. Green and P. K. Kinloch. KERSHAW.-R. D. Gaither, A. W. Hough and E. H. Dibble. ORANGEBURG.-D. A. Straker, S. Morgan, C. W. Caldwell and E. Forrest. RICHLAND.-A. W. Curtis, C. S. Minort, J. Wells, R. J. Palmer and W. M. Lowman. SUMTER.-T. B. Johnston, J. H. Ferriter, W. J. Andrews and J. W. Westberry. |