vestigate the affairs of the Constabulary Department to submit their Report on Tuesday, February 21, 1871. On motion of Mr SWAILS, the Resolution was ordered to lie on the table, and a message sent to the House of Representatives accordingly. The House returned, with concurrence, Concurrent Resolution instructing the Committees of Ways and Means and Finance to examine and report upon the arrangements made and observed by the Comptroller-General for the custody of the public property; Concurrent Resolution directing the Attorney-General to protect the interests of the State in the Spartanburg and Union Railroad Company. The Senate returned, with amendments, A Bill to incorporate the Town of Timmonsville; A Bill to renew and amend the charter of the Town of Mount Pleasant. The amendments were concurred in. Ordered, That the title of the Bills be changed to that of Acts, and that they be enrolled for ratification. The House also returned, with amendments, Senate Bill to renew and amend the charter of the town of Bamberg, S. C. On the question of concurrence in House first amendment to Section 4 of the Bill, Mr. SWAILS called for the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were taken, and resulted as follows: Yeas-Messrs. Barber, Cardozo, Corbin, Dickson, Foster, Greene, McIntyre.-7. Nays-Messrs. Arnim, Bieman, Clinton, Duncan, Duvall, Hayne, Holcombe, Leslie, Maxwell, Owens, Smalls, Swails, Whittemore, Wilson, Wimbush.-15. So the Senate refused to concur. On the question of concurrence in House second amendment to Section 4, and amendments to Sections 6 and 11 of the Bill, Mr. SWAILS moved that the Senate do not concur. On the question of agreeing to the motion of the Senator from Williams burg, On division, the Senate voted, yeas, 15; nays, 2. So the Senate refused to concur, and a message sent to the House accordingly. Mr. CORBIN moved that the vote whereby the Senate refused to concur in House amendments to Senate Bill to renew and amend the charter of the town of Bamberg be reconsidered. On the question of agreeing to the motion of the Senator from Charles ton, On division, the Senate voted, yeas, 3; nays, 14. So the Senate refused to reconsider. The House sent to the Senate the following message: IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Senate: The House of Representatives respectfully informs your honorable body that Messrs. Frost, Lee and Miles have been appointed a Committee of Conference on the part of the House to meet a Committee of Conference on the part of your honorable body, to adjust difference relative to amendment by your honorable body to House Concurrent Resolution for election, by Joint Assembly, of Judge of Seventh Judicial Circuit. Very respectfully, The House sent to the Senate, F. J. MOSES, JR., Speaker House of Representatives. Reports of House Committee on Claims on accounts of Woodward Allen, Raymond Owens and S. E. Gaillard; which were referred to the Committee on Claims. The House also sent to the Senate, A Bill to incorporate and recharter certain religious institutions; A Bill to amend an Act entitled "An Act to define the jurisdiction and duties of County Commissioners;" A Bill to amend the first clause of Section 25, Title 3, of an Act entitled "An Act to revise, simplify and abridge the rules, practice, pleadings and forms of Courts in this State," approved March 1, 1870; A Bill to incorporate the Capital Building and Loan Association, of Columbia; Joint Resolution to authorize the State to re-issue to W. B. Pringle, Executor of Mrs. Bertha Skirving, certificate of State Stock. Joint Resolution to provide for the compensation of the State Librarian. The above Bills and Joint Resolutions received their first reading, were ordered for a second reading and consideration to-morrow, and to be printed. PETITIONS, &c. The PRESIDENT laid before the Senate the following communications: IN THE SENATE, COLUMBIA, S. C., February 18, 1871. Hon. C. W. MONTGOMERY, President pro tem of Senate. SIR: In accordance with Resolution of the Senate, the undersigned waited upon H. H. Kimpton, Esq., Financial Agent of the State, and was informed that communications containing replies to the questions asked by the Senate were transmitted to the Senate on the 16th instant, directed to Hon. A. J. Ransier, President of Senate, during his absence. The communications are respectfully enclosed." Very respectfully, J. WOODRUFF, COLUMBIA, S. C., February 16, 1871. Hon. A. J. RANSIER, President State Senate, Columbia, S. C.: SIR:-Replying to the Senate Joint Resolution of the 15th instant, I have the honor to say that the bonds issued by the Land Commissioner for the purchase of lands still remain unsold, and have been used only as collateral security for advances made on account of State Treasurer's drafts. Yours, respectfully, H. H. KIMPTON, Financial Agent S. C. COLUMBIA, S. C., February 16, 1871. Hom. A. J. RANSIER, President State Senate: SIR:-Replying to Senate Resolution of the 15th instant, I have the honor to say that the Agricultural Land Scrip of South Carolina was sold to Mr. J. Thompson, of the First National Bank of New York City, on the twenty fifth day of October, 1870, at seventy-two and one-half cents per acre, cash; that the proceeds of the sale, by direction of the proper State authorities, were invested in bonds of the State of South Carolina, which bonds, with the interest thercon, are now in my hands subject to the order of any competent authority. Yours, respectfully, H. H. KIMPTON, Financial Agent S. C. On motion of Mr. SWAILS, the communications were received as information, and referred to the Committee on Finance. The PRESIDENT also laid before the Senate, Statement of the Receipts and Expenditures of the County Commissioners of Greenville County; which was ordered to be printed, and copies laid on the desks of Senators. The PRESIDENT also laid before the Senate the following communication. : To the President of the Senate: COUNTY TREASURER'S OFFICE, FIRE-PROOF BUILDING, CHARLESTON, S. C, February 18, 1871. SIR: In compliance with a Resolution of your honorable body, I have the honor to transmit a Report of the moneys collected and paid out for County purposes, on the checks of County Commissioners; also, a list of County checks, with name of drawer, and amount thereof, together with the amount of tax levy for 1869. Amount of tax collection, and the amount of past due and unpaid taxes for County purposes. The books of the Fifth and Sixth Districts have not been balanced and handed into the County Treasurer's office, consequently neither the amount of taxes collected in these Districts for County purposes, nor the amount of the delinquent tax, can yet be ascertained. I beg leave to state that the Report is substantially correct. The list of payments of County orders and checks has been carefully compiled from the records of the office. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, WM. GURNEY, County Treasurer of Charleston County. Ordered, That the communication, with accompanying documents, be printed, and copies laid on the desks of Senators. Mr. CORBIN presented the request of the Senator from Lancaster, for further time in which to take testimony relative to the contested election case of a seat in the Senate from Lancaster County; which was referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections. Mr. HAYNE presented the account of C. M. Wiggins, for balance due for dieting prisoners in the jail of Marion County, S. C., in the years 1867 and 1868; which was referred to the Committee on Claims. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. Mr. WIMBUSH, from the Committee on Incorporations, to whom was referred a Bill to charter the town of Chesterfield, reported back the same, with a recommendation that the Bill do pass. Ordered for consideration to-morrow. Mr. CORBIN, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred a Bill to authorize Clerks of Courts to perform all the duties heretofore performed by the Commissioners in Equity, as defined on the first day of January, 1869, reported back the same, with a recommendation that the Bill do not pass. Ordered for consideration to-morrow. Mr. CORBIN, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to was whom referred a Bill to amend an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the fees of Probate Judges, Clerks of Courts, Trial Justices and Magistrates, and other officers herein mentioned," reported back the same, with a recommendation that the Bill do pass. Ordered for consideration to-morrow. Mr. CORBIN, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, to whom was referred a Bill to amend an Act entitled "An Act providing for the general elections, and the manner of conducting the same," approved March, 1870, reported back the same, with a recommendation that the Bill do pass as it now stands. On motion of Mr. ARNIM, the Rule was suspended, and the Report considered immediately. On motion of Mr ARNIM, the further consideration of the Report and Bill was postponed, and made the Special Order for to-morrow, at 1 P. M. Mr. HAYNE, from the Committee on Education, to whom was referred House Joint Resolution to appoint Trustees for the De La Howe Free School, reported back the same, with a recommendation that the Resolution do pass. On motion of Mr. HAYNE, the Rule was suspended, and tha Report considered immediately. The Resolution received its second reading, and was considered as in Committee of the Whole. There being no amendments, Ordered, That it be engrossed for a third reading. Mr. HAYNE, from the Committee on Education, to whom was referred a Bill to require the State Treasurer to pay County Treasurers the apportionment of the State School Fund belonging to the respective Counties, reported back the same, with a recommendation that the Bill do pass. On motion of Mr HAYNE, the Rule was suspended, and the Report considered immediately. The Bill received its second reading, was considered as in Committee of the Whole, and by Sections. There being no amendments, Ordered, That the Bill be engrossed for a third reading. Mr. HAYNE, from the Committee on Education, to whom was referred the memorial of the Columbia Female College, praying to be relieved from taxation, reported back the same, with a recommendation that the prayer of the petitioners be not granted. Ordered for consideration to-morrow. |