Assistant Messengers of the Senate, on the Cashier of the Bank of the The House grants the desired leave to amend, as above. A. P. ALDRICH, Speaker. The report was amended pursuant to leave granted, and was agreed to, and was sent to the House of Representatives for concurrence. The House of Representatives returned to the Senate resolutions ratifying the proposed amendment of the Constitution of the United States, in which that House had concurred. The Senate proceeded to the SPECIAL ORDER FOR 2 O'CLOCK P. M. Resolutions from the House of Representatives ratifying the amendment to the Constitution of the United States, in relation to slavery. On motion of Mr. SULLIVAN, the resolutions were ordered to lie on the table. These resolutions are as follows: Whereas, the Congress of the United States, by joint resolution, approved on the 1st day of February, 1865, proposed an amendment to the Constitution of the United States for the ratification of the Legislatures of the several States, which amendment is in the following words, to wit: ARTICLE XIII. "SECTION 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States or any place subject to their jurisdiction." "SECTION 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this Article by appropriate legislation." 1. Resolved, therefore, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, in General Assembly met, and by the authority of the same, That the aforesaid proposed amendment. of the Constitution of the United States, be and the same is hereby accepted, adopted and ratified by this State. 2. Resolved, That a certified copy of the foregoing preamble and resolution be forwarded by his Excellency the Provisional Governor to the President of the United States, and also to the Secretary of State of the United States. The House of Representatives sent to the Senate the following message: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, November 13, 1865. Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Senate: This House has received your message, asking leave to substitute the joint report made by the Special Committee on the petition of citizens of St. Helena, on a resolution from the House relating to the ten per cent. per annum on lands in St. Philip's and St. Michael's, St. John's, Colleton, Prince William and St. Luke, for the resolution on that subject, which has passed your House and has been sent to the Senate for concurrence. The House grants the desired leave to amend, &c. By order of the House.. A. P. ALDRICH, Speaker. The amendment was made accordingly, and the report was sent to the House of Representatives for concurrence. At 3 o'clock P. M., the PRESIDENT pro tem, of the Senate announced that, pursuant to the resolution passed by the General Assembly, the business of the Senate was now suspended until Saturday before the fourth Monday in November, at 7 o'clock P. M. INDEX TO THE JOURNAL OF THE SENATE, SPECIAL SESSION, 1865. A Assembly, General, of South Carolina, meetings of. mode of elections by. C. PAGE .3, 32 32 Charters, petitions for amendment of : Elmore Insurance Company Carolina Mutual Insurance Company. German Immigration and Trading Company. B. Mordecai, and others, for a Railroad charter. Special and Joint. On elections by the General Assembly. 22 30 30 49 76 .24, 38, 41, 43 .24, 25 27, 28 Chief Justice of South Carolina, Hon. Benjamin F. Dunkin elected... 42 Acceptance.. Cheraw, citizens of, petition in relation to the Courts. Comptroller-General, annual report of..... Convention of the State, Clerk of, communication from. Petitions and resolutions relating to: Sumter. D. Dunkin, Hon. Benjamin F., elected Chief Justice. From a resolution in relation to debts contracted in Confederate currency. 54 From a resolution in relation to Petigru's Code.. 60 |