were agreed to, the titles were changed to Acts, and they were sent to the House of Representatives. The House sent to the Senate A Bill to establish District Courts, which had been twice read in the Senate and three times in the House, and on the third reading had been amended in sundry particulars in that House. The Bill and the amendments were referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. The House also sent A Bill to provide for the issue of bills receivable in payment of indebtedness to the State to the amount of $500,000. The House on the third reading had amended the Bill by restoring the sum of $300,000, the amount of bills to be issued, for which the Senate on the second reading had substituted $500,000. The House on third reading had also stricken out Comptroller and inserted Treasurer of the State in providing for the person by whom the bills were to be issued. The House of Representatives had also stricken out the words "and countersigned by the Comptroller-General," in the second and third lines of second section. The House had also stricken out the proviso at the end of the second section. The Senate, on the third reading, adhered to the provisions of the Bill as passed by the Senate, and messages were sent to the House asking leave to restore the same accordingly. Mr. BUIST presented the memorial of Right Rev. P. N. Lynch on the subject of the proposed sale of the Columbia Canal; which was referred to the Special Committee on that subject. The Senate proceeded to the GENERAL ORDERS OF THE DAY. Mr. TILLMAN moved that A Bill to suppress the distillation of spirituous liquors in this State be indefinitely postponed, and the yeas and nays were ordered, and they are as follows: Those who voted in the affirmative are: Messrs. Beaty, Boozer, Buist, Davant, Grisham, Kershaw, Lawton, McDuffie, Richardson, Shingler, Skipper, Tillman and Winsmith. Those who voted in the negative are: Messrs. Arthur, Bratton, Charles, Hemphill, McCutchen, Thomson, Townes and G. W. Williams. In the affirmative, 13. In the negative, 8. The motion was therefere carried. The following papers were continued to the next session of the Legislature: The report of the Committee on the Judiciary, On a Bill to protect the property of married women from the debts, contracts and liabilities of the husband, and to secure them separate estates in the same; A Bill to amend the 23d section of the 1st Article of the Constitution of this State; and A Bill to amend the law as to the inspection of flour. On motion of Mr. HEMPHILL, the report of the Committee on Finance and Banks, from the House of Representatives, to lend the credit of the State to secure certain bonds to be issued by the South Carolina Railroad Company; and A Bill to lend the credit of the State to secure certain bonds to be issued by the South Carolina Railroad Company, and for other purposes, were made the Special Order for to-morrow at 1 o'clock P. M. The following bills, originating in the Senate, were ordered to lie upon the table: A Bill to amend the Criminal Law; and A Bill for the relief of the Spartanburg and Union Railroad Company. Mr. BOOZER moved the indefinite postponement of A Bill for the relief of the Spartanburg and Union Railroad Company; and the yeas and nays were ordered to be taken upon the question, and they are as follows: Those who voted in the affirmative are: Messrs. Arthur, Boozer, Grisham, Kershaw, McCutchen, McDuffie, Richardson, Skipper, Tillman, Thomson, G. W. Williams and Wilson. Those who voted in the negative are: Messrs. Beaty, Bratton, Buist, Charles, Davant, Hemphill, Lawton, Moses, Shingler, Townes and Win smith. In the affirmative, 12. In the negative, 11. The motion was therefore carried. The General Orders were discharged. The House of Representatives sent to the Senate A Bill to raise supplies for the year commencing in October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five; which received the first reading, and was referred to the Committee on Finance and Banks, and was ordered to be printed. The General Orders were resumed. Mr. TILLMAN moved a reconsideration of the vote taken upon the indefinite postponement of A Bill for the relief of the Spartanburg and Union Railroad Company ; which was agreed to; and, On motion of Mr.. THOMSON, the Bill was made the Special Order for to-morrow at half-past 2 o'clock P. M. Mr. MOSES moved the indefinite postponement of A Bill to fix the salaries, of the Judges of the Superior Courts of Law and of Chancellors in Equity, hereafter to be elected. Mr. TILLMAN moved that it be continued to the next session. This che ion taking precedence, the yeas and nays were ordered to be taken upen it, and they are as follows: Those who voted in the affirmative are: Messrs. Bratton, Kershaw, Tillan and Winsmith. Those who voted in the negative are: Messrs. Beaty, Boozer, Buist, Charles, Davant, Grisham, Hemphill, Lawton, Moses, McCutchen, McDuffie, Richardson, Shingler, Skipper, Thomson, Townes, G. W. Williams and Wilson. In the affirmative, 4. In the negative, 18. The motion was therefore lost, and the question recurred upon the motion to postpone indefinitely, and the yeas and nays were ordered to be taken and they are as follows: Those who voted in the affirmative are: Messrs. Bratton, Buist, Davant, Grisham, Kershaw, Lawton, Moses, McDuffie, Richardson, Shingler and Wilson. Those who voted in the negative are: Messrs. Beaty, Boozer, Charles, Hemphill, McCutchen, Skipper, Tillman, Thomson, Townes, G. W. Williams and Winsmith. In the affirmative, 11. The PRESIDENT gave the casting vote in the affirmative, and the Bill was indefinitely postponed. On motion of Mr. RICHARDSON, the report of the Committee on the Judiciary On a Bill from the House of Representatives to authorize farmers, planters and master mechanic's, artificers and handicraftsmen to give their books in evidence was made the Special Order of the Day for to-morrow at ten minutes past 12 P. M. A Bill to declare certain streams not navigable received the second reading, was agreed to, and was ordered to be sent to the House of Representatives. On motion of Mr. MOSES, the Senate adjourned at 10 o'clock P. M. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1865. The Senate met at half-past 10 o'clock A. M. The Clerk read the Journal of the proceedings of yesterday. The PRESIDENT pro tem. in the Chair. Mr. HEMPHILL submitted the report of the Committee on Finance and Banks On a Bill, from the House of Representatives, to raise supplies for the year commencing Oetober, 1865; which was placed among the General Orders of this day and was ordered to be printed. The PRESIDENT pro tem. laid before the Senate the following communication; which was ordered to be recorded in the minutes : COLUMBIA, December 15, 1865. To the President and Members of the Senate : GENTLEMEN: I accept, with a profound sense of the high trust conferred, the office of Chancellor, to which I have been elected by the General Assembly of South Carolina. Impressed with a due estimate of the character and importance of its functions, I approach them with unfeigned diffidence and misgiving. But, prayerfully relying on the aid of Divine Wisdom, I trust that, in administering those functions, the honest exertions of an earnest mind may be guided to the ends of truth and justice. I have the honor to be, Your obedient servant, HENRY D. LESESNE. Mr. DAVANT presented the account of J. P. Thomas, for salary as Superintendent of the Arsenal Academy; and, The accounts of J. B. Patrick, for corn furnished to the South Carolina Military Academy, and for his salary and expenses as Secretary and Trea surer of the Board of Visitors of the South Carolina Military Academy: which were referred to the Committee on Claims and Grievances. The following message was received from the House of Representatives; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, December 15, 1865. Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Senate: This House has resolved that a message be sent to the Senate, proposing to that body to reconsider the joint resolution fixing the practice of presenting bills passed by the General Assembly to the Governor, and to modify the same in this: That such bills, after being engrossed, shall first be presented to the Governor before they are signed in the Senate House by the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives. By order of the House. A. P. ALDRICH, Speaker, Upon the question of returning a message of concurrence, the yeas nays were ordered, and they are as follows: and Those who voted in the affirmative are: Messrs. Arthur, Boozer, Charles, Davant, Dozier, Grisham, Hemphill, Johnson, Kershaw, Lawton, Moses, McCutchen, McDuffie, Reid, Richardson, Shingler, Skipper, Tillman, Thomson, Townes, Tracy, G. W. Williams, J. H. Williams, Wilson and Winsmith. Those who voted in the negative are: Messrs. Buist, Sullivan and Townsend. In the affirmative, 25. In the negative, 3. A message of concurrence was accordingly sent to the House of Representatives. Mr. WINSMITH offered the following resolution; which was agreed to: Resolved, That copies of afl bills, reports and resolutions, printed by order of the Senate, be delivered by the messenger of the Senate daily to the Governor; and that copies of papers above referred to, of yesterday's proceedings, be forthwith sent to the Governor. Mr. DAVANT, from the Committee on Accounts, Vacant Offices and Printing, reported that the term had expired for which the Trustees of the South Carolina College had been elected, and he offered a resolution providing for appointing a Committee of nomination, and inviting the House to join the Senate in the appointment. The resolution was agreed to. Messrs. Davant, Townsend, Richardson, Boozer and Skipper were appointed the Committee; and the message was sent accordingly. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. Mr. SULLIVAN made reports, from the Committee on Incorporations and Engrossed Acts, on the following Bills, to wit: A Bill, from the House of Representatives, to incorporate the village of Kirkwood; and A Bill (Senate) to incorporate the Charleston Dredging and Wharf Building Company: which were placed in the General Orders of this day. Mr. SULLIVAN also made reports on the following House 'Bills: A Bill to renew the charter of the Mount Pleasant Ferry Company; A Bill to amend the charter of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company; A Bill to incorporate the South Carolina Land and Emigration Com pany. Mr. THOMSON made a report, from the Committee on the Judiciary, On a House Bill to provide for the admission in evidence of wills made in the execution of a power. Mr. ARTHUR made a report, from the Special Committee, on the part of the Senate On a Bill, from the House, for the sale of the Columbia Canal and the memorial of Rt. Rev. Bishop Lynch on the same subject; all of which were ordered for consideration to-morrow. Mr. THOMSON made a report, from the Committee on the Judiciary, On a Bill, from the House of Representatives, for the establishment of District Courts. The report was immediately considered and the Bill received the second reading. The report of the Committee was agreed to, and a message was sent to the House asking leave to restore the amendments adopted by the Senate and stricken out by the House on the third reading, as follows, viz: 1st. The amendment to the 5th section, being that offered by the Senator from Sumter, as recorded in the Senate Journal of December 6, page 2. 2d. To strike out 33d section. 3d. In 45th section, to strike out the words "for recovering money," &c., under special attachment. 4th. In 46th section, to strike out the words "for special attachmeut," &c., and "for return of garnishees." The Senate further oppointed a Commfttee of Conference, consisting of Messrs. Dozier, Sullivan and Thomson, on the several subjects above enumerated, and a message was sent to the House asking the appointment of a similar Committee. The following message was received from the House of Representatives: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, December 15, 1865. Mr. President aud Gentlemen of the Senate: This House refuses to grant leave to the Senate to amend "A Bill to provide for the issue of bills receivable in payment of indebtedness to the State," &c., as indicated in Message No. 55 from the Senate. By order of the House. A. P. ALDRICH, Speaker. The Senate returned a message insisting on asking leave to amend the Bill in the several particulars mentioned in the first message of the Senate, and the Senate further appointed a Committee, consisting of Messrs. Winsmith, Tillman and Arthur, to confer with a similar Committee of the House, and asked the appointment accordingly. The Senate granted leave to Mr. Thomson to withdraw from its files a Senate Bill to establish and regulate the domestic relations of persons of color, and to amend the law in relation to paupers, vagrancy and bastardy, The House of Representatives sent to the Senate A Bill to make appropriations for the year commencing in October. one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five. The Bill received the first reading, and was referred to the oCmmittee on Finance and Banks. |