From the County of Anderson, Mr. JOHN WILSON, Mr. W. C. BROWN, Mr. E. B. MURRAY. From the County of Barnwell, Mr. D. P. SOJOURNER, Mr. JOHN C. DAVANT. From the County of Beaufort, Mr. HASTINGS GANTT. From the County of Charleston, Mr. CHARLES H. SIMONTON, Mr. WILLIAM HENDERSON, Mr. J. FRANCIS BRITTON, Mr. C. R. MILES, Mr. JAMES SIMONS, Mr. C. R. CASSIDY, Mr. A. S. J. PERRY, Mr. JOHN F. FICKEN, Mr. JOHN GONZALEZ, Mr. GEORGE R. WALKER, Mr. J. B. WIGGINS, Mr. S. C. ECKHARD, Mr. W. T. ELFE, Mr. WILLIAM SMALLS. From the County of Chester, Mr. J. J. HEMPHILL, Mr. O. BARBER. From the County of Chesterfield, Mr. JOHN S. MILLER. From the County of Clarendon, Mr. B. P. BARRON, Mr. JOHN PETER RICHARDSON. From the County of Colleton, Mr. W. S. MINUS, Mr. J. N. CUMMINGS, Mr. WILLIAM MAREE, Mr. C. G. HENDERSON. From the County of Darlington, Mr. J. C. CLEMENTS, Mr. E. W. CANNON, Mr. J. W. BEASLEY. From the County of Edgefield, Hon. J. C. SHEPPARD, Speaker. Mr. H. A. SHAW, Mr. WILLIAM HALTIWANGER, Mr. JAMES CALLISON. From the County of Fairfield, Mr. R. C. CLOWNEY, Mr. T. S. BRICE, Mr. H. A. GAILLARD. From the County of Georgetown, Mr. PHILLIP L. LACHICOTTE, Mr. ARTHUR M. MANIGAULT. From the County of Greenville, Mr. W. C. CLEVELAND, Mr. J. T. AUSTIN, Mr. M. L. DONALDSON, Mr. T. H. COOKE. From the County of Horry, Mr. A. H. SKIPPER, Mr. E. D. RICHARDSON. From the County of Hampton, Mr. W. J. LAWTON, Mr. C. J. C. HUTSON, Mr. JOHN T. MORRISON. From the County of Kershaw, Mr. L. B. STEPHENSON. From the County of Lancaster, Mr. JOHN M. BEATY. From the County of Laurens, Mr. J. WASH. WATTS, Mr. J. B. HUMBERT. From the County of Lexington, Mr. G. LEAPHART, Mr. G. MULLER. From the County of Marion, Mr. R. H. RODGERS, Mr. W. M. DAVIS, Mr. J. G. BLUE. From the County of Marlboro, Mr. T. N. EDENS, Mr. P. M. HAMER. From the County of Newberry, Mr. W. M. DORROH, Mr. GEORGE JOHNSTONE, Mr. C. S. SUBER. From the County of Oconee, Mr. GEORGE R. CHERRY, Mr. JOEL BEARD. From the County of Orangeburg, Mr. J. S. BOWMAN, Mr. W. C. HANE, Mr. M. J. KELLER, Mr. B. G. FREDERICK. From the County of Pickens, Mr. W. T. BOWEN, Mr. R. A. CHILD. From the County of Richland, Mr. JOHN E. BACON, Mr. E. McC. CLARKSON, Mr. J. C. SEEGERS, Mr. JOHN A. ELKINS, Mr. JOHN C. HASKELL. From the County of Spartanburg, Mr. JOHN C. ANDERSON, Mr. JOHN B. CLEVELAND. From the County of Sumter, Mr. W. D. SCARBORO, Mr. J. J. DARGAN, Mr. JOSEPH A. EARLE, Mr. J. W. WESTBERRY. From the County of Williamsburg, Mr. J. R. LAMBSON, Mr. Z. R. FULMORE. From the County of York, Mr. B. H. MASSEY, Mr. PETER GARRISON, Mr. G. L. MCNEEL. Hon. J. C. SHEPPARD, Speaker, took the chair. A quorum being present, the deliberations were opened by prayer to Almighty God by the Rev. Mr. Judd. On motion of Mr. SIMONTON, the reading of the Journal of the last day of the last session was dispensed with. The SPEAKER addressed the House as follows: GENTLEMEN-It affords me great pleasure to welcome you all back to the discharge of your duties. I trust that you have come with minds prepared for the faithful discharge of all the responsibilities by which you may be surrounded, and in the shortest time that is consistent with the efficiency of your service. I cheerfully commend to your consideration and adoption the methods you so successfully applied during our last session, for, with my opportunities for observing, I can safely say that no body of legislators ever devoted themselves more exclusively to the performance of the duties by which they were confronted. It should be a matter of gratification to every member present to remember that during your last session you accomplished more work and in a shorter time and at a smaller expenditure of money than any previous session of the Legislature of South Carolina since the requirement of printing was established as one of the rules of the House. This, I am informed, the records will show. Since that time, the session of 1858 only approximated our last session in the matter of expense, and the expenses of that session exceeded our last by more than the sum of $3,000. Let harmony in action, and, more than all, unity of purpose, characterize your proceedings; let your purpose be to accomplish the greatest amount of good in the shortest possible time and at the least possible expense. Do this, and you will deserve, as you have already enjoyed, the hearty "Well done!" of all the people of South Carolina. On motion of Mr. SIMONTON, a message was sent to the Senate notifying that body that the House of Representatives had met, in pursuance of the provisions of the Constitution, that a quorum is present and ready to proceed to business. The following message was received from the Senate : MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE. IN THE SENATE, COLUMBIA, S. C., November 25, 1879. Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives: The Senate respectfully informs your honorable body that the Senate |