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in office upon taking the amnesty oath; and divided the State into four congressional districts, as follows:

First-Lancaster, Chesterfield, Darlington, Marlboro, Marion, Horry, Georgetown, Williamsburg, Clarendon, Sumter, Kershaw. Second-Charleston, Colleton, Beaufort, Barnwell, Berkeley. Third-Orangeburg, Edgefield, Abbeville, Lexington, Newberry, Richland, Fairfield.

Fourth-Anderson, Pickens, Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg, Union, York, Chester.

The Convention, by resolution, directed that "a commission consisting of two persons be appointed by his Excellency, the Provisional Governor, to prepare and report to the Legislature what laws will be necessary and proper in consequence of the alterations made. in the fundamental law, and especially to prepare and submit a code for the regulation of labor and the protection and government of the colored population of the State."

Under that resolution Judge David L. Wardlaw and Mr. Armistead Burt, a prominent member of the Abbeville bar, were duly appointed.

The Convention adjourned sine die on September 27, 1865.

Pursuant to the ordinance of the Convention the election of Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, and members of the Legislature was held on Wednesday, October 18.

The vote for Governor was as follows: James L. Orr, 9,928; Wade Hampton, 9,185. General Hampton had positively refused to run, and had urged his friends all over the State not to vote for him.

For the office of Lieutenant-Governor, William D. Porter, of Charleston, received 15,072 votes.

The election of members of Congress was held November 22, and the following named gentlemen were chosen:

First District-John D. Kennedy, of Kershaw.
Second District-William Aiken, of Charleston.
Third District-Samuel McGowan, of Abbeville.
Fourth District-James Farrow, of Spartanburg.

LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.

In pursuance of the ordinance of the Constitutional Convention the General Assembly met in Columbia on Wednesday, October 25, 1865-the Senate using the library of the South Carolina College

and the House the chapel in the campus. The Senate was composed as follows:

Abbeville-Thomas Thomson.

Anderson-John Wilson.

Barnwell-Benjamin W. Lawton.

Beaufort-R. J. Davant.

Berkeley-W. Pinckney Shingler.

Charleston, Henry Buist, William S. Henery.

Chester-James Hemphill.

Chesterfield-A. McQueen.

Clarendon-John L. Manning.

Colleton-Carlos Tracy.

Darlington-Edward W. Charles.

Edgefield-George D. Tillman.

Fairfield-John Bratton.
Georgetown-Richard Dozier.
Greenville-George F. Townes.
Horry-Joel B. Skipper.
Kershaw J. B. Kershaw.

Lancaster-J. L. Reid.

Laurens-C. P. Sullivan.

Lexington-Lemuel Boozer.

Marion-A. Q. McDuffie.

Marlboro-J. C. Weatherly.

Newberry-J. H. Williams.

Orangeburg-John Townsend.

Pickens-W. S. Grisham.
Richland-E. J. Arthur.
Spartanburg-John Winsmith.
Sumter F. J. Moses, Sr.

Union-Robert Beaty.

York-George W. Williams.

Senator Manning, of Clarendon, having resigned, John Peter Richardson was elected for the unexpired term. Under like circumstances Col. John N. Frierson, of Sumter, was elected to succeed F. J. Moses, Sr.

The roll of the House of Representatives was as follows:

Abbeville-A. C. Haskell, J. W. Hearst, W. A. Lee, R. A. Fair, D. Wyatt Aiken.

Anderson-B. F. Crayton, T. H. Russell, R. N. Wright, William H. Trescott.

Barnwell-J. J. Ryan, A. P. Aldrich, W. E. Flowers, Johnson Hagood.

Beaufort-LeRoy F. Youmans, Alfred M. Martin, William F. Hutson, Stephen Elliott.

Berkeley-J. M. Manigault, Henry S. Tew, T. P. Mikell, J. C. McKewn, John G. Gaillard, J. J. Williams, John Y. DuPre.

Charleston-John A. Wagener, F. Melchers, Charles H. Simonton, Thomas K. Ryan, Rudolph Seigling, Samuel Lord, Jr., John Hanckel, Benjamin Lucas, William J. Gayer, W. E. Mikell, P. J. Coogan, R. S. Duryea, James M. Eason, Theodore G. Barker, F. J. Porcher, J. T. Milligan, J. M. Mulvaney, James B. Campbell, F. D. Richardson.

Chester W. A. Walker, T. C. House, T. A. Lipsey.
Chesterfield-S. W. Evans, J. H. Hough.

Clarendon-John Peter Richardson, H. L. Benbow.

Colleton-C. B. Farmer, David Gavin, Hugo G. Sheridan, William Stokes, B. Stokes.

Darlington-F. F. Warley, D. C. Milling, J. L. Coker.

Edgefield-Luke Culbreath, M. C. Butler, M. L. Bonham, B. M. Talbert, Thomas Jones, J. Landrum.

Fairfield-James R. Aiken, William J. Alston, B. E. Elkin.

Georgetown-J. Harleston Read, A. J. Shaw, J. R. Sparkman. Greenville-William H. Perry, J. H. Goodwin, H. D. Hammett, W. P. Price.

Horry-J. T. Walsh, F. J. Sessions.

Kershaw-William L. DePass, W. Z. Leitner.
Lancaster-B. R. Clyburn, William A. Moore.

Laurens-B. W. Ball, G. Anderson, R. P. Todd, M. M. Hunter.

Lexington-F. S. Lewie, E. S. J. Hayes.

Marion-W. S. Mullins, R. F. Graham, E. T. Stackhouse.
Marlborough-T. C. Weatherly, H. Covington.

Newberry-C. H. Suber, Ellison S. Keitt, A. C. Garlington.
Orangeburg-W. F. Barton, A. S. Salley, F. M. Wannamaker.
Pickens-W. L. Keith, W. K. Easley, Joseph J. Norton, R. E.

Bowers.

Richland-William Wallace, William H. Talley, William K. Bachman, Edwin J. Scott.

Spartanburg-John W. Carlisle, A. B. Woodruff, D. R. Duncan, Gabriel Cannon, Alexander Copeland.

Sumter A. A. Gilbert, John T. Green, John S. Richardson, Jr. Union-A. W. Thomson, Jr., Thomas N. Dawkins, Charles Petty.

Williamsburg-James F. Pressley, P. C. Dozier.

York-A. S. Wallace, J. W. Rawlinson, A. B. Springs, W. C. Black.

To fill vacancies afterwards caused by resignations, the following named gentlemen were later elected: J. J. Brown, of Barnwell, to succeed A. P. Aldrich; Edward Magrath, of Charleston, to succeed Henry D. Lesesne; John P. Thomas, of Richland, to succeed E. J. Scott; John A. Keels, of Williamsburg, to succeed James F. Pressley; James M. Carson, of Charleston, to succeed F. G. Richardson; D. L. DeSaussure, of Kershaw, to succeed W. Z. Leitner; Alexander McBee, of Greenville, to succeed William H. Perry; W. W. Waller, of Horry, to succeed J. T. Walsh; B. C. Fishburne, of Georgetown, to succeed A. J. Shaw; J. N. McElwee, Jr., of York, to succeed A. S. Wallace; Robert H. Reaves, of Marion, to succeed R. F. Graham.

Mr. F. J. Moses, Sr., of Sumter, was elected president pro tem. of the Senate, and Gen. William E. Martin, of Charleston, clerk. Mr. A. P. Aldrich, of Barnwell, was elected speaker of the House, and Col. John T. Sloan, of Pendleton, clerk. Before the close of the session Mr. Aldrich was elected circuit judge, and Col. Charles H. Simonton, of Charleston, was elected speaker.

Governor Perry sent the customary message outlining the legislation which he deemed proper.

In view of the fact that the Governor-elect would not be inaugurated until the meeting of the General Assembly in regular session, no acts were passed at the special meeting.

Benjamin F. Perry was elected senator of the United States for the long term, and John L. Manning for the short term,

The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was duly ratified. The sufficiency of this act of the General Assembly organized under the Reconstruction scheme of President Johnson was recognized in the proclamation of the Secretary of State, dated December 18, 1865, wherein South Carolina was included in the

necessary number of States which had ratified the amendment and thus made it a part of the Federal Constitution.

The Code Commissioners made their report, embodying statutes deemed necessary in view of the emancipation of the negro, but none of these was passed till the regular session commencing Monday, November 27.

The special session ended on November 13.

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