Committee reports, 1776-1882 (bulk 1782-1865).

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Committee reports, 1776-1882 (bulk 1782-1865).

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A legislative committee report is a written account of a portion of the General Assembly charged with the duty of examining or deliberating on some matter referred to them by the House. The report, an outgrowth of English practice, usually contains information on the course of their deliberation and recommends specific actions. Usually it is written in reference to a problem or issue submitted in a petition. In this sense, it is possible to trace the disposition of issues raised in petitions (when specific committee reports for those petitions still exist) and to judge the pervasive power of the legislature.

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S.C. Statute 1811(5)639 specified that every board of commissioners of free schools was to make a yearly return to the legislature. Governor Middleton recommended the passage of this act as a response to the systematic lack of education in the state. The first appropriation made possible 124 elementary schools for the state. As the system progressed, the term "free school" became embarrassingly exchangeable with pauper schools, because the 1811 act carried within it a written directive that an a...