"M" is for the Mace of the South Carolina House of Representatives. The mace is a symbol of the authority of the House of Representatives. The scepter-like object rests in a rack at the front of the Speaker's Desk whenever the House is in session and is sometimes carried in ceremonial processions. South Carolina legislative bodies have used it since it was made for the Commons House of Assembly in 1756. Magdalen Feline—a master goldsmith, crafted the mace in London. It is forty-eight inches long, weighs almost eleven pounds and is fashioned of silver burnished with gold. Since the Middle Ages ceremonial maces as emblems of authority have been carried before high government, university, and church officials. South Carolina's mace is the oldest in continuous use by an American House of Representatives.
"M" is for the Mace of the South Carolina House of Representatives
