Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-10-04
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the Court Honse too high by anoth-
er, that the offices will be uades'
ground, and the officers will all die
for want of fresh air, and by another,
that the Commissioners are not au
thorised tomake any, such additions
10 the Court House, How can it be
any higher when a ten foot story'is
put under. it, than it is now, reared
up on that hillock? How can the
offices be under-gvosm if the hill de-
scends all round gradually from the
base ofthe story2 And the Commits
sioners are making exactly that inn
provement which the Legislature
du,horised them TO make, as / will
show by and by. 1t is very plain
that such objections arise smore from
a prejudiced imagination than from
reason and good sense. 'S'''o* 9t'3'
But let us examine some of the
advantages claimed for the new over
the old Court House, or rather for
the amended over the present bull
ding. And as neighnor borrowed
our Courier containing an account
of the alterations and repairs pro-
posed, if we do not distinctly remem-
Der what additions were to be made
with the appropriation we beg TO
he excused, and corrected by those
who know better. That our views
may be readily understood, we shall
discuss the parts of the old and new
building separately and together
that is, point out some of the incon-
veniences of the old and some of the
advantages Of the new. ',s''h
Beginning then with the Clerks
Office: we find the cases, shelves,
desks, corners and sides packed full
of papers, record-books, acts of the
Legislature, &C., all of which no
doubt belong to the Office and should
be preserved in decency. The room
is too small, and while the records,
&c, are TO be kept in the same room
where the business Of the office is
transacted, they are liable to get dus-
ty, damp, misplaced, and perhaps
hooked by meddling irresponsibles;
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besides being subject TO many other
abuses too numerous to detail, in
spite of the most rigidcare and atten.
ton bestowed by that officer; and,
we are proud TO say that our Clerk
is as nice and particular in the man
agcment of the records and papers
of the District, as an old maid. In
the brick Office all these objections
will be removed by giving to the
Clerk two rooms, viz: one nroperly
fitted up for storing away the title
papers, records, &C., and one for the
transaction of business sc that none
but the officer will ever have any bus
l
mess in that room,7-no dust, dirt,
smoke and tobaccojuice flying about
at random-and the papers may be
preserved as neat clean, and pure as
if they were in band-box. Then
when farmer withdraws paper,
after six months storage, he finds it
in a decent condition, and bearing
appearance, instead of looking as
gloomy and pumpkin-colored as if
it had been executed in the last CEN
tury. The office must necessarily be
much more secure from accidents
by fire, than at present, for the simple
reason that the entire walls and floor
will be made of brick, and all the
combustible rubbish of papers will
be deposited in the record room, in
which there will be no Fireplace.
The Sheriff's is an office, we be-
lieve, in which very few papers are
kept on file any length of time, but
the same objections in other matters,
which we have applied to the Clerks
office, are true as to this Office. The
brick office will be larger, more con
venien., and more comfortable, be-
sides having the same protection from
| destination hV fire. thaf I'VE have