Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-09-15

VIII be greatly increased after the first of 90.
sober, when the Freedmen s Bureau will eeaae
tolssue rations for the INDECENT Spd helpleas
whites and freedmen, who have boon hereto,
fero furnished with subsistence. You NAV
hnd it necessary to increase the powers. dutics
and responsibilities of the Commissioners Of
fMe tne noor and to organize such bodies in all
esl'v's :.lv,'s VI tLe Statos N most of tho lDis.
tricts, land and buildings have horetofolss MAJ,
acquired aud erected for the whites hr.s Am,
must be enlarged, SO as to provide aoeoa,roc.
cations Tor paupcr, idiotio and helpless fraed.
men. The fnilurc of the Boards of Cominir.
a'oners OF the Poor to provide for the he,plesa.
~ great crime against humanity, and addi.
tionai penalties should be imposed bv lnwsS.
gainst suoh neglect or refusai to perform i,ro.
perly this philanthropic duty. .1'5Ss
The capitation tax imposed by yot,, at Tho
,ast session of the Legislature, on freedmen.
mas not tgenerally,been collected. The Conn.
,roller Ge99eral, following suggestion made
oy me and approved BY the Attorney cneral,
instructed the Tax Collectors not to Issue ex.
ecutlons against the freedmen, for the capita.
tion thx, until the present session of the Leo.
lslature. This was to avoid all conflict viii,
the military authorities, arising out Of the fat
tnst our courts were rot used for tho protec.
non OF the freedmen, and no provision was I
'made lor the support Of the infrm and help
less. Whenever your legislation RENTS tho
custody OF persons Of color to the State laws.
these executions may be issued. Proper dill.
gence by tho Sheriffs will enforce the satisfae.
ton OF most of these executions, snd the fund
may then DC appropriated exclusively to tho
support OF the class from which it is derived. 4
Ii you should, in your wisdom, determine
70 make an appropriation to buy subsistence
i0r the INDECENT white and colored, tho sever
81 Boards of Commissioners Of the Poor: would.
ne, perhaps, the best agents for its distribu-
10 meet any appropriation made, there il
no resource available, and tho funds can only
,s,, Pc ralaed BY issuing and selling State bonds
taincd tfs..s>s'~ .--a ,aMabla bons a. ganss,., &
will command nearly par}s A1pe y snssr- B
kcts of the United States or Europe.
AS the present is called session, and xou
may desire to return to your homes at the ear
liest day compatible with your public duties,
| shall defer, until the regular session, bring
ing to your attention the general financial CON
dition Of the State, or making any recommen-
datlon for putting it on safe and satisfactory
basis. Under the authority of your Act au-
thorizing the issue of bills receivable in paw
mcnt of the indebtedness of the State, the
Treasurer had engraved and printed bills to
the amount of $4,000 and has paid out, to Z
the public officers and other creditors of the
State, only $3.50 900. Most of the Tax Col
ectors have mado their returns, and tho legal
tender United States notes paid into the
Treasury, together with the bills receivable
not yet issued, will enable its operations to be
conducted without embarrassment until your
regular session. Of the bills issued, there
have already been redeemed, in payment Of
taxes, $4,000. No appropriation was mado
TO dcfray the expenses Of engraving and print
ing the bills, but the Treasurer, acting upon
my recommendation, advanced tho expenses
incurred from proceeds of the loan heretofore
authorized to be made. The amount paid by
him was S4,436.l2 | recommend that an
appropriation be made to cover this amount.
If the Treasurer had declined to mako tho
payment in advance Of tho appropriation, tho
ACT could not have been carried into cxecn,
ton, without cnnvcning an extra session az
the General Assembly.
At tho last session of the General Asson,.
ply, full power and authority" was given
the Governor to make "such regulations az
in his opinion might be necessary 20 prevent
the entrance and spread of Asiatio oholora in
this State" In February last, ISopened
correspondence with Major. General Sickles,
with reference to the establishment Of rigid
quarantine at all the seaports in the State,
which resulted in the military authorities u4-
dertaking to establish and enforce proncr
quarantine regulations. I am happy to say to
you that tho duties, under orders from Gen
Siokles, have been well performed, and not a
single. case Of cholera or yellow fever has oc-
! Cured within tho limits Of the State
Tho work Of reorganization and reconstruc-
ton is progressing slowly, but steadily. Our
| Senators and Representatives have not been
admitted to aoats in the Federal Congress, and
we have received no relaxation from onerous
taxation, notwithstanding VIC havo been denied
representation. 1t is belivevd, however, that
our fellow.citizens in tho North and West t;,I
not much longer permit this fragrant Injustice
to- he continued. Tho State Government ia
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