Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-08-20

reseS fine yaaoB tSs B fesassse shs tenure certain
offices and appointments thereto" reported back
the HlIWth ,the fecommsndatioa thst the follow
ing Be adopted as substitute for the second sec
Sna q It shall be lawful for any County or State
officer, elected at the elections Of April a. Is and
l6, or June ands, to file the bond required by
law and qualify for the Office to (which he has been
elected at any time within twenty days from the
passage of, this, Act, and no later, and upon the
law, he shall enter upon the duties Of said Office
The amendment was agreed to- yan9 the n BlH
passed. .sf
The joint resolution, proposing to elect three
Commissioners to codify the laws ofthe State IN
compliance with n provision Of the Constitution,
was passed. 1t proposes to pay the Commissions
ersSour thonsand dollars each o uho!--.r,i:y.lo3,
A Bill proposing to gil all Offices only, with per-
sons yosable to the present @ State Gleye4rp@eMnt M
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a'1,i5f'' q. ? - TUESDAY, August II, 1883. z
In The House, The Committee on Education ne
ported Bill TO provide for the temp organi-
zation of the Educational Departmentb Of this State
The Bin provides that the Superintegde of Edu
cation for the State shall continue in Office for four
years, and give bonain the sum Of 81, 600, to be
approved by the Governor, and shall truly account
for all moneys coming into husbands Tor the benefit
of fschools. His salary shall be s., 500 per annum
and he viii be entitled to transportation whenever
travelling on public business he shall have aI
Office at Columbia in which shall be kept all books
and papers connected With his departmeh, and in
which he shall attend when mot tsngaged in public
business He shall classify and digest all reports
from School Commissioners and cause an enuIfe-
ration of all male youths between thesages Of hEe
and eighteen, to Be made The Commissioners Of
Schools are 10 be- paid "a per diem, when actually
employed, and the Governor is, authorized 70 pfoa
cure. the services Of assistants when, necessary.
paying therefor $2.50!per day each. The State
Superintendent and School CommisEenefs are to
phnJ kfo, ysi.' sts .S1SSoHI1.SI .,,.,''- n
Tie Committee on tho PeniteIntiaryf made an
elaborate, report on the condition OF that lnst.tn-
ton IT urges Thorough ne organization and the
appointmeut of five persons as commissioners 30
be made BY the Gevernorat his ieisurs These
are to elect person as Superintendent, Engineer,
and Architect, Who Is not to be removed without
cause Also the appointment of guard, to con.
sist of ode Captain, one iSefgeaIk Tfoar torpofaH
and forty men, who ae toIbe subject 70 the same
regulations prescribed in the United States Armyi
md receive the same Day as therein provided for
The renort was recommitted with instructions to
the Committee toreport by Bill ogh1:s.-'a-;''
Berry introduceta Bill, Of which previous no
tice had been given, ito repeal an Act entitled an
Act:to repeal the Usury Law Of this State, " which
was read and appropriately referred; s,'s,. ,.:'t
In the Senate, the Honse resolution resembling
the resolution to provide for the appointments OF a
committee TO examine the Columbia disturbance,
was concurred in ,,r ,,,r,r,,,4g - AL
hold Office by authority of the late Provisional
xpoo roporfod
The Bib to amend an Act entitled an Act to m
corporate the Air Line Raihoad Company m South
Carolina, was read q third time and sent to the
House for concurrence. - : -,
Wright introduced o Bill, which, after being read,
was referred to the Judiciary Committee DO close
the operations of the Bank of the State of South
Carolina. 1t provides that the Governor shaa be
authorized to take immediate possession ef all the
real aud personal assets, books Of account cj, OF
and shall place all the personal notes, bonds, bills,
exchange, &C., in the possession of the Bank, in
the haads of the Attorney General for collection
The Attorney General shall pay over the proceeds
of sch collections at once to the State Treasurer
but no salts shall be entered for the recovery Of
notes, bonds, &C.. which the Governor and Attor.
ney-General may think worthless. All bills issued
by the Bank prior to December 20, 1860, which
were duly fled in the Court Of Equity in cemph-
anee with an-crdee from that Gau before. the sist
June, 1868, shall be funded, and on the surrender
and delivery of said bills to the Treasurer, bonds
for the same shall be issued, running twenty years,
and drawing semiannual interest st the rate of six
per cent q year. For The redemption Of these
bonds the faith and credit of the State is pledged
Bills not 50 fled in the Court of Equity within the
time indicated cannot be funded, bat may be used
as discount or set off in all suits brought by the
said Bank in payment of all demands due it The
Act of December 81, 1865; and the 10th section OF
an Act ratified December 19, 1872, and all Acts I;
Bank receivable in payment of taxes and all other
debts due the State, are repealed by the Bill.
"+~% !" WEDNESDAY,, Augus12, 1868!
Governor Scott sent q message to the. Senate,
vetoing the Bill to reduce the bonds of public of;