The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-01-28

oriared 10 be collected under General Order No. 139
are to be paid during the month OF March, and which
win it Is estimated yield to the Treasury $l76 900 BY
the middle Of April Will leave not dollar Of the bfft
in circulation (providsd prompt payment is msdeh
even Including the 10000 necessary TO defray the
expenses of this and the disbursement o.
meet the wants OF the present provisional govern.
ment during this period, in payment OF Quarterly
eslsries &C. but there would be balance OF 900
In greenbacks in the Treasury. INT we can safely
leave that on as no gucn prompt payment WILL De
made.
from embarrassment and that body can proceed with
its work In framing such egiaaton as may be neces-
sary to carry out the provisions Of the new constu
ton. The several operations Of the government must
also bs carried on-the Lunatic Asylum, Penitentia-
~ Prisons and Courts must a.! be sustained 30 that
society ahal be protected and the Life, liberty and
uroperty cf the citizen be secured. o.
| In any view which the convention may take OF the
matter whether additional Acts Of Reconstruction
may be passed. whether the present @ provisona .s
tuition has BEEN ratified by the people, accepted by
Congress- and the new government placed IN opera
don, these expenses must be met; and 1nasmuch as
these bills receivable are the only currency which
ean be relied upon, 1t behooves every citizen Of the
STATE to- give them the largest value. In doing So
m unousii1ed pledge for their redemption, accord
ing tothe terms Of the oct authorizing thus ISSUE
ougt 10 be made. 80 :. - :. '4W :.
thereis no reason to distrust bis fdehty. No por-
Hcn'of eaese bills receivable can be paid from the
Treasury e1ceptin conformity to the appropriations
OF the order Of General Candy and tho existing law.
There isr therefore, no danger OF the fund being
souandered, inasmuch as It Is regulated BY law, and
its custodian, the Treasurer, is under bonds Of
500 900, with abundant secuites,
Your committee also think 1t important that this
convention should give solemn pledge that al, the
obligations Of the Sate should be hquldated and paid
practical dp shd with the laast incon-
r. "a . css ss s9G.e Ine ss4e reaso1s may ee
mentioned in connection with tho bills receivable,
aimee the endorsement Of these obligations by this
convention would tend to restore the bonds by which
they arc represented to their former value and to
|iensure the conf 5ence Of capitalists at home and
abroad in the sanae..,G a-oe
lition making such endorsement taking care, how
ever to declare null and void all obligations entered
into by the State either to aid the State OF South
Carolina or the so-called Confederate States In the
rebellion against the Government and authority OF
the United States An unequivocal declaration that
ha class Of claims against the State shall never be
paid, should, we think be made by this body, and
thus put at rest all apprehension that ct any future
me any citizen Of South Carolina shall be taxed one
cent to pay debt to destroy the Union. Your COM
mittee after full consideration and consultation with
| the Commanding General, are OF the opinion tnaf
the taxes LEVIED may be most conveniently colecteo
by the means suggested by General Candy IN his
| General Order No. 1S9, and he has promised his
hearty cooperation In that work. They, therefore,
recommend that the same persons shall collect the
tares they being officers duly spponted by law and
under heavy bonds and to transfer the same to the
Treasury Of the State for the immediate pay OF the
mileage and per diem Of the members OF this body
| together with Its necessary expenses. When the
public observes that while the convention places
S5.oOo OF these bills in circulation in addition TO
those already out tar Is levied TO be collected bait
in March and the other In July, to reimburse the
treasury for the outlay which 1t will make to this
convention, 1t will In the judgment of your com.
mittee, prevent the depreciation Of these bills, and
xi,n lodi al yrn ean
should not at an early day. appreciate very nearly
10 their fun vafue.- ------.
In considering this report the committee hope
tina. the wa IN ona Sae% o
important mntters not only Of this convention, but
of the people Of the sate--the whole people-not
only now, but in the future We are not legtsatng
| or framing constitution for to-day, but for the
future. -. -, -,
II must be borne in mind that II constitution Is
adopted BY this convention, and accepted Ry the
people 1t is almost absolutely certain that It will be
by Congress- That such Will be the result this COM
nttee have no shadow Of doubt; hence, legislature
viii within short Time assemble, when Large Rddi-
tion expenses for tha 6tste will he incurred. Was
this the Last expense that the new government which
s sbout TO be organized could indiot upon the STATE
ana our interest ss citizens of the State should cease
here, very different plan than the one pro-
| posed might be recomrnended;. bnt with the hrm
Conviction that this 10 only the beginning and with
conscdeptiouB desire to discharge our duteH TO the
stste With fidetywith desire to increase the con-
Adence Of all the people Of the State and elsewhere
place Ehe credit Of the State upon firm basis, and
In the belief that the adoption OF the course herein
recommended will accomplish much TO bring ABOUT
inch q result-your committee have unhehtatngly
mnde the Recommendations heretn contained. This
body Is in want Of money now. The Congress. Of
the United States gives us power to aVy and collect
/ q tar. Under that authority It 's cieary In tne
province OF this body to authorize the levy and the
Collection within i've days; but It would be lmposs
| BILE 10 execute such an order. We might ordar II
ia ten fteen or thirty days. but it could not bs col
lected within that period, reasonable time Houio
be ssked and given. The dictates Of humanity Houd
demand It. There were not other weighty reasons
| for It.
fend every citizen OF the State IN the very nrst act by
leyyinp tar to meet the expenses OF this conven
to and forcing the collection Of It In the shortest
possible tune. And though the most arbitrary mea-
sures be resorted to to collects taI tits not
sure that 1t would all be paid, and within ressona
BILE time There is stringent law for the collection
of taxes now there always has been, and yet there
are delinquents, there always will be. In view OIL
the facts set forth, and in view OF another fact viz
that there Is no money now IN the State Treasury
| that Is, no State currency and that II there was
there s no absolute certainty that We could at
get possession Of It, inasmuch as we have no authon
| ty to appropriate such money, but only power tc
| levy tar and coleot IL Although your committee
| have not been met by such objections and have
no reason to expect any, yet in view Of the facts jus
mentioned and all the circumstances enumerated
| together with Otner cOu6loefduOub Oh importance
hey have deemed it best In order to insure
| LIST. The most speedy payment Of portion due
| the members and officers OF the convention.
3D. To protect the credit Of the State, and to res
tore confidence and increase prosperity.
Sd. Levy q tax upon the property of the Stat.
according to law and give the most liberal tim,
| for the payment thereof and not to distress tn,
people, who are already overburdened and op
pressed.
the power whose authority we must obtain befor
| we can take any money from the State Treasur,
| ithe Msior-General commanding the Military Dis
irlctl. your committee respectfully recommend tina
tax shall be levied, collected and paid in the man
| ner and form herein annexed;
| AN ORDINANCE
| To ,evy Special Tar to dSray the Expenses of thi
Conuentior and to Preserve the Credit of the State
We. the people Of the State Of South Carolina, b,
our delegates in convention met, do ordain-
That there shall be assessed and collected by tn
Tax Collectors OF the several districts and parishe
in this State, in addition to the Tux already levied
under General Orders No. 1S9, issued from Hesd
quarters Second Military District by Brevet Major