The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-02-01

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properly, and, therefore, not liable to tho tax,
according to tho Reconstruction acts,
On o division Of tho house, tho dog tax was
tssruokao1s rIYfTss $IOD s.IS4J
McGreyor Mackcy, tried to make up for the
loss Of the dog tax by increasing the. piano
tax. QUO
The folly Of the embryo legislator was shown
BY several members, apd his amendment laid on
the taRle9,ii saapo'l an tt,sAaH .usrsAa
i Attor much lapghable debate on tho subject
of figures, to which Leslie contributed his full
quotar the report was orecomnittea and .madc
thospccinldrdof ofiiHVcdncsday at,,lmlf past Il
P5 Sr,s ,.sno Is 10 uoS n1ToEH oi y1sss s,9ft Vi Il
ysss spsh sgSSaibRssss M s|sEs' RiS
Wiling for ths pay and mileage Of nsmpors bs'
postponed untiLit was decided in what curren-t
cy they were going to bepaid.sr' % !i'sp'rr 81
'T!J RSbeftsoh hoped thatthe motion would
prevail because M Mthe Flpspce
had found 20 means tou pay, the deelcgatest than
in bills receivable, andi the nine dollars per
sliens allowed would bring scven dollars md
twenty CENTS and that would grcat deal more
thann pay tho expenses Of most dele.
gates.r va n; .ls7d AZ II i,g.os-ih .oG ...n I
Pillsbury thought thnt anythingrthe coivcnsi
tion would do TO raise the value Of The State
currency would only injare, BECAUSE If TIC con, on2
vcntion had pawer to, vote pair ;of3 Gabrioll..s
wings ito each white inhabitant Of this State,
they would tear those wings from their sockets,
aiil continue Tplod on foot in the dust of this
mundane sphere z' ts'a" :. L h',' ,, 's'. t,l
Robertson said the bills could not go 80, low
as the delegate from Charleston said, becausoI
the provisional and military governments Of the
State acknowledge the legality f,tho bills, and
receive them at par yauo end that there
more tax duo than there are bills OUT al, j
Parker said, ,thattifi all the taxes due were
paid by the middle of April, ull the bills rcll
oeiJsbs t9Posea te0 sqea @l'h Shla M b Il al t
Bowen objected to ppttingis9 on tho record,
} and then taking really only $3.50. It was pro-
posed to. pntis50,Q0Q in,these bills on the. mar
kct in elha9}dls, off one lundredlapd twenty,
four people. Thcys would .depreciate beyond
measure This Nps M mypye s Of hesp the spqsySlatoffs
to set possession ef these bills IL sBt at very low
pgisef nnd he hoped d. atat il wena Pot spYeseea
Whateycr he was to get, if itwas o9ly. oa9Ply.g2 sg259 59a
he wsptcd il, correctly stated on the record, :,
Jesse s, ,Crag tiioaiglit tLat thsaii the issue w Of
these Bs Tic sfato was sontraTy tho thsn pro-
vision in the United States Constitution pro-
venting gSSy stat6 frdhr isaaing iiss5Jas credit
Amer haeh "ra1Sblmg 'dissassGh &c was
agreed ITO make the 'pay; Of 'dslegates sffspdr
day and that Of DlHsaraa ii III rtoP6FtieH i'ef" aF,
i TR6 .houf'of Three T, ,eM. 'RayiAg qllfirivcd,
h6ihssoniblagc 'aijo jodrned' 'dl 'T'''.f 1e''
S nrn 1esi nttf ayi2 '1a i,.fs sboi! odi lln /,
esx nqiiulowNEED WEDNESDAY, ne 99A4laX, 29TH:b III .eqaol
/ The ioii'was called, and a quorum being
present, the assembiage proceeded TO busincss
!, Ihei minutes of'the last meeting awcrcf read
!. Coshlanointfoduced adrcsolu,ion excluding
the reporter Of The JHcrcury, whichwhs almost
unanimously adopted ua.4l .aot,redcM I. Il
1 Tho following members aaked rthe privilege
of recordingitheirr nIthe negatiyei:, F.J.
Moses, dra LIB aJohnsop, Lemuel Boozer,7 g.
NJ iOlsennSiA. Swails,i Nv. Whipper,. Bal.
ley, Milford, t. Hprloy, John A. II anter, j.. L..
Newell VIM. Perry, C..R. Leslie, ,.J3C, !; ;Neagle,,
James ~ l,u lRunion. on.e,lza /. ...., nsohssa i n
"a petitiohofor ro-cnfraachiaemontw was read
from phee Wish NIXON. of Bafnwell.so{ Who
acaaRit be21qorqmi III 8 .noissibRqor d yanq
gorley introduced resolatiohslin,q ,qelasiohsto
honacateads fbankruptcyi which wercs roe
Gcrrod tb'tiie egomnIitttteee2d, sisrqg
Arniin offered aresoution d pctitiothi! Con
gress ID lend the fstato1.s3 600, 600 which.
anlOunt is Tho hatt proceeds If tho cotton tax
of the statc TofSfTcd.s Il odt iadi os lss de'
cSanBetaih offered l'raa 4caso esxaeludngso sa lsdso
the p1rtoprietqrs and editors 81 - abyy
name, and supported His Restitution BY va,
speoe I'm which liz Stated that it tHs was s. meas
ure II pIrccaiatioh. l''S&* Ho''''hq 'a' '"9" Y
y.J wst ri niaoS speech 81 aa! very "iah"tt much Il
ii Ii IGn .1,;1 ,d ol ii:a 4aR sL gmd flseui
The resolution as il VA was adopted Moses e voting
in tbs thp 2. negative e'ai s ,os 1sd, a,m r, MAN 81
y On3motiou Of Parker, i, ,was resolved to have