The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-30

county commissioners ta3 Condition oi hi'sli-
ways ANA brides, AM g!;tt.isn alid report
10 the same The condition pf the poor; TO
prepare and return aIaealiy 10 the county
commissioners coiup'cic ii5t of the qualified
vocis within his tOwnshio, rom which list
'Iry Shall select not cNcrvA:n; one for every
tr nor less than one 10: cycry twenty Of
said voters in lie township respectively. who
sliuii, In their opinion, he qualified legally TO
serve as jurors, in accordance with the act
passed the 26th day of Sep,cmbrr 1865, cntl-
tlcu IAN act 10 regulate the manner Of draw
Ing jurors;' the first rpgia;latio after The pro-
posed act to be the basis of computation, and
Il new computation 10 bc.1AA,lc allcr each new
registrations; that he bc cquircd to summon
all persons between the ages of eighteen and
fifty. to work the public rSads within their rc-
spcctive townships. for moi less tian six days
each year, il 80 much be -dcemcd necessary,
and all dcfnultcrs, after being duly summoned.
shall he subject 10 Il pcnG,y OF double tie
number Of days.
The ..cmorlal iiirihcr represents that The
several county commissioners should be obii-
gated in ami tor the pcnai-sum Of three thou
sand dollars, conditioned upon the lawful per-
iormanco of his duties; The Charlrston County
obligated in and for the penal sum O: ten
thousand dollars; tha; all work ordered by
the county commissioner he given out by
contract to the lowest bidder, in their respcc-
tive counties, with real estate security for the
faithful performance OF the contract, when the
amount Of IL exceeds one hundred dollars
The conference, in their report, argue that
IL the State Containing $1,000 square milcs)
be divided rs the law directs. IL will contain
seven hundred and forty townships, each OF
which will require seven officers. The law
allows one dollar and fifty cents per diem for
each officer when ON duty. Each officer. per-
haps, will be OIL duty ono hundred and 1fly
days in year, making the pay Of the officers
for one township, for one year, fifteen hun
drcL and scventy-iivc (sl575) dollars, and the
pay of all the officers for all The townships, for
one year, one million one hundred and sixty
five tnv'mand and five hundred Isl, ,I655Oo)
dollars.
This enormous expense Shocks, MS Il should
the county commissioners, md they suggest
plans to reduce the expense ly recommending
the suspension of the act for ten years, but ut
the same time they cling somewhat to the lca-
turcs of the act. They iirstirequcst that the
time for holding an election for county COM
missioncrs be extended so as TO correspond
with the State election, claiming that thereby
saving or at least twenty thousand dollars
per nnnum 10 the State will be effected; then
they recommend Il special Commissioner for
each township, making seven hundred anil
forty Of these officers tor the State IL is cs:
timatcd that each officer Will be on duty
about forty days In the ycar--mullug each
officers pay eighty dollars t$S0) per annum
and for a the officers, for aiitS3 townships;
for the year, fifty-nlnc thcusGdta !iH0 hundred
$3.50, 200) dollars. 1t IS trts7t!iaE.this Is con-
Siderable reduction, but why should they have
any special commissioners What Is wanted
of them Is, il seems TO me, exactly what the
county commissioners are paid TO do. Beside,
how much labor Is TO be expected Of man
who gets only eighty dollars q year? This is Il
small sum, and one ''ior which," to use the
argument Of the report in regard to the one
dollar and n half per day paid for services Of
officers under the net, ''no competent man, IL
he honestly discharge his duty, would be will
ing to give his services" 1t is to be hoped
that the bill to abolish the Township act' will
pass, and thus rid the State of what is not
only an intolcrable nuisance, but to support
which also requires OH enormous expenditure
Of money.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The bill introduced In the House, yesterday,
by McKinlay, colorcd, In regard to pilots and
pilOtagc, is similar to that offered by Raincy,
colorcd in the Senate, the main points Of
which have been published in TUE NEWS.
G. B. StOddartl, IIarbormaster of Charleston,
is said to be the father OF the bill.
D.,
ties Mt Lcsle's house, yesterday about dinner
hour-among them Scott, Sawyer, Bowen,
Jillson and Hurley. Amid the feast Of good
things, and flow of liquids. all party diff
fcrences were forgotten, and hereafter Scott,
Sawyer and Bowen will have no pcnt-
up wrath, combining their powers, and if
not exclaiming the whole boundIess con-
tincnt Is ours, will, separately or collectively,
chccrfuly agree to represent all or any por-
tion ofit-for an adequate pccuniary consider
alton.
Rev. VIM. B. Yates, of Charleston, has sent
petition 10 the Legislature to make an ap-
preparation OF $4,000 to re-cstablish the marine
school at Charleston.
Yesterday Chief Justice Moses rendered his
decision In the cases of P. J. Coogan, NJ. G.
Cumplin, colored, II. Caulncld and Geo. Addi-
son, holding respectively tho Offices of ASSES
sor, assistant assessor, flour inspector md city
sheriff Of Charleston, In violation of his de-
cislon, that II they did 80 or interfered with
the books and papers thereof, they would be
guilty of contempt OF court. His decision Is
substantially that they arc guilty of contempt
of court, but he suspends tho oidcr for attach
mont, as his decision in the quo ,oarra,to case
Is to be reviewed In the Supreme Court; how
ever, retaining the motion for further order
when necessary.
In the House, to-day, j. A. Bowlcy, colorcd,
from Georgetown sent a note to the Speak
cr's desk, which stated that he thus gavo
notice Of his intention to shortly INTRODUCES
"bill to amend an act providing for the lac
general election, aud tile manner OF conduct
ingtho same." Speaker Moses garcd al him
and sent the note back. model legislatorl
Ex-Aldernan Thomas Jefferson slactcy has,
M, 10 pJ,fiD or