The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1870-12-02

Leaving balance Of SIS ia confinement, ,'of
which 500 asessmalss- and. seven females
Speh as are enumerAtea as pardpned mainly
as consisted of those whose terms age about to
i7fysxpire, and who were re commended for their
s.,,,gopd sbeha viour. by the Superintendent By
anticipating the expiration OF tielr sentence
the crirnnal geuerslly avoids. the deprivation
CO sof his civil riirhts, many 6f viii i ;woald be
,..fao-feited bv their cousufnmation. TIE effect
- = of this Ieniepeyis statds by the Sppsrinten.
dent as being most salutarS in prom moting good
behavior among the convicts and enabling him
-. from davto day tor deeigiirte large numbers
= of the conycts for work as laborefs, teamsters
= and mechanics, with6at the Presence Of
ga guard outside the enclosure OF the Prison and
not one has betrayed the confidence THIS re-
posed in them. The superintendent makes
variety of saggastions for ihs- extsnssoh' ana
improvement OF the institu:ion. which are
respectfully osu;niended 10 your favorable
considsfation.l sE y.
'''sS's 2 t@'Sfn fns LAND COMMISSION
Was, undoubtedly, cne of The uiSest and most
esSsdsi;ceSr nroiests Of the Statas hutafrom the
Sodiuru which has beed Ebrdfiph ..gppnssf bJ
s ges q freely @n,ades of pesulAt nd per-
m sonal purposes in its administrator, fhe resuts
have not been commensurate wih, the sagae,ty
-. and philanthropy, Of citsa objects. sAbeus
xSoo60o have isea expended end thousands
of asres 81 la,id haze been purchased, but up
u 80 this time enlya comparatively small pors
sgtion of the land has beepsoiI 70 actual settlers
4, snd The 4ardiness of the Commission should %
a sabject Of ingestigation by the Legislature;
This investigation should be tporough ana
aear,hing, by intelligent and honest men, who
should examioe fairly and fearlessly into al
-lssed abuses which havs EXCITED widespread
comment and dehunsistiou.S Desiring to ins|
vestigae these alleged abuses. myself apta
piled to an eminent law firm. in this city. but
was Informed That, =owirg to the imperfect ieg
jslation which characterized the Act, fay pow q
Ser oyer the uaaster was very limted aud quess1
1ionatae. Whate yer abusvs have; characteriz'
ed this agency aud paralyzed its usefulness; are
mainly tracsable TO its organization, by wnieh
:, It's authority vas delegated to fge Gommis-
siesers, ,andl BY its divided responsibility, IN
constituting any three of them, whose assent
obtained either individually or ia the aggre
gate.a quorum to decide AEquestions before
then. d win make no fecsn,nsndation upon
the subject af mo- yng tkAses provisions. but
would respectfully ask that the Executive be
relisv ed from bis share Of the control md res
,.popsibih ySf its affairs, Of which he is en,i.
+ lied, md thsSiaw, W 9nsfth; yli!e, 10 pub
f:c estimation he Hel6 tsporsibie fossti The
faults and .abuses connected with its entire su-
per yision., sHeywou,d AXE shslberty, howev.
'Comn,issi6ns ff6m polities sne fesrsic'ing him
tn the direction of its legitimate opeIseloae
:. .YS0r sttsnt7onis sailed 20 Che. fact that from
the money already dyirseeissdfor tile land soles5
M we'll a. those Which are TO- beeoid hereafter,
there is no provision msde for it, safe keeping,
." oiherthan 1he personal respopsibilfy Of the
Commissioner, who hes them under hia exclu-
qsixe-eharges tProsisisn shopll also be made
for their deposit IN sorie ssfe's sand RESPONSIBLE
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