The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-01-20

SI0oh0I pTOCe6U6u 10 r6aO an ltem166O
statement Of the County indebtedness,
among which appears some 1000 or
900 due to the Gefalcation OF certain
collector, Mr.. Goodaop, whose bond,
Mr. Whittemore stated, was not worth
| cent.
Mr.. Leslie inquired il this statement
had been published for the proper in
formation ofithe Senate and the public.
MIR. Whittemore replied not, and
stated that if his word could not be
taken. the Senate might as well vote
down the bill Mt once
Mr.. Leslie wanted to know why it was
that il the County was SO deeply in debt,
| they had undertaken to build IN expen.
sive court house, and thus involve the
| County still more.
Mr.. Whittemore stated that the County
| Commissioners of Darlington ha6 been
threatened with presentmcnt by the
Grand Jury for not furnishing suitable
accommodations for the Court, and that
they had been ordered by Judge Rut-
land to build court house, and to have
it finished Ivy October.
Mr.. Leslie thought that explanation
too thin; for if Judge Rutland had done
so, he had better go home and stay in
bed. The idea that Judge wonld order
County Commissioners to build court
house was simply absurd, and until the
| County Commissioners made O proper
| report, he would oppose any measure for
their relief, and in any case would op-
pose the bonding of any County or town
debt. He had been reared Democrat,
and had retained at least ono good prin-
| ciple of COVER from his carly train
ing, and that was. that taxation should
follow close upon the heels of appropri-
alton, SO that the people might know
and feel precisely and Immediately what
tho burden Of their Indebtedness was
In conclusion, he moved that the whole
matter be postponed uutil full report
of the receipts and expenditures and the
Indebtedness Of the County be made by
the County Commiss1oners-print and
placed upon the desks of tho members
Of the Senate; which was adopted.
The following Acts were ratified and
ordered to be sent to the Governor for
approval: An Act to re- charter the Pump
kintown Turnpike Ron,l; an Act to uu-
thorizo the County Commissioners of
Oconce to levy 4 special tax; also, SINH
lar Act with regard to williamsburg
County; q bill TO incorporate the Stone
wall Fire Engine Company; an Act sup
Elementary to I'D Act to authorize nd
ministrators, executors, trustees anl
other iiduciaries to sell certain evidences
of indebtedness and to compromise in
certain cases; an Act to provide for the
State printing, &c. an Act to incorpo-
rate the Hedges Light Guards
\ bill to compel County Trcasurers
to receive the orders from County Com
missioners, in payment Of taxes, was
read the first timo and referred.
A resolution to request the judiciary
Committee to prepare Il bill to enforce
the prompt and thorough collection of
of the poll tax, was adopted.
The following bills were read by their
titles, as IL second reading, and referred:
A bill to amend and renew the charter of
of Anderson; to regulate the right of
traverse; to incorporate the Charleston
Cleansing Company, Of tho city Of
Charleston; to require the County Trea-
surers to report to the General Assembly;
to establish q State Normal School in
rate the South Carolina Building and
Saving Association No. 2; to regulnte and
determine what shall constitute legal
days labor i'll this State; to renew and
amend the charter of Spartanburg; to
amend the charter Of the German Evan
gelical Lutheran Church of Charleston;
to amend IN Act to provide for the con
structiop and keeping in repair of the
roads, bridges. &c. to prohibit the retail
sale of spirituous liquors on sale days,
and during tho sessions of the Courts;
to renew aud amend the charter Of the
town of Mt. Pleasant.
The report Of the Committee on Elcc-
tions, declaring vacancies in the Senate
from Abbeville, Charleston and George
town, was adopted.
a bill to empower the County Com
missioners OF Georgetown to levy a spe-
cinl tax, was passed and ordered to be
enrolled.
Mr.. Swails gave notice Of bill to au-
thorizc and require Clerks of the Courts
to discharge all the duties hitherto per-
formed by the Commissioner in Equity.
at 3 z. M. the Senate adjourned
HOUSE OF REPRESENrATI
The House met at - nj.
The Committee on tue Judiciary re-
ported on bill relating to marriages,
recommending amendments. Also, on q
bill amending the second clause of the