The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-02-29

thy determination, if they received any pecu-
mary reward for their advocacy of the meas.
ure, to faithfully earn their money, and the
bill was finally carried by the decisive vote of
twenty-five to six. ~
The yeas and nays were taken, and resulted
as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Allen, Arnim, Barber, Bic
Hayes, Hayne, Hollinshead, Johnston, Leslie,
Rose, Smalls, Swails, Whittemore, Wimbush
Nays-Messrs. Cardozo, Corbin, Holcombe,
Montgomery, Wilson, Young-6.
so the bill was agreed to, and ordered to be
engrossed for third reading. ~
The House at its session to-day transacted no
business of any special interest except the pass.
age of Jervey's new election law, which, as has
already been stated, provides for an immediate
count of the vote, but makes no provision for
mixed boards Of managers and commissioners
of elections. ~ @-H7aGaJ lp.<i NJ '.p'.
The House, however, held night session to
deliberate upon the general appropriation bill,
and had the pleasure of listening to a long
speech by Comptroller General NeagIe, the
salient points of which have already been fully
Legislature had started wrong in not levying
larger taxes in former years, so as to pay up
the accounts of each year during the year; that
he had advised them to do this, but they had
needed the voice of the taxpayers, and thus
got themselves into tight place at last, which
served them right for not listening to him that
the State officials not having enough money
from taxation to pay the demands authorized
by the Legislature, had been compelled to issue
twenty-year bonds and put them on the market
at ruinous discounts; that the debt of. the State
had thereby been run up to an amount that mo-
body exactly knew, but which was certainly
not less than S12000,000, and might be far
above that figure; that to pay the interest on
this the extravagant but authorized expenses
of the current year, and the deficiencies of for
mer years, a State tax of fifteen mills on, the
dollar was an absolute necessity that the easi-
est way was the best, and that nobody had any any
right to complain anyway. He then went into
q calculation of the probable expenses of the
State government for the current year, as fol;
lows: ~.
Ordinary civil expenses $780,
Interest tor the current year...-...... .718D0g
Legislative expenses. 400, ,000
Public and permanent printing........ 100000
Deficiency from last year::.:,.......... 100000
Total. .a ,4e8, 900
This was on the basis of the treasurers 'fe:
port estimating the debt at about $4,000, 900,
and was outside of the 100000 Of floating
debt in New York, for which $3,773, 900: Of
bonds were hypothecated, and which with &C,
crued interest had doubtless amounted to ST.
900, 900 by this time If this were to: be paid,
it would make So, ,46S, 900 to be raised by taxes
this year; but leaving this out of sight, and
taking the above statement as the probable ex-
penses for the year, State tax of fifteen mills
on the dollar would be necessary to pay them,
Then he said he did not propose to advise the
General Assembly as to their duty. he had
simply come before them to give them such
facts and figures as were in his possession, and
thanking them for the attention they had paid
Ito his remarks, he withdrew.
DIR. Neagle was followed by Mr.. Bowen, who
made pungent and pointed speech against
the proposed tax levy, after which the House
adjourned. '.-'' % - 20 40 ~
The business in the General Assembly on
Saturday was unimportant In the Senate q
long debate was had over Cardozo's proposal
of a constitutional amendment to allow of Gu:
mulative voting, which was finally lost by the
decisive vote of two to eighteen, Messrs. Carr
doza and Hayes being the only Senators who
voted in favor of it. ~, ~!
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