The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-11-22

f-Nk00usNoueEHt SnhIuQeIlAln obs re0O6f-
|sdsthe following opinion oa the power
ot County Commissioners toEievy taxes
sor highway purposes: !
. QsBIoE OF ATTORNEY G ENRnAn,
CoLUdBIA, 8. O., November 19, 1872.
u Il. Bryant. Esq. Chairman board
County Commissioners, Richland Coum-
ty. ler
DEAR SIR: I have considered the
question submitted to me few days
sinee iii regard to the power OF the
County Commissioners OF q County to
levy tux for highway purposes IN addi-
! tion to the full amount of the levy al
lowed ly the j',iut resolution of March
49, 1872.
Section ID. Of the Act of September
26. 1858. entitled can Act to define the
jurisdiction and powe of County Com.
missioner,," tpnge 1874. volume IA pro-
yides that ''no tax shall be levied and
collected by the County Commissioners
until the same has been authorized by
tho General Assembly
Section 2. Of tho Act of March 8,
1871, entitled IAN Act to provide for
the construction and repair Of public
highways" (page G67, volume 49, au-
thorizes the County Commissioners to
''assess O tux Of eighteen cents. If SO
much be necessary, GU every 800 of the
l,sts of the County" for highway pur.
poses.
"he jrint resolution of March IL.
1872, cutitirl Joint Resolution author
iz'ng aud directing the State auditor and
County Commissioners to levy certain
taxes" (page 293. volume 15.) author
| liz ~ the County Commissioners of each
OF The Counties 20 levy II tax not exceed
ing three mills on dollar Of all taxable
property i'll their respective Counties,
except the County Of Fairfield, in which
the County Commissioners shall not
levy tax of moro than one and half
tnilis, for the fiscal year, commencing
November !. 1871.
The question growing out Of the
statutes now quoted is, whether the
jnnt resolution Of March 49, 1872. is in.
tended to tix the highest liulit Of County
taxation, 80 AS to render tho laying of IL
highway tax in addition to the limit
fixed by tint resolution, illegal?
l hnve no time to elaborate nv views,
hnt am of the opinion that the County
commissioners nro limited to thrce mills
inclusive Of tue Highway inx. III all tho
County the limit is one and one half
mills. Very respectfully, yonr obe,lient
servant. II. II. CHAMBERLAIN,
Attorney General, S. G.
The GEnATEsr BRlDGE The greatest
work i'll the line Of suspension bridges
ever attempted in this country is the
bridge from New York to Brookly n
across the East River. It will be sup-
portel by two great towers. which have
IL height above higE-water mark of 26S
feet, while they rest upon foundations
some eighty feet beneath high water.
The height of tho centre or ,nnin span
Of the bridge will be l35 feet above high
water. The length Of the river span
will be- GIG feet, of each lnnd span $40
feet. 'Ihe length of ihe New iork ap-
proach will be 1.44l feet, and tho
Brooklyn approach OIL. The total
length uf the bridge will be 5.s7s feet.
1t will be amply broad, and will have
foot wuva, cnrriage-ways and railway
track, all distinct and effectunlly sepn-
rated It was begun in 1870. The
tower on the Brooklyn side has reached
a height Of 14O feet, that ou the New
York side So feet. above tho water.
When the work will DE dono, the engi.
neers themselves will not undertake. to
say. 1t is conjcctured thut it will be at
! iea>t iouf ScaTS OeI0re ttGVel Will COM
mrnce npon it. 1t was calculated for an
expense Of Sc. 600. 600, but i: is now sup
posel the cost will considerably exceed
TINT sum. When this bridge is com
pleted, it will be one of lie wonders of
the country. 1t will make New York
and brooklyn almost one, and may real
izo the predictions Of some people that
the day will coms when brooklyn will
be nntxed to Now York, and one 60
vernment will control them both.
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barometer. there it will inform you of
the changes of temperature, or forewarn
yon of the coming Of storms. thus indi.
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necessary to reinforce tho system with
Hostc!ter' Stomach B:tters, III order to
ward of the ailments which peculiar
conditions Of the elements produce.
When tho quicksilver suddenly falls
several degrees Of Fahrenheit, us it often
does ut this season, foriify tho system
against the depressing influence oi this
sudden abstraction of heat by dose OF
the most genial aud wholeso mo OF all in
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