The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-12-07
I Information as 20 the treatment and condi-
tion of the inmates of the C0lored Orphan

Information as 70 the treatment and condi
tion of the inmates OF the C0l0red Orphan
Asylum at Charleston was concnrred In.
The House concurrent resolution author
tance, In the preparation of bills for the Gene
raj Assembly. four or more solicitors was re
terred to the judiciary cemmiLtee, as was a!st
the bill. (by Mr.. Hope) to give the election o
trial Justices and constables to the qualified
voters as directed by the Constitution OF tnt
State, and the bill 10y Mr.. Keith) to repea
Sections s. 6 and Z OF Chapter So Of the Gene
raj Statutes of South Carolina.
The finance committee was entrusted VIII
the care of the bill 10y Mr.. Nasty to repeal al
act entitled San act to provide for a sinking
fund and the management OF the samei' the
bill (by Mr.. Whtttemore) supplementary to at
] act entitled A act to Incorporate the Charles
ton Joint Stock Company OF South Carolina
for the. benefit of the State Orphan Asylum;
and empower county tressurers to receive
Jury certificates In payment Of county taxes
The bill 10y Mr.. Duvall) to incorporate the
| Peedee Agricultural and Mechanical Associa.
| ton, was referred to the on agrl
| culture, and the bill 10y MIR. Keith to rene"
| the charter of RaveneIs Bridge across the
Seneca River, n Oconee County. was SEM &c
In the House there was q considerable
| number introduced, some ofwhioh promise to
be Of considerable importance in the event Of
their adoption. 49,, :.
REPRESENTATIVE Cochrane, (Anderson,) 10.
| troduced q bill to designate The of1cers ~
| whom court sales shall % ordered. ine olli
| provides that all sales Of personal or real es-
| tate or other Interest now or hereafter OF
dered to BIZ made by the Courts OF Common
Pleas or the Courts of Probate OF Ibis state.
or under the authority thereof, shall be made
by the sheriff of the county In which said real
or personal estate or other interests IS al the
time said sale Ia ordered, and hat all sales 6y
fe6SBhall be the same az nov fixed by law Tor
sales made by them under executions Issued
from the Courts OF Common Pleas.
Representative B ,semon (colored, Charles.
tony introduced a bill 10 incorporate the Peo-
ple's Loan and Real Estate Company OF
Charleston. with the usual features OF co-ope.
rative building associations, and with the lcI-
lowing named lncorporators !: I. J. peizer,
WIN. Thayer, 7. A. Wilour. Charles Inglesby,
W. B. Steedman and B. e.. Presley.
Representative Levy (Charleston) intro
duced q bill to incorporate the Charleston
Cosstwlss TransD )rtation Company, with
Messrs. BENJAMIN F.. Simons, John G.
Mallonee. Edwin yelling and Rueben
&. Hudglns aB incorporators and dlrec-
tors, capital fixed at fifty thousand dol.
lara, WIFI Lno pTlVleBc " iuCleaeo " eo"o
to five hundred thousand dollars, and to COM
mence operations when twenty thousand dol
lars shall have been subscribed, and ''for the
purpose of transporting by sailing vessels pro-
ducp, goods, wares, merchandise and general
freight between Charleston and any other
port or ports on yhe Atlantic seaboard or In
the West Indies" This Is an enterprise which
has already been fully described In b NEWS,
and which promises the most admirable re-
sultsi in reviviDg ~ship.bnildiDg, and stlmulat-
Ing the carrying trade of the port OF Charles
Representative Artsou, (coloted, Charles.
ton gave notice OF 8 bill to amend the act In
cooperating certain fire engine companies 10
the City of Charleston. 1t Is said that this ts
q measure intended to secure the admission
of the Comet Star and other colored engine
companies into the steam fire departmental
the city.
Representative Miller, (colored, Fairdeld,)
a notice of bill to prohibit county com
missloners being Interested 10 contracts for
public work given out by them. He also
noticed q bill to amend the act to regulate the
manner of drawing OF jurors, which, 1t is
said, contemplates an increase OF the pay OF
beings.
Representative Mccullough, Conservative,
Greenville,) continued to manifest Ills ioten-
tIon OF stopping the innumerable leaks about
our ship of State by giving notiee Of q bill to
reduce the fees Of the county tressurers.
Representative Criltendon conservative,
Greenville,) aided his colleagues attack upon
this highly prosperous army OF oficeholders
by the introduction OF a bill to make their CT
fees elective. The bill provides that u there
shall be elected by the qualified voters OF each
county 10 this State at Inc next general cleo
ton of Slate and county officers, q county
treasurer for each county, who shall hold his
office for the term OF two years." and shall
give q bond OF - dollars In Charleston
County, and CT dollars In the other coun-
ties.
Mr.. Mccullough also went for the county
auditors by the Introduction of q bill TO abolish
that highly ornamental office. and which pro-
yides 't,thst the Office OF county auditor be
| and the same is hereby abolished, and all the
| duties of said office shall hereafter be per.
formed by the county treasurers Of the re-.
tleasurers shall receive no additional compen-
| sstion for the performance OF the service here
| In imposed 10 that already allowed by law"
A number of other bills and notices Of more
| or less importance we're also Introduced, but
| they nave already been mentioned by tele-
| graph, and ara not now. deserving OF any
further description.
| highly important report upon the bill intro
| duced last Monday to provide for q levy o.
taxes for the expenses OF the current year and
the deficiencies OF the past year, the support
/ of the free schools and for county purposes
The amounts OF these taxes we're left blank IL
| the bill, aud the committee have reported i
| back with q favorable recommendation, anc
with the blanks filed up as follows:
| For appropriations for the fecal year
commencing November l, l872..... 8 mills
For school purposes. z mllls
For deficiencies from the fiscal year
commencing November l, l87l..... 8 mills
For county purposes. . mllls
IOtai.. "A
The collection Of this tax would bring Int
the State treasury, as has already been show
In the editorial columns Of The NEWS, the fol
lowing amounts:
s mills for general expenses. 1900. $750,OO
2 mills for schools. 300,OV
5 mills for deficiencies. ............. 10000
8 mills for county purposes $4,000
Is mills for all purposes. ,25O,0o
This "demnItion total of two and q quar-
ter millions does certainly seem a rather hlgt
price for the little State of South Carolina {
pay for the luxury Of Radical rule for on
year, but I have heard the proposed levy de
Tended by at least one individual to-day. an,
az the defence ia not without ingenuity 1t ma
be worth stating. The Individual Is q proml
nent Republican politician, not, however, cor