The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-12-18
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SSoheS SAPShoSo ~ chO JSot Souh1ShSAh6 w
vember 1, 1872, and fer the deficiency fror
the year ending on that date. This bill, a
has been already reported, has passed tn
House and was received in the Senate las
Saturday in the shape In which 1t was report
ed by the House committee on ways an
means, With a levy of FIVE mills for State pun
poses and two mills for schools, fv
mills for DEFICIENCIES aud three mill
for county purposes, or fifteen mill
in all. The bill was referred On Saturday t.
the Senate finance committee, and this morn
ing 1t was returned by that committee, wit
the recommendation that the third Item 10
defciencies) be increased from FIVE to sevel
mills, and t'that two hundred and fifty THOUSAND
dollars of the amount received by the levy IL
this section shall be set apart for the payment o
school deficiencies, aud for no other purpose
If 80 much be necessary" This proposition
if adopted, will bring the amount of the ia;
up to seventeen mills on the dollar, whicl
vas precisely the amount of the levy made b!
the late acknowledgements, DR.. Neagle, en-
Joined by Judge Melton. II lB said that thu
state superintendent OF education made
| strong showing before the finance committe'
of the necessity of this deficiency levy FOL
school purposes, and 1t is probable Ina 10 tns
debate upon the bill, which 10 expected ID the
Senate tomorrow, some Interesting develop
ments OF the financial transactions OF the pas
year may be made.
A NEW COURTHOUSE JOB.
A proposition was introduced to-day, ir
both branches of the Assembly, to authorize
the erection of a new courthouse In and fol
the County of Richland, to be located, oil
course, at Columbia, and to provide for q spe-
clal tax levy In this county of two and a hall
mills to pay for 1t. A petition to this effect
from the county commissioner was presented
in the Senate by Senator Nash, and in the
House by Representative Thompson; and a
bill to authorize the building OF the new
courthouse was introduced by the latter. The
| petition includes an estimate Of ways and
means, which puts the cost of the new build
ing at $500 which Is proposed TO be pro-
| vlded Tor by the sale of the present court
house lot for SIS. 900, and the levy of two and
| q half mills, which will produce SIT, 600.
THE ATLANTIC AND sEABoARD RAILROAD.
The Senate committee on railroads to-day
| charter of the Charleston, Georgetown and
Conwayboro' Railroad Company, but recon-
mendlng that sections 2, 4, S and 7be stricken
out. This bill proposes to consolidate the
railroad named with other corporations, to
form the Atlantic and Pacific Seaboard Rail-
way Company" The sections which were re.
commended to be stricken out provide respec-
lively as follows: Section 2 describes the
manner OF electing the first board of directors
and subsequent boards; Section 4 fixes the
capital stock of the consolidated company at
$40, 000, 900, to be increased at discretion; Seo-
ton 8 authorizes the company to Issue mort.
gage bonds, and Section Z provides that any
city, township or county ls authorized to SUBJ
scribe to the capital stock Of the company
upon a popular vote t9 taat effect. These
sections were all stricken out, and the bill
as thus amended was passed to Its third
reading.
THE sPARrANBURa N AsHEvrLLE RAILROAD
bill was also reported back with important
amendments, which were laid over for con-
alteration tomorrow. These amendments
propose to put It In the power Of the Assembly
to amend or repeal the charter when granted;
to provide for the manner of determining the
right of way according 10 the general act
upon this subject approved September 70,
1868, and to provide ''that the work, for the
execution whereof said company is incorpo-
rated, snail be commenced within three years
after the first day OF January next, q be
completed within five years after Its COM
mencement."
DELINQUENT TAX SALES.
Senator Hope, Conservative, OF Lexington,
to-day introduced an important bill, entitled
a bill to repeal the first section OF an act emil.
tied IAN act to amend an act entitled an act
prOPluluS lOT tuo dSScebucut auu tohaIlou Va
property passed September Is. 1868, and all
acts amendatory thereto" passed March IL,
1872. This is a long title. and the bill itself
requires q somewhat extended explanation.
The Legislature of 1868 passed the general
tax law named above, and provided, 10 Sec
lious 10s, ia, ll6, 1T and l23 OF the act, that
delinquent taxpayers should be allowed to re-
deem their lands at any time within two years
after they had been sold. The General As-
aembly of 1s7l-72, however, passed, among
the last acts of the session, a bill which limi-
ted this right of redemption to q period of
ninety days after the sale, required the delln-
luent to Institute steps for the redemption OF
his property within thirty days of the sale,
and repealed the provision whereby property
for which less Than one-fourth OF Its value
was offered ut auction, was required to be bid
In by the State. The bill now introduced In
the Senate proposes to repeal all the amend
ments mentioned, and leave the law, In these
respects, In the same position as when passed
In 1868.
THE LICENSE Law.
The Senate committee on finance to-day re.
ported f%avorably upon the bill to repeal the
State license law, passed last winter, but recon-
mended an amendment providing that the re-
peal shall not take effect until the lst OF April,
1873. The excuse for this Is that most Of the
persons coming under the provisions of the
SCG u1tO oiiS0uy poiu ny ~ Shoo LOW ooe "
the act were to be repealed now the State
would have to refund 10 those persons the
amount they have paid for the unexpired
time. This bill has already passed the House,
and, with this amendment, 1t Is probable that
1t will pass the Senate, and sweep away q law
which has proven very odlous 10 most persons
interested.
THE HOUSE FURNITURE JOB.
The matter Of the payment for the gorgeous
furniture and appointments of the hall Of the
House of Representatives, which was bought
under the management of e1-Representative
Dennis, who has since been more generally
known as 'Upholsterer Dennis, has been left
as q legacy by the late Assembly to torment
their new successors. A proposition to make
immediate payment of these claims was TO-
troduced to-day In the two houses by Senator
WhIttemore aud Representative Bowley in
the shape of a joint resolution, the full text OF
which Is as follows:
Be 1t resolved, That the State treasurer be,
and he Ia hereby authorized aud required to
pay and cancel the different notes and certi6-
Gates issued for the purpose of ing the
debts contracted In furnishing the I'LL OF the
House of Representatives, committee and
other rooms used by the General Assembly OF
South Carolina In the year A. D. 1870, amount
ing to $40. 473 IL; to wit: to Nicol, Davidson d
Co., 1923, 1928 80; TO Stewart, Sntphen d Co.,
SCI. 1894 &C.; to M. n. Berry, s4350. 70, with In
terest from the dates when the respective
debls were contracted. Provided, however,
that the Slate treasurer shall pay no notes or
cort{6cotoo pnrportino IN have hppn isanp6 for