The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-12-20


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their heads for very shame II such an argument
should be allowed to prevail. Were they to be
told that unless they threw open the doors Of the
treasury to claims that would not bear examina,
tlon, they were not to be allowed 10 go home fol
the holiday recess9 Then they had better stay
, there. As for himself, he would choose to
- STAND THERE TILL DooMSDAY,
and withouta dollar Of compensation, rather than
have his vote recorded In favor or any measure
whatever under snch a threat: II they were to
be coerced into a violation OF duty and OF sworn
obligations by the threat that otherwise they
would not get their pay, 1t were better that they
should he unpaid forever.
Senator Maxwell, colored, OF Marlboro, Senator
Jones, coloIed. OF Georgetown, and Senator
Smalls, colured, OF Beaufort, followed in speeches
to q similar effect. The latter took q grlmly hu.
morous view OF the threat that II they did not
vote 81 and. so they would get no money to 60
home with. In view or this, he thanked heaven
that the railroad companies had all given them
passes 10 go home with, aud II. alter they got
home they couldn't get enough money TO get
back with, he thought IL would be q blessing to
the State. For himself. he would pass his hat
arol nd III the streets for money enough 10 60
home with before he would vote under sIch q
threat, and he didn't think that o senator VINO
couldt'G raise money enough TO go home with
without selling his vote to get 1t was much OF q
senator any way.
The deba e was continued at great length, the
only speakers who supported the motion to strike
out the proviso being, however, Senator JerVey,
colored. OF Charleston. and Senator Swatls. col.
ored, OF william burg. senator Whittemore was
also up and o several times during the course
of the argument, but it soon became painfully ap.
parent 10 him that his power Was gone ana ms
naht had been lost, so he so rowfuny retreated,
and the vote went against him by 20 to !. The
voters TO indefinitely postpone the moton 70
| strike out The provision, 10 create the board Of
audit were senators Dickson. Donaldson, Dun
can. Dunn, DuuaN. Ford. g i'lsrd, Hayne, Hol'
con1ee, Hollinshead. Jeter, Johnston, Jones, Lee,
Maxwell, Nash. Smalls, Wuson. Whlte-2o.
TIE SOLITARY SEVEN
who voted against it were Senators Cain, Car
dozo, Corwin, Jervey, ]. N. Smith, Swai:s, and It's
own parett, Whittemo.e.
The senator from Darlington, however, wanted
one more defeat, and he got It. He again made
q crusade against the proviso, and concluded by
moving that Section 8 be amended by striking
out the provi o, and inserting In lieu thereof the
following:
money raised from this levy, except such as have
been provided for oy the specified appropriations
already made"
Amotion was promptly made by Senator smalls
| after another argument, in which the emper OF
the Senale was again very plainly shown to be IN
favor OF the audiliDg board, the amendment was
withdrawn, and It's author solaced himself by
casing his fu' lie vote against the whole bill OF its
rnal passage. The bill was passed, however, aud
sent to the House for concurrence IN the Senate
provis' :. 1t wilIdouotless come up in the House
to.morr, when another al-day debate may be
expected.
THE BILL AS 1T NOW STANDS
Is as follows. the Senate amendments In which
the concurrence Of The House Is requi: ed being
printed In italics:
A BILL Authorizing and Directing the Comp
t~rOller.General and Couaty Commissioners 10
levy certain Taxes.
Be i: enacted, &c. SECTION ]. That the comp
troller. general be, aud Is hereby. authorized and
Eve mills on q dollar of all taxable property in
the SIaIe to meet appropriations for the fscs'
year commencing November lst, 1872:
SEC 2. That the cnmptroller.geneial be, and he
Is hereby, authorized and direcie I to levy, in add.
ton to the general Stale lew hereinbefore provid.
ed for O AK of two mills on the dollar on all theiax-
able prope ~ in the State, for the support OF pub.
lie school, which shall be collected at the same
time the general State levy Is collected aud paid
into the treasury OF The state. The same shal be
the State school fund. and shall DE kept by the
state treasurer separate and apart from all other
funds In his possession, and shall, under no cir.
cumstances, be used for other than sc1ool pur.
poses. 49,
SEC. 8. That the comptroller. general is hereby
anthor zed and required 10 levy anu cause to be
collected. In addition to tie Ievies authorized IL
the preceding sec: ions Of his act, q tax OF five
mills on q dollar OF all the taxable property In the
state to pay the deficiency OF the year commend
s e10s Ns 5 ,emee he 1 lssy s ssaai 81 gaie out a"e or the he
treasury on any deficiency claims untn such
claims h first be examined and approved on
the committee on finance, on me part Or me sen
ate, and the committee m aodys ana means on
the part OF the House OF representatives NE
said committees to report to their Tespecttue
branches 6rJore the close or the present session
or the General Assembly.
CIR "A fCluf Tho NQnntv rom mtnElAn era 0f pQ I'm
OF the counties are hereby authorized TO levy and
cause to he collected q tax not exceeding three
mills on o dollar Of all the taxable property In
their respective counties, except the County OF
Fai Fl lid, in which The county commissioners
shall not levy q lax OF more than one and one
hair q ~ mills for the fiscal year commencing
November 1st. 1872; The Said tax to inclnde the
highway tax for the said ear.
FEC. s.. The taxes 10 be collected In accordance
with the provisions OF this act shall be paid IN
gold and silver coin, In United States currency,
National Bank notes. and bills receivable OF Tue
state.
SEC. 8. That all act7 or parts or acts, Joint reso-
lutlous and parts oil joint resolutions, inconsls.
tent with the provisions OF this act. be, and the
9 I'M are hereby, suspended for the purposes oil
this act onlv: ProDtded, That nothing herein
contained sdau affect any Joint resolution passed
at this precious session looking to collection of
a special tau FOR specific purposes for any
countv.n
SEC. I. That the joint resolution, approved
March IS. 1871. entitled "Juiut resolution author.
izing aud direc' ing The Stale auditor and county
commissioners to levy certain ta2es," be, and the
same is II hereby, repealed.
TIE VACANT JUDGEsHIP.
The resignation by ex Governor Orr OF his seat
as the Judge Of tue Eighth Circuit, to accept his
appointment as United st ttes minister 10 Russia,
was 10 day rendered to Governor Moses and &C
cepted by him. The fact OF this acceptance was
duly communicated by the Goyernlr to each
branch Of the Legislature, and The folio wing reso-
luton, Introduced by Representative Crittenden
conservative Anderson) was adopted BY the
House and c1ncurred In by the Senate:
Resolued. by the House Of Representatives, the
Senate cUncurrlng, That the Two houses meet In
joint assembly on Friday, December 20, at one P.
a., to elect . Judge VI The Eighth Judicial circuit,
&c hl the vacancy caused by the resignation OF
Hon. J. L. Orr.
This leaves somewhat less than two days for all
the lobbying aud caucnsslng Incidental to 80 I'M
portaut an election. but the candidates are al.
ready on the ground 10 good numbers, and most
OF them have been induotriously II quietly setting
up their game on the legislative chess board In
expectation OF the contest. Among the candl
dates Messrs. Samuel Nc iowan, OF the Abbeville
bar, and 4. Scott Murray, the late Boilers candt-
date for comptroller.general, are spoken OF as
most prominent, but the names OF Messrs. Hemp
hill, editor OF the Abbevllle Medium, Trescot, Har.
rlson, Co K and Earle have also been mentioned,
aud each Of these eight asplrants. OF course, ex.
presses the utmost confidence IN HIS success. 1t
ia not yet Known In what direction the Patterso.
mans nave been requested TO throw their votes
and influence.
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