Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-11-21

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spirit
ANOTHER INJUNCTION.
F. L. Cardozo, the newly elected State
Treasurer, has instituted proceedings against
Niles G. Parker, the present Treasurer, in or
der to prevent him from diverting the taxes
now being collected, to improper purposes.
In furtherance of the object, Judge Melton has
made the following order:
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF
R1cHLAND-IN THE COMMON PLEAs.-F. L..
Cardozo, plaintiff Us. Niles G.. Parker, as State
Treasurer, and others, defendants.
Upon hearing the complaint in this action,
verified by the oath of the said plaintiff, and
upon motion of Messrs. Carroll q Janney,
attorneys for the said plaintiff, it is ordered ::
That Niles G. Parker, Treasurer of the said
State, and the defendants, the South Carolina
Bank and Trust Company and j. L. Neagle,
show cause before me, at the Court House in
the city of Columbia, on the 21st day of No
vember, instant, at II o'clock, as to the pro-
ceeds of the tax authorized to be levied by
the Joint resolution of the General Assembly,
approved March 13, 1872; why the said
Treasurer, Niles G. Parker, his attorneys and
agents, should not be enjoined until further
order in the cause to be made from using, dis
bursting, or in any manner disposing of the
proceeds of the said tax, or any part thereof,
for any purpose whatsoever, except tor the
payment of the appropriations contained in
the general Appropriation Act for the fiscal
year last past, approved March 13, 1872, un-
til those appropriations have been fully paid
and satisfied, and why the said State Treasur-
er, N G. Parker, his attorneys and agents,
should not in especial be enjoined until fur
ther order in this cause from paying out Of
the proceeds of the said tax now about to be
levied any outstanding pay certificates issued
to the members and subordinate officers and
employees of the General Assembly, or either
House of the same, or any certified account
for public printing done, or any note or obli-
CATION made by the said State Treasurer for
moneys borrowed for the use or upon the
credit of the State, under the authority Of the
Act of the General Assembly, approved
March 4, 1872, or the joint resolution of the
General Assembly, approved March II, 1872.
And it is further ordered, that each of the
County Treasurers, the defendants in this &C.
tion, and also the other parties defendant,
show cause before me at the Court House in
the city of Columbia, on the twenty-irst day
of November, instant, at II o'clock, why they
the said County Treasurers should not be en-
Joined until further order in this cause from
using or disposing of any part of the proceeds
of the said tax which may come into their
hands respectively, for the purpose of paying
any note or obligation of the said Treasurer,
N. G. Parker, or any order or check made or
endorsed by him, or any pay certificate of
any member or subordinate officer or employee
of the General Assembly, whether endorsed
by the said NC. Parker for payment by any
County Treasurer or not, or any account for
public printing, certified by the Clerks re-
spectively of the Senate and House of Repre-.
sentatives and why, also, each of the said
County Treasurers should not be enjoined
from using or disposing Of the proceeds Of the
said tax or any portion thereof save only
county taxes, for any purpose whatever, ex-
cept for the payment of the same into the
Treasury of the State.
And it is further ordered that the said State
Treasurer, N. G. Parker, and the said County
Treasurers and their respective agents and
attorneys, be in the meantime restrained from
doing, committing, or suffering to be done,
any of the said acts until further order in
this cause to be made.
SAMUEL w. MELTON.
November IA, 1872.
The Phenir, in commenting upon the ac-
ton of Cardozo and the order of Judge Mel
ton, says:
Mr.. Cardozo has done thing which we
have satisfaction in approving, and Judge
Melton has exercised only due and necessary
precautions. And now the taxpayers them
selves have part to play. They have the
taxes to pay, and large as the amount they
may yield, they are strongly averse to any,
the minutest, part going the wrong way. The
very words, "pay certificates. stink in their
nostrils. They may and should enjoin them
selves from any payment Of taxes until after
all danger of Parker and other Treasury br-
gands is over Let them do it, and clap their
hands closely on their pockets until the 1st
January, as the soonest The last week will
be time enough to pay taxes-the limit being
the 18th January. Of course, like death,
they are certain to come but let the people
do all in their power, first, to ascertain dis
tinctly upon what they are taxed, whether, e.
O., upon fraudulent bonds or not, and second
", to secure every guarantee possible that they
shall shall 60 to the legitimate expenses OF
the government.
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