The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-12-24

sp;ndles esSH; u rae!e, traverse grinder.
slide rest; card olothihg governor, tur.
bine wheel. cuttonE scales, bundle and
bale presses' shafting, sbelting. bobbins,
transportation, putting up machinery,
findings to. commence with, &c., &c,
$49, 900, Such mill will give employ.
ment to 81 operatives, and will consume
SS7 bales cotton, weighing $50 pounds
each. Estinated MT profits on produc4
tions, IL sold at cost OF Northern pro
duotion, Sl7,74S.." -. ~.
PetItton or the Holders or the Blue I,idvo
f:F=.' rt.- = 6crIp. .'....
We, priit bblow . Sopy OF the petition
for "mandamus, fled in the Supreme
Court on Thursday, by the holders OF
the Blue Ridge Scrip, asking manda-
mus to compel the Oomptrolier. General
to levy tax of three mills, provided for
by the Act authorizing the issuing of the
scrip:
State of South Carolina, in the Supreme
Court, November Term, 1872. The
State Of South Carolina, er relalione
Robert @. Shiver, J. P. Southern, w.
O. SwaMeld and W. B. Gulick vs. So
lomon L. Hoge, Us Comptroller. Gene
raj of said State.-Petition for man.
damus.
10 the Honorable tho Justices of the
Supreme Court of said State: Your Pc
titioners, Robert @. SILVER, J. P. South
ern, W. O. Swaffield and W. B. Gulick,
respectfully represent to your Honors:
1. That by an Act of the General AS
sembly of said State, duly passed on the
second day OF March, 1872, entitled
"An Act to relieve the State of South
Carolina OF all liability for its guaranty
OF the bonds of the Blue Ridge Rail-
road Company, by providing for the se-
curing and destruction of the same" it
was enacted as follows:
SECTION l. Be IL endcted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the
State of South Carolina, now met and
| sitting in General Assembly, and by the
authority of tho same, That the Stnte
Treasurer is hereby directed, with the
consent in writing of the President of
the Blue Ridge Railroad Company, in
South Carolina, to require the Financial
Agent of the State, in the city of New
York. Immediately to deliver to the State
Treasurer oil the bonds of tho Blue
Ridge Railroad Company, endorsed and
guaranteed by the State of South Caro-
lima, which are now in his possession,
and held by him as collateral security,
for advances made by the said Financinl
Agent, by the order of tho Financial
Board. to the Blue Ridge Railroad Com
pany; and upon the delivery of the said
bonds, the Treasurer is hereby required
to cancel the same, in the manner here
matter directed. and the said Blue Ridge
Railroad Company shall therenpon be
discharged from all liability to the State
on account Of such advance.
SEQ. 2. That upon the surrender by
the said company to the State Treasury
of the balance OF the said $4,000, 900 of
bonds, issued by the said Blue Ridge
railroad Company, and guaranteed BY
the State, the Treasurer is hereby an.
thorized and required to deliver to the
President of the Blue Ridge Railroad
Company, in South Carolina, Treasury
certificates of indebtedness (styled reve-
nue. bond scrip) to the amount of
Sl, ,SOO, ,OOO, the said certificates to bo ex.
ecuted in the manner hereinafter direct
ed; and II the said company shall not be
able to deliver all of the said bonds at
oie time the Treasurer is authorized and
required to deliver to the said President
sach amount OF such Treasury certifi-
Gates as shall be proportioncd to the
| l"A~ANoao VI oo1do uoltcICus
SEC. 3. That, to carry ont the purpose
OF this Act, the State Treasurer is hereby
authorized and required to have printed,
or engraved on steel, as soon as practica.
BILE, Treasury certificates of indebted.
ness, to be known and designated as
revenue bond scrip of the State of South
Carolina, in such form and of such de-
nominations as may be determined on
by the State Treasurer, and the President
OF the Blue Ridge r. ilroad Company, in
South Carolina, to the amount of
1900, 900. Which revenue bond scrip
shall be signed by the State Treasurer,
and shall express that the sum mentioned
therein is due by the State of South On
rolina to the bearer thereof, and that the
same will be received in payment of taxes
and all other dues to the State, except
special tax levies to pay interest on tho
public debt.
SEQ. 4. That the faith and funds of
the State are hereby pledged for the ulti.
mate redemption OF said revenue bond
scrip, and the County Treasurers are
hlrahU u a..