The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-12-19

OF discriminating between these claims, as u
which should re paid frat.
Senator Jones, c0lored, OF Georgetown, wanted
to know why they should be asked 10 levy q two
mills lax aud then say $500 Q shall be applied
for the schools, 'fr so much be necessary" &c
thought this was one OF the biggest loop.holes be
had ever seen in q bill, and he had seen just such
loop-holes before, and had seen the EARNED force
accounts' aud other Lice little arrangements Of
thse kind slip through them. That knd OF
clause had always been found q very convenient
device, but he didn't propose to have the school
queslon made q cloak for a margin OF $751; 900 OF
500, 600.
senator Smalls, colored, o! Beaufort, hoped the
| matter would not be postponed. He was one OF
the tive memoirs OF The finance who
| had voted against the Increased levy, and II there
| were no better argum nts to be brought out
/ upon the floor OF the senate than were produced
IN the eommitiee.room. he would vote against II
| again. But he di'n't want to have the schools
sacrificed. and was ready TO meet the question
then and there.
Senator Jones repeated that he was not to be
/ fooled by any such device. II the finance com.
.mittee thought that they could WITHHOLD q pm OF
| such importance until TWO or three days before
| the adjournment, and then force the members TO
| rush It through In order to get home for the
| holidays, they were going to be mistaken. That
two hundred and alIy thousand dollar arrange
| ment d msnded scrutiny, and ne couldnt sWal'
was not taken In by that-not q bit. He cared
| nolhiug for The reces,. He cared nothing for the
| Christmas holidaye, and he propos d to stay
| right there and ferrlt that thing out.
sen ator Johnston, colored, OF Sumter, noped
that the committees recommendations Wonld not
pass. He had listened to the arguments OF tne
senator from Darlington, but they were too himsy,
ana 1t struck him that II the proposed levy OF "
mills had been really Intended for school pur.
poses it would have been added on In the second
section where o levy OF Two mills for school pur.
poses had already bern provided for. IL be-
hooved the senators to be careful how they dealt
wi h the Interests OF the laboring class: for 1t was
the laboring class who had sent them to the
Senate, and they might De made to realize Wnen
AZ senator WIS not for all time. He believed that
this scheme had been concocted by q lew men
who had assembled outside. and that II was then
attempted TO be forced through me senate. $3.50
they had no oficlal statement OF what the died.
c;enc,es were, and knew nothing about them. ex-
cept what they saw In the newspapers, and what
the ex.oficldl., who themselves had their pocEe,s
full OF claims against the State. had chosen to tell
them. He believed that the honest debts or tue
state ought to be paid, but they ought 10 see fist
what they were. rho first claims that ought TO
be paid were OF those whose servlc. me state
had had; second, those who had furnished bread
for the Penitentiary, The Lunstic Asylum and the
Orphanhouse; third. the school teachers AM then
the other claims. In the previous year 1t seemed
that that order mad been reVeisea: = a t rev pets Oh
.tions had suffered. They we're The ones that were
then begging for help. and he was In favor OF
leyying the tax, but adding an amendment to
specify the claims which were to BE- aid ont OF
the taxes when received, and Ia what order they
should be paid.
posed increase were made by senators Hope; Jer.
Vey, aud others, and, o vote being reached, the
Recommendations OF the committee were In.
definitely postponed by a vote Of fifteen to nve.
Senator Dunn then proposed an amendment TO
provide that mo moneys rom the Sax levy snail
be paid out Of the treasury upon any deficiency
claims, uutil such claims hhall first be examined
and approved. by a committee. OF two on the part
or the Senate and three on the part otthe House"
This provoked another long deOate, endlng IN
Whittemore, which provided that mo moneys
from the levy shall be paid out or the treasury on
any deficiency Claims until such, claims shall first
be examined and approved by the committee N
nnsnce on the part or the senate and the commit
tee en- ways and means on the part OF The House,
the said committees to report TO their respective
branches before the c:ose Of the present tess!on OF
the General Assembly,"
This tnishei he night upon the bill. and 1t was
ordered to be engrossed Tor q third reading, Sem
ators Viii temore. Nash and Jones giving notice
that upon It's third reading they would move TO
make sundry amendments.
THE INSURANCE. QUESTION.
The bill Introduced by Representative Feather.
sto. 9 some days ago. providing Tor an Increase OF
the amount or deposits required from Insurance
companies doing business In this state, was to.
day returned by the House judiciary comml.teee,
with the recommendation thas IL 10 not pass. soa
this Ia believed to be On lndicduon OF .s maj tate
In 10th Houses.
In connection with this bill q memorial (prlnted
elsewhere) OF the insurance agents was presented
this morning In each branch OF the Assembly by
Senator Iervey and Representative Greene respeo.
lively.
Senator Whittemore this morning. on behalf Of
the judiciary committee, reported back the bill
"To repeal section II, chapter los OF the Gene.
raj Statutes" with asu6stitute entitled IA bill
to amend section IL, chapter loa OF the General
penalty for The violation OF contracts In cases Il
fsborers working for q share OF the crops. and 1t
Is said 10 h We been productive OF q vast quantity
Of petty litigation. without any satiSf Ictory'r
a violation OF contract on the part OF the employ
er. as the law now stands, Is q fne OF not less than
1lty dollars, nor more Than 1Ve hundred dcllais,
while a violation on the part OF the laoorer Is to
fence. 81 in the estimation OF any trial justice be.
I re whom the case may be brought. This would
seem to be one-sided enough; but Senator Whit
temore's "substitute'' proposes to make IL stil
more 80 by adding to the punishment which may
be inflicted upon the employer imprisonment
for a period hot less than one month, nor more
than one year, at the discretion OF the court"
MORE SENATE BILLS.
Senator Cardozo to-day introduced two bills re-
lsting to county commissioners, the first OF which
provides In8G u muJcTlty VI blk uooiu VI SoMu'o-
tloners shall constitute q quorum for the transac.
ton of business, and The second provides that
,sthe county auditor shall be the CLERK OF the board
Of county commissioners, and shall p,r(orm all
the duties assigned by law to said CLERK without
extra compensation" This latter measure ap.
pears 10 be q sensible and practical economy;
but 1t may come In collision with q bill which has
been introduced In the house, aud Was faVorably
reported to-day, to abolish the ONCE or county
auditor altogether, and deyolVe LTD duties on the
clerk OF court.
Senator Jervey introduced q bill to amend the
act for the projection and preservation OF useful
animals, which PROPOSES to restrict the season for
the hunting OF deer to the period from May LIST to
October lat, tustead. OF from January LIST to Sep.
TENDER lat. Another bill, which seeks to amend
the same act by making the season for shooting
OF wild turkey, partridge. dove, woodcock, snipe,
or pheasant begin on March Is instead OF Febru.
airy Is. as at present, has been introduced In the
House, and been unfaVoraoly reported oy the
commii tee on agriculture.
Senator Whittemore to-day introduced q bill to
amend section IL, chapter 88XVlll, OF the Gen.
eral Statutes, g. as to make the salaries or county
school commissioners one Thousand dollars In
Charleston and i've hundred dollars IN other
Thousand as at present; aud q bill 10 amend sec.
ton SIS, chapter Xxx, OF the General Statutes. 30
that rents snail be q prior lien upon annual crops.
The remainder OF the session OF the senate was
devoted TO the calendar business, which has al.
ready been reported In full by telegraph.
URRYI UP IN h HOUSE.
The yarieus House committees came IN this
morning with q host OF reports upon the bills
which have been referred to them, thus showing
8 laudaole desire to clean on their plgeoa HOLES
before the recess. The most Important OF these
bills have been fully described, and tha following
Ia a II. t. Of their titles, the committees by which
fhou poro ratprool o,d fhn porura nf rho rpp0m.