The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-01-24

COHllll,1MHlAt, ] y ! / Alt,I& C..
FFtdey .noEnlne January "a. 1873.
g. nsfor4natory,
Itis mpsh more agreeable to commend
than todisApbrove. Id the action of the
General Assembly, yesterday, we found
fresh occasion to hope that some good
reforms are prsetiosble,.. and Will be
adopted, and that some checks will be
interposed to the e1lravagsnt waste and
irresponsibility Of the recent past. We
thought our visit TO the House repaid in
witnessing the complete squeiohing Of
the bill to amend the 61st. Section OF
the 2oth Chapter Of the General Statutes.
This bill made the fees Of 6herifs double
whatthey now are. Nj. Hurley took
a6Ssqaofita GhoR Its iniqaity, Snar7ih a
ReS dtfsr seAtepces lsucoeeded. With -.he
aid or she Chairman OF tho Judiciary
COMMITTEES, (Mr. Meetze, Of Lexington,)
who had reported unfavorably upon it,
to give it its quiesus. Mr.. Hurley ex.
pressed his readiness to repeal the entire
Code of Procedure, denounoing 1t as
only At for the furnace us system of
lagalised robbery. utterly unaulted to opr
condition. and immensely and shnmefnlly
Sxpepsive to litigants. We trust that
i such. q measure will be perfepted and
parsed, and Cur relief from the bdrdens,
'ehlmdars and oumbrous and insppioa-
: ,;b,s pFo1isions, of;the Code secured as
speedily AS possible. >gt
1s ID the sehats, 9 bill to.:repsal the 4th
Section Of, the ACT authorizing the, issue
Of SCRIP to redeem Blue Ridge bonds
,Naa aaader. .conpideratiqn.. NJ. Nash, of
q Rsc65and, IN osed aa adbstitate, embracing
-awo sections, the first the same ma the
EbHl3 the;iseapd to repeal thaF72a Bection
iAt Ahb'a2k nhapter }of the Statutes at
Large, which authorizes the Comptroller
General to levy tax of three mills for
the PURPOSE Of paying this scrip; and to
prohibit him from levying any tax at all,
without special authority conferred on
him 70 doao. in tesohyo case. By the Hene-
raj Assembly itself. This amendment
was made the special order to-day, at 2
p. M. This is another movement in the
right direction, and, if adopted, will keep
thia ldelicate} duty within; its legitimate
sphere. We trust that it may enlist
strength enough to pass the ordeal. and
be henoefosth one more eGeAtuab check,
o4;the' prevailing tendency yt6diye into
the POCKETS of the people.
We have also hooked into bill offered
by Mr.. Cochran, of Anderson, to regu-
late the deposit Of State, County and
other funds. There has been suoh an
amountgob frauf and Aofacial robbery
going on.ethat restsaint Of this kind
. has become indispensable. It is COM
mon thing to read Of failures to make
correct returns on the part OF those
holding County and other official posi-,
tions, and large deficits in their accounts
aresoi-frequsnt occurrence. The Coun-
ty Commissioners are charged with the
'atdYt2 of securing proper responsibility
on the part of County officers in the
bopdsmen they offer, but, ", spppqse.
!thht lis hard; to enforce. / Someines
they are overruled by higher authority,
and officers are installed whose bonds
thsy really disapprove. It is we'll. then,
10 have the funds which come into their
hands deposited under such safeguards
as will give reasonable guarantee that
they shall not be recklessly squandered.
Mr.. Cochran's bill will do this, If faith
sully enforced in its several sections.
It requires that all moneys paid into,
entrusted to, or held by the SheriAs of,
Judges Of Probate, or Clerks Of The
Courts of the different and respective
Counties of this State, shall be deposited
in the bank or banks designated by q
State financial board, to be composed OF
the Governor, the Comptroller-G General.
State Treasurer, Attorney General, and
the Judge of the Circuit in which said
court or other moneys may be. And
that board, to be composed of the Go.
, vernon, Comptroller General, Attorney
General and State Treasurer, shall de.