The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-01-24
fund commission, relative o. the books and
ma ners belonging to said commission.

to bear all blame tnat may De or should attach Il
| me IN neg Getting to make p he report In prope
time, am unWllllng 10 lave the negligence o
Others Raddled upon me.
! There has not been q melting OF the sinking
fund commission since January II, 1877. nor hal
any been cal ed since that time, Notwithstanding
Governor scott had the power to do 30 up to the
| end OF his term as Governor nor has any OF tht
gentlemen signing that Communication said
anything to me about the books and papers,
| Ihave never refused to surrender them at any
time. The communicate vas therefore a sur
| prise 70 me- and cannot account for 1t In any
| manner consistent with egentle rauy bearup
| If the sgners. / received accommodation from
| Attorney. General Mellon, requesting the books
and papers. Beng no report did not send them
but am ready and willing tea 30 at any time sc
have The hunor 10 be, g0tlemen your obedi
ent servant, WI WHIPPBR.
NIGHT SCHOOLS FOE POOR FOLKS,
| Senator White this morning introduced q
| bill TO require county ech,ol commissioners to
establish night schools at zach county seat In
! this State. which providesthat the school com.
! missioners of the several tounles in this State
| be aud the same are hereby required 10 cause
to be opened at the couny seat OF their re.
siructon of those who ar, unable 10 attend
the day schools, and to make such rules and
regulations for The government Of the same
and for providing teacher! as in their judg-
ment may most efectually accomplish the OBJ
ject OF this act.
PAwN.BRoKING MONOPOLY.
Representative Artson his morning revived
o little project which Wa unsuccessfuly in
troduced In the Legislature last winter, and
which proposes TO incorporate joint stock
company In the City of Charleston, which
business of pawn-brokeri. With the usual
modesty of the modern South Carolina legis-
lator, the incorporators FAMED In the bill are
nearly all members of thu General Assembly,
as is the case with most IT the franchises OF
any value which pass the General Assembly.
These incorporators are {. B. Artson (mem-
Der from Charleston and althor OF the bill, o.
r. Levy, Timothy Hurley, B. A. Bosemon, T..
w. Turner and W. A. Grant (Other members
Jervey (senaLors from Chrleston,) W. E. Ell
llott (ex-representative from Charlesion,) and
T. E. Dixon, q. L. Bell, Daniel Webster, Al
fred Bernard and A. C. Richmond. The capt.
tai stock of the concern, which is TO be known
as The Pawnbrokers' Company OF Charleston,
Is fixed at 1000. with authority 10 increase
the same TO $4,000, aud all the usual rights
and powers of incorporated companies are 10
be vested in the new institution tor an indeh-
mite period OF time.
THE hospital QUESTION.
Repreaentaslve Vanderpol to-day introdnc-
ed his bill to establish bspital in the parish
of ST. Thomas and st. DENIS. Itreqnires the
county commissioners to erect hospital for
the sick poor OF the parlsl Of st. Thomas and
st. Dennis, at or near theVillage of Cainhoy,
and to appoint physician TO attend 10 the
same at the same salary as is now paid TO
other poor physicians, o. the bill rather am.
biguously designates tese public practi-
TONERS.
THE CHARLESTON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
A long debate was had In The House this
morning upon the Senateb bill which proposes
to 80 amend the law In relation 10 county
commissioners as 10 ALLOW majority OF The
board to audit claims, d'aw checks on the
treasury, &C., instead OF all three of the men,
bers being required to aga as the law now
stands. The bill was pssed through the
Senate by the argument (advanced by lls au-
thor, Senator CardoZo) that as the law now
stands, any single meubei of board Of
county commissioners hal It'll his power TO
oostruct the business of the board and mega
tive the action Of both the other members,
thus establishing minority rule. provlso.
however, was very quietly Introduced by
Senator Gallard 10 the efftct that the new
law shoull; not apply to Charleston County;
where, 1t will be remem,ered, lnat lne
board OF county commissioners CONSISTS OF Two
'srepularsn and one ''bolter" and the Charles
ton delegation In the Assembly being all
'.bolters" they naturally desire 10 leave as
much powe: as possible II the hands OF the
boiling commissioner. The bill, with the pro-
vso, came to the House, aud was referred TO
the COMMITTEES on county dlices and officers,
by which committee 1t WIS returned few
DAYS ago, with O recommendation that the
provlso making an exception In the case Oh
Charleston Couaiy be strlc;en ou. This very
naturally did not snit tn. members OF the
Charleston delegation, and they opened Wig
orons attack upon the ctmmittees recon-
mendalion and upon the whole bill. The at
tack was led by Mr.. Hure,, who, finding that
his arguments In favor OF lie bolting commits
s.oner on The ground of hisoeinga bolter were
not particularly effective In the House, which
is of course overwhelmingly regular"
changed his line OF attack md based his OBJ
ieciups 10 the bill ON the question OF color,
explaining 10 The MEMBERS that 10 The
Charleston board Of commissioners there
were two white men aud one colored man,
aud that if the law were to be amended as
proposed the one colored man would be
shoru OF an important porLlon OF his powers.
This question OF color is very frequent
staple OF the arguments OF The proprietor OF
Hurlpyvile, and it Is genehlly effective. II
proved so In this case at tl events, and the
obnoxious measure was snnmarily disposed
of by the striking ont OF the enactlng clause.
EX oFFICI0 TRIAL JUSTICES.
Senator Whlltemore to-diy introduced
bill TO Increase the noble army OF trial Justices
with which the State is already blessed, by
adding 10 their ranks the clerks OF courts In
the various counties OF the State. The bill
provides ''Lhat clerks Of The Court of Common
Pleas and General Sessions be and they are
hereby authorized to eXerclm the jurisdiction
of trial juslices In their reipectlVe counties
for all purposes, except the rial OF small ana
mean causes, civil and criminal" IL not being
specified what class of small lltlgatons the
honorable senator proposes to stlgmatize as
"mean."
THE MoULTRIEvILLE CHARTER.
The committee on interpretations reported
favorably on bill TO amend The charter OF the
Town of Moultrlevllle, which was introduced
In the House several days ago. The bill Is
quite lengthy, ard makes some important
alterations in the charter. lis principal Tea.
tnres are as follows: The government OF the
town la vested In an iutsnCant aud six war
dens who are to be elected On the first Wed
nesday In July of each year, The qualified
voters of the town ore all male residents oil
the said Town, and all male owners of lots
upon which buildings have teen erected, cili,
Zens OF the United States Wno have attained
full age. The rest OF the ,rovisioas are sub
slantaly the came as those embodied In the
charters usually granted to Incorporated towns
and villages.
PENALTIES FOR WIFE DEsERTERs.
Representative Levy introduced bill to
punish any husband who shm! desert his wife
or children, which provides that any husband
who shall desert his wife or children or fail,
neglect or refuse 10 support them, shall De
deemed guilty of mlsdemeanor, punishable
by Imprisonment or fine, or both, at the dis
crelion OF the court. The bill. was referred 10
the judiciary committee.