Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-01-16
Looking into Edge6eld's indebtedness.

LOOhluS, lutO GuSCucio's AhoCUtOuhCSs'
People who havehad sway i'll South Car
olina for some years past, have not beer
| careful with public money-except te
| put as much Of it as possible into theil
own pockets. And now Edgetield Coun.
ty labors under debt, VIC arc told, O.
from Thirty-five to Forty Thousand
Dollars. But before this money is paid
there is probability-owingt to the pub
| lie spirit of Senator Cain--that the claims
and accounts Of all creditors will be mar.
rowly investigated. Below, we publish
Senator Gains bill in full-an admirable
bill, and we'll conceived. It Is now, !.
we mistake not. on its third reading in
the Senate. If the proposed Committee
is such one as it should be-and as we
hope it will be-much abominable and
unlawful hauling of extra money out Of
the already infernally-violated pockets
of our tax. payers, may be averted:
4 Bill to Investigate and Report upon
the Outstanding Liabilities Of the Coun-
tyof Edgefeld.
Be it enacted 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 the
same:
SECTION l. That
be, and they are hereby,
constituted Committee to examine any
and all accounts presented to said Com
mittee by any and all parties who hold
any accounts or demands against the
County of Edgetield, contracted or origi
mated since June, 1868, and before Nc
vember l, 1872: Proridcd, That said
Committee receive no compensation for
their services.
SEC. 2. That to enable the said Com
mittee to Investigate the Indebtedness OF
the County of Edgefield, they are hereby
authorized and empowered to give public
notice, for fifty days, to all persons and
parties holding any demands against said
County to present the same for examina-
ton; and said Committee shall have
power and authority to send for any
officer, person or party, their books, pa
pers or memoranda, and to further the
examination Of any account or demand
against the County, paid or unpaid, con-
tracted or originating since June, 1865,
Committee may administer any oath to
any person, party or officer.
SEC. 5. That if, upon the aforesaid in
vestigation, it shall be found that the
persons holding office aS County Com
November lst, 1872, or anv of them, have
misapplied the public money of the
County, by paving claims not authorized
by law, or have used for their own pri-
vate purpose any of the public funds of
the County, or have unjustly discrimi
mated among the creditors of the County
in paying out the moneys Of the County,
or done any other act, or neglected to do
any act, in violation of law, in reference
to the public funds or property of the
County, the said Committee shall forth
with furnish said information to the Cir
cult Solicitor of the County, who shall
forthwith proceed by action, or indict-
ment, or both, against said persons in
the Circuit Court.
SEC. 4. Any persons holding accounts
or deuads against the said County shall
present the same within thirty days from
the expiration of the time allowed for
public notice by said Committee, and in
default thereof. such claims shall be
taken and deemed to be illegal. The
said Committee shall examine and GER
tify, If correct, all accounts or demands
against said County, and the County
Commissioners of Edgefield County
shall draw their warrants on the County
Treasurer against any funds in his pos
session, for the payment and liquidation
of the past indebtedness of the County,
and the County Treasurer, on presenta-
ton of said warrant, shall pay the same.
SEC 5. immediately on and afler the
passage of this Act, the Committee herein
appointed shall enter upon the duties
funds, specified in Section 4, shall be
drawn on the County Treasurer, by the
County Commissioners, until the exami-
nation herein authorized shall have been
completed.