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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-02-01

Secured by Sinking Fund Coupons secured
by an Annual 1dI and Receivable for Citu
IdIes. Bonds non-td1a6te by the City.
Bond Debt Of Me CITY Limited by La,o 10
5000, 600. 1a1at|c Property Of the City
1 Act Of Assembly approved MARCH, IS,
1872, for the construction Of tho new City
Hall. Their final redemption is, by the terms
fof said Act, secured by q "sinking fund.-" to
be accumulated from the annual rents or the
building. These rents will reach from SO COO
tional Bank holds lien Of the building for =
term OF twenty years, as trustee, with power
10 collect tho rents and hold the Bame in nvost-
cd as q fund for the redemption of the bonds.
! BY said Act special annual tax is required
to be levied to pay the simi annual coupons,
trustee OF the city to receive the taxes when
pons are also receivable for oity taxes.
The taxable property OF the city is at pre-
sent assessed at 81, 900 .0t0; and by said Act
the bond debt Of the city cannot he increased
beyond 5000. 900 whilst these bonds are ont
standing. The bonds arc exempt by law from
city taxation.
These bonds are offered to tho public at
eighty nett. with interest from date OF pur.
chase to January l, 1873, allowed in settle
ment. After that date, the accrued interest
to be added.
To citizens Of Columbia theso bonds will
give IN income Of 1873 per cent. aa may be
seen from the following statement:
Seven per cent. bonds, at Is,
annual interest. ............. 81 per cent.
Nineteen years to run. average
increase per annun. II per cent.
City tax saved. Observation-Disclosures. q per cont.
Average annual income. 49,. .123
Deo11
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&A4 to osc'gS se into OF sssssq,s ssisss ds
and after Sunday, 18th instant:
NAL. AND FAssENoxR TRAIN.I
Arrive at Charleston ct lao n n
Leave Charlestonat. nat.......,.., $50 4 m
Arrive at Columbia at. t.......,. 6.20n m
NIGHT EXPRESS. FRE1ohr AND Accommodations
TRAIN, lSundays excepted. /
Leave Columbia. .7.30 p nv Arrive : e 80 10
Arrive Charleston 7.10 p m Leave.. G. as an.
Camden Train will run as follcws:
Leave Camden at...,7 at p On A ri
Arrive At Columbia At. ..:..:. II. IS =. M
Leave Columbia at. p 90 p II
afI1qe nj oamden al. 8.66 p. If .
A. Z. TYLER, ce-President.
q. Is. PIcK1Ns. General Ticket Agent.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-02-01

Fresh Biscuits.
E|AR1NA, Pearl. Oyster, Vino. Butter, Milk,
Il Picnic, Cream, Corn Hill, Lemon, sodl,
&o., all frssh. For salo low by
Oats HOPE j. GYLRB,
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-02-01

beneficial to children, and yet so searching
as to e1eetually purge out the great corrup-
tions Of the blood, such asthe Rcrofnlous and
syphilitic contamination. Impurities, or dis-
eaaeA that have lurkcd in the system for
years, soon yield to this powerful antidote,
and disappear. Hence its wonderful cures,
many Of which are publicly known, OF soro-
1ala, and all scIofulous. diseases, Ulcers,
Erup.ions, and ernptive disorders Of the
ekin, Tumora. Blotches, Boils, Pimples,
Pustules, Sores, sti A nthony's Fire, Roso
or Hryslpclas. Tetter, sal lt 1kheum. scAld
Head, RlnGWorm, and internal Ulcora-
s.oS. ss abe ussrHs. Stomach, amt Livcr.
It also cures other complaints, to which it
would not seem especially adapted, such as
Dropsy, Dyspepsia. Fits, Neuralgia.
Heart Diaeasc, Fsnale Weakness, Debi-
lily, and Leucorrhoen. when they are mani
festatiQns Of the scrofulous poisons.
1t Is an excellent restorer Of health and
strength in the spring. By renewing the sp-
petite and vigor of tho digestive organs, it
dissipatea the depression and listless languor
Of the season. Even where no disorder ap-
pears, people feel better, and 1.-Two longer, for
cleansing the blood. The system moves on
with renewed vigor and new lease Of life.
a PREPARED BY
DR.. J. c. AVER & CO., Lowell, Mass,
Practical and Andlyticdl Chemists.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE.
May Il Tttm1d
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New Goods.
Sn BOXES RA1s1Ns,
O\I so half boxes Raisins,
80 quarter boxes Raisipe,
IS (bs. Citron,
10 buckets Minco Meat,
1000 Oranges,
10 bbls. Northern Apples,
10 doz Jars Pruncs,
q doz. jars Ginger Preserves,
so drums Smyrna Figs. For sale by
DECD HOPE 4 GYLES.
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0 Y s T E r S |!

Slowed, Fried. and on the Shell.
~ ~ HAVING made our arrangements
$AA for the Oyster season, We are pro.
~ pared to furnish our friends and
patrons with OYSTERS, in all styles. To
hope that polite attention to our friends may
give satisfaction TO all who may favor US with
their patronage. We ehall endeavor to please
the eye as we'll as taste, remembering that
"cleaRlincss is 3 virtue"
Nov 3mo I'D. KOEEMAN.
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Charlotte. G Columbia and Augusta R,R
SUPERINTENDENT's OFFICE.

VuarIoCte. COIumD1a anu Augusta III z
sUPERINTENDENT's OFFICE.
COLUMBIA, S. O., September %, 1872.
HS "a 6H75iG ON and after this date,
-. = 81 - S5l&-2s following sche dule y i'll bo
GOING SOUTH.
III, Train No. i. Train No. 2.
Leave Charlotte. ..715 a.. Ii. 8.2OP.M
Leave columbia. 2.29 7. Il. $50 A. ID
Arrive Augusta. NJ. 800 A. NJ.
GOING NORTH,
Leave Augusta n. 5.5OP.M.
Leave Columbia. .1l.53 P. n. 11.C5 Pm.
Arrive Charlotte. -. .G.15 p. H. GOO A.M.
standard Time ten minutes slower than
Waahington; Elk minutes ahead Columbia.
!, NO. IIain daily; No. 2 Train daily, sun
nection to all points North, South and Weet
to sll principal points.
JAMES ANDERSON, General Sup.
E r. Dorsey, Gen. Freight and Tickat Aden
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hlcnmODd and Canville Railrced
& @ ggsa2 SR4,E c3MPENsED Il JED. TINE; Il ~;
after Sunday, December "a, 1872:
GOING NORTH
STATIONS. MAIL. Expprss
Leave Greensboro.. 200 A. n. II 10 A. n. i.
Leave Dan7llle.. $3.50. 4.40 A. NJ. 1.52 p. NJ
Leave eBurk!lilh....... 9.44 A. III. G86P. n :.
Arrive ut Richmond. 12.45P A. 030p. M
GOING SOUTH.
Leave Richmond....... LEO P. II. 5.10A Ii.
Leave Burkville... 5.12 P. M. 928.A. M.
Leave Danville ...... co p NJ. 1857 P. M :.
Arrive at Greensboro. ~ 25 A. HI. 3S0P. M.
Trains leaving Richmond at 1.50 2. H.. ar d
at 6l0 A. NJ, connect at Greensboro With
trains on North Carolina Division, for all
poi9ts South. Passengers leaviI Iiicl n ord
at 1.50 ?. M, connect at Greensboro With
train for all points East Of Greensboro. Iat-
senger train leaving Raleigh at G. 4C p. N.,
connects at Greensboro with NortEe,E.ltuI &
Mail train, arriving in Richmond at 12 45 P.
III. JOHN II. MACMUDDO,
General Freight and Ticket Agent.
Il. NJ. X. TALcoT. Engineer and Gen Eupr.
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!. 4r,.,,, AYE RS u,2 4
8 ars ap,arillAs :,

u Is widely known as
one OF tho most et-
fectpsl remedies over
discoyorod for oleans-
ing the system and
purifying the blood.
lit: has etood the teat
| OF years, with . oon-
, staptly growing ropu-
tation, based on it's
intrineio virtues, and
sustained by It's re-
markable cures. so
mild. IA to be Bhfe and
The Potter journal and news item. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1872-1874, 1873-11-26

in election boards filed as shall be
provided by law. Election officers
shall be privileged from arrest upon
days of election and while engaged
in making up and transmitting re-
turns, except upon warrant OF court
of record or Judge thereof for an elec
ton fraud, for felony, or for wanton
breach Of the peace. In cities they
may claim exemption from jury duty
during their terms Of service.
Sec ID. No person shall be quail
fed to serve as an election officer
who shall hold, or shall within two
months have held any office, appoint
ment. or employment i'll or under the
government of the United States, or
Of this state, or Of any city or county.
or of any municipal board, commits
sion, or trust in any city, save only
justices of the peace and aldermen.
notaries public, and persons in the
militia service Of the state; nor shall
any election officer be eligible to any
civil office to be filed at an election
;., which he shall serve. save only to
such subordinate municipal or local
offices below the grade of city or
county offices as shall be designated
by general law,
Sec Is. The courts Of common pleas
Of the several counties ofthe common
wealth shall have power within their
respective Jurisdictions to appoint
overseers Of election to supervise the
proceedings of election officers and
to make report to the court rs may
be required; such appointments to be
made for any district in a city orcoun-
ty, upon petition Of five citizens, law
ful voters Of such election district.
setting forth that such appointment
is a reasonable precaution to secure
the purity and fairness of elections;
OverseerS shall he two III number for
an election district. shall be residents
therein, and shall be persons qualified
to serve upon election boards, and in
each case members Of different pOlit-
ical parties; whenever the members
Of an election board shall differ in
opinion. the oyerscers, if they shall be
agreed thereon. shall decide the ques-
ton Of difference; in appointing
overSecrs of election, all the law
judges OF the proper court, able TO act
at the time. shall concur i'll the APP
DOiHtmcntS made.
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ARTICLE TX.
ToJatioa and Finance.

Sec. l. All taxes shall be uniform
upon the same class Of subjects with
in the territorial limits Of the author
ity levying the tax, and shall be levied
and collected under general laws: but
the general assembl y may, by general
laws. exempt from taxation public
property used for public purposes.
actual places Of religious worship,
places of burial not used or held for
private or corporate profit, and insti-
tutions of purely public charity.
Sec ,. All laws eXcmpting property
from taxation, other than the proper
ty above enumerated. shall be void.
Sec 3. The power TO tax corpora
tions and corporate property shalInot
be surrendered or suspended by any
contract OF grant to which the state
snail he a party.
Sec +. No debt shall be created hy
or on behalf Of the state except to
supply casual deficiencies OF revenue.
repcI invasion. suppress msurrcction.
defend the state in war. OF to pay rN-
i~tirg debt. and the debt created to
supply deficiencies in revenue shall
never exceed in the aggregate at any
one time one million Of dollars.
Sec }. All laws authorizing the
borrowing Of money b} and on behalf
Of the state shall specify the purpose
for which the money is TO be used. and
the money SO borrowed shall be used
for the purpose specified and nootbcr.
Sec 8. The credit Of the common
wealth shall not be pledged orIoaned
to any individual, company. corpora
tion or association.
Sec !. The general assembly shall
not authorize any county, city, bor-
ough, township or incorporated dis
trict to become a stockholder in any
company, association or corporation,
or to obtain or to appropriate money
toror to loan its credit to any corpo-
ration, institution or individual.
Sec 5. The debt Of any county. city,
borough, township, school district or
other municipality, or incorporated
district, except rs herein provided.
shall never exceed seven per centum
upon the assessed value Ofthe taxable
property therein, nor shall any mmi-
cipality or district incurany new debt
or increase its Indebtedness to an
amount exceeding two per centum
upon such assessed valuation ofprop-
crty without the assent Of the elect
ors thereof. at a public election, in
such manner a. shall be provided by
law, but any city, the debt of which
now exceeds seven percentum Of such
assessed valuation, may be authorized
10y law to increase the same three per
centum in the aggregate at any time
upon such valuation.
Sec 9. The commonwealth shall
not assume the debt. or any part
thereof, Of any city, county, borough
or township, unless such debt shall
have been contracted to enable the
state to repel invasion, suppress do
mestic Instruction, defend itself in
time Of wal, or to assist the state in
the discharge of any portion Of its
present Indebtedness.
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Sec / Senators and rrprc.nnfa-
five. and all iudiciaI state and conn
fv officer. sIau before cptoring nn
fLo dmfie. Of thnir rc-,activa oflicas
takaand subscribe fine foIlowtpn oath
-, .,firm.,ion.
~ do snInmnI,, sw.o,, l,r affirm, ,
,bo+ v;II .urmnrt oha,. aoI GafanI
fbe constitution nftbn i,nirad Stotas
anL m. cnn.titrtion or thi. nnn,nnv
woa1tb and that will di.chor,rn FL.
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La,.o ~ ,a;.I or au,.t,.;I,,|+,I ~.
nrnmi.od to no,. ~. contrihrfa oi+h-
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-. nthar, - ,n,. L.LoIr. th,t III
.,.+ I',ar.im,rI,. ,.,a.';,.. l,,.,stI,. ",. m
;,,1;,..,,I,- ,-,,. $1,000. ,tI.,,...,,i..
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Sec 10. Any county, township,
school district or other municipality
mourning any Indebtedness, shall, at
or before the time ofso doing, provide
for the collection of an annual tax suf-
ficirut to pay the interest and also the
principal thereof within thirty years,
See IL. To provide for the payment
of the present state debt and any adj
ditional debt contracted as aforesaid,
the general assembly shall continue
and maintain the sinking fund suf-
ficient TO pay the accruing interest on
such debt, and annually to reduce the
principal thereof by a sum not less
than two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars: the said sinking fund shall
consist Of the proceeds of the sales OF
the pubic works or any part thereof.
and Of the income or proceeds OF the
sale Of any stocks owned by the com
monwealth, together with other funds
and resources that may be deSigna-
ted by law. and shall be increased
from time to time 10y assigning to it
any part Of the taxes or other reye-
nues Of the state not required for the
ordinary and current expenses Of GOV
orHment; and unless in case Of war,
invasion or insurrectiOn, no part OF
the said sinking fund shall be used OF
applied otherwise than in the extin-
guishment Of the public debt.
Sec Il, The moneys Of the state.
over and above the necessary reserve,
shall be used in the payment Of the
debt OF the state, either directly or
through the sinking fund. and the
moneys of the sinking fund shall ney-
cr be invested in or loaned upon the
security of anything except the bonds
of the United States or Of this state.
See Is. The moneys held as nec2s-
sarN reserve shall be limited by law
to the amount required for current
expenses, and shall be secured and
kept as may be provided by law.
Monthly statements shall be publish
ed showing the amount of such mon
cvs. where the same are deposited.
and how secured.
Sec Il. Tue making of profit out
Of the public moneys, or using the
same for any purpose not authorized
by law, by any officer Of the state or
member or officer Of the general a.-
sembly. shall be misdcmcanor, and
shall be punished rs may be provided
by law, but part of such punishment
shall be a disqualification to hold Of
fee for period OF not less taau 1--WE
years,
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ARTICLE XIV.
C'ollUiy OHccrs.

Sec /. County officers shall consist
oil sheutlr, coroncrs, prOthonotaries,
registers Of wills, recorders of deeds.
commissioners, treaSurers. SURVEYORS
auditors, or controllers, clerks Of the
courts, district attorneys and such
Others as may from time to time be
established by law; and no sheriff or
treasurer shall be eligible for the term
next succeeding the one to which he
may be elected.
Sec ,. County officers shall be eI.
ected at the general elections, and
shall hold their offices for the term al
three years. beginning on the first
Monday Of January next after their
election. and until their successors
shall be duly qualified: all vacancies
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ARTICLE XVI.
Private Corporations

fk'"tt COR iIiD|oi'bi'H.
Sec /. All existing charte>
grants Of special or exclusive r-
leges. under which a bona fdcma
ization shall not have taken place.
business commenced at the TIM
the adoption of this coLsuu-
shall thereafter have no validity
Sec ,. The general assembly =
not remit the forfeiture Of The
ter Of any corporation now exist
or alter or amend the same, ora
any other general or special IaF
the benefit of such corporations.
on the condition that such corpora.
shall thereafter its caarter>a.
to the provisions of this con,tit.
Sec ,. The exercise Of the r-.
eminent domain shall never
abridged or so construed as to z
vent the general assembly tro4a
ing the property ofiucorporatya e
pauies. and subiccting them To e
lie use. the same a the Wom3a
individuals; and the exercise q
police power of the state ~Hai. 1
be abridged or SO construed Is e..
interpretations to conduct Th'H
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auditor whom the court may, in its dis
cretion, appoint. In every county or
phans' courts shall possess all the powers
and jurisdiction of a registers court, and
separate registers courts are hereby
abolished.
See %. The style of all process shall
be The Commonwealth of PennsylVa-
MIA" All prosecutions shall be carried
on in the name and 10y the authority OF
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and
conclude against the peace and dignity
of the same.
Sec n. In all cases of felonious homi-
eide. and in such other criminal cases as
may be provided for by law, the accused,
after conviction and sentence, may re-
move the indictment, record and all pro-
ceedingS to the supreme court fOrreView.
Sec .. ANY vacancy happening 10y
death. resignation OF otherwise, in any
court of record, shall be filed 10y appoint
ment 10y the governor, to continue till
the first Monday of January next sue
ceeding the first general election which
shall occur three or more months after
the happening of such vacancy.
Sec %. AlllaWs relating to courts shall
he general and of uniform operation and
the organization, luriSdictiOnandpO powers
Of all courts OF the same class or grade,
so far as regulated 10y law, and the force
and effect Of the process and judgments
Of such courts shall be uniform: and the
general assembly is hereby prohibited
from creating other courts to exercise
the powers vested 10y this constitution
in the Judges of the courts Of common
pleas and orphans courts.
See -. The parties, by agreement filed,
may, in any civil case, dispense with
trial by jury, and submit the decision of
such case to the court having jurisdic-
ton thereof. and such court shall hear
and determine the same; and the judg-
ment thereon shall be subject to writ of
error as iii other cases.
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ARTICLE NJ.
lLEtia.

Sec l. The freemen Of this com
monwe.Ith shall be armed, organized
and disciplined for its defense when
and in such manner as may be direct
ed by law. The general assembly
shall provide for maintaining the nj,
itja by appropriations from the treas
ury of the commonwealth. and may
exempt from military service persons
having conscientious scrupies against
bearing arms.
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not otherwise provided e..
filled in such manner q.
vided 10y law.
Sec }. No person shall n.
ed to any Office within ~,
who shall not have been . - !. O.
an inhabitant therein ona 1,.l.
before his appointment. if,ls@.
shall have been so lone ar,.'.
if it shall not have been 50 H..
ed, then within the limit>ofr
or counties out OF whichitJ
been taken.
Sec 4. Prothonotaries, cI.,
courts, recorders of deeo> ny
of wills, county surveyors n' ~
IFS shall keep their offices ipn
ty town Of the county in wnt..
respectil ely shall he officer.
Sec 5. The compensation NJ.
officers shall be regulated D..
and all county officers wbo
may be salaried shall pav If
which they NAV be authoriz.r
ceive into the treasury oftba.
or state, rs may be directed
In counties containing over Il,
dred ana fifty thousand mb,..
all county officers shall he l,@
salary, and the salary of any :.
ticer and his clerks, heretofr.
by fees, shall not exceed the d,
CRATE amount of fees earned T.
his term and collected by or
Sec 6. Tne general assemh-
provide by law for the stric,s.
ability Of all county, towa,om
borough officers, as well forth.
which may be collected by,,
for all public or municipal M.
which may be paid to them.
Sec I. Three comfy comou
ers and three county auditor,
be elected in each county whpr
officers ars chosen, in the Wear
thousand eight hundred and sen.
five, and every third year thcru
and in the election of said officer,
qualified electors shall vote fornar
than TWO persons. and the thr
sons having the highest numb
votes shall be elected; any ca,a
cancy in the office ofcouuly con
SiOner or county auditor shal. 4.
ed by the court Of common
thecounty in which suchyacm.
occur, by the aPpointmyntot@
tor OF the proper county WHO,
have voted for the commission
auditor whose place IS to be f..
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ARIICLE VII.
NuBrggr 0ud EIrciionS.

Sec. ]. Every male citizen twenty
one years Of age. possessing the fol-
lowing qualifications, shall he entitled
TO vote at all elections:
First. He shall have been a citizen
Of the United States at least one
month.
Second. He shall have resided in
the state one year Cor if, having pre-
yiouoly been qualified cIcctor or
native born citizen Of tie state, he