Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-11-13

which are genuine, no bill or representation OF
the issue of the Bank of the State shall be received
into the treasury of this State, or by any county
treasurer, in payment of taxes. until the same
shall have passed through the office of the comp
troller-general of the State and there stamped as
genuine; and for the purpose of carrying out the
purposes of this resolution, an expert shall beem-
ployed, with salary fixed by law, whose duty it
shall be to examine said bills, and decide upon
the genuinencss of the same.
Ordered for consideration tomorrow.
A bill relating to certain bonds of the State
of South Carolina illegally issued was referred
to the committee on finance.
Mr.. Holmes introduced the following con-
current resolution which was adopted
Resolved by the House of Representatives, the
Senate concurring, That the committee OH ways
and means of the House and the finance commit
tee Of the Senate be, and they are hereby required
to ascertain the amount of the bills of the Bank OF
the State receivable for taxes, under recent de-
cison of the Supreme Court of the United States,
and the best mode of meeting the difficulty i'll
question and for the purpose Of carrying into ef-
feet more fully the intention Of this resolution,
they are hereby authorized to send for persons and
papers.
Mr.. Barker introduced the following joint
resolution which was adopted:
Res0lved, That the committee on ways and
means be requested to submit, by bill or joint
resolution, a remedy to meet the financial elnbar-
rassment created by the recent decision OF the
United States Supreme Court, relative to the bills
of the Bank of the State.
THURSDAY, November 5.
In THE SENATE, Mr.. Hayne introduced a
bill to repeal an act to provide for the con-
version of State securities; and bill to de.
clare null and void all bonds issued under the
provisions of an act to provide for the CONVEX
sion of State securities. Ordered to lie over.
The bill to punish persons for removing or
secreting personal property levied on by the
sheriff or other officers, was passed and Or
dered to be enrolled.
The concurrent resolution relative to the de-
cision of the Supreme Court Of the United
States, in the matter of the bills of the Bank
of the State, after being debated was referred
to the committee on the judiciary.
In THE HOUSE, Mr.. R. NJ. Smith introdu-
ced bill to declare all outstanding bills of
the Bank of the State, issued subsequent to
the 10th of December, 1860, issued and used
in aid of the rebellion. Referred to the COM
mittee on ways and means.
The House then went into committee OF
the United States Supreme Court declaring
bills of the Bank of the State receivable for
taxes, Mr.. Curtis being called to the chair.
The following was offered as substitute for
Mr.. Artson's resolution:
That the committee on ways and means and the
committee on judiciary, jointly, be requested to
investigate and consider whether the bills of the
Bank of the State, in any way or by any means,
can be made tender or circulating medium, and
report on the same on Thursday next.
A debate followed, participated in by
Messrs. Hurley, Humbert and others. The
correspondent of the Charleston Ne,Ds and
Courier, says:
"The event of the day, however, in the Legisa-
ture was the discussion in the House, as COM
mittee of the whole, upon the problem of the bills
of the Bank of the State. Humbert, colored of
Darlington, lead offin very earnest, honest. in.
dignant and ungrammatical harangue. He could
not for momentstomach the idea of paying these
bills of the Bank of the State and If there was no
60 in for repudiating everything, send all the
creditors of the State upon visit to his Satanic
majesty, and levy only a tax to meet the necessa-
ry current expenses of the State The decision,
he believes. only intended to kill the Repub-
lican party, push the poor colored man to the
wall, and sell out South Carolina, the best little
State in the Union. He was of opinion that de-
cidedly the best thing to dowould be to repudiate
the proud satisfaction offeeling that they owedno
man cent.
Tim Hurley followed Humbert, and made a
speech which did credit to himself and which
madea very marked impression upon the House.
He was in hopes, he sad that the question of the
bills of the Bank of the State would be discussed
solely rs to the effect it would have upon the al
ready distressed financial condition OF the State.
In his opinion the government could not think OF
receiving the bills, for it would be absolute ruin
as matters stand if the State even attempted to
pay the necessary floating claims 1t would re-
quire tax of at least twenty mills, or 8, ,OOOO 600
for one year, which is five times more than the
State government formerly cost when her affairs
were economically managed. Year by year, he
said the rate of taxation has been for four years
annually increased, and yet every year there were
deficiencies still larger than the year before The
State, he said, had decreased in the value of her
property several millions, and values were contin-
uing to fall, until finally, he believed, if there
We're not change for the better, there would be
no property left to tax at all. There was none
now to bear tax of S3000,000, and if such an
amount be levied not dollar off will be paid.
Neither the whites nor tho blacks would submit
to 1t, and there was no power at home or abroad
to enforce it. He himself would not pay it, and
he would advise the people to hold on to their
money. If, he said, these shoddy statesmen around
thecaptal deem such fund necessary to the gov
ernment let them turn over their costly equlpa-
ges, their diamonds, and the silver plate which
they have stolen from the State heretofore. Hur-
ley went on in the same vein for perhaps an hour,
growing really eloquent at times"
Upon the conclusion of the debate the COM
mittee rose, and the Speaker resumed the
chair.
Mr.. Bowley, from the committee on ways
and means, reported bill to reduce the pub.
lie debt, and to provide for the payment Of
the same, which was made the special order
for Tuesday, November 18th.
FRIDAY, November 7.
In THE SENATE, notice was received from
the House of Representatives of the appoint
ment of committee to make certain inqui-
ries of H. H. Kimpton, also committee res
olution relating to the bills of the Bank of
the State, requesting the encouragement to
90 before the Supreme Court of the United
States and obtain stay in the matter until
such reasonable time as the amount Of said
bills should be ascertained.
In THE HOUSE, Mr.. Bowley reported IA
vorably on bill to declare all outstanding
bills of the Bank of the State, issued suhse-
quent to December 30, A. D., 1860, issued in
aid of the rebellion.
Mr.. Artson introduced concurrent reso-
luton, which was made the special order for
Tuesday, 18th instant, at 1.3O p. M, that this
extra session of the General Assembly do ad-
journ sine die on Friday, the 18th instant.
The House adjourned until Monday at 7.3O,