The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-03-27


HOYT g. co. !, Proprietor
The Actual Work Of the General Assembly.
"A correspondent of the Spartanburg Spar,
tan, whose signature indicates the able and
upright Senator from that County, Bon. ID. Il.
Duncan, furnishes that paper with an excel-
lent summary Of the important legislation OF
the recent session. 0mitting the reference to
matters of local interest to Spartanburg, we
copythis interesting summary: -
on Wednesdsy,i the; 26th of February, the
two Houses adjourned sine die, making q ses-
sion Of exactly three months, and being two
weeks shorter than the sitting of the previous
Legislature Though the result of Its: labors
shows very long list of acts and resolutions,
which have become law, numbering about one
hundred and sixtysiyes comparatively few OF
these aresof igneral interest and Importance.
A very large majority relating to incorpora-
tons, charters, changing of names, making
some one.the legal heir Of somebody else, &c.
It iste be regyetted that many Of the mostrin-
portant measures were defeated or postponed
to the next session. Some of these wepropose
to:notiee. The sins of the Legislature have
been those lof omission rather than that OF
commission 1t viii safRce to give short
synopsis Of the laws of public natnre, and OF
general interest to- the people ~.
The two acts ratif fying the amendments to
the Constitution, land thereby making them a
part of the same, refer to the amendments sub
mitted Mt the last general election, relating to
the increase of the public debt, and to chang
ing the time of holding the general ,eleetion
from October to, November Of every second
year.. The provisions of theses tendments
were discussed in shis County priorit0 the last
election and are we'll understood. 70 Under the
Constitution as so amended, there can be no
Increase of the public debt by loan or issue OF
bonds, except by aStw0-third; vote oftthe Peo-
pie of the State.ai b..iH7sit ailoass1 ~: II,
The egulatings thesfee bill makes alret
duction pfii6fty per eant. In the fees OF Probate
Judges. Clerks; of Court, Sherifs, Trial Justi:.
ces, Constsbles, Jurors, Witnesses, and, costs OF
suits at law SgE..s.sa 2u.Ssl -, loss ssi
The law passed to Enforce the. payment of
thesPoll Taxsg provides substantially, that the
County, Treasurer shall furnish to- the County
Commissioners 8. list of all delinquent Polls,
and if the delinquent has no property ont OF
which the said poil tax can be collected, ltben
he shall be required by the County Commits;
sioners tolwerk three days upon the highways
or:roads in his county; and upon refusalste
oheyithe notice or order gof the County 1ttOm-
nsissioners to work, be fshali Be considered
guilty of misdemeanor, and punished sby im-
prisonmenr 9orstep. days. rs s..,s.;k
ran: Act relaEget to the sale sof. real property,
makes it PENAL for any person to sell or'cenEey
aayyeal property which aaien of;any kind
exists atthe time of sale, without giving notice
OF. the saHiesto the purchasers is this an en-
cgeaehmeat upon the inaiiepablsl lrigstsband
privileges of vendors? .s-Gll3:il Ga f.7llSi
An Act entitled fssAn Act to repeal the Ii
cease LaNbY has mislelfsome persons who sell
spirtueus liquors, as to what the law refers to.
This does not infringe npnn their prlritege to
obtain and pay for license. .ior In the least i'm
pair their obligation to do so. In fact, this has
NO reference tli license of retailers, and does
not interfere with their business at all, but
simply repeals very onerous and oppressive.
Ac6of the last Legislature, passed by means OF
the money of ring, which required ageneral
license ito be paid on lifbusiness, trades, pro-
fessions and calhngsy i.f.s a.yad 1fag ,ree q
..AnlAcs to provide for putting purchasers in
possession of land sold for non-payment of
taxes, is of interest to those who buy at such
sales, as it pravides that the Sheriff. shall be
required, upon1the presentatioR of his deedby!
the purchSser .fos land bought at tax sale, to
proceed, without further eeremony,ato GUST the
occupant and put tho purchaseriin possession (.
and &c the Sheriff fails to, do so, he is deemed
guilty o1sa misdemeanor and-ao punished. -;
The General Appropriation Act has been
yergnuch reduced, ,leyet the, aggregate sums
apbsopisted ffor she current year will be, !
sapposs, Iat caat $500 600 in e1cess9 of the levy
made toiniees them, and therefore that much
beyond,eur income This anaountimust neces-
sarily come up at the next sessiQn of the Leg
islature, to beproSided for as q deficiency. 1t
seems hard, 10 impress; upon the minds OF
lac bat ,nr
beyond his means IVil alwayssh be troubled with
eEerrWhich we were called upon to meet or
tho deficit list, during this Winternwas S750, 900
rsEhed dAfeat of the blu TO provide for the rel
gistrationioe the bonds, stock and coupons OF
the State, was the triumph of Kimpton & Co.
The Republican party was pledged TO ameas-
uFeofs this sort in their plgtform. It's passage
Was desired and earnestly urged by the Cover
nos, Attorney General and Treasurer, but the
Influence of the old administration was brought
to bear-the same power which put. through
the infamous validating act, stretched forth
its.arm. and iall teforts TO pass the Act were
patalyzedasI ana informed, however, that not
withstaniings khe failure of the bill, that an
iREestigaticR will lie, made by the Financial
Board TO asrertHin. the true and valid debt Of
the State by the rleKt ssessiQn of the Legisla-7
ture. If the true indebtedness of the. State is
asesrtained, and the interest on the same pro-
vided for, we need NOT hope for q less levy to
meettan liabilities than that made for the
present year. ipssaF II.
;MADIsoN Asa TEMPERANCE M[AN.--Many
wears 500, when Che temperance movement be-
gan in Virginia ex- President Madison lent the
weight Of his infuence to che cause. Case
bottles and decapters disappeared from the
sideboard at Montpelier, and wine was no
= langer dispensed to the many, visitors at that
hospitable mansion. Nor was this alls, Harvest
began; but the: customary. barrel Of whiskey