The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-12-02

1874 VOL. N-NO. PIG
! officers. attaches, &c, :he oa!y va::;.;,
requisite wonld he duly certiEsl list o
All persons who held these positions Th,
Cnmptrollrr-Geneial havirg Hatistic,l him,
sef or thr, c"ricctncssot the !i-te fnrri h, {
, Ly lie OF. II OF he General Alecmbiynn
the authority Of law tor their paym,l,
roui then draw his warrants upon the
Ireasnrcr Tor the proper sums ri Inonry
IN The payment Of contingent expense.
each branch oi he General Ass,mhl,
would. by "oniMii.ten or o!!!erw:-., max,
slch audit ~ miS hi We deemed necessar,
oi such account, and order their payment
ihh vnuctcrs thus hcrcptcd by the Genera
Asrembl, would lie se!:t tn tlie Office of III,
Comp..o!icr-tieneral. and there renal
forever exposed tn The scrutiny of The pub
il:, anu payment would l.c made bv th,
reaS'rcr only on the warrant ri tn,
mp,roi!er-G r-Grncral.
Let no ono Imagine that l feel any ,lis
trG"i O.! this General Assembly or Of il,
| !resi ling officers, but knnw that no.hiu,
Ia no Vial IN tEch matters as n currrc,
| sFetem. wise laws are expressions of cor
l"ct rules or civil conduct. The bcs
E1aranty againet individual dishonesty in
i.nancial transactions, is q eystem whici
has no open doors to deception or fraud
i.gid accountability and constant expos
nre to publicity, venture to pronoun CT
n" foremost requisites Of good system
''r the disbursement OF public funds
.'-pcctfuliy and most earnestly urpe i'm
mediate attention to this subject. M
t.inI can exceed it in Importance. Con
sideration for tho publ: good demand.
n'ich action as will finally close the door,
To recurrence OF the reckless eSpeptli
lures which have attended our recent legi. :.
lativc sessions.
] recommend that your earliest atten
ton Ic directed TO the matter Of the public
pilutlnR. The system which has prevailed
ior the past three years is utterly incapa
oie of defence or e1cu.e. The loosencss nj
me system IN theory il only eGualled by it,
cEfravaEance in practice. Euder this sy-
lem the Clcr.. Of the Senate and the Clerl
OF the iiouse CT Representatives we're en-
p""ere! tn contract tor the public printing
ana the drafts or orders for the payment O
printing expenses were made payabIt
upon the certificates Of those officers alone
out "f any moneys in the treasury lo
otherwise appropriated No limit Wa,
hscd TO the amount for whrli the contract,
ehon!d be- made. Under :Ec Ayrtcm ol
making general levy OF taxes, no specific
funds N the treasury ut any spoci,i.d timt
were considered rs speciiicaiiy approprl
ated. The result was that undcr this -ys
TEN : was in tho power of the clerks of The
t"n housen to draw on account of pub
printing 70 an unlimited extern uj0n the
public Funds, without reference to ;hc sui.
ncie'cy Di those ful.ds to meet The der! ,nI
ri other appropriations. li.r- T., rcr,!,.
however, the General Assembly, ha- maN,
"".ih;tc appropriations tnI Iayrnc,h %!
printing, accu:uts
y few statistics VII sl.pw !o'y .rcl, n
I-y-tcni l:s :c.I!te.. IN practice lh.. -. =,
"i thr p"r:nI AGENT An!cwr,c..i viin'u. n,
lA''S u ;E: Present tiic was i<i..., :,
; lie iost @! advertising the statutes ia,
o! printing them in the u, wspatcr- ;ul
shr same period. WaA 1921 80 81: nntlr., :,
;u:a: cost pt :l,!Oi .iG3 o. During The ,,:,s,
:!!"" y"ars the cost Ia The State of prr::i:-
nent a'ic c':.Iant PRINTING: was :1i;" -
ah'' 'hc cost nt printing the LAWS III ncws
papers 'pr the raue pcrlod was STA, ,,.G G,
making IL :utal cu-; to the Statco! Sni,
'2'Nt Dodrctlng from this Ilst amoun:
such items O! printing rs NAV be called TX.
'ra"rdinary. inc:Hdir;. the re- publication oi
certain volumes o; the Statutes u, Large, tic
printing Of the ku klux trial. immiy grafton,
reports, Ia. duplicates and Supreme Coul,
'"'iri"As. amounting to 1915 0Gn. there re.
!i i!n- Ar the ch-t at printing for three years
III. ru.n ~ :jl: G2:, j.; or nn average Nh.
nua! cust oi .i,i ~" - os.r no com.
ment OH there statistics. The Only appro.
pIIaie Inquiry il. how shall stcl rcsnit. ,t
rrtvritcn hereafter Ian-wcr, bytytcrini
ni!iiy the present ,v-'cnI, roc and branch
ana substituting .a'e and ccpnomicai-ye.
lem! .SVth system. CAR ta=.iy Ice pointed
ON. Let advert -crn,..t be- made iv ,I,l. !
q: The General Assembly, Tor rrouornl~ ini
cu!n. the ncc"-sa!! iEhhc printing ~ al
hinir IL. The S;a.' a.. n i1ca period .orri-
1YlhE The vAr!o,.- n!ii'is aN! ALlo,iaI~ nt
printing required. Wi tue uIb, !0n %: order.
M, more wurknt hn. specified kind nj liked
rates an'l - ln',:!g -nitatic hond la nc
coLirsny cscn .rurr-ai, tor the iai;Linl
execution the wn:i. accurdin., "a the p1 o.
posals. Lc! thc-c proposals be- presented
:" tie tiencra! A-stE!hl, anu the most al.
VhLthStous one bt accepted. In this wa,
tn" state .Hav itn!cvr prcarut ahu.t.
AMI secure All l!',hrs: and economical ic-
suit. IN th.- cODl,c..t.ri:, call Your attt u.
:."n :" au Act pas-r'! hy the last General
Assembly, entitled AN Act IA rcSu.at te I, lr
public r!iut.u". I" h.. found nj page 70.
%! 'hc Aris'. is.; - This Act, dunbtlrss
w"nld lave arc Emphasized q good rcanlt
of the ii:st section. II il evident that NJ,
proposal can ever be made under thi- Act
since the amount y! work t..lnired TO b..
done can never be estimated. II The iln. :
referred 20 were e1punsed from thir Ari. 1t
""uid rrrvra all illustration If :h- So.
tenn which have recommended.
rohsidcr the cost OF advertising ci
rrpiiniing the Acts %! the General Arstr.-
by IN the newspapers Of the State II
"h"iiy inntcthHarY e1penee, and T.. com
mend the total tiiecontinuauce o. the urAc.
'"r II any iaWr are enacted whcii it ir
i'n""rtani should t'r published at once tn
tic Information "i the people, il will L. III.
interest OF the newspapers TO publish them
80 . :a.:.nr % pGhii: inform atinn. If ih,-
~ not done, number OF extra cupies cah
be ordered by the General Assembly from
the public printer at a trihing cost and bt