The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-01-27

vno ouaouht VI WORK puL6tua Oh Cn6 l6HtB.
lative printing ordered by the General
Assembly ut the sessions OF 187O-71,
lofl-72, to wit: Five volumes of thel
Statutes OF the State, Wig: " Volume eal
x Al' XII, XIII, XIV; $500 copies
OF the Revised or General Statutes,
5,000 copies Ku Kiux Trials, $1,000
copies textra) reports OF Special Joint
Investigating Committee, two volumes
Supreme Court Decisions. 1000 extra
copies OF reports aud resolutions OF the
General Assembly OF 187l-72, variousI
books and documents ordered by the
executive departments. Il
That Communication, in conclusion,
makes the following statement:
ION the adjournment OF the last
General Assembly. they were advised by
the late State Treasurer (Hon. N. G.
Pasker) to close the establishment, as
there were no funds in tho treasury to
pay printing claims, und not likely to-
De-; but the printers did not accept nor
act upon this advice, and have cont.
nued the work, believing that the repre-
sentatives OF the people will make pro-
VISION ior tho payment OF their claims"
EIGHTH. That subsequently, '.joint
resolution to make appropriation for
expenses OF printing ordered by the
denerai Assembly during the regular
sessions OF 1901, 1871-72," was in
troduced, appropriating the sum OF
RZoO.o ior payment of tho claims OF
tue Republican Printing Company, and
$40, ,OOO for claims OF the various news.
papers. That this resolution was re-.
ferred to the Committee on Printing
who reported it back, with recon-
mendation "that the resolution do
pass; that 1t was afterwards referred to
the Committee on Ways and Means OF
your honorable body, who, after ga
most Careful and laborious Investigation
OF tho accounts, vouchers, &c., and the
Acts under which the work was or.
dercd," reported back the resolution,
with tho same recommendation as that
OF the Committee on Printing, to wit,
that the resolution do pass.' The
Cotnmittee also say. in their report,
that they have good reason to believe
that the Printing COMMITTEES has been
obliged 10 raise. money at high rates of
interest, in order to carry on the work
in question, through the failure of the
State to meet its engagements with the
company. It would seem, therefore,
that casa is thus made fer the exercise
of sense Of justice towards said credi-
tor. In this aspect of the case, the
Committee respectfully repeat their re.
commendation that the joint resolu ,ion
do pass.
"(Signed,) u. 4. BOWLEY, Ohm,
81. D. BOSTON.
''And others."i
NINTH. That the appropriation of
$3.50. 900 was mostly for the work here.
inbefore mentioned. and was almost
wholly absorbed in the payment OF The
then existing debts Of the company;
and that from the further sum of $780,
600 appropriated for the current and
permanent printing of the session OF
l872-73. not one dollar may be said to
have boen received by the company un.
til tho issue Of certificates of indebted.
ness authorized at the extra session, and
which alone enabled the company to
tide over the recent money panic, with.
out interruption to tho printing and
business of the General Assembly.
TENTH. That with reference to the
appropriations made at the extra session
for the report on immigration, tie de-
cisions OF the Supreme Court and tax
duplicates, we beg leave to ask your
attention to the following extract from
the report of the Senate Com mmittee on
Printing:
''SESArE COMMITTEES ROCKS,
COLUMBIA, S. O., October 80, 1873.
"The Committee on Printing of the
Senate, to whom was referred u bill to
make appropriation for tho paym OF
the expenses of printing, have had the
same under careful consideration, end
beg leave to report:
''rhat the work ordered by concur.
rent resolution of the General Assem-.
bly, ut its last session, ia Of the highest
importance to tho State, not only for
the Information it affords the immi-
grant, bat rs furnishing a valuuble
record and history. The committee ex-
amined specimens OF portion of the
work now in progress, and, after pa
tient hearing of tho Clerks of the two
houses as to the time, labor and expense
involved, believe the appropriation
asked for this purpose to be just and
reasonable.
"In regurd to the appropriation for
the payment Of the printing of tho Su-
prcmo Court decisions, the committee.
on reference to Chapter 1O4. (page 495, J
Revised Statutes, tiud that, while the
Comptroller General is authorized to
draw his warrants for the publication of
these decisions, no appropriations have
bocu nlulo for Daymant nf thn xuorropfc