Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1875-12-04

County to await their trial in tho
Court Of General Sessions t5 DO put
upon >streets Of %said townyannd
made to workEthe same; and, whileso
working, are Secured BY aschain aud
ball attached to thu log, withou. :su-
tiority offlaw; and, r S d
Whereas certain persons Committed,
for the want Of sufficient suretics to
keep the peace, have been also made
to work on the said streets rs herein
stated, without authority flaw; md,
Whereas 1T Isl my opiniIiion that
there is but one method OF Kidding the
people Of the, present Iutcndpnt OF. the
sai}l9town;o Of Orangcbrrg, $lio is alaw'
unto himself, viz:, the repeal Of The
charter of the said town therefore.
be it i'iss &" 'a'' urr. !-"H9F;
Rcsolsc'1, That it Be referred ssd to to the the
judiciary Committee to inquire into
the the truthtulncss Of tlese,matters,
and, il found to be true, that, they, be
requested to report n Bill for the con
sideration of this House, providing for.
the repeal Of the, charter of tho town
oil Orangeburg.'' ll6agssic q u:
Upon reading the resolution the
atnin'us ,i Of the proceeding becblnes apI
parent, The Object is to "rid The peo-
pic OF, the present Intendant," ratfcr
than correct the alleged abuses. Che
committee TO whom the resolution was.
referred will, without doubt, report.
uniavoiabIy rs to the rcpul Of the
charter of the town, nnd your repro.
sentative will have to take other and
surcr measures to create the vacancy
desired, than by the proceeding in
| question. l% ),
| Aside from the resolution referred
to, there was nothing done in HE leg,
islative halls since my last, which
materially concerned your local inte-
rests. The great cvc2ts ofthe week
were the Introduction Of the new tax
bill. and the little and big "BJnanza"
bills. The tax bill contcmplates a
levy Of 10! mills, distributed as fol.
lows: / J mills for sa'alics Il for
penal, charitable and educational in
stitutons, 2 Tor common schools,
LILO ior legislative expenses, ! for
printing, 2 for interest On ppublic
doht and / 8 10 for deficiencies, in
which is included the amount due for
taking the late census. One of the
most important provisions i'll the bill,
is that Which provides that where
Bills Of the Bank Of the State arc ten.
dcrcd in the payment Of taxes, 1.-The
County Treasurer shall place them i'll
Il package, seal them with his official
schl, and Il presumr) return hem to
the person offering them to bs kcptby
him until the question Of the recciva-
bility of the bills for taxes be fna ily
Determines. The object of this is to
prevent the tender OF tile snmc LiNs for
successive years taxes, This in the
past has been the custom of some of
the Broad Street brokers, unmin,liul
us they arc, OF the fact thatkR,e who
seeks to evs:tlc The payment ok gene.
raj tax, is, guilty Of as great wrong
towards his fellow ci;iz, lis aid MS he
great Il breach If morality, as lie who
steals Il like amoun. from the public
trcasury" Il
] The little Bonnnz." provides for
The pavmcnt Of sun;lry claims Il cainst
llia State, and embraces The past in.
dcb'c'lntss, md the payment. Of Tie.
interest OH the bonds o! the State pur-
chased for the Agricultural college
and Mechanics Institute. The ~.
grcgate levy i'll this bill / : mills, hall
of which is to be paid this year. y, ,S
But the cornucopiu to which the
holders OF pay certificates, bills pnya-
bic, due bills. DC, look with the ex-
pcctation that they will soon be en-.
ablcd to refill their "once fat pocket
books" therct'rom, is The great Bon.
anza.' This stupcndo,s offspring Of
the combined brains Of the impccu-
nioas many, has been resuscitatcd and
and revived, and with its active cncr-
gy renewed, has started on its sccon,
career Like the constellation eftthe
Grent Bear, this also has u "dipper.n
and III the hands cf an aole and ex-
pert manager it can be made to con-
tain enough to satisfy even the most
voracious. All things considered.
however, it is doubtless the most cx-
pcdicnt way OF dispp:ing ofte vexed
question Of the floating debt.
The Solomon's Bank mud,llc is to
be re.opcncd by Legislative authority
and by legislative hands. A com
mIttce consisting Of Messrs Gary,
Brayton, Parker, Cosgroyc, and Il.
G. Howard from the House, and
Mcssrs Swnils, Whittcmore, Duncan,
Jones and Ward from the Senate, has
been appointed to Inquire into the
causes of the failure. 1t vii be seen
that with tic exception Of The conscr-
vatives, Messrs Duncan, Ward, Cos.