Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-02-25

House has introduced bill to provide for the
redemption of the Bills of the Bank of the
State, which bill is said to have the sanction
of Governor Chamberlain and the Attorney
General The general provisions Of the bill
are as follows:
The Governor is directed to appoint, before
the first Monday in April next, Commission
of three competent citizens of the State, who
shall ascertain, as far as practicable, the
whole amount of bills issued by the Bank Of
the State, the amount issued in aid Of the re-
bellion, the amount outstanding, and the
amount of the bills that are valid and subsist-
ing obligations of the State Such of the bills
as shall be found to be valid obligations Of
the State shall be stamped illegal" by the
Commission. The Commission shall have
power to send for persons and papers, and are
required to render a final report to the Cen
eral Assembly on or before the fourth Tues
day in November next The Attorney Gen.
eral is required to attend the session of the
Commission, for the expenses of which the
sum of eight thousand dollars is appropriated.
The bills that shall be stamped as legal by
the Commission are made receivable for taxes,
as follows: First, for the redemption of for
feited lands; second, for taxes past due at the
date of the passage of the act, provided that
the bills shall be rendered on or before the
first day of January next In all cases where
taxes shall be levied for the State, except for
the support of the free schools and for the
pavment Ct the interest on the public debt, it
is made the duty of the County Treasurer to
receive, in payment Of such taxes, from each
person paying the same, one-titth of the
amount of his taxesin the bills Of the Bank OF
the State stamped and attested as before men.
toned All bills so received shall be stamped
by the County Treasurers, "Received for
Taxes" together with the date of the receipt
and the name of the person or persons from
whom received, and the County Treasurers are
directed to report to the Comptroller. General
the number and amount of such bills so re-
ceived. An annual tax Of one and half
mills is levied for the purpose of redeeming
the said bills, and the County Auditors are
directed to include this tax in their annual
levies for the next FIVE fiscal years. The pro-
ceeds of the leves are appropriated to the re-
demption of such bills as may be received tor
taxes.
The State Treasurer is directed to demand
from the Receiver Of the Bank the sum OF
s46,437 81 in bills of the Bank, being the
amount taken by w. G. Courtney, Receiver,
in payment of notes discounted before the as
sets of the said Bank became fund IN equl-
ty also, any other bills which may hereafter
be paid into the hands of any Receiver in the
said cause. These bills are to be cancelled in
the presence of the Comptroller-G General.
The holder of any of the bills who may be
aggrieved by the action and decision of the
Commission concerning the same, is given the
right to proceed by mandamus, and, in the
event of obtaining a favorable decree, the bill
shall be approved by the Commission. All the
bills not presented by the Commission before
the first Monday in November next are de.
clared invalid, 50 far as any act ofthe General
Assembly may make them so.
STRONG REPUBLICAN TALK.-The Chicago
Tribune (Republican) is pointed and severe
in its comments upon the Presidents message
on Arkansas affairs. 1t says the defects al
legged in the Arkansas constitution are ''neith.
er grave or vital" and adds:
"The instrument was ratified by the people
Now it is the judgment of the highest autho'
rites on constitutional law in this country
that such a ratification cures all defects.
Judge Jameson has shown, in his work on
constitutional conventions, that scarcely any
such convention has ever been held in precise
accordance with legal forms. In nearly every
case there has been some irregularities OF
defects, but popular ratification has cured
them all. If we apply this sound doctrine in
a a.
The State has the Republican form of govern
ment guaranteed by the Constitution of the
nation. Governor Garland finds no one tc
dispute his authority at home. Only few
car pet. baggers oppose him at Washington
The laws are in force. The judiciary i:
firmly established. Peace and quiet reigr
over the State for the first time since 1861
The de facto government is also de .jure, as We
have shown. 1t is tait accompE. 1t has
possession. 1t is respected by the majority
and obeyed by all. Interference with it would
be blunder or worse Moreover, we have
one "hell on our hands in the South already
This is the limit demanded by the most ortho
dox creed. Louisiana is enough Are We
to organize another shell" in Arkansas fol
the sake of crowd of carpet-baggers Lei
us keep our hands off. Perpetual meddling
will only make matters worse. Arkansas i:
getting along remarkably we'll, and the Ex
ecutive authorities at Washington had better
let we'll enough alone