Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-03-11
sOr1TH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE.

amount of attention in the Legislature is the
proposition to remove the State Treasurer
from office. On Tuesday of last week, the
Treasurer sent communication to each house,
in which he stated that he was ready to SUBJ
nit reply to the report of the joint investi.
eating committee, coupled with the request
that he he permitted to read the reply himself.
In the House, after an acrimonious debate,
motion to suspend the rules and grant the re-
quest was voted down-by 81 nays to 30 yeas.
In the Senate, the Treasurer's proposed com.
munication was made the special order for the
next day at o'clock. The document ap.
peared in full in the Uaion- Herald Of We'd
nesday morning. The "information" which
was withheld by the Treasurer in previous
communication, for the alleged reason that ut
would injuriously affect Others" proves to be,
that the Treasurer does not believe that Har-
DIV Solomon's bank k-the South Carolina Bank
and Trust Company-is safe place in which
to deposit the funds of the State.
The special charges against the Treasurer
are that he has funded a large amount Of
bonds and coupons which should not have
been funded, and that he has diverted the
funds intended to pay the interest OH the pub
lie debt to the payment of other claims against
the State, which diversion Of funds he is posi-
lively prohibited from making by special
act of the legislature.
In the House, on Thursday last, Mr. Bar
ker introduced the following concurrent reso-
luton:
Resolved by the House of Representatives, the
Senate concurring that the report OF the special
fl,o hnn1S
under an act to reduce the volume of the public
debt &C., be adopted, and that committee Of
five on the part Of the House and - on the part
of the Senate be appointed by the respective pre-
siding officers to prepare an address to his Excel
lency the Governor, in accordance with section 4,
article Z the constitution, requiring the renloy-
al of F. L. Cardozo from the office of State Treas
urer; ; said address, when prepared, to be submit
ted to the two houses for final action.
The resolution was subsequently adopted III
the House by vote Of 90 ayes to 70 nays.
The following is the vote:
YEAs-Hon. R. B. Elliott Speaker, and Messrs.
Altman, Andrews, Barker, Barnwell, Bates, Bo-
mar, Bradley, Brayton, Bridges, Cannon, Colt,
Coker, Coleman, Copes, Cossgrove, Crews. Couch,
Davies, Davis, Dolly Duncan, Farrow Fergu-
son, Freeman, Gaillard, Gather, CAN'T, Gary,
Greene, S. Greene, Guhin, Hayne Henderson,
Hirsch G. H. Holland A. H. Howard, R. G.
Howard, Humbert, w. D. Johnson, T. B. John
ston, A. H. Jones, P. E. Jones, Jordan, Keith,
Leslie, Lewis LIVINGSTON Meetze Peeners' peterSnn
Ramsey, Reddish, Redfearne, Richardson, Rich
mond, Robertson, Rush, Russell, Scott, Sessions,
A. Simmons, H. Simmons, Simons, Simpson,
Sloan, J. 4: Smith, R. N. Smith, Steele, sumpteerf
ver Wallace. Weatherly, Weldon, Wesberry,
Wideman, Willis, Wolfe, Wright-92.
NAYs-Messrs. Bampfield, Beatty, Burckmey-
er, Hamilton, Harriott, w. M. Holland, Hunter,
ney, a. Simkins, P simkins, Spencer, Wander
pool Weston, Williams, Young--2O.
Col. Beatty, of York, made the point of
order, that the proceedings were irregular, be-
cause the incul pated Treasurer had not been
allowed the constitutional privilege Of being
heard before the "vote for the address," but
the Speaker ruled it out of order, and ex-
planned that the vote now to be taken was
upon the question of appointing a committee
to report such address, and that the privilege
referred to was one that might be justly de-
manded only when the address was before the
House to be voted upon.
The resolution was subsequently adopted
in the Senate by vote Of 19 yeas to 6 nays.
Senator White voted with the majority.
The adoption of the resolution is the first
,tep in the process Of removal. Upon the
presentation of the address, Cardozo will have
he right to appear by counsel, and it is re.
,arded as certain that the proceedings will
,ccupy two if not three weeks.
The Governor has approved the following
acts
An act to authorize the levy of special
AK in York and Chester counties to retire
bonds issued by said counties in aid of Ches-
er and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad Com
,any, and for other purposes relating thereto
An act requiring the publication Of month
y statements by the State Treasurer.
An act to repeal Chapter CXXV of the
General Statutes relative to the publication
If legal notices.
Joint resolution to ratify the amendment to
he constitution relative to the terms OF office
# the comptroller. general, secretary of State,
!ttorney.general, adjutant and inspector-gen-
raj and superintendent Of education.
An act to require all trial justices to ex-
libit all original papers to the county COM
nissioners before or at the time said co. .mis-
toner's audit their accounts, and for other
purposes.
Joint resolution authorizing the county
commissioners of Fairfield county to devote
ne mill of the tax levied for county purposes
or the fiscal year 1S74-75, to payment of
'ast due Indebtedness Of said county.
An act to provide for the payment of the
ast indebtedness of Union county.
An act to declare and protect the rights of