The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-12-23
Columbia Correspondence.

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Columbia Correspondence.
COLUMBIA, S. c., Dec. 13, 1875.
! DEAR EDITORS: When wrote. TO you
hast week I was under the ,imptsssion
that the supply bill for 1859 had been
read three times, but it had been
read second time, and ordered; to DE
| engrossed ut ten and a half fi0N mills
IIor State purposes. The Governor called
fal caucus of the Republican party, as I
| am informed, and after explaining his
recommendation for lower taxes, told
| them plainly that if tho whole State taxes,
i-inefading-the two Bonanzas,--was notre-
ducei to eleven mills, he would veto
every lsupply, bill that they would pass;
| and That he did not believe they could
pass it oyer. his veto. This raised terri.
BILE row, and there was severe fight,
| but before tho tax bill came up for con-
sideration they had thought better Of the
lmattSr, and the chairman iof the Ways
aad Means Committee amended the bill
in the following particulars so as to con-
form to the ideasof the Governort.i
| Section 1, to pay salaries of executive
and judicial officers of the State, and the
clerks and contingent expenses of tile
executive and judicial departments 'of the
government was cut down from II mills
to II mills: Section 2, providing for the
ksupport of.penal and charitable institu-
tions Of the State, was outdown from II
mills TO II mills. Section 8, providing
| for deficiencies, was cut down from ! 9-10
tot 4-10; thus, reducing this tax; bill
one mill, the aggregate being 81 mills
in stead Of I0l. :: - ~ "3'T@'.-
= The big bonanza has been passed by
| the House at .one-half of q mill for four
years., The little bonanza, which levied
/ about two, mills, was .re-committed to the
committee for a second. time, and thi.
time they thought better Of their former.
action, and Id accordance with the Gov.
ernor's instruction reduced" the bill tc,
I'13Il5 of one mill for three years. If tina
Senate pass these three bills, (which they.
won't dare to oppose, notwithstanding
their corrupticn,) the State. tax will be
10 1915 mills instead OF Is, as the Ways
and Means Committee Of the House pro.
fposed. ~
~; -. 70 LIEN law. '''' ''''''
The consideration. of this law came up
last week, and occupied two days. Th,
first effort was to restrict the giving of
liens to cotton and rice; ThisWas killed
by the Introduction Of q bill toirepeap the
law in the nature of asubstitute. Theirs
was no end to the discussion on this sub
lject, and a great difference Of opinion
prevailed both among the Republican
was indefinitely postponed, and there
tforethe law stands just as it has been
heretofore. 7..,'f. -: .T';. 49,
/: THE EXPULSION OF o. K: BLAcKMAN,:
reporter Of the Ne,5s and C5urier,' was a
most disgusting scene, made so by the
filthy and lying assertions of: Ex-Eand
Commissioners, Leslie; They expelled
the reporter because they. did not think
ing the ann6rut and vii'tuottS Ways and
Means; Committee IT. seems that they
Edon't care to bear such criticisms, and
fwilLnot allow any one on the'floor who
EwiH criHcise them..:z4 ~ nrs :, -
Col. Cannon, OF Spartsnbuggr intro
duced joint resolution amending. the
constitution, limiting the session Of the
LEGISLATURE to sixty days There was a
favorable report by the majority Of the
committee on Privileges and Elections,
and a minority report, headed by the
Immaculate. Guff1n, from, AbbeVille.
There was considerable discussion on
this subject and several Of the Censerya-
tives made able and eloquent speeches in
flavor of the bill, saying that It was the
most needed reforrn-in the State, next to
(a.reduction in n'taxation.lIIt was rejected
by q large majority. .rii! u, g.. i'D,"t'
The, next subject of. great moment to
the people came up for consideration TO-
day: II was the election by the people
Of County Auditors and Treasurers, In
Itrodu6ed BY Mr.. Livingston, OF Oconee,
land supported in an able speech by him.
tOther Conservatives supported the meas
lure, but between Elliott's grandiloquent
Ispeech and Leslies plying; the. party
whip, and using his indecent Findictiyes,
the measure was lost. =:
There has been an effort made to pass
Ia law IN reference to the taxation Of dogs,
in accordance with the recommendation
Eof the Grand Jury ,of Anderson, u but i
find there is q; constitutional provision
which provides that every kind of prop
etty shall be taxed .tad yalorem, !" and il
a4nian swears that his dog Is only worth
Fave dollars, you can only tax him as
much as you can on five dollars worth
fof any other property Maj. b. n. Rice,
of Union, proposes. to get around. the
constitution in the following way, though
Lit runs in the teeth OF. another provision
(which declares, that the per cent. on all
Ekind Of property shall be the same. u
Maj. Rice's Bill won't do for a Law, 1T will
do for the best piece of 'humor I have
seen lately, so append it the edifica-
ttion of your readers:,f '.py:c'4z !!
A BILL TO TAX THE OWNERS OF DOGS
taMBe it enacted, &C., That from and after
the passage Of this act, the lawful officers
for assessing property in this State, shall
assess and value each he and she dog at
one hundred dollars, and that the own
| ers of such dogs shall pay the dd valoreaa
taxes thereon assessed for all State and
Ecounty purposes, at the time and in the
manner. that they pay taxes on othsr
property and. in every case where said
owner shall fail to pay said tax; said dog
or dogs, shall be seized by the County
or her taxes I and If said EXPOSURE. TO
sale shall fail to pay the tax, the dog Ghdll
tbe turned over to; the Coroner Of the
county and killed, without inquest ON
his body. or funeral expenses. "i::'tif
IA joint resolution. was introduced to
adjourn. on. the 22nd inst, and re-asseln-
BILE on the 9Th, of January, but was laid
lon'the table. -" Il. 90 - -
There is4 considerable talk of the judi
ciaf election, and candidates are popping
out on all sides; though; not much lis
known positively about it. .a;.
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| - ....,. r., COLUMBIA, s. C., Dee. AQ,,
Mr.. EDIToR-Before the Intelligs,iier
is issued most Of you will have heard Of
the infamous action of the Republic
of the Legislature in the last Judicial
election but I propose to: give you a
more detailed description, as an eye Wit
ness. The Senate passed atresotmtlon
about the 18th inst..to go, into joint as
sembEy on the 10TH to elect Judges; when
| came to the. Hous THE resolution p,as
laid ron the table by q largesvote, it being
very desir4ble that the elections should
not come of. until after the recess in,or.
der that tho members mightgo home md
r,of tho aanti ment OF fhe T,eODle Rut the