The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1875-12-02
p EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
COLUMBIA, Noyemberi28, 1876. (

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10 Hon. r. B. Elliott, Speaker House, Of
SIT return herewith, feith $ without OUT ap.
proval, to the House Of Representative,
in which :it originated, an,Act entitled
Gan Act to raise supplies for the fiscal
year commencing November !, 1875.
THE fact that this Act, the most impos-
tant of the year, did not reach me until
the last hourof the last day of the session,
deprived me Of the opportunity of exam
lining the Act with sufficient care to ena-
BILE ME to reach. a conclusion as to my
duty before the final adjournment of the
GeneraliAssembly. When an examina-
tio1, had convinced, me that official duty
would not permit me to; approve the Act,
the unavoidable result was to postpone
further action until the re-assembling Of
the, General Assembly at it's next regular
session. I appreciate fully the disadyan-
tages arising from this state of facts, and
J. should be sorry to feel that am respon-
sible for them. 'i''i' '.'''7'
TO the reason which originally led me
to withhold my approval from 'this! Act
have been added others, resulting from
the failure of the South Carolina Bank
and Trust: Company, By which the sum
Of 9205, ,753.79 has been withdrawn from
the use Of the State, and a. large part OF
that sum, finally lost. Being compelled
to withhold my approval from the Act
end to await the reIassembling Of the
General, Assembly, / feel bound to urge
some objections which, I might otherwise
have waived for the sake Of avoiding the
disadvantages of the delay thus occa-
stoned. :s-t'T.I -p.;-i:!.,s iGti7.u:at! "t':
In framing a proper Supply Act; the
obvious dictate of prudence and good
administration is to first ascertain how
much money is needed, and then TO pro
wide for that amount. No deficiency
.hol,ld be permitted to arise except from
cau,es cannot be- foreseen. The evils Of
h departure from this rule are most sefi-
GUS! x Every person who looks TO the
State for salary or pay is now, and has
been for years, past, obliged to accept
suchl part only ofwhat is due him as may
be realized from taxes which are levied,
with. certainty that he will, atbest, re
ceiEe 0nly!a part In the case of public
institutions the evils ate still greater.
Supplies cannot be obtained at cash pri::
clss when there are MO funds In the Treas.
ury, and thus, for q considerable part Of
the year., the. lof6cers. of public institu::
tions.are subjected tosthe' greatest iricon!
yanience,l and the public to greatly In
creased expenses with no compensating
advantages whatever. si"a u -. ~.
In examining the present Act; I pro-
pose, din the first place, to take the appro.
priations Of the last fiscal year as the
ba,is, of calculation of the amount re.
quired to belraised7 for the present year; /;
and; In the:asecond place; TO take the
actual needs of the public service as such
bais, and present the results of each
method : fl2,'t;a h'-e. I.i i;a:.2Fi - 2
.Inithe;frst sectionof the present Act
q tux ofone and one-half l13( mills upon
the dollar is levied to meet appropriations
for the salaries of the executive and in!
disal officers of.the State, and the clerks
and contingent expenses Of the executive
and judicial departments for the present
fiscal year. The experience of the past
yearishows that thh tax will raise '$187, !.
&c.,, The appropriations for the slast
fisc.l year under this head amounted. to
1921, ,lO5.75., The appropriations under
this head for the present fiscal year can
easily be reduced to the amount which
will be raised by the'levy. The following
items in last years appropriations will
not be required for the present year,. ...
/. Salary Of Judge Of Inferior Court Of 49, :.
Charleaton County,. o2o.OO
2 foi hSSIsaGs aai5Gna. eop.ns.v a7so75
D. foT c6IsI1ss IetI.Msoi Summer ao. 10000
L. For expenses Of general election, as14 10 ooopo