The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-06-02

for tho support OF the State go4rn
ment in seven years, besides city an,
parish taxes.
The various potty mopopolies AM
swiudlcs to which State aid wS 81
profuscly given, and some Of ,h'cl
l mentioned in previous lettel ao
count for q small part of this hug
debt and expenditure. Sucl ex
travagance as is mentioned bJ tn
Auditor in his last report (I875, i
tho following words accounts fo
Thus the number Of pages in tn
Lcgisluture). which by aot No. l
of 1872 is limited to ten, at 8 com
pensation for each of $lS0, vas in
CREASED moro than sixty, and 9ouch
ers issued to them at from $50 t.
$3.50 each, nor was this practbe con
fined to this particular class Of EN-
ployees, but was carried - othe
classos, such as enrolling anil com
mittec clerks, portcrs, &c.
He also, III the same repor, com
plains that be has vainly tied t.
get the Legislature to adopt new
plan Of assessing property or tax
alton which "would save tb State
$500 year." IN the AUDITOR.
report for the year 1871, c'mplaint
was made to the Legislature of th'
great cost Of coll, citing tie taxes
"In 1870" says this repqt, "the
actual commissions paid on account
of assessors was Sl8I ,975, tie amount
paid to tax collectors $2l54il. Ii
1871 the commissions OF tax collec
tor amounted to $32O,252, md tha,
of assessors to $250,834.'
PEN,TEhTIARY.
OF course there were uone heaW
jobs, which helped to r,n up tie
debt. For instance in the Auditors
report for 1871 l find a statamot
that during the two previous yeas
the State, under an arrangement viii
the firm of Jones e. llugcz, lcssees'f
the ponitentiary, had isspod $500,0o
in State bonds for maohihery for tlas
institution. The lessccs we're to p4
onc-half their clear prIits to Ae
State. They paid nothing, and D
1870 transferred their contract %
another set Of men, the State agrcGig
thei eafter to nocept IS, ,N0 yeain
lieu Of all profits, with au Iincreas, Of
81 900 year. Betwecp' 1869 nd
1871, two years, "the ,neuitenta-y
had cost the State $796)00."
RAILROAD JD.
In 1868 the New Or,aaM )Mobils
and Chattanooga Railradswes liar
tered in Louisiana, an it was do ter
mined to conpect Noble and New
Orleans with Housto, Texas. In
1860 the Legislature agreed to on
dorso the second mortage bonds of
the road to tho exteut'f $l2,500 por
mile, and to mako tb endorsement
for every section of in miles built.
They built seventy .iles, and the
State indorscd $4,000 OF their
second mortgage bods The next
Legislature agrccdIin addition to
give the road a Ste subsidy Of
$3 100000 Of boudshbd of this they
drew $75a,00o. III company now
proposed to build !. railroad from
Vermillionville to Shreveport, and in
ie7i-the State agreed to take stock
III this enterprise, $780, 900, paying
Tor 1t IN bonds, and5ie whole Of these
bonds were deliterd to tho company
when they had don ono days work
IN it !! They hay never dono any
havc : !, That is to NY, the company
uncomplotiipe t ip all SO enty miles Of an
less road, annad, therefore, worth
State s4,25o, ,ooo.oiyed from ;, aoa the
mile, besides greet Of IT, Soo'ooo n
part of the New CLEANS lcveeSse3 or n
at $l 1000, andthey have kePIed
oil. Finally, it r,mains to be sal
that two different ompanies Of NORTH
ern capitalists off;red to build tn
Houston and New Orleans road with
out subsidy or St.te aid Of any k.nt
but the Legislature would not civ
them o charter.
THE LEgBs COMPANY.
A great d dcal # money has BET
spent and squaDlered since Tire W
on the reconstruction Of the leve
and their repai, and democrats
we'll as republic na have taken pa8'
this jobbing, thogreatest wass1.t,.oln III
!, over, Icing siu,o lsGs'%e' now,
. 1868 and 1871, So: Between
!, bonds were I4,75O,00O of State
8 and still not,d FIR lovoo purposes,
: money was sfvees. Most Of tht
g of Public VT by q estate Board
were appoinks," whose member
;. moth. In & by Governor Wor
I was adopte,7l different systen
n and under Shich still is in force
g revenues ofI,A large part of tn
n ovor for q e State has been hande'
}. priva te corrg term of years to
II which enablrAion, with privileges
J. dor th9m iuk,to misuse and squan
- By tho act NOS. shocking way
's was 10 fuf>tals corporation, whio
AZ capital ct q ms@lllion Of dollars i
10 pair the.l,agreed No build and re
"a responsibl OF tno oVAate and TO b
ters anda damages Mo the plan
loss by oyers who se ould suffe
in tuS, tnrn Z fopSw or crevash sh,e. Ii r,
r. them a - the Legislature go,
,hsy hsaan dollars down. befo,