Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-03-25

the candidates, which, as that body is Repub.
lican, will doubtless he in favor of Cheney
The third Congressional district voted Repub.
lican, and the first and second districts Dem.
ocratic.
There is but little credence placed at
Omaha, Nebraska, on the stories of the miners
from the Black Hills. 1t is generally con-
sidered as a movement of interested towns,
which hope to reap harvest in fitting out
people.
SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE.
Now that the proceedings for the removal
of Treasurer Cardozo have come to an end,
there is some probability that the legislature
will adjourn at an early day, although as yet
no time has been appointed for the much-de-
sired event.
Senator Cochran, from committee appoint
ed under concurrent resolution to examine
the official bond of the State Treasurer, re-
ported that they have performed that duty,
and find said bond to be in the penal sum of
100000; that one of the sureties on said
bond is dead; some of said sureties have be-
come embarrassed in business, and to the best
of your committees information and belief,
others have little or no property in their own
names. The committee also find that the
State Treasurer has failed, as required by
law, to secure other sureties to his official
bond, in place of the person who has died, or
those who have an insuffciency of estate.
The committee are clearly Of the opinion that
the required bond of the State Treasurer is
totally insufficient, and should be increased,
as were the bonds of county Treasurers by an
Act of the Legislature, approved December
20, 1873. They recommend the immediate
passage of an act increasing the same to the
sum of 100000, and that the sureties thereon
be required tojustify.
The Governor has signed an act to provide
for the filling of any vacancies that may oc-
cur in the Executive offices. The act provides
that all vacancies shall be filled by election in
joint assembly, except in cases when the Gen.
eral Assembly is not in session, in which event
the Governor is to appoint until the next
meeting of the Legislature.
The Governor has signed the following acts:
An act to declare certain legal holidays; an
act to repeal so much of an act to provide for
the granting of certain charters as provides
for the granting of charters to military COM
panies an act to provide for the enumeration
of the inhabitants of the State an act to al
ter and amend Section l 4S Of Chapter CXXII,
of Title V, Part III of the General Statutes
of the State of South Carolina, relating to the
trial of civil actions joint resolution to au-
thorize the county commissioners of Lancas-
ter county to levy and collect special tax of
two mills on the dollar, for the payment of
the past due Indebtedness of the said county.
Another effort is on foot to get around the Su-
preme Court decision compelling the State to
receive bills of the Bank of the State in pay
ment of State taxes. The Senate has adopted
a resolution instructing the finance committee
to amend the tax levy bill so as to make all
taxes payable to the counties. The courts
having decided that the bills were not receiva-
BILE for county taxes, it is hoped to dodg &c the
Supreme Court decision in this way.