Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-03-18

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remarks were chiefly confined to the lneff''
cheney and corruption of the late school trus-
tees and county commissioners. Among other
things, he said that of the $4,000 that had
been appropriated and collected for the pub
lie school fund of the county since 1868, only
about $4,000 had been really applied in that
way the remainder had been spirited away
in some mysterious manner by rascally off,
cials. In speaking of the duties Of the coun-
ty commissioners, he advised the board to
place such heavy license upon the selling
of spirituous liquors, that there will be no ap'
plicants for the privilege. The charge was
all that any good man could desire. QUI.
SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE.
This body draws its slow length along,
nearly all business being suspended, except
preparation for the fight with Cardozo, the
State Treasurer. On Thursday night last
the Joint committee submitted the address
demanding the removal of the Treasurer
The address prefers the following charges:
First. Irregularity and misconduct in Office
Specification l. In funding S97S,5O OF the n.y.
Of persons not the actual owners thereof, which
bonds were not lawfully issued and were, there
fore, not legal obligations of the State,
That the sas frd dis 6 a
detached coupons which matured before July l,
1871, when he had the means of knowing, and
should have known, that the whole OF the interest
due on the bonds of the State up to that date had
been paid, and that said coupons were not enti-
tied to be funded.
Specification 8. Thatthe treasurer funded $780,
4S5 OF coupons which matured between APrll,
1889 and October, 1871, and which were detached
from bonds of the State before and during the pc.
riod of the hypothecation of the said bonds, and
that he should have known that said coupons
were the property Of % the M state fnded ssaso
of coupons detached from bonds, and which ma.
tured before the bonds themselves were issued
from the State treasury. .,o
2O5 of detached coupons which matured between
January 1870, and July, 1871, and the bonds from
which they were detached having always been
the property ofthe State, and still being In the
possession of the State treasury marked cancelleo
and unused.
Specification 6. Diversion of the interest fund,
thereby defeating the intent Of the funding act
and endangering the security guaranteed to the
Charge Second Wilful neglect of duty, in fail
ing to make monthly reports to the Comptroller
General of the cash transactions of his office,
which neglect Of duty dates from October 3lst,
1874.
For these reasons the General Assembly, by a
vote Of two-thirds of each house, respectfully ad-
dress your Excellency, and ask that the Hon. +.
l.. Cardozo be removed from the Office or state
Treasurer.
The committee recommended that copy of
the charges be served upon the treasurer and
that he be required to appear before both
houses in joint assembly on Tuesday, the 18th
instant, to make answer to the same. The
report was presented in both houses and
adopted.
The treasurer will be represented by Messrs.
w. D. Porter, G. D. Melton and L. F. YOU
mans. The joint committee have determined
to employ no counsel to conduct the case for
the prosecution.
In the House, the joint committee on the
removal, presented a series Of rules tor the
government of the proceedings against the
treasurer, which were adopted in substance as
follows:
First. The hearing shall be before the joint as
sembly on Tuesday, the 10Th instant, unless the
Treasurer shall demand to have separate hear
ing before each house, in which event the hear
ing shall take place before the House on the iotn,
and before the Senate on the 18th but these dates
may be changed by the General Assembly. Sec
ond. That the General Assembly shall not be rep
resented by counsel. Thru. If the Treasurer de-
sires to be heard in person he VIII II te hmlsea S 70
The journals Of the two Houses, reports and reso-
lutions and books, records and vouchers OF tne
Treasurer's and Comptroller's and Secretary OF
States offices, will only be considered evidence,
and no other evidence shall be received.
A communication was read from the treas
urer asking that he be allowed ten days in
which to prepare his defense, which necessi-
tates the production of evidence; and, also,
that he be allowed to produce such evidence
as his counsel may deem proper. The request
was refused, the communication was laid on
the table, and the treasurer notified that he
must be ready with his defense at the time
prescribed in the rules.
On Friday, both Houses adjourned. The
House until Monday evening at Z o'clock,
and the Senate until Tuesday morning at II
o'clock.
During the week the Governor approved
the following acts: An act to provide for
payment of past Indebtedness of Union coun-
ty an act to levy and collect special tax to
pay past due Indebtedness of Spartanburg
county an act to amend an act to Incorporate.
the town of Blackstock an act to make apt
preparations to meet the ordinary expenses o.
the State government for the fiscal year COM
mencing November l, 1874.
A communication was received from the
Governor calling the attention of the General
Assembly to the effect of recent decision OF
the Supreme Court of the State, by which it
is decided that working animals or stock do
not come within the proper meaning OF the
term "supplies," as foundin Section 55, Chap
ter CXX, of the Revised Statutes. It is rep
resented that this decision renders further leg.
islation a matter of immediate necessity to
the agricultural interests of the State.
A bill to amend section %, chapter %, title
6 of part l of the General Statutes of the
State of South Carolina, relating to the fees
of trial justices and sherifs or constables, was
taken up and the enacting words OF the bill
we're stricken out.
The consideration of bill to authorize the
land commissioner to reduce the price at which
lands purchased for the land commission have
been, or hereafter may be, sold to actual set
tiers Joint resolution making an appropria.
ton for the final payment on q tract of land
in York county; and petition Of james M.
Lowry, relative to contract with the land COM
missioner, was postponed until the next ses'
sion of the legislature.
The enacting clause was stricken out of
bill authorizing and directing the county COM
missioners of the several counties of this State
to make specific appropriations of the money
collected for county purposes. ......., :.
A bill authorizing the qualified voters of
Chester county to vote on the question Of a
fence law has passed to third reading in the
house.
The correspondent of the Charleston Ne'os
and Courier, writing from Columbia on Mon
day, says: "The programme for the hearing