Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-02-03

the same institution. The thanks of this COM
munity are eminently due the presiding Judge
for his promptness in bringing these thieves
to justice and putting them where they right
fully belong. Qu1.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE.
SATURDAY, January %.
In THE SENATE, bill to punish persons
for obtaining property, &C., by fraudulent
pretense or representation, and bill to
make the survivors of parties to transaction
for fraud, competent and compel.
able to testify in certain cases, received their
third reading, passed, and the titles were
changed to acts. 'f '' '"'.' . ~
A bill to fix the salaries of certain officers
was taken up. This bill proposes reduction
in the salaries of all the State officers, their
clerks and attaches, from the Governor down.
On motion of Whittemore, the bill was re-
committed to the committee with instructions
to report new bill, with the reductions pro.
portionately made.
In THE HOUSE, the following bills were re-
jected on the recommendation of the commit
tees: A bill to regulate the appointment and
salary of trial justices in and for the county
of Union bill to require executors to give
bond before entering upon their duties as
such bill to require trial justices to make
report at the end of each fiscal year to the
board of county commissioners a bill to tax
all persons peddling stoves, sewing machines
and lightning rods. ,...
A bill to authorize and empower the State
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appoint, remove and re-appoint commissioners
of election for each county, and fixing the
time forappointing the same, was laid on the
table. ..-. 1t i.e. .
Whipper introduced the following, which
was ordered to lie over for future considera-
ton:
RESOLVED, BY the House Of Representatives, the
Senate concurrng, That the General Assembly
take a recess on the 10th day Of February, 1875,
subject to the call OF the presiding officers of the
Senate and House Of Representatives, upon appli-
cation of one-third of the members Of their re-
spective bodies.
The following bills received their third read
ing in the House, and their titles we're chang.
ed to acts: A bill to repeal an act entitled
Gan act to regulate the appointment and sal.
ary of trial justices in aud for the county of
Chester" a bill concerning hawkers and ped
dlers a bill to authorize William Thomas to
erect gate over the public road crossing
Pacolett river, at Thomson Ford, in Spartan
burg county "a bill to allow Glenn D. Peake,
William T. Littlejohns, William A. Beatty,
Philip Rice and F. G. Whitlock, to erect gates
across certain roads in Union county; bill
to provide that all payments of the State
treasurer, except for interest on the public
debt and the pay of members, officers and
employees of the General Assembly, shall be
made on warrants drawn by the comptroller,
general. ,. .s
MONDAY, January "a.
In THE SENATE, the proceedings were of no
general interest.
In the House, Whipper's resolution to take
recess on February 10th, subject to the call
of one-third of The members, came up, but was
tabled by unanimous vote. This, however,
means nothing, as it is the declared intention
of the corruptionists to adopt the recess plan.
Hirscb, Of williamsburg, introduced bill
to establish the Office of State Auditor. The
bill provides for the election, by the General
Assembly, Of q State auditor, upon whom shall
devolve all the duties and powers in relation
to the assessment and collection of taxes which
are now exercised by the comptroller-general.
That he shall be the clerk Of the State and
railroad boards of equalization, and shall re-
ceive salary of twenty-five hundred dollars,
with the privilege Of having clerk with one
thousand dollars per annum salary. The bill
was referred to the committee on Retrench.
ment and Reform.
Mr.. Cannon, of Spartanburg, introduced q
bill to prohibit the sale of ardent spirits with.
in one mile of the Limestone Springs Female
High School in Spartanburg county, and q
bill to incorporate the Limestone Springs Fe-
male High School in Spsrtanburg county.
A bill to provide for the extension, of the
time for the payment of taxes was passed to a
third reading without opposition, and was or
dered to be engrossed. Its provisions are as
follows:
"That if any Of the duties required to be per-
formed in the act entitled "An act providing for the
assessment and taxation of property" or any act
of amendment thereto, on or before certain day,
by any officer or person therein named cannot for
want of proper time, be so performed, In the pay
ment collection of taxes to believed to meet ap
preparations for the fiscal year commencing No
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the approval of the Governor, shall extend the
time as long as may be necessary therefor. And
shall be lawful for the said comptroller general
with the like approval, to extend the time wherein
the penalty penalties shall attach, and also the
time when the advertisement and sale Of such de-
linquentlands may be made, so as the same may
conform to, as nearas may be, the period fixed by
law and all advertisements and sales made in ac-
cordance with the instructions Of the said comp
trolergeneral, and all acts done or required to be
done by any officer charged with any duties re,
quired in the collection of taxes, or connected
Herewith, by virtue of such authority, shall be,
in all respects. as legal, and shall have the same
force and effect, az If the said acts had been done
and heduties performed within the period now
fixed and specified by law"
The bill to amend the act to establish the
voting precincts in the various counties of the
State was next taken up and passed to third
reading with number of amendments, inten.
ded, doubtless, to manipulate the next election
to suit the purposes Of the Whipper-Moses
party.
The bill to prohibit the sale and purchase
of seed cotton after shutdown and before sun
rise, and from disreputable persons at any
time, was taken up and wrangled over for
some time. The opponents of the bill, find
ing that they were in minority, left the
chamber, and the House, being then without
a quorum, adjourned without taking any final
action on the subject.
TUESDAY, January %.
In THE SENATE, bill to make an appro.
priation of $4,000 to the State Agricultural
and Mechanical Society, was defeated by
vote of 20 to 10, most of the Conservative
Senators voting against its passage.
In THE HOUSE, the following bills were re.
jected: A bill to register all lien and rent
contracts; bill to repeal an act to repeal the