The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-01-18
= THE AUDITOR ENJo1NED.

] MsssraMqray & Murray aud John=B.
Moore, counsel forMessrs. O. H. r. Fant,
sB. 81 Crayton4 N. &. sltlivap, JamesA.
Heyt, j JohnsR Cochran andW.B. Wat
sorThave fled complaint f6r Injunction,
Relief, &C., in the Court of Common
Pleas for this County, against Thomas J.
Webb, on tteir-own- behalf as-well.a as-on-
behalf of all other taxpayers similarly
interested with the Plaintiffs. The COM
plaint recites: ---'---.-----.
I. That the Plaintiffs are citizens of
this County and taxpayers.
II. That an illegal body, calling itself
"the House of Representatives," presided
over by one E. W. NJ. Mackey, who
styled himself Speaker of said House, in
conjunction with the Senate, has attemp-
ted to levy an onerous and grievous bur-
den upon the Plaintiffs and all other
taxpayers by passing measure styled
Gan Act to Raise Supplies, &c" /" which
attempts to impose an assessment upon
their property.
III. That the Mackey House has never
had quorum, and has been decided to
be an illegal body by the Supreme Court.
Nv. That this measure has not been
presented to the Governor for his sigma
ture, but has been approved by Ex-Gov.
Chamberlain; who is private citizen
pretending to be Governor, and keeping
some of the public property by fraud and
force.
V. That T. ]. Webb, the Auditor, has
received instructions from Thomas c.
Dunn, who claims to be Comptroller
General, but whose term has. expired,
and who was not reelected, or if re-
elected, has not properly qualified, direc-
ting him to enter said illegal assessment
upon the Auditors books.
vi. That Thomas J. Webb, the Audi
tor of Anderson County, is proceeding to
enter up the said illegal assessment, and
thereby to iniure, deface and destroy the
value ofthe books in the Auditors Office,
for which the Plaintiffs and other tax-
payers have paid, and that the plaintiffs
are not only injured to the value of the
books, but also by troublesome and ex-
pensive litigation which is threatened
from entering up said assessment. Il
VII. That the Plaintiffs are further
injured by the depreciation in value of
their property from these acts. Judg-
ment is then asked to enjoin entering up
the tax or turning over. the books or
copies of them with the entries made to
the Treasurer for collection.
Application was made to Judge T. 81.
Cooke, at Abbeyille, by Mr.. E. B. Murray
on last Thursday, and preliminary in
junction granted and a rule issued return
able at Abbeville on Tuesday last.
A similar movement has been made at
Abbeville, and these two counties have
thus taken step to get a decision as to
the Chamberlain government, which will
probably be followed all over the State
The benefit of an injunction is not SO
much in the prevention of the assessment
as it is in settling the question as to the
legality of the Legislature, and during
the litigation it will prevent our citizens
from being harrassed by an attempt to
collect an unlawful tax. It further pre-
vents the possibility of any penalty being
added to the present levy. THUS stopped
all work in the Auditors Office for these
two counties, and no one can enjoy the
privilege of paying tax to Chamberlain's
government. He should now call for a
contribution and see how much he can
raise up here on that plan.