Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-06-07

Court from $500 to $3.50. Adopted. rTaft
amended Section 1, line 13, BY adding .'for
the porter of the Office of the secretary Of
State $780," Adopted. Gary moved to
amend Section !. line 81, by cutting down the
Governors contingent fund from $4,000 to
$4,000. This amendment provoked hot de-
bate. Senator Gary could see nothing for
which this amount could be used. .. Jeter said
it was to pay the State constabulary and re-
wards. Taft said that the law that author
lied the State constabulary had been repeal
ed, and Cochran said the counties paid the
rewards. Bowen said that in 1850 the Gov
ernor's contingent fund was 10000, aud the
salaries for the members of the General As
sembly were $2l 900 and yet the Senate had
to-day increased this $21 900 to 500 900 and
yet make great fuss over $4,000, which
was to be placed in the hands of an honorable
gentleman, who would account for every cent
of it. The amendment was then rejected BY
vote of II to 9. Mr.. Witherspoon amend
ed Section l, line 81, by raising the salary Of
the clerk of the Supreme Court from 500 to
1000. Adopted. On motion of Taft, the
salaries of the watchmen Of the State House
were raised from $500 to $4O0 each. Section
then passed.
81. ]: Maxwell (Rep.1 moved to strike out
the fifth subdivision of Section 2 and insert
provision Of $l5. .239.38 for the salaries Of the
professors of the University. This was post.
poned to the third reading. Cannon amend
ed Section q line 10, by inserting provision
to pay $4,000 due Burns & Smucker, and
81 900 due to a Chicago house, to be paid out
of the 100000 appropriated for the support
of the Lunatic Asylum. Lost. Jeter moved
to cut down the appropriation for the Lunat-
ic Asylum from 100000 to $4,000. Adopt
ed. Section 2 then passed. Section also
passed. Cochran moved to amend Section
by making the appropriation for the schools
100000 exclusive of the poll tax. Adopted.
Gary moved to strike out the entire section
4 (making the school appropriation.l: He
thought the poll tax enough. Not agreed to.
Meetze (Dem.) amended the same section by
adding the following: provided that no 9th
er tax shall be levied or collected for the
maintenance of public schools in any county
of this State" Adopted. Cannon added the
following: provided that this act shall not
be construed to repeal the act to provide for
past due school claims, passed March 5,
1874" Adopted.
On motion of Bowen the appropriation for
schools was then cut down to $l50,000, ex-
elusive of the poll tax, and the Senate then
adjourned rim. .-. i .,..s.,,..
In THE HOUSE, the joint resolution to rati-
fly the constitutional amendment in relation
to public schools, was continued to the next
session. =" 'r'i' a'.G fha
A concurrent resolution to raise a commits
sion to examine the condition and manage
ment of the State charitable and penal insti-
tutions was agreed to. The resolution relative
to convict labor, and appointing committee
to inquire into the system of hiring them out,
with instructions to correspond with various
States for the purpose of obtaining informa.
tion, &c., was agreed to. ,s.Haosat .Hs.s ,-...
The fence law was read third time. :, &c..
,.,.... r. TUESDAY, May %.
In THE SENATE, the consideration Of the
appropriation bill was resumed. On motion
Of Taft the following was added at the end
of section 4 "The county treasurers of the
various counties are hereby authorized and
required to pay school claims, arising under
deficiencies, out of any surplus funds in their
hands in the order in which they arise"
Adopted. .,7.,
Taft moved to strike out section 5, which
makes the appropriation for interest, and SUBJ
sttute the following: THAT the sum of
SIS. 900 be, and the same is hereby appropri-
ated, to pay DEFICIENCIES of salaries for the fs-
cal year ending October 31st, 1875" ~-as
Gary moved to indefinitely postpone this
amendment. Taft hoped this amendment
would pass he was not in favor of making
preferred claims of the claims of foreign cred
itors; he thought that the senator's might as
we'll make up their minds to the fact that the
State would have to pay the Bonanza claims.
The holders of these claims could compel
their payment by litigation in the United
States Court. ''5. ..-
Meetze CDem.) said that at FIRST he had
been of the opinion that the public debt should
be paid, but after mature deliberation he had
come to the conclusion that it would be q
gross injustice to the home claims to pass
them BY and pay this foreign debt. The State
couldn't pay them both, without being bank
rupt. He admitted the force of the Constitu-
ton; but when the very existence of the peo-
pie was at stake, be-, like Thad. Stevens, was
in favor of camping outside of the Consti-
tuition" .-. .
Crittenden (Dem.) was in favor of Taft's
amendment. He thought that the Governor
could effect a loan to pay the interest on the
bonded debt; or the State could fund the in.
terest. This would be a saving of $l95O0O
to the taxpayers this year. Tafts amend
ment was then adopted by vote of Is to IL,
and the section to pay the public debt went
temporarily BY the board.
Myers (Rep.) offered the following amend.
ment as Section 10: THAT the sum Of Sc 600.
if so much be necessary, be, and the same is
hereby appropriated to pay the balance of per
diem, salary and mileage of the officers of
both houses for 1876" Adopted.
Livingston (Dem.) moved to reconsider
the vote whereby Section was stricken out.
BY reference to the rules he found that if
free conference on this matter should fail, the
bill would fail, and the session would be pre.
longed over month longer.
Taft (Rep.) thought that when the com.
mlttee on conference was appointed it would
be time enough to consider the question of
receding. He thought that it was the fear
that the House would concur in this amend.
ment that induced the motion to reconsider.
Crittenden, (Dem.) agreed with Taft
On the motion to reconsider, the vote stood
ID to ID and the Preaidanf votaj :, c.,. -