Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-06-07
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Us xts'ss wy fAAVudo plbl 70 uWeuQ
lsectibu 65 and SO, ohapterl 120, relative to
iiens on serps, was read q third time. sjb
,ai' The Senate appointed Messrs. Critsendep,
Gary and 3Witherspoon a committee Of con
ference on the per diem bill, and DIessrs.
Bowen, Cochran and Taft committee of
tcopferonce on the bill to reduce aud, the
salaries OF certain officers.
The Appropriation bill was taken up:
81 sSeotion4 was amended so as to make
sohool claims for 1873 payable out Of the
funds in the hands Of County Treas1sers
for that purpose, aud any surplus shall bo
paid TO clams for other years in tho ordeJ
inwhioh they shallarise. ~" y
Mr.. TAFT moyed,to. insert as section 5&
provision so'appropriate 975, ,000- for de&i;
eieuoies Of salaries for the year ending Oeta.
Der rs31, lST6!ss 6thi9sy jftr "a Is
Mr., TAFT said: There arc salaries justly
due forthas year. i am not In favor Of
making aby, proforted creditors. my
claim 10 jus. aud ought to be paid II is, the
one for these salaries. Every State o&oer
who had aoase before the Supreme. Court
was paid bis salary when he Withdrew bis
case. Nots the bill provides for; the pay
meht Of tho. consolidated dobt, aud yet those
officers who rendered their services sduring
tho last fiscal year arc not paid. Is that
just or reasonablc2 The oonstitutieR says a
tax shall believed each year for tie def.
oienoies Of tho prooe riding year.
Mr.. NIeot1e--When proposition was
made last night to appropriate $4,000 to
pay for tho past expenses Of tho uhfortu.
mates in the luuatio asylum, the gentleman
from Charleston voted against it. Tie
administration has paid Republican and
Democratic officers alike. It has paid
Democratic judges and Republican judges
alike.
Mr.. Taft asked, who were tho Republican
judges that had been paid2
Mr. Meetze replied that Judge Msckey,
Judge Cooke, Judge Carpenter aud Judge
Wiggin wers Republicans, and they had
beeen paid.
Mr.. Taft said that Judge Cooke and
Maokey were not Republicans. and that
Carpenter aud Wiggin had not been paid.
Mr.. DIeetzs-If they have not, i. is
because they did not apply for the money.
At this time we cannot afford to levy ] ]
mills in addition to what We have levied,
and however it may relate to the constitu-
tion, am always ready to camp outside of
tho constitution when it conflicts with the
interests of the people.
Mr.. Tat said he was surprised aud de-
lighted to hear Mr.. Meetze quote that
expression from Thad. Stevens. The
Democratic party had always preached
conformity to tho constitution, except 10
1872, when they stole the Republican plat.
form and nominated an Aboitionist for
kl,o
the provision that tax shall each year
bo levied for deficiencies of tho preceding
year.
Mr.. Crittenden said that tho Republican
party had never followed the course Mr..
Taft insisted upon and which the constitu-
tion required. He thought that the Govern
or should DO authorized to borrow money to
pay the interest on tho public debt.
The amendment proposed BY Mr. Taft
was then offered as substitute for section
S, and adopted by vote of Is to II.
Section was amended by substituting
the word "monthly" for "quarterly."
A provision was added to tho bill to
appropriate 900 for deficiencies for pay
Of officers Of tho General Assembly for tho
yeare 1876 and 1876.
require the State Treasurer &c appor:ion any
money received among the purposes speci-
fed 10 the bill.
Mr. Taft said that 10 case largo amount
Of bank bills should be rendered, def
eienoy would be created, and some of the
objects enumerated in tho act might not
get anything at all,
Mr.. heetzo-I am tired Of the words
pro rata. think We should make a lew
sufficient to cover the appropriations, and
not pro rataany moro State paper.
The amendment was not adopted.
Mr. Livingston said he thought the
cctton of the Senate in striking out ecction
5'would defeat tho bill entirely, and operate
to'koep tho Legislature here month longer.
Ihe House would hardly agree to such
amendment, and thus tho bill would bc lost.
lie moved to reconsider tho voto whereby
the substitute was agreed to.
The motion was adopted by tho casting
vote Of tho President.
. tMr. Taft moved to mako tho. further con.
alteration Of tho bill the special order for 8
P. NJ. Adopted.
The House bill relating to the militia was
taken up for second reading, amended
and passed
Mr.. Nash moved to insert $4,000 in
stead OF $4,000 for deficiencies 10 salaries.
Mr. BoWcn--I think We had better not
90 into any appropriations to pay defioien-
ciea, because this session was called for
special purposes. Tho middle Of the year
Is here, and Wo meet again in November.
bynppointihg the commission to investigate,
ana oy making no appropriation for def.
oieneies, we will sbowt that wo orc consistent.
Mr. Gary--I second the motion of the