The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-04-08
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20 lnizs attention to this evil, and
70 correct it az far as pass;bis, II
offered "a Bils 10 provide for the
granting OF certain charters.n
/ House Journal 1ST2-73, psgs 368.J i
This Bill provided that upon appli-
cation 70 the Clerk Of Court, under
certain restrictions, religious, chari-
table, agricultural, military and
other associations or companies
should or might be incorporated.
The Bill finally passed both branches
Of the General Assembly, and was
approved by Gov, Moses, February
20. 1874. After the passage of this
Aet, except in one or two instances,
the Republican General Assembly
following adhered to It's provisions.
In illustration Of the expense In
CURED by the passages of such Acts
Of incorporation, take the following
statement of facts and figures: For
years prior to the approval of the
Act providing for the granting of
certain charters. the Gene:al Assem-.
bly, incurred an expense of four
thousand dollars for every Act and
Joint Resolution ratified. This of
course includes oil legislative ex-
peuses, supplies, printing, &c. After
the approval Of the first attachee
Act, the Act regulating the disburse.
ment Of public funds and the Act
providing for specific leyies, the cost
Of each Act and Joint Resolution
was reduced to within q fraction of
one thousand dollars.
But in order that you may more
fully comprehend the beneficial re-
suits accruipg from the enactment
of the ACT providing for the grant.
ing of certain charters, in connection
with the last three Acts referred to,
I will submit the expense incurred
in granting charters to churches, &c,
during one sseessss;on !,sfsoFe and one
after their adoption.
Session of lS7l-72, tho Legislature
granted Biyty charters 70 military. re-
incurred per Act 81 soo np.n.uSs COG
Session l87z-75. enc Act, expense i'm :
curred................. :......,...... 1,0O(
Differences per scpslon.. .s2s7 .oO(
Taking the general Act upon its
owr; merits, it saved 10 the State in
preventing the granting Of charters
after the cost Of each was reduced tc
one thousand dollars, not less than
fifty thousand dollars per annum
After the passage Of the second at,
tacbee Act. the second printing Act
and the Act to reduce the per diem
and mileage of members of the
General Assembly, which ] intro,
dnced and to which I shall refer
hereafter, the average cost of Acts
and Joint Resolutions was reduced
to abont two hundred and eighty.fire
dollars each. TThis Till MAS ma during the nd
manifestations Of Governors Hampton
and Simpson. Ofeourse the prompt.
ness with which the Legislature dur.
ing those administrations disposed
of it's work contributed IsTgeiy in
producing this last great reduction
Ia the expense incurred in the
passage of Acts. During Gov.
ernor Chamberlsin's administration
for two sessions, she General
Assembly, except in one or two
instances, refused to entertain
or consider any Bill or Bills grant.
ing ohnrteFs Or. Acts of .incorpora.
ti0n which might or could ba OBJ.
tanned from the Clerk of the Court,
as provided for under the general
Act presented by me. The cost OF
each Act then WAS near one thousand
! dollars. and the conseqnent saving
and reduction under this general
Aotwas no small matter. Governor
Chamberlain in his first inaugural
referred to this special legislation as
follows:
One cause Of long, sessions. which feel
4 bound to specify. has been tho passage of an
SSnSsr Of spesal Acts ss
tho GonesaI Assembly during the last six
yeals win be s9nyinccd, OF the waste OF time
/ arising from this cause" n =. "a
f7- sAsS = - JiiO1 gLClCiS1C6 WllS tQHue 10
this subject by Governor Chamber
lain afterwards, which furnishes
strong presumptive. evidence that
|the evil compiained of had bean SO
liar corrected as to no longer, attract
lattention, for it IS we'll remembered
Ethat rs Governor he permitted NO
Opportunity to pass whereby he
could advsrt 60 The errors or abuses
of big own political party.
Aa k;..esed A.,h;eas, si.s s ;:scc.,,s- ;c,
pora3inn of towns and g:iIsees oco,l.
pied much time and ehtaiied great
unne eceaaary expense upon the tax
payers. This mania for incorpo.
rating pFoIniscnonsly every cross
road or country store, aud in that
ss-y yieJtis, aiiig Interested persons
Ihtendant and Nardens. granting
licenses 70 seill nnisttnous liquors,
almost, if not quite, became q pnhs
llie nuisance. 70 sirlplify and
econ3mizs IN this particular, I came