The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-04-08

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sEay ycs, the insidc;sl slsoar4I coIs,.
pQsed Of so0tt, Chari ibefL nin ana
Eayksr. increased tie STATE 4sesst ,v,
lnlaivfai means many 1nilljeAi os
collars. The land Comm ion.
the Sinking Fund Comnissior ETC..
composed Of the name or siniIaF
|ofheers, ali drew their deadly eoiIs
around the state, poisoning her very.
site blood and destroying the Re.
publican party In the end. To
| prevent further trouble in thes di.
rectich / introduced in Che Senate.
session of 1875, page 39. "a Rili to
prohibit the aefyiee Of State officers
npon Boards and Commissions and
public conini.tees.n = TEis Bill re.
ceiyei it's slecessasy readings ia ths
Senate but was defeated ih die
House. 4l
SCHOOL FUNDS.
Having ascertained that ffa,:ds
were being rsrpetrated by teachers
filing accounts for children not in
atterdanee. j presented The follow
ing: "Bill TO require oil school
clains and claims for teachers 10
be sworn TO-" 6enate journal,
1875, page 1927 This Bill was
passed and approved by Gov.
champion. May 81, 1877.
! 4 introduced ga Bill 10 prohibit
the unauthorized absence Of certain
officers from duty Esenate Jonr.
nal 1875, page 56S.J Il was duly
ratified and approved by Gov.
Hampton, Jure Z, 1877. The in-
terests of the State had suffered SO
much by the absence of officers from
duty that / was constrained TO offer
o measure that would prevent it in
tho funlre. 1t prohibits State and
/ County officers from leaving sss
State for more than thirty days in
one year, under penalty of losing
the salaries and perqnisitea of their
offices for the yesr in which such
absence occurs. .sfs
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APPOINTMENT OF CoUnTY
/ oFFIcERs.
] offered. at regular session 1876
/ [page 81, "a Bill to regulate The
appointment of County ofiicers,''
which was acted upon favorably and
4 approved by Governor Hampton,
May 30. 1875. It provided that no
person should be appointed to any
County Office unless he was an elec.
tor of such County. 1t is SO well
known what the State and Counties
/ have lost by ouch appointments that
need make no comments thereon.
ELECTION OF 1875.
Any history Of my course of &c.
.Etion woulG be incomplete without q
!. brief allnsisn to the exciting and
important election Of 1876 and the
session of the General lAAsssmbiy
Immediately succeeding. Governor
Hampton in my Judgment having
4 received a majority ofithe votes cas'
according to the returns made il
the mode and manner provided
under the Constitution, could dc
| no less than sustain him. What.
ever clamor vas raised over illegal
votes or ballot-box ssuffing or in.
timidation had no effect over the veri.
fed returns. The Supreme Couri
of the State, having haen. p! :.
/ pealed to to decide these grave and
important questions, had decided
/ that ...e Wallace House was the
legal. j-constituted House of Repre-
tsentatives, /, therefore, in obedience
ffolaw as pronounced by the Court
of last resort, at once acquiesced in
this decision land on the passage OF
the tax levy. by the Senate in con.
junction with the Maeksy House,
with the view OF presenting the
same to Governor Chamberlain for
approval, | submitted a protest to
tie Senate embodying Ehis view.
Esenate Journal, 1876, pages I22,
l24.l
JOINT INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE.
My connection With,ths Joint In.
l.vestigating COMMITTEES, TO which /
have already alluded, has been made
| the occasion Of comment, particn-
larly on the part OF Repnbl blicans.
Tt is proper 70 say that Z did moi
move the pointuient cf. the conl-