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


| oe cus pubii0 financial aiEaisD. oEe
comparison relative Ia This legisIal
ton Rill suffice. or four ysiss Il
previous 10 the passage OF this 40.
this eAeral AaaEa Bly, appropriated;
smear as can be asceFtAinAd fafte;
Gedgct;ngthe amounts dAe n,embass
and ettaCiiees from the aa1ount ap.
propsiated two hundred fhonaand
dollars for incidental axbensea,
whilst the OK penses incurred by the
officers of the tuc houEas. and for
which S5tste G paper war isaued,
amounted 10 nine hundred thouaani
d0liara. or aaYen hundrad thousand
dollars in excess Oh the amount ap-
propRiatsd, q large proportion 0s
which 1as paid After the passage
OF this Act appropriations for incl
dental txpe penses, made by the Repuibs
lican administration which followed,
for two years amounted in che aggre.
gate 20 94bout twenty-five tholaand
dolIarss Now, + chsilenge any one
to produce any paper issued or con.
tracts made In excess Of the amount
60 appropriated. Hts true County
Commissioners In some Counties
overlooked or disregarded the plain
proyiaions Of the law, bnt they WeEe
promptly tried, convicted and cent
10 the PeEitantiaEy.
Before this Bill Uas coneidered by.
the Senate, and being apprehensive
that IL might not pass, / introduced,
the following nendments 70 the
Appropriation aud Supply Billie.
IHouse Journal 1877 73-744 4, PAGES S24
and 425.1 Hence, il the Bill had
failed TO pass, these amend dmehts to,
the Appropriation and Supply Bills,
as adopted, would have, Id como
measure, alleviated end ss;red;sd
the evils complained of.
AhfENDlEENgi no APPROPRIATIONS
BILE
!. g On motion OF Air. the H:li tFas
amended By adding the tctloHsns as Src+
y" 'Sncr1ca 8. Tha money appropriated Ii Eoo.S
ton 9pf this Act shall mot be paid 3prt except
cotnmencns November ist. is7a. and enaiass Isas
October 81. igls; afd 1t Is hereby rnada felony
for any ofBcer 70 pay out any ppEt'!n OF tho
upon conviction thereof shell be pnnishsd by;
fine and imprisonment se ths disn 'otion OF the
Court rot to- exceed nye thore md doiiars'
fine, nor exceed tsTo ycstS' itnprip prnent., ~
10 SUPPLY BILL.
:. Mr. CccAtsn moved TO nrusnd Sectien 5 by.
gsrildng out the nerd thereof and inhertipE
and IL 10 hereby made tho duty of thp County,
TreaSureys to keep the finds raised Ry tho,
from nil ctaer funds. ard they are hereby for
bidueu TO pay out sny PORTO OF the Eatao ek-
sept for County eypssscs Incurred during tho
or for some subsequent fiscal year; and che
Cospty Commissioners ere iioYLky forhiddcit to
draw Gry HEnrfant coDtrary to thp pFoyisiong
ssfsS lsyy gfIassdIsa IsfsIa
Governor Ghamkerl lin safsEsad 60 Ec
thp improved sonaitibn Of The tt ssouzs-
ties nader tie eps1e.ses s,e Z EEllzia ess
as followg:
am glad to express the boiisfe that tho
hrnncini conditio Of many Of tiy, Counties of
the past year. In general, 4 hint tho fsriaer
habib oI extSaYsgance and. .ff&ud In COUNTY
a1hirs have been corrected =
pUBIIc PRINTING.
AS Chairman Of the Joint Com
nlittee for the Investigation Of,
Frauds, 60. i haye Ia the most par
iticular and emphatic manner ex-
posed and held up for ondemnksion.
the wicked end nesarioua frauds
comInittsd under. the head Of pub
lie priH ss::.sssgs but as that report may.
NOS have heeil aeeD and; read by d
large portion Of the people Of the
County, I propose here to adVert 20.
some few of the leading aad ealiene
features of this. outrageous fraud, J.
styled the Republican Printing Com-
peny, and 20 reoapitnlafe Homo of the
means aid bold articles by5whicEl
the people Of this Stats we're for.
years systematically robbed and,
plundered. and the afnrh! { naae!a IN:
the General Assembly 10 correct
and forever pgAs.,s = :. : :
such abnaes. Think Z can truth.
fully affirm that liz every rngnner
ppssible within my capacity, as a
member of the General Assembly, /
did oppose, and ntIass succeeded,
with tho aid of others, in brenkinR
down and destroying this lrsorupu-
loue, though powerful, combination.
By referring to House 9CuSnRl, sess
sion of 1877 2-7 5, S. page III, when it,
was proposed by joint resol1tion, at
one fell swoop. TO appr cpysa ate $3.50. s