Daily Republican., 1880-09-27
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!. appear on the tax duplicates amonss
? the names Of white men and tn
: names OF white men appear on tn
list Of colored taxabiss and voters. Tn
advantage Of this arrangement Ia Il
Mr.. Springer's party is just this Th'
} tar collectors refuse to accept tax from
white Republicans whose names ar
found on the colorsd lists, or from col
ored Republicans whose names are
found upoA the white lists. Anything
TO keep q Republican from voting. But
now to return to that so called record
which is nothing but An emasculated
partial condensation Of the proceedings
of the Levy Court. We do not know
lnor do we care who momicked and
botchsd them in the pretended copying,
they are no more q correct record ofthe
proceedings Of the Levy Court SO far as
the assessments are concerned than
they are q correct copy Of Masonic
Lodge, and we most respectfully call
Itbe attention Of the members Of the
Levy Court to the mutilated proceed
ings Of their body as shown in the pre-
tended Official record.
But where are the regular minutes Of
the court, taken at the time the court
was in session, transcribed regularly
into a minute book, read each day and
adopted by the court every morning !
Can that book not be found 7 Is It no
where in the archives Of the Levy
Court? Perhaps it is. Nobody knows
outside of the few Immediately inter.
ested. 1t may be in the clerks Office.
It may be in Mr.. Springer's private
secretary or book case in his residence
on Washington street, or at his store on
Second street, or it may have been used
for shaving paper or stove kindliDg.
Who knows? It is claimed to be pri
vate property; merely the rough notea
Of the proceedings Of the court, and on |
that account 1t is withheld from public
scrutiny. The strange spectacle is
presented Of the regularly adopted
minutes Of the Levy Court being
claimed as private property by the
cle-k, and the public who is intereBl ted
denied access to 1t.
But We are told, here is the Official
record, You can see that. 1t is the only
official record the court has. And We
are informed by such an astute and
profound legal gentleman OF the bar as
Andrew c. Gray, Esq, that if it is not
a correct record it is still the official
record Of the court, and no other can
be recognized. The remedy he says isl
against the Levy Court, and they alone
can correct the record or take action
against the clerk. Mr.. Gray is a ven
srsble gentleman for whom we have the
most profound respect, but in the years
Of his retirement from the bar, it may
ust be possible that he may ba a little
mistaken. We have already ventilated .
his so-cslled official record. L
Why, We are asked, does anybody
want to see the minutes of the Levy '
;ourt' Simply, We answer, because it b
8 the only correct record. Because that d
he Clerk Of the Peace in transcribing
he names Of those assessed from what
) called the official record to the tax Q
uplieates has dropped large number II
{ names; and this being true would
10 not drop as many in transcribing u
rom the regular minztes Of the court Ii
0 the emasculated so.oallsd official
ecord 1t is these latter names that
annot be found except on the regular s
minutes which is very conveniently
allied paper scraps on which notes are
AIKEN. Besides this there may bs errors
the capitation as it appears upon the u
ak duplicate. II so, how can they be u
orrecteds No cspitation whatever u
ppears upon the so-called official re- q
ord, but the capitations do all Ap. b
ear on the minutes of the Levy Court
We wish distinctly to say here, that o
one Of the blame for this imperfect
evy Court record, nor for the missing p
econd Ward assessment duplicate from y
1e Clerks Office, can be attached to P
le present clerk, Mr.. Cochran, nor to a.
is efficient deputy, Mr.. Osborne. These
all occurred under Mr..
pringer, and he alone is accountable i'
'r them. Mr.. Osborne, 1t is true, in y
le absence of Mr.. Cochran, his chief, "
i'd decline to show us The original p
linute book Of the Levy Court, but for u
ais we have no fault to find. We
ather think the m0rs OF Mr.. Osborne
" the fidelity and care with which he
uarded the records of tie Court that .
ere left in his possession by Mr.. Coch- '
an. To these gentlemen we are under
bligations and sh4l no. .orget their
indness.
We predic' for them that during :
heir term of olice there will be no ap.