The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1888-12-07

G"NShiP Go,P hAiLaoAU BoNps or Nh
mon, November 20.-The op,om,o,
men inen' To-day that the State Sunremn Vuuce m
,ho t ueu against the coustitutiono,;,u -
;n,os ao"nsn'p railroad bonds created ;n;o,, W
rho ioa;s,s %no"s mo lawyers and members of
nv hesisiaturc in Columbia and ,elonns Va
were sent all over the State onng egrams
o.' inc action of tho Court wos .He
re- p'o'eu 10 large majority of the neon,o 'neA' .,
u.oS'on VIII probably deveIon ~ uu
'nah The famous married womo,
;.,o. m'hation of the same bodv y,
r,,,.os, .ot u?uolsi that unless some legisIat;,a
ro, 10 ap'hed number of minor raii
subs,rirt;ono nj, 'or progress on township
: found utterly impossib,s d,u
uHe ca part the day to get an onuon,'ag uuring
0i ,pying the opinions fled in ,bp pon'u- @
.uly uid the lawyers monopolize tho 'ase'
tuis ahaeagerly read them. The foIIo,p pa-
w;aL. n"psis IL all that can be o;ve, ,as ,
,ns' iGo three opinions would nrohohI,.
rcury SrrUuPy page and half of The News NS amS
''oy" CT "Ers Perrin, Treaswer-No o2o, S
ion"i; MI; case primarily involves the copsti,ns
nd a u inc Act Of December % 1880
emhn. az amending the same, passed d.
ounties md 100, 'o whereby power is given to
Iock ~ I ,t 'o"nshlps to subscribe to The =
ch,, |
"a s, and for that purpose town.h;y Tpy i
% uec'ared TO be bodies politics ona ups
, ,,Ie, ana with the necessary nowou FL
ny ou' me provisions of the Act
oNuer 'he provisions of the Act to ,o
n,,r Mn n,', rs Nincty-Six, in Abbevill. ,,,
nu subscribed to the stock of the oome IL
ID comnO ",renriio and Port Royal Rail- Sta
~ company, the county commissionors Cot
agent otthe township is.uinr ,ia US "Lt
ary bonds in payment of said smhsa.: nee
= 49, ~ meet the interest of which tnx ,va.
~ ~ssseu ana collected by the ,letcnd,,,,
auier OF me county. This action rr
Isn. ny me plaintiffs, the taxparers 30 f
GOV es.o'"hshlp, under Section 2GS of ,bo C. form
N unJ" 10 recover the amount paid bv the
~ - uhoer protest, to wit S3DJ O5 1" ~ will
'e case WAS tricl NJ AbbeyjIIa ., a., TO be
"a rc, n 49, y, 'he Court of Common 10
ior Aooevilie county, Judge Norton on
idlng, who rendered his dccreo ~, .Dn % De
VI Ieoruary, 1888, adjudsing. that tha -
's"'u Acis arc unn'Sn BROS. :. onL
80 iar lamps and Lanterns. ,r'a
''' Seiseted assortnst,rutionassk rNr
Is they purport to authSoi. Inn
>~snips to subscribe TO the capital s,Ss =, J.
sad railroad company; and also so far osTfl I,
P''Ports 10 incorporate any township or Wi,
Nnsh'ps and that the tax assessed and tho
i'ected to pay the interest On the bonds is for,
" "i VI 'ne to"hShlp Ninety-SiN is deb
egal and should DC refunded. ~
Inc Supreme Court, the Chief JustissHcsf pel
ering the opinion, decides tbal-tssS judg- han
nj holding the Acts iu--zezMfon uncon-
'u,lonal on account or the absence of a
'polale purpose. in the township incorpo- Dec
cd, and the tax assessed and collected IL =
al and should be refunded, should be
rmed. Judgment afiir med accordingly.
'civer, a. j., concurs fully with the
lei Justice that the Act in question is un-
stitutional for the reasons presented in
opinion and expresses his views at length Il
4 separate opinion. stoc
icGowau, a. J.,'disscn;s, and files dis SpE
ting opinion.