Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-12-18
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came 4 Law, Y would prove q hasd
ship. TO The Sheriff, as Under istssI pro.
yisions II would postpone the pay.
mont Of the claims for$dieting priao-
hers for At least eighteen months,
when now they obtained their monay
from the county treasury without
unreasonable delay, ss
Senator Smith said the law would
correct q radical wrong and injustiee
which had existed for twenty ysaia.
The constitution recognized three
departments Of the government,
each supported y thalstate. The
judicial department could only sBs 90
supported when the tax fofeits cup
port was equally distributed over all
the taxable property of the State.
Il was 8 feet admitted that tax OF
mills eqally distributed overt the
State would pay the sum ~necsasairy
for the administration Of Justice.
required no more to convict a man
in Chesterfield or Horny, withlits5one
and one-half millions OF taxable
property, than il Charleston, with
it's twenty millions; and II foltows,
therefore, that the counties which
have TO pay more than IA mills for
this purpose, as the smaller counties
have 70 d., by reason Of the! present
unequal system, have an excess of
taxation imposed on them, swtich
they ought not To be required TO bear.
As}to the. hardship on the sheriffa
and their difficulty in feeding their
prisoners, he thought there would
be no trouble in that direction, ass IL
was well known that every merchant
in the county seats we're anxious
bidders for the sh,eriffs' trade, aud
were perfectly willing to wait the
period required by tho law for their
money.
Reform and equality of taxation
had been Inscribed on the banner OH
the present adminiatratio aud under
this banner he hoped to see
sent measure carried in the face Of
the opposition which he expected IL
to arouse. 81
Senator Smythe regarded the bill
as wrong in it's gen(.i policy andfim
its details, sshich were not adapted
to secure the ends aimed at. Ita
general policy was directly the re-
verso of that which had been go
forcibly insisted upon BY Governor
Tillman in his inaugural when treiat-H
ing the administration Of the Lpnatio
Asylum. There it was maintained
that the counties and not the State
should be required to bear the bur-
den of supporting their lunatics. 40
by that means the citizens who had
to pay would be more careful to
scrutinize the subject. The reasons
exactly apply to tho subject matter
Of the bill under consideration. M
the expenses Of the administration
of justice in the several counties are
to be paid out of tho State Treasury,
it viii be nobody's concern H let
a Trial Justice sends up one warrant
or fifty, and the road to extravaganza
drafts on the puabiiio treasury and 1T ioSS5
necessary increase ef taxation result
ing therefrom would DO made broad
and easy. \
He went on TO show that the long
delay in the, payment Of these
accounts out Of the State Treasury !,
eighteen months to two years after
maturity, would be the inducement
to speculation on them, and would n
surely restore q condition of things
which we all remember, when this
class Of claims were hawked ahont3thaM
streets at rs cents on The dollar.
Senator Sloan followed along the
same line of remark.
Senator Dozier briefly but ear.
lnestly sustained the bill ~ one oar.
,nestly proper to reform y long exist-@
ing evil. Il,
Senator Smith maintained his
#ss IHL.Na 80 =. RL 'ArEE. EeELTEs. Observation-Disclosures
ground ably against the subtle esga-
myents Of legal opponente, replying
with, great congenoy to their assaulte
upon thu, bill, ~ 81 81 35
It was finally brought to d vote,
Senator Sloan demanding the ayes
and nays. Tho Senate BY 20 I'd s
refused to indefinitely postpone, and
the bill was ordered to third read
ing.
MADISON, Wis, December I0.
The State Grange of tho Patrons Of
Husbandry began its annual session
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