The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-10-02

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up into the first line to make sense.
GOVERNORS PowER. oF,REMoyAL:
When Section % was reached Mr..
Efird moved to take up. the minority
report, which was as follows:
I'VE fully concur in the report OF
the committee so far as it goes, but
think the committee has acted unwise-
ly in declining to report the following
section and recommend that it be in
corporated in the report as section 90.
Sec. 80. The governor shall have
the right. to investigate, or to order an
investigation of<aH .embezzlements or
appropriations of public funds to pri-
vate use by any county officer entrust-
ed with the care and disbursement
thereof; and in case Of a prima facie
showing of emhezzlement, Or appro-
priatioas of funds. to private use, he
may suspend such officer pendiag>a
judicial investigation, and appoint
some suitable person to perform the
duties of such officer during such ju-
faicial investigation, and in case of
Conviction such appointment shall
continue for the unexpired term.
Respectfully submitted,
&c. NJ. E6rd,
L. S. Connor,
J. y. Estridge, ):
J. T. Douglass"
T. Mr.. Gary moved to lay the minor
ity report on the table:
This matter occasioned a prolonged
debate. The chief point of difference
amo4g the members who spoke was as
to the grounds-the information-on
which the governor should have the
power to remove an official alleged to
be a; defaulter. It was thought by
some that such a power should be linn
.ited And guarded--that care should be
Sakea against anything like hasty or
oppressive action Oh the governors S
part;
Mr.. Haynsworth offered the follow
ing amendment to the section as
above given:
"And in case OF his being held by
the committing officer to answer the
charge before court authorized to try
the same, the governor may, upon the
Recommendation of the judge of the
circuit where the officer resides, sus-
pend such officer pending judicial
Investigation: and appoint some suita.
bic person to perform the duties of
such officer during such judicial inves-
siSation, and in caseof conviction such
appointment shall continue for the
unexpired term.
Senator Tillman offered the follow
ing amendments:
Amend by addingat the'end: '"All
papers in the case upon which action
'@Es based shall be sent Immediately
ytne solicitor of the circuit, who shall
7aatsS 7asS the next term Of court for said
county prosecute the offender"
Amend by asserting on line;9,- after
funds, the words, or money held IN
trust.
& Senator Tillman said the last amend
ment was necessary because judges of
probate and masters often had in their
hands private funds-the little alls,
sometimes, of widows and orphans.
sUnless you are SO biased by partisan
rancor that you can see nothing but
for political advantages
he said passionately, Il do not see how
you can object to the section. with
these amendments.
+ To this time the president had held
that the minority report could not be
until after it had been adopt
Fed, but Mr.. Sheppard argued that as
the report was not offered as a substl..
5ute for majority report, but was
rSmply an additionalsec;ion proposed,
ut was capable Of amendment. The
CHAIR concurred in this view, and Mr.
iJohnstone Immediately submitted the
following amendment to Mr. Hayns-
Ewortr's amendment: ::
Whenever a billof indictment by
"a grand jury shall have been found
against any county officer entrusted
with the care and disbursement Of
,pub1ic funds, charging him with the
.smbezzlement Of said funds or appro-
priatiop of them to private use, the
governor may suspend the said officer
and shallaasoint some sllitable-:,per-
kson to perform the duties of~such.-
Fhce.
= Both Mr.. Johnstones aud NJ.
Hayhsworth' amendments we're XII:
ed. ::
:; Mr.. Glaze offered the following as a
substitute for section % as reported by
the minority of the committee:
Whenever it shall be- brought to
the notice Of the governor, by affidavit,
that any county officer, or any other
officer who has the custody of public
or trust funds is probably guilty of
embezzlement or the appropriation Of
public or trust funds to private use,
then the governor shall direct the i'm
mediate presentation of such officer by
the proper officer of the circuit in
which he resides and upon true bill
being found the governor shall sus-
pend such officer and appoint one in
his stead until he shall have been ac-
quilted by verdict of the jury
As:soon as this.was read heads nod
ded all over the hall and there was
a general expression of concurrence.
The substitute was put to the house
and adopted like flash after having
been read half a dozen times for the
enlightenment of members who were
inaHentive or who were prevented by
the prevalent confusion from hearing:
1t being then three o'clock, Senator
Tillhan, who had expressed his salts
faction with the substitute, .rfoved that