Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-02-05
LEGISLATIVE MATTERS.
The New Tax Levy-To Get on Cash Basis
Date of Adjournment-Genera Barber
for Congress-No Hope For the Fish In

The New Tax Levy-To Get on n Cash Basis
Date of Adjournment-General Barber
for Congress-No Hope For the Fish In
Broad River.
Correspondence Of the Yorkville Enquirer. .
COLUMBIA, February 3.-The ways and
means committee has about agreed that
S mill levy will be sufficient for State
purposes, and if this amount shall be
fixed, the levy will be no higher than last
year, for it must be remembered that on
account of the change in the time Of the
beginning Of the fiscal year from Novem-
ber l to January /, the expenses OF IA
months must be provided for in the pres
ent fiscal year. Adding to the mills for
State purposes, the mills constitutional
school tax and 81 mills for county pur-
poses, the total State and county levy in
York will be III mills.
The bill to allow the counties to issue
bonds for the purpose Of putting them
selves on a cash basis created quite stir
in the house when it was reported from
the committee on ways and means. With
an amendment, however, providing that
it shall only be adopted by such counties
as may desire it, I think that it is likely to
pass. In my opinion, York county does
not need such a law. Under the new
constitution, the county board of commits
sioners has the right to make partial
levies for the purposes of paying up past
Indebtedness. Those partial levies can be
so made and utilized as to serve as kind
of sinking fund with which past indebted
ness can be finally liquidated. To my
mind, from a business standpoint, this
arrangement will prove much more salts
factory than bond issues.
Commencing this week, the work of the
house will be greatly accelerated by night
sessions. By this means perhaps, the ses-
sion which convened on January Is, may
be in shape to adjourn by FEBRUARY Is. I
would not like to promise this, however.
There is a great mass of bills on the calen-
dar, and the probable disposition Of them
is uncertain. The lawyers say that most
of them are unconstitutional in that they
provide for special legislation, and if so
they will be disposed of summarily.
The boys tell me that there is lots of
politics in the atmosphere about here. I
believe it is true. The time is about ripe
for that kind of thing, and one imagines
that he can almost see the bees as they
buzz and zizz. Thought have nothing
authentic to that effect. it is pretty well
agreed by those who claim to know, that
Attorney General Barber will be a candi
date for congress from the Fifth district,
and there are those who believe that if he
runs he Will make things rather lively.
The understanding is that three peniten-
tiary directors are to be elected this week.
There are quite number Of aspirants,
among them Mr.. j. C. Ashe, of York
Several of the other candidates are here;
either in person or by proxy, looking after
their respective interests, and 1 would
suggest that if Mr.. Ashe hopes for any
thing, he had better come down and press
his claims.
find that the constitutional convention
has tied my hands in regard to the fish
interests of Broad river. Nothing can be
done in regard to the matter except by
special legislation, and this will not 60
now.
The house adjourned Saturday to meet
Tuesday at u IN. This body has never
done anything of the kind before. The
senate, however, adjourned to allow some
of it's members to 60 home for salesday,
and there were so many applications for
leaves of absence from the house, that this
body decided to adjourn also. 1t may be
a case of the house trespassing on the
senate prerogatives; but under the cir
cumstances, it was probably the best that
could have been done. If we had not
adjourned, we we would have hardly had
working quorum.
r. NJ. C.