The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-06-28
4 COOPER SLAVES Us.


stated our insbility to find in the
Acts sent out by the Secretary OF
State, a law regulating the salaries Of
county auditors throughout the State.
This has brought Secretary OF State
Cooper out in an interview express
ing surprise at our not knowing that
the bill referred to, failed to receive a
second reading in the House. Our
memory may be at fault; OF course
We do not claim to have memory
without fault, nor 10 we wish to re-
feet upon Coditier Breazele or State
Printer Bryan, but our impression
was, the bill passed both houses
and was approved by the Governor.
We also think that among the ''Acts"
published in the newspapers under
the heading of 'New Laws, this
same Act appeared.
We are sure that Senator Graydon
of Abbeville introduced a bill entitled
ga bill to fix the salaries of the coun-
t7 auditors Of this State, which was
reported favorable with amendments,
and was finally passed and sent over
to the House; it was our impression
that the bill also passed the House.
1t is possible that we have gotten the
bills fixing sa aries for county super
visors and county superintendants OF
education and other county officials
confused with Senator Graydon's bill
to fix the salaries of county auditors;
if so, then our memory is at fault;
there was no intention to nislead the
public nor to do injustice to the State
printer or coulter. However, we are
not the only one liable to have de-
fective memories and make mistakes.
We would ike to know, as matter
of information, If amended Act No.
lO6, page IT'S, entitled can Act to
provide for the payment Of witnesses
in Charleston county is the same as
passed the General Assembly; we re-
fer to the proviso in section l. If
our memory serves US right there was
a general Act passed providing
against the payment OF witness fees
to State, county and municipal Of
cials which was entirely separate and
distinct from can Act to provide for
the payment OF witnesses in Charles
ton county" We are not sure OF
this, but since we have started to
looking over the work Of the General
Assembly We would also like TO have
this matter looked into
But to return to Secretary Of State
Cooper's surprise at our not knowing
so far from this measure passing, it
did rot even receive a second read
ing in the House" which was clearly
shown by the Journal of the House
upon the day OF adjournment, where
it itappears as second reading bill, a
copy of which was placed on the desk
of Senator Applet" etc.
Senator Applet based his editorial
on what he regarded a moral certain
ty but of course, will not undertake
to place his memory against the re-
cord II lie is mistaken he is glad to
stand corrected as he only had his
memory to guide him in the matter.
We are under the impression that it
is customary for members Of the gen
eral Assembly to receive bound vol
umes of the journal and relying
upon such supposition We did not
keep all the loose copies placed upon
our desk; had we a copy OF the ':jour-
nal to which custom has made US
entitled, the error Of not remember
ing that very important bill which
provided for the salaries of certain
officers had not received a second
reading in the House, would not have
occurred, and our worthy Secretary of
State would not have bad occasion for
his surprise"