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STATE PRINTING. Report of th? Investigating Committee. A PROPOSED REDUCTION IN THE AMOUNT OF WORK. The following is the report of the committee to investigate the State printing to see where it could be cut down The report was written by Senator Moses, of Sumter, but it was signed by the other members. The committe introduced a biil carrying out their ideas, which has not been considered yet : To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives : Your joint committee appointed to investigate the public printing, beg leave to report that they have ex amined the vouchers of the Public Printer, in the office of the Comptrol? ler General, from Nov. 1, 1895, to Feb. 15th, 1896. and find there has been paid for printing the sum of $14,138 76, as follows : Report of Railroad Commissioners, including 200 extra copies ordered by the Com mis8ioneis, $1,667.12 ; report ol Superintendent of Education, in? cluding 200 extra copies ordered by the Superintendent, $873 64 ; report of Board of Health, including o00 extra copies ordered by the board, $676.80 ; report of Comptroller General, $59S 78 ; report of Direc? tors of Penitential, including 100 extra Ci pies. $252.99; report of. South Carolina Lunatic Asylum, in clading 300 extra copies ordered by ? Superintendent, $260 02; report of j Trustees of Clemson College, in- ? eluding 300 extra copies ordered by president, ?199 36 : report of Ad jutant and Inspector General, in eluding 200 extra copies, ?232.80 ; report of Commissioners of Sinking 'Fund, $220.86 ; report of Attorney General, $132 00 ; report of the Trustees of Winthrop College, m ' eluding 300 copies ordered by the president, ?71.04 ; report of Trustees of South Carolina College, ?21.44; Governor's message, $46 i>0 ; report of Secretary of State, $56 49 ; report of pardons and commutations, $27. 00 ; report of Phosphate Inspector, ?12.50 ; report of Deaf, Dumb and Blind Institute, including 300 extra copies, ?28 80 ; report of South Carolina Military Academy including 300 extra copies, $299.20 ; report of State Treasurer, $40 77 ; Historian Confederate Records, $18 18 ; pub? lic records, ?11.25 ; reports and resolutions, ?3,285.45 ; House jour? nals to February 13th, $831.19 ; House calendars to February 13th, ?428 80 ; House bills Nos 1 to 291. inclusive, ?1,209 60: House permanent journal, ?431 85 ; Senate journals to February 13th, $763 96 ; Senate calendars to February 13th, $262 64; Senate bills, Nos. 1 to 216 inclusive, ?855 ; Senate permanent journal, $314 53. None of the above printing was done on account of the Constitutional Convention. We beg leave to call your atten? tion to the report of the Railroad Commission, which cost $1,667.12; it is again printed in reports and resolutions at a cost of $671,66, making a total cost of ?2 338 78 The 200 extra copies cost ?666.95 In the opinion of your committee this report should be reduced to 1 about one hundred pages, to co6t not ' over ?90 and in the reports and ' resolutions not exceeding $80, or a ' total of ?170, a saving of over ?2, j 000 We find that the commission- ' ers got 200 extra copies. We find ! 1 but little or no authority for this, j though we find many of the boards guilty of the same practice. We ask the adoption of the amendment to section 45 so as to discontinue 1 the practice We also call your at ( tention to the amendments to Sec- J tions 44, 59 and 79, which, we think, r if adapted, will curtail the cost and j expense Thc report of the Board of Health costs $676.80 ; estimated cost of printing of reports and resolutions. ?300, makins a total of $976.S0 We cannot find any authority for 5 paying for this report out of the general fund. Section 52 reads : T "Ali printing done on reports pub r lished by the State Board of Health \ shall be paid for out of the funds ap- ( propriated to or belonging to that department and not otherwise If, , however, the State is going to pay j for the reports of that department, it ( should be limited to 100 pages, and j to a cost not exceeding ?100. The ( report ot the Superintendent of Edu- ] cation is very interesting and highly j creditable, but in the opinion of j your committee the beautiful cut6 and advertisements of the private < schools and colleges are too expen- . sive. This report costs ?873 74 ; reprint in reports and resolutions, | $400 ; making a total of $1,273.74. , We think this may be easily reduced : to ?700. The report of the Comptroller General costs $598 78 ; estimate of reprinting reports and resolutions, $400 ; making a total of $998 73. We do not see a great deal of room for retrenchment, but suggest that in future reports he omit the list of in? surance agents, which will save about fifty three pages We have j only drawn your attention to the j largest item, but the useless amount j of printing runs through nearly every | department ittee cannot too strngly urge you tu adopt tho amendment to Section 56 Under the authority given in this section the Comptroller General draws -r'is warrant and the Treasurer pays the printer, regard? less of the appropriation. Under Sec? tion 44 the reports are printed at much greater cost than ever contem? plated by the General Assembly. In reports tiiat cost $1,667,12 there are only fifteen half pages printed at tha contract price of 90c per page, all the balance being in smaller type at a higher rate Your committee believe if their amendments which are-embraced in a bill entitled: "A bill to further reg? ulate public printing, reports of offic? ials and compensation for same,'' and ( also the bill ''To amend Section 1 of j an Act to provide for the selection of a Public Printer and to regulate the awarding of contracts tor public printing, approved December 22, 18 93, iii PO far as same retales to com? pensation/' are adopted and the law strictly enforced, it will result in the saving of from ?5,000 to $10,000 per annum. ALTAMONT MOSES, Com. on patt of Senate. M. B. MCSWEENEY, J. R. EARLE. I W. BOWMAN, Com on part of Hous<^ -ttM . ?>?? Cubans Quietly Shot. - Gene.ral Weyler's Methods Already Enforced. Habana, Feb. 23.-General Wey ler lias ordered the militar}7 com? manders to make fuller reports in case of arrests of political prisoners. Weyler has already ordered a num- ; ber of prisoners released, owing to the lack of evidence. Numerous1 arrests, however, continue in all parts of the island Fifty prisoners were sent to the isle of Pines last week The number of men presen*- i ing themselves claiming amnesty is much less since Weyler's arrival. It is geuerally understood that offers of amnesty to ai! who will lay down their arms no longer holds good. An American planter from Santa Clara informed me that Cubans pre senting themselves in the vicinity of his estate are quietly shot and no questions asked about interment next morning. The press censorship has been re moved in name only. American dis? patches filed at the cable office are taken to thc palace and edited be fore being sent. The correspondents are unable to learn what parts, if any, are stricken <?ut. Brief cables referring to the senate discussion have produced editorials bitter against the United States The Americans here hope a warship will be near on account of the moral effect by the time action is taken on the belligerency question. (Signed) Clark. Key West, Fla., February 23 - Private advices to this city this morning by the steamer Whitney report that a dynamite bomb was ex? ploded at or near the Henry Clay cigar factory in Habana yesterday morning. It is supposed to be the work of the Cuban revolutionary committee in that city. It is reported that eight or ten of the Cuban sympathizers imprisoned j in the Cabanas and Morro Castle are | murdered every night by order of General Weyler, and in order to stop this bloody work the revolutionary committee in the city of Habana lave issued a maifesto stating that f it is,continued, they will blow up :he city with dynamite. MACEO STILL LIVES Madrid. Feb 23.-A dispatch to he Imparcial from Habana says that io official confirmation has been re? ceived of the report of the death of Antonio Maceo, the second in com nand of the rebel forces. The ru nor of his death was based on the Hiding of a saddle bearing his ini ials after the fight at Cam?nete Big Fire ia Bamberg. Special to The State. Bamberg. S. C., Feb 23.-To light Bamberg experienced the nost disastrous fire ever known in ter history. The total loss is $60, )00; insurance $35,800 The Bamberg Alliance warehouse was discovered on fire about half Dast 9 o'clock There were between )00 and 1,000 bales of cotton stored in the warehouse, belonging to the cotton mill, and about 200 bales be longing to farmers who were holding for high prices. The State liquor dis pessary had its slock in this building, which is also a total loss, together with the Alliance warehouso stock of groceries, etc. Thg most heroic efforts were made by the citizens and the local volun teer fire department to save the ware? house and adjoining buildings, but to no purpose. The losses are covered by the fol? lowing insurance: Pennsylvania, $1, 000; Hartford. ?2,000; Commercial Union. ?3.000; Phoenix, $4,000; Nor? wich Union, ?2,000; London, Liver? pool and Globe, $4,000; Western, ?5 ?00; Greenwich, $3,000: Sun Mutual, $5,000; Georgia Home, $3,000. Mrs. Daffney Hix loses $1,000 on dwelling; insured in Pennsylvania for $800. The origin of the fire is a mystery and is supposed to have been caused j by rats. i The End is Not Yet. The Legislative Mill Grinds on But Very Slowly. The South Carolina solons may not, 'tis true, have ever deserted their farms for which the yaller dog roams and holds undisputed away-their dominions where the mule, the nig? ger and the cottontot form a mono? tonous picture, long enough to have gazed on the beauties of the high? lands along the Hudson, to have walked along the Champs Elysees tn Paris, wandered about the Corso in Rome, meandered around Belgrave square and down Piccadilly into Hyde park, the haven of fashionable London ; to have strolled under the lindens in Berlin or enjoyed a sun? bath on thc Rivera. But they have done more-they have visited Charles ton, and,' therefore, acknowledging claims made by men of culture, the garden of Eden. They have glided in a transport of happiness over the smooth bosom of the bay. They have viewed the ''battlements of the battery." For awhile they were "in deep water" so to speak. The met? ropolitan police stood asido to g;ve their creators full away, and the peo? ple of the coast and the representa? tives of "the people'' touched friend? ly elbou for one day at least-the harbinge of better times. They saw the Slate's hov soldiers mai ch forth to do honor to the "Father of ! his country" and a gallant corps it j was It need scarcely be aaid that ! a patriotic chord was touched in the breast of these onlookers and that corps w?l not suffer when the ap propriation bill comes np this week. But there was ona thing the farmer : solons saw in Charleston that remin? ded them of home and will no doubt awaken in them a desire to return to j their farms. The lazy bobtail car mule was that "thing." And that mule is going to have his effect, to be obser? ved in quick work from now on to? wards an early adjournment. One member reflected, as he gazed at that mule, and the thought occurred to him that his mules might be falling into such habits in his absence. He waR so horror stricken at the idea that he communicated it to several others and it has become generally diffused. The result is the creation of a general desire to get home As Fagin Martin would say : "Watch !" The body has now been in session six weeks and up to date there has not been very much accomplished. No more new bills are being intro duced in the house now, by reason of the resloution prohibiting them, 3nd there is nothing but hard work ahead under the five minute rule in j order to finish up. During the past j week many of the unimportant bills ! have been disposed of. A good ! many matters of considerable import- ! ance have also been sent aft. While j all of the others are on the forecastle > -that is to say on the special order calendar. During the past week the fate of j the State fair appropriation was final- i ly settled, so far as the special bill was concerned. It is definitely de cided, too, that the metropolitan police bill will stand. Then, again, there is no furthur question about the j privilege tax ; it is to stand. The State printer is not to be paid ? in excess of ?20,000 for a year's work. The Wallace property is to be purchased for the asylum. The report of the Clemson college investigating committee has been presented. With ils contents all however, are familiar. The fire insurance bill has passed j the house, with very essential amend- j merits, which it is thought that the | senate will not agree to The house has passed the bili re-1 pealing the anti free pass act, and j this week the senate will act thereon i The house has ended the career of the senate building and loan bill and I it lies tn a deep, moist grave. The registration bill has been fin- j ?shed with in the house at last and ; sent over to the senate with no end ; of amendments. Mr. Williams' bill to make the of fice of State liquor commissioner j elective by the people, has also been ' passed and sent to the senate. The Senate has passed the Claflin college bill requiring the president ; and faculty to be composed of colored ; men. Mr Manning's Australian ballot : bill has been killed in the house dur- ? mg the past week, and the eight- j box election law has been passed. Mr. Patton's warehouse bill has ? also passed. The appropriation bill will doubt- ! less come in for the lion's share of the attention of the house this week, and the features of trie debates there? on will arise from the educational institution items and the Atlanta ex? hibit. Inasmuch as the attorney I general has rendered an opinion un- ? der which the ?6,000 can be appro- j priated for the exhibit, it will doubt- ! less be appropriated. The election of a Statate printer | has to be held yet. It will probably j come off some day this week. As yet the resolution providing a j day for final adjournment has not been considered and acted upon, but it w?il probably be disposed before the end of the week. Ol' course an adjournment within a fortnight would leave the calender of the house with ' a good many bills thereon untouched, but they are mostly unimportant lit- j tie bills which really do not amount to anything. If the house goes ahead with its calender with the intention 3? disposing of all the matters there? in before taking a final adjournment, then it will take 6ame three weeks longer to complete the work. Glanc? ing backward over the work accomplished up to date, one fails to see where the new laws made so far will be worth the J 1,000 a day it has cost the State since January 15th, last, to have them made. But then many of these new statutes had to be made under the new Constitution That docu ment, however, did not make it obli? gatory on the general assembly to deal with so many small special bills. A great deal ought to be accom? plished during this week, and it should be done with the least pos? sible debate.-State. Bill Nye no More. Asheville, X. C , Feb 22-Edgar W. 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