The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, January 31, 1896, Image 6
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THE UNION TIMES.
UNION, S. f.
TIIK KIFTY-FOURTll COMiKKSS. i
A Synopsis of the Proceedings of ISoth
House*.
TO K HKNATP.
Tlio Monroe doctrine was tl?o subject of.
resolutions and dsscugsiou iu the Senate on
Monday. Tlio committee on commerce reported
a bill on tlio subject of naptha
launches. Under it, launches less than 15
tons burden shall not require inspection, or
an engineer, or a licensed pilot; but launches
exceeding 15 tons, carrying passengers for
hire, shall be subject to inspection and all the
laws of tho road. No progress was made ou
the Houso bond bill with the free coinage
substitute reported from the cominittuo ou
llnauco. Tho IVfler funeral bill gave riso to
some discussion and was disposed of by being
referred to the committee ou rules.
In tho routine business of tho Senate on
Tuesday a "service pension bill" was reported
from tho committee on pensions, without
any recommendation, and was pis ssl 011 the
calendar. A resolution was offered and re
for red to the committee on foreign relations,
requesting tho President < f tho United
States to Inquire into the arr< st ami for< ililo
removal of Murk Kodriguc/, a citiwn of
tho United State, on board of tho United
Stat '.s mail st< amor olivette in the harbor of
Havana on tlm 15l!i instant, av.d aNo in tlm
arrest of Louis 8. Soiueillan ami his sou in
Havana; and if no jiiHlcniiso foi'siii h arrunts
exists, that tlio l'r>" id- nt <l?*m;i 11 I tlunr itniu?'iliat<)
release. Tim bond hill eanm up as
the unfinished business-, I>ut it also went over
for tho ilay ami busiiu o.i Iho calendar was
proi'Ci'dcil Willi ami about "> lulls, to which
no objection was made, were passed. About
13 wero privato | ensinn bills aud half a d<
en warn bridge lulls
On Wednesday after t' r<uitino I i. im ?
tlio presentation id petitions and tlm hitrn
diu'tlon aad roli'ioii'*y of lulls tlm resointion
directing tlm Si erctary . 1 Stale to s? ml
to tlio Keuafo tin' dispatch* sol' I Tide I Slat 'S
consuls r> 1 a111ivc to tlm war now arrli-d mi
In Cuba was reported b;mk adversdy frmn
tlio committee on foreign minimus, and v.. ls
placed on tlio calendar. Tlm eoiniuitteo on
foreign relations reported a preamble and
Concurrent resolution in regard to the Anne- ;
nian outrages in Turkey. Scurtor V.'nb-olt
addressed tlm Senate at length on I ho Veimr.uelan
question eon mruing the proposed extension
of tlio Monro ) do'lrine, aud in criticism
of tho action ol tho executive and leg is- ,
lativodepartments of tlm government
Tlireo ?et speeches wcro delivered in tho '
Benato on Thursday Warren talked tariff;
DuBois, tho bond bill and free coinage, Daniel
defended tho administration's eourso in
tho Vciuv.uelan matter. A hill was introduced
to repeal tho refuudingnet of 1870 and tho
resumption act of 1875. A resolution was offered
lor tho appointment of a select eommitteo
to inquire into tho imprisonment of
lSugeno V. Debs (in connection with tho great
, railroad strike). A resolution was ottered
and referred to tlm committee on commerce,
directing the chief of engineers of tlio army
to make a survey aoro.-s tlio Peninsula ?.f
Vlortda for a rout!) for :v shin cjoml .'Kill I.I
prepare estimates I hercfor. Tho Bonato t hen
proceeded to cxeeutiv * business.
In thoHcuatu on Friday tho commit fee on
privelegcs ati<l oleet'ons wasgivcii f?? i eii-sim
to sit (luring tlio sessions ot tho Senate to
consider tho Dupont election case from I><:!aware.
The concurrent rcsntuticn rep< rtml
.Wednesday from llio committee <-.i foreign
relations on tho subject of outiar;. i oil 11: >
Armenians was laiil hefoio tho Senate, and
dismissed at length, and 'In r- ol(ilioi? was
adopted. Tho hill appropriating V#.t)bO for
tho purchase oflands adjoining I'.io litiif??l
States naval station at PorL Koyal, tt. t'., was
passed. After a short executive scs ion tho
Senate ndjourucd until Monday.
vim iiou.sk.
Tho House on Saturday after an unimportunt
session, adjourned until Monday.
Tho House Monday in n brief session (lis
posed of the second of tho gcncrul annual
appropriation hills the Military Academy
hill. Itesoltitlons and hill i weio agreed to
cxteuding tho timo for tho completion ?>f
Aransas Pass Ilarbor; donating condemned
cannon to vnriotis (irand Army posts, incorporating
thcsnprcme council thirty-third
degreo of Scottish Itito Ma-onry for tho
Southern jurisdiction, to print 5,000 copies
each < t tho postal laws and tho geological
survey report on tho t'ripplo Frock, Colo,
district. 'J'lte President's message in response
to tho House r? .solution of impiiry relative
to Ambassador 15ay.tr.I s I'.diuhitrglt at: I
Boston ( Khglaud) spcecher , with Secretary
Ulaey'.s report'hereon, was laid h< f,n>i tlto
II ottso and referred to Jim coiumittci) > n | '
foreign affairs. Tho ur^diii. dcflciem y t-iii j
was reported to tho House. Tin! Military
Academy appropriation hill for the year ending
.luue. !iu. 1S'J7, was ta'.o n up in committee i
Of the whole and pas nl. It nppt.iprin' -s ;
$ 1 Id,117. A |<)iiit resolution reported lro>n
the committee on ways natl no ms w.i
agreed to, dir. -tin;* hid '''ciuei torn i ' 11
Internal 'te'.einn1 to d( 'roy a.I uic.-u.o t \ ,
returns and eopici tlieia-of !n.eunder tho
provision.i of the taritV law . f Is'11 in d<
clai 'vl lot e nne nst it lit ionai.
t)u Tue day a. t- -mint ion ?d ini| .iry t ( r'cd
f no tho eoitetitlho in intet-Slato and (
fori i^'ti eoininetee wa i in' d. directing tho
Secretary of tho 'IV i-ury to inform tho
Hoi;vo whether <>r not in hi t o| taioit, ttm
regulations for tho safel y f the puidie. iii j
Ocean travel are adciptntc and if e, win (her
Or not these regulationi aro being i.irrioil
out. Tho House went into i eminitteii e| tho
whole to usidcr tho n rgcut deficiency t > 111 J
A brief general debate on.- in d tif n '!o< |
So -t of the fee sj.-lem in paying ollieials of
Jniteil States courts and tho -ssity l,,r
its reformation, it not aholitiou. Several in.- 1
Imp ortaiit amendments and oini nppropria! I i
ing 5,1100 for tin- survey of Hhippe'.va Imitau j
and ', In-lug added, the . oininitti o rose ;in<!
the hill as amended was pas -ed '
Two tlur.I-i of tlm <!?? hoi.i <>f :
t!l<> lloil-o Wrilii'^.'jiy v. ij t '-l In Mm ,
iron i.h'iMlion of S> nn'o j u.t n- >lu! i ;
U'llMori.'.i!: I lln ? { Ilium .1 . '.i, H *?.
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THE NEW
CONSTITUTION
T1IK I.AW TIIK PKOl'LK MIST
NOW 1,1 VK l'NI)KK.
Tbc Ktjil Text of South Carolina's New
Organic Law as A<!o|)tccl.
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ARTICLE X.
FINANCE ANI> TAXATION.
Section!. The general assembly
shall provide by law for a uniform and
equal rate of assessment and taxation,
and shall prescribe regulations to secure
a just valuation for taxation of all
property.real,personal and possessory,
except mines and mining eluiius. the
products ot which nleuc shall be tax ul; j
and also excepting such property as
may beexempted by law for municipal,
educational, literary, seientille, religion*.
or churitahb purpose*: 1 r<>vided,
however. That the gen- r:.l assembly
ma\ impose a capitatem tax ,
upon sueh domestic animals as from j
their nature and lmbits are destruetiv
of other property. And pro, idtd. j
further i hat the genera! assembly j
may provide for a graduated tax <>:. |
incomes, and f? r a graduated li < us. "ii '
occupations ami business.
See. The general>lc assembly .
shall provide tor an annual tax suf- j
licient to defray the estimate?l ex- ;
jit-nseK of the State fur each year, ami ;
whenever it shall happen that tlu or- j
diunry expense." oi the State for any I
year shall exceed the income tin* ,
.Mate for Bitch your tbr gentrul us- i
scmbly shall provide for levying it tax j
for 1 lie: cusuiug yeur Buftbieiit. with
other buurocs of income, to pay the
deficit ucy of the proceeding yen togcthe:
with the' estimated . spoimes of j
the ensuing year.
Sec. f. No tux shall be levied < \- j
cept in pursuance ef a law which shall I
distinctly state tlu object of the same:
to which object the tax shall be up- j
plied.
See. 4. There shall be exempted I
from taxation all county, township
and municipal property -.sod e.\ch;
sivcly for public*, purposes and not
reven ,e. and the property > : el!
school:-, colleges', ami institutions of [
learning, all charitable institution- in |
the nature of asylums for the infirm,
deaf and dumb, blind, idiotic am! indigent
) lUMUis, except where the pr (
it i such institutions are applied t >
private uses: all public libraries,
i'i.urchi . parsonages and burying
: *( n.ih ; i ut pr? pcity of associations ;
ami societies. although connected
with charitable objects, shall not be
< m mpt from State, county, or n.uiie- j
ipal taxation: Provided, l'hat as, to
real estate this exemption shall not j
extend beyond tho buildings and !
premises actually occupied by such
schools, colleges, institutions of learn
iup, asylums, libraries, churches, j uruonages
and tmrial grounds, although j
c< nncctcd v,ilh charitable objects.
Sec. .r. Tin corporate authorities of j
counties. township-'. school districts,
l ilies, towns and villages may be vesti
1 with power to assess and collect
faxes for corporate purposes; such
L.xok to be uniform i:i respect t< peine
and property within the jurisdieL
on of the body imposing the same.
All shares of ilic stockholders in any
lend or banking a*sociutiou located in
IIwk i~"tnf *, whether new or hereafter
i e?>r?? ratcu. or orgnn::aul under the
lii'A'i f iin State < r > f the I'nited
i'iii: f1, shall be INh d a; their tr11 *.
. aluo ;i. snoncy, and taxed for nuitsie- '
1 ul }>iti posts iu 11.o eitv. ward, town
>r : ii.'oi j'oruo 1 village where such I
i :4:iiv .r- located. and net .Nowhere:
i'r< idod M'kut the Words ' true val :o
... money" a.- .is >1 ill lint; 12 ef thi.
et. >i: shall he so c <nstruod as h>
ii; i.n ,;i. ' tne.'tid* nil surplus or extra
ir.i'in'Vt, , aj itr.i. and every species of
I rannul pr tieity f f v>;Iu?' owned or
:i j'osHe.-'-ioti { any such hunk: J'ro .
id? A '.iky rale o: taxation shall apI
ly hi tl:o btc. diholders of all corpora- j
iioi.t other than banking institutions.
\nu t i.t! pent ml as.st inbly shall rotjuiro
Unit all the ]> >; * rty. except that here- ;
us j ? niiith d t lv t xen.j'ted within
Ihe limits of in.n.eipal corporations,
diuii be taxed f< r corporate purposes
n"! 1 r tl:<- pitymt id < ! debts contract I
11.111 : authority i i Jaw. J he
; < i. b 1 dt lit f in x :.:y. ;< w
d:stri< i, inal <rj ration
ir 1 olitical divisit u r uubdivb(ll
St > ..11 : S T . 1 - p.
. j>er:y there.t:. And no
< : : .ss:si..p. i. inicipai e< n ''.t.
other political division of thin
:,a;i io :< .!t< r 1" a lthortxed t
rt <ist its bt i d' ! iudt i<t. tin* -- it at
. . . ar.y ; roj 1 inert a><
: : ' tie us. or- at : :. utit < t :t.
. i i ie'i tit bt u:i.oi:n{s
< i i.t ; a. . ' I all
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i ' r Sin' tiiMi*.
: ' i r- > hull In- \ r?l
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. lij. r lin:.' ? t t in*
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I etit of huv individual, company, asso- !
! ciation or corporation; and the State |
' shall not become a joint owner ?>f or |
1 stockholder in any company, nssocm- |
tion or corporation. The general us- j
sembly shall not have power to authorise
any county or towuabip to levy a
tax or issue bonds for any purpose ex- (
cept for educational purposes, to build !
and repair public roads, buildings and
bridges, to maintain und support pris- j
oners, pay jurors, county olHoers. and I
for litigation, quarantine and court
expenses, and for ordinary eouuty
purposes, to support paupers, and pay
past indebebtedness.
"See. 7. No scrip, certificat< or other,
evidence of State indebtednesssliallbo
issued except for the redemption of
stock, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness
previously issued, or for
I such debts as are expressly authorized
in this Constitution.
See. H. An accurate statement of the
receipts and expenditures oi the public
money shall be published with tInlaws
of each regular session of the gen- i
ernl assembly, in such manner as may
bylaw be directed.
See. 'J. Money shall 1 e drawn ir* ir.
the treasury only in pursuance t f apl
ropriatious made by law.
ore. i??. i tie nsciu year sun.: con;-:
nicnce on the tirst duy of Jnuuury in
each year.
Sec. II. To the eml iliat the public i
debt of South Carolina may not here- |
after be increased without the due consideration
and free consent of the people
of the State, the general at'sctnblv j
is hereby forbidden to create any f ir- .
ther debt or obligation, either i>y the
loan of the credit of the State by guaranty.
endorsement or otherwise, except
for tin ordinary and current business 1
of the State, without first submitting |
the question as to the creation of such j
new debt, guaranty, endorsement or ,
loan of its credit to the qualified elector-.
of this State at a general State '
election; and unless two-thirds of the j
pialitied electors of this Stati. votiug
on the question, shall be in favor of in- |
creasing the debt, guaranty, endorse- j
m< ut or loan of its credit, none shall j
be created or made. And any debt contracted
by the State shall be by loan on !
Stat<> bonds, of amounts not less than j
S-"?t i each, bearing interest, payable not j
more than 10 years after final passage
of the law authorizing such debt. A j
correct registry of all such b< nds shall
b? kept by the treasurer in numerical
order, s.? ns to always exhibit the number
and amount unpaid, and to whom
severally made payable. And the gen- !
eral assembly shall levy an annual tax i
Millicicnt to pay the annual interest on'
said bonds.
Si e. 1 J. Suitable laws shall l)C pass- i
i >1 by tin' general assembly for the J
safe-kei ping, transfer and disburse- j
tin nt of the State, country and school |
funds: and ill 1 otlicer.1: and other per- !
11- charged with the miiiic shrill keep
an accurate entry of each sum received,
anil of each payment ami transfer ami
shall give such security for tboftiithful
discharge of such duties as tlio general
assembly may provide. And it shall
he the duty of the general assembly
to pass laws making embezzlement of i
such funds a felony, punishable by fine 1
and imprisonment, proportioned to the |
amount of the deficiency or embezzlement,
and the patty convicted of such
felony shall be disqualified from ever
holding any olliee of honor or emolument
in this State: Provided, however,
that the general assembly, by a twothirds
vote, may remove the disability
upon payment in full < f the principal
and interest of the sum embezzled.
Sec. Id. The general assembly shall !
provide for the assessment of all prop- '
erty for taxation: and State, county, i
township, school, municipal and all ;
other taxes -hall be levied on the same j
assessment, which shall be that made [
for State taxes; and tb- taxes f jr the '
subdivi-ion of the State shall b< levied
and collected by the respectiv..- rise::1. ;
autln'litio- thereof.
APTICLi: XI.
KIUVATION.
Section 1. The supervision o: pub- '
lie instruction -hall l e vested in the
State superintendent education,
who shall be elected for the term of
two years by the qualified electors of
the State, in such manner and at such
time as the other State oflioers are
elected: his powers, duties and compensation
shall he defined by tin general
assembly.
Sec. "J. There shall be a State j
board ol' education, composed of the |
governor, the state superintendent of
education, and :?<?t \.vi ding seven
jhTmhih t i ! hi |>c?int *?! liv the j/iivoriior
? very four ymrs, whi? h mr?l
the j,'OVf!!i'ir i-hnll 1 ' }:n:riu.??.. i.ml
t! 1 r-1:11 - 11 ? ! ill!- of 1 .. itiolj,
seer ! try. i'l.i Ifiiril i;:.I! have th<r*"L*
!: ? . eMimin:iti< i. of t nohers >
: ] < < of ipnlitient;>
; . i;u i shut! i-.v. ! k!! M'holarship.s I
it'll I ha vr - .rJi other jiov.i r- hu! ?lut ion :
us may la- tit t< i itiiuotl I>v law. The
travelling ? v f the i ? to j
1" appointed shall 1 if iviiletl for 1 v 1
the ia! y.
See. !), Tin gcncfitl afcsombly
t-l.all u..si.i provision for tin eh . tiou |
r ap. ilit 11 >11 of nl! other : . ? s?i;rv
s It- : i.l : ? rs. and ;i iiI !< sine their
!itit 1 i.. at: iti, jiotvii . tint,i , i loin ti*
Hit !' !'. ll'ii! t1 ft: o: ollii'e.
>i !. I h Milariea i f 'hi State [
*itol i-.,u::ty sehi'oi i lliei r* and compel
-I.'. ? a e. Mity treasurer- '? r <_ 1 !t
' i::in! 11: -!. ir-in > 'i. ' Snooty*
hi,ail Hot lie I mill < it of the seho. ;
ft;:. 1 ! t shall 1 otherv. i r ivideil
for i y tiie O' lie.ai hs-i mlily.
^ e. f he ! ! {!*?-' til11. shall
j>r<>\ .'!? '-r n ! : . i ii
itui li '.<! : : nil cliiltln .. Iwtiocn !
t i.. i#< of HI J I v. . : i i| /of {!..
r 11 . 1 -! :i ; the < ilitH i: t J
I'ii 1 i'. ti."t . n? .'t :! : ns
pllU'tj "ft1 1< , I . ,:..i i '.? Jlfttllftll
ltd .!. Itti <1 . nor ;
1??* u f i ! ii ' nil'- ;: ir<
I. i . i .? ? ' ".in'
: tl
itr<; i ; In1. :'li i
ti.- r, 1 ititt v. i i.u* . i: t! . :t .uid
| house, or other institution, society or j
organization of whatover kind, which i
is wlioly or iu part under tho direction !
or coutrol of uuy church or of any ;
religious or sectarian denomination,
society or organization.
See. 10. All gifts of every kind for
educational purposes, if accepted by
the general asaembly, shall be applied
and used tor tho purposes designated
by tho giver, unless tho sumo bo in
conflict with the provisions of this
Constitution.
Sec. 11. All gifts to the Stato where
the purpose is not designated, all escheated
property, the net assets or
funds of all estates or copartnerships
in the hands of the eourts of the Stato
whero there havo been 110 claimants
for tho sumo within tho last 70 years,
and other money eomiuginto thetrcasury
of the State by reason of the 12th
section of an act entitled "An act to
provide a mode of distribution of tho
moneys as direct tax from the citizens I
nuiilldi Ul.\ VI C1 uil CUt'li J M >11 f lilU |>n?* |
eeeds of which tax shall he expended
for school purposes in the several
school districts in which it is collected.
Win never tlurine; the next three ensuing
year'- the fax levied by the said
county boards of commissioners or
similar officers and the poll tax shall
not yiehl an amount e<pinl to
$3 per capita of the number of child- !
rcn enrolled in the public schools of j
each county tor the scholastic year i
ending the .".1st day of October, in the j
year 1895. as it appears in the report j
of the state superintendent of educa- j
tion for said scholastic yevr, the comptroller
general shall, for the aforesaid |
three next ensuing fiscul years, on the i
first day ol each of said years levy i
such au annual tax oil the taxablo |
property of the State as he nioy de- ;
termino to be necessary to make up J
such deficiency, to be collected as |
other Stub- taxes, and apportion the i
same among the eouuties of the Stuto I
in proportion to the respective defici- j
rncies therein. The sum so nppor- j
tioned shall he paid by th<- state treas- j
nrer to the county treasurers of the
respective counties, in proportion to i
the respective deficiencies therein, ou j
the warrant ? : the eoinptmllergeneral, |
and shall t? apportioned among the |
school districts tne counties and 1
disbursed as "tie r school funds: and
from and a!t<-r tie-."1st day of Decern- '
ber. :* ti y? a: l.vfi8, the genera! as- j
semblt shall eaus* t.. be levied nnuunliy
on all taxable pi wpt it;.* of tie
Stat< si : :. tat:, in addition to the
sui<i ti. levic ; i>v tin: -ai>i county !
board- 't nussi tiers or <-itnilar
ofllccre. >t:. . ] V. ta>; ulovf provided. '
as- may b< -my t keen tin ,
school* i ? throughout tie- Stat;.- for
mk-Ii i. length -l tine- in < ach scholastic j
voar tir the g< mra! assembly may |>ro- ,
8erib< : u. ?] said tax shall la- apportioned
aim tig tie counties in propor- |
tioa to thi iic.o therein and dis- i
bursed as tlmr school funds.
Any school district may l>y tie* authority
of tin- gem ra". ukh? mbly levy an
additional tic ? th? support oi' its
schools.
Sec. T. rv pnrate schools shall be |
provided f. r children of tne wliite and ,
colored n.ci . and no child of cither
ra I. 'hal. 11, j.* ru.ittcd to attend
a sch> o". v lr? n <> the
other ra .
i j.- g> ra! a- mbly may
pi,;..r 11.. ?u of ('1< m
von Agri ultural college, the I Diversity
of South * u:v ln?:, and file Wiuthrop
Normal and Industrial college, a
brain h luere ?, a now established by
law. and may create scholarships
th''!-' in; tin }>r? ? ds r> ali/.ed frotn the
land - rii gt . en n\ tlie act ofcoiipr< ss
passed ti.1 -cculid day ol duly, j
for ti e snpii' rt <?:' an agricultural col
lege, and any lands or funds which j
have lie-ret'.for* been or may hereafter i
be given or appropriated for educational
purpose* bv the congress of the
United States, shall be applied a
directed in tin act- appropriating the
same: Provided, l int the general asseinblv
"-had. a- -oon as practicable,
wholly separate < .u!!i:; eollegc from
Ulat'.iii uuivi r-:ty. ui . provide for a
scpurat ' '- I s 4 ; prof< sors ami ink.
lPi'ftw ', !?< ?'t:t r, lu. .-tit iln.ti l.o
:'4 * . .w?.
givM: tii n: i; all1' '.v-.: ' :i of t !kj ne?rro
! :?? < : ai.'i it m nil 1 ti.c ( n'oriil Nurmftl,
Industrial, Agricultural and Mcciuiiiiva!
? -11?;*?' of ;i- Siutr.
S?f. Tin ).' ; . ? r? ?J i f of
tii< Stat' !" '< ' r or of inn I
county, city, (own, ; ovnaliip, ncliool
<>r ? * r , *1 i>i rt of S ii<id
Sti;: . < : an;, j om v, from
what* vcr < '.i ' ha!i not, i \
pfift. <!. nut. ;i. . : . .iiitr.. -t, i.-pj
prifttion. ot otherivi . lit uxftd, ilii'rotly
I r .i;?i'r* ct iy, . >.. . r ; nt' rmi.ro < '
uvy college. ? I, .... | tn) I'M Lao j
[ ont under thin section shall embrace
i cities or tonus already organized into
special school districts in which graded
school buildings have been erected by
the issue ??f bonds, or by special taxation,
or by donation, all the territory
included iu said school district shall
bear its just proportion of any tax that
may be levied to litpiidute such bonds
or support the public schools therein:
Provided, further, that nothing iu this
article contained shall be construed as
a repeal of the laws under which the
several graded school districts of this
State are organized. The presentdivis-,
' ion of the com ties into school districts
nnd the provisions of luw now governing
the snuie shall remain until changed
by the general assembly.
Sec. 6. The existing boards of commissioners
of the several counties, or
such officer or officers as may hereafter
bo vested with the same or similar'
novt.TK and duties, shall lew an an
mm! tux of three mills on the dollar
upon nil the taxable property in their
respective counties, which tux shall be
collected at the same time and by the
midu officers ns the other tuxes for the
same year, and shall be held in the I
county treasury of tine respective 1
counties, and the said fund shall bo I
apportioned among the school districts !
of the county in proportion to the ;
number of pupils enrolled in the j
public schools of the respective districts.
and the officer or officers j
charged by law with making said ap- <
pointmcut shall notify tho trustees of j
the respective si hool districts thereof, i
wli sluil! expend and dishuree the i
sanu as the general assembly may pre- i
scribe. Tho general assembly shall |
deli in "enrollment.*' Not less than j
thro* trustees f? r each school district '
shall be selected from tlie qualified j
voters and taxpayers therein, in such j
ninnie r and for such terms as the gen- |
eral assembly may determine, except !
in cases o: special school districts now !
existing, when the provisions of law !
now governing the same shall remain
until changed by tin general assembly:
Provided. Tho manner of the selection
ol said trustees need not be uniform
throughout the State. There
shall be assessed on all taxable pollsin
the State between the ages of '21 and
60 years (excepting Confederate soldiers
above the age of 50 years,) an
? t S! 11 11 _ . I
of this Stnto by tho United States id
triiHt to the State of South Carolina," j
approved the 24th day of December, |
18111, together with such other means j
as the general assembly may provide, j
shall be securely invested as the State
school fund, aud the anuual income
thereof shall be apportioned by the
go.. assembly for the purpoee.of
maintaining the public schools.
Sec. 12. All the net income to be
derived by the State froci the sale or
license for thebaic of spirituous, malt,
vinous aud Intoxicating liquors aud
beverages, not including so much j
thereof us is now or may hereafter bo !
allowed by law to go to the counties >
and municinal corporations of the
State, shall be applied annually iu aid \
of the supplementary taxes provided
l'or iu the sixth section of this article; j
and if after said application there
should be a surplus, it shall be devoted
to public school purposes, and.
apportoiued as the general assembly ;
may dctermiue: Provided, however, i
That the said supplementary taxes J
shall only be levied when the net in- :
conic aforesaid from the sale or license; j
for the sale of alcoholic liquors or
beverages is not sntlicient to meet and !
equalize the deficiencies for which the I
said supplementary taxes ore provided.' |
[continued in next issue.]
I Iff? V ON POLITICS.
lie Nay- 111- lias No I<!< a of Leavbig t lie
Ocr.UMT.t'ic Parly .
N, iietor Iri>\ sty- r ha- i;.. inten- ;
ti"i; . >it;o: lie i '"luoeratic party
*o j<'M; !<>: - \:l! th?* proposed new
free silvct p?:rt? Unsays he is in favor I
of fr* silver :i!..; he will vot< !->r it j
ev? iv i;?;ic beget.- I u opportunity. 'out 1
wii' do sii vlihin the ranks ? : the j
1 leiieicracy s ; ? ty in company with
Senator Waiti:::;!, oi Missisoppi: Senator
l'.ate. o: i enncsst . and other distinguish!
.1 Southern Senators, who
have no intention of leaving the Democratic
party to join \. -T. Warner and
any combination of 1 lopublicnns, Popr.lists'and
so called Democrats that mav
be formed. II*- suvs L<- accepted the |
chairmain th* Democratic party !
in South Carolina in 18SI0. ami tlieu ,
nml th'-ri promisvtl i*?- would be the |
last to leave it. lb lum not lost faith
in the Democratic party, although
home of the prominent men in it may
differ with him on the llmiucial ?pic?tiou.
He Kays there have been repeated
efforts on the part of the other
men in South t'arolina to go out of
the party into the ranks of the Popu- !
lists, but he huK thus far been able to !
restrniu many troni taking such a step. ,
He is not able to say what percentage !
of South Carolina ! >cinnerutH are pre- 1
pared to leave the <d 1 party and go
over to the cump of the proposed new
party.
sot Til PAItOkl.NA,
Wliat i- IJcing Done in Coiigrfss in
lieSi.ilt' of I l?I? State.
A * ieorgetown delegation will go t>>
Washingt .i; the 11. of February to
appeal betor* tlic fiv- : and harbor
eommitte? with Hepr> -entativc Mlliott
to seeuro tin putting of Winyaw Hay
on tin- continuous contra" t system for
improvement.
The < iiarlestoi. delegation will up- i
l'<ar with Heprcscutative Miliott before
the publi building eomuiittee m tali
a! I of his i.iil to grant t<> tlie eitv the
olil postot-iee building.
Senator l ilimati'? N-wi*r:\ College I
bill, pnying $l.".ct'ju damage- t*y IV.l
<r i! soldiers, pas-* !'in "M*unt? without
linn ndim lit.
Senator I' 1 u porti 1 in u. the
naval n!'.'aii .it" S. nutor ('ni.ieroil
s \*Si>tmtot !?utier's bill to pr??H
! ,. -it j aviii station. ' :.o m :.d- ,
imuit of the < -I iiiitti e mill the appro, j
ptiatioti in the i-ili down from Sio, o ) t
In .<;,i)iM>.
IJepres.ntutive M i., i':. ha - intro
t!.ieo<l u i . i |ti'wVi.i;ri' tor ?i puhlie
Inui-liiif at !*h>i < *ii"* t" . oM ^
The Indiana ti> la* Duehod at T'ort
lioyal.
It is now positively certain ti::it the
"Indiana" will lie ilorkcil ?t I'ort
lloyal. Naval (*? 11 -tractor !. I', ilanseom,
a: ('ramps ? iiij yair?I. of I'hiiu<I?-l|>1;i:i,
has he< n down there ma km;
j>ri'j>iiruti<iti> for her r? ption, whirh .
will l?e la rallied, it i-. said, hv the arrival
of ah >nt live hundred I ndinniaii.-,
who w ill visit I'ort lloyal about the 1st
nf February, when it i proposed that
all tliiip.'.-. will bo in re-alines*. I ho
(iuvernor and stafV of 'adinuu, with a
deputation of prominent eiti/a ta from
that era? State, will arrive, and the
(iovenier and ehief <?l1!.*i ra of thi
State, it I . .peefe !, will 1:1-o In pr. s?
nt, ami tie- i w ill o( ech bruted with
i''i!i:iii^' honor .
The proapeet* i visit of ihfl Ilidini
i'Ti ..it! iie the fruit of llutkrinp; aeeo
;? n n of the experiences rei
hv tin party ' did ami sler i"
* from 11. "t Stat ; otm
time a . nt v.i is ii? to do botii r to t-hj?
war iv " i tout 1 cart tho ntitno of i
tht:r State. 1
1 V
MOKK CIRCUIT OOl/RTS.
What the Advocates of the Proposition
Have to Say lu its Ucliuif.
The advocates of tho proposition to
creuto two udditionul Circuit Courts
have distributed the following circular
among the members of tho General Assembly:
WILL TEN ClltCCITS PAY?
Some tigures by way of comparison.
Present coft of Courts: Eight circuits,
averaging now 4.37 counties each: Six
Judges, #3,500 each, $21,000; two
Jiiilcrt't- <>m>h Sli. 1)00?Aialit
Judges, total, $27,000. Seven solicitors,
$1,050 each, $0,450; one solicitor,
$1,000?eight solicitors, total $11,050.
Eight stenographers, $1,250 each, $10,000.
Total for Stuto $48,050. Average
cost per county, $1,372.75; average
coBt per circuit, $0,006.25; 105
regular Courts per year?average cost
per Court, $457.01.
Cost with ten circuits: Ten circuits,
averaging 3.6 cooties, (with Saluda)
each: Ton Judges, each $$,000, $30,000;
ten solicitors, each averaging
$1,250, $12,500: ten stenographers,
each averaging $1,100, $11,000. Total
for State, $53,500. Average cost per
county, $1,486.10; average cost per
circuit, $5,350: 105 Courts, as nowheld,
plus 32 additional Courts in sixteen
counties, a total of 137 Courts per
year?uveruge per Court, $300.58. I
Comparison: Cost, ten circuits, $53,500;
cost, eight circuits, 48,850. To- ? *~*|
tnl increase for State, $5,450. Averago
cost ??f increase per county. $151,30.
Total taxiihlc property of the State,
say, $171,000,000: iucreaso levy less
than 32-1 "0 of a mill, or about 3 cents
on ewry $1,000 worth of property.
There are sixteen counties in the
State of over 30,000 inhabitants, in
which it is proposed to hold four
Courts for eriniiuul trails auuually, instead
of three, as now?i. e., an average
of one Court every three months.
This will save the dieting of prisoners
for about three mouths in each year.
If each county averages only ten pris- \
oners awaiting trial, their cost each \.,v
per mouth is $0 or $00 per month, or
SJ.u lor three uiontns lor each county,
or for the sixteen counties $4,820. II
twenty counties adopt four Courts $5,4(10
iif thirty counties adopt four
C >urts $8,100- will bo snved or. mcount
of dieting prisoners alone, more
than sufficient to meet the increase of
$.", 150 for the Stale.
lb sid' *, it will increase the number
an I length.i of terms of the hands <>u
the chain gaug. and speedy trials will
be hud.
The ss.viug to the State in tin? fees of
witnesses for the State, and for the defendants
in felonies,in eases necessarily
continued on account of want of time
to try them, is beyond calculation, but
it may be safely estimated as at least
25 per cent in mileage and attendance.
1 his does not take into consideration
the relief which will be experienced by
litigants in civil eases, whose ca^"*s are _ _
continued from term to term throCgh no
fault of theirs nor of their attorneys.
They pay an onerous tax in the form of
lossof time and witness fees,simply because
the State does not afford them,
the necessary machinery for the trial
of their causes.
In addition to the cost of the present
Circuit Court, a County Court
would cost for each county not less thai:
from $1,500 to $2,000. Should the
General Assembly see lit to reduce the
salaries of Judges to $2,700 each, there
will be a further saving of $8,000, leaving
only $2,150 to be made up it tLo
way before mentioned.
1 H K STATK GUANtlK.
A Meeting t<? Mo 11 fill in Columbia to
Reorganize It.
There ib now a plan on foot looking
to the reorganization of the State
Grunge o: tin Patrons of Husbandry
of Sunt!) Carolina. At one time and
for years, this organization was very
strong in the State; hut when the Alliance
made its appearance the Grange
almost became extinct except in the
counties of Kershaw and Sumter. The
Granges in these counties kept the order
alive, and this is due to the worthy
master, \V. I\, Thompson, of Liberty
Hill, Kershaw county. In addition to
the old "'live" Granges quite a number
have been formed out of new materia),
and since the number has reached the
requirement of the Constitution of the
National Grange to form a State
Grange, tin representatives of all live
Granges have been roqiuited to no r!
in Cohmbir on "Wednesday at 12 m.,
Feb. to or? ani/.e tie State Grange.
Daughters of the <'oulVclerney.
The fi1y .lev meeting of the I'mted
I height iT-> oi the Confederacy wnu
h< lu at the r >hiiis of Cuiup Hampton
ut ( itluiiiinn. rime weretliirty Itnlh a
jiicf ii? \ho ?ignetl tin1 application lor
tin barter. thisiticKS of a varied character
was diM-nsscd, and a conatitiMi??n
adopted. A hoard of directors was up*
} ?iutI ami their names will he anii'.iii;
(1 latt< r. Miss Kllen Klmore
was unanimously eh cted as librarian or
tin *hu|itc>r. i he days for regular
iu> t \\i r. li\ed ami I lie 2<lth ol
I >< < ? in la r. tin- anniversary <> 1" the
: l i-f-sion of Si.:,tli < arolina, was nj>jioiiit
il as t 1. day for the annual
meeting. an ! t;; I 'tli of lanuary, the
miniv? isary of (hm Lee's birthday,
wn* p it i.si<|? , as a literary meeting,
win others than members will ho
weli'oin I.
A Loss to IIIs State.
Asbby Stark' Kar'ow, a prominent
mil |io)i:i! y<. itjfv i H'inher of tint
( h r!' -t !i h.jr, iiie.1 in his Iuhiio in
that i My. 5fr. I'nriow was horn it:
Alherra .! county, Va.. ->.5 years ago
ami . i ii'fi in I-.v. at. the I niV'-vsity
??| \ ut iiiia in iJ~i>. ||e was associat<
with, 'in law In ta of Murphy, Farrow
Lnpnrc. [1 haves a yolllijj
Viiilcm ami e;:v hild.
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