Excerpt from Report of the Joint Investigation Committee on Public Frauds and Election of Hon. J. J. Patterson to the United States Senate, Made to the General Assembly of South Carolina: At the Regular Session 1877-78 The Joint Committee appointed under a concurrent resolution of the General Assembly at the special session of 1877 to ascertain whether any improper or illegal use has been made of the public funds or credit of the State beg leave to report upon such special subjects of investi gation as they deem complete, and to make supplementary reports, from time to time, upon the residue of the matters before them until the en. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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