Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1845-10-08

An ACT 10 make further pro5ision for the secu
riiy Of Public Moneys, under the control ol
the different Boards Of Commissioners in Me
State.
l. Be IL enacted, by the Senate and House ui
Representatives, now met and sitting in Gene-
raj Assembly, That each Boord Of fCommssion
ers of Public Buildings, of the Poor, aud oi
Roads, Bridges and Ferries, shall appoint u
Treasurer, who shall hold his office during the
pleasure Of the Board, and shall receive. keep
and disburse, under the direction OF the Board,
all moneys under lis control. and account in
such manner and al such time as the Board
may direct; such Treasurer, before entering
upon his duties, shall, when such Boards deen
it xpedient, give bond, with sufficient surelles,
10 be approved by the Bourd, for the faithful
performance uf The duties of his Office.
2. Each Board of Commissioners shall re.
port. in writing, 10 the presiding Judge OF the
Counof Common Pleas oflne District IN which
such Board exists, on the first day Of each Fall
term, all transactions connected with its admin
istraton. The SAID Report shall be accom-
panied with an exact account ot all moneys as.
ss-.,ss-. 10 e.t,
and all disbursements madei aud IN the ACCOUNT
of the Commissioners of the Poor, shall be
specified the names in full oi all persons who
may, from term IL term. have received any
support whateverfrDm the funds under control
OF the said Board. And the said presiding
Judge shall cause said Reports 10 be read III
open Court, by the Clerk, on the first day Ol
the term, and to be filed in the Clerks Office
3. The said Boards Of Commissioners. res
pectvely, shuIl cause the several Reports made
by them, respectively, to be printed and pub
lished in the nearest newspaper, any be
printed in the District, Immediately after the
adjournment ol such Court; and il there be 10
newspaper, then to ufix one copy Of the said
Report to the Count House door aud three
copies atlhree other conspicuous places within
the District or Parrish as the case may be.
a. In case any one of the said Boards Of
Commissioners shall neg ect or refuse TO make
said Report or publication, such Board neg lect-
ing or refusing shall forfeit and pay the sum of
fifty dollars, 10 be recovered by action OF debt,
in any Court ofcempetent jurisdiction; and it
shall be The duty of the Solicitor OF the Circuit
or Attorney General, as the case may be-, and
he is hereby required, to bring said action Tor
the recovery of said penalty
5. That SO much ol the Act Of Assembly rat
flied OH the nineteenth day of December, enti-
tied an act supplementary to an act entitled an
act 10 give the Commissioners Of the Poor Tor
the several Districts and Parishes in this Slute.
The power to purchase lands and build Poor
Houses thereon, Tor the supper, aud mainten.
ance Of the ponr Of said Districts and Parishes,
passed on the sixteenth day Of December. 1924,
as requires the said Commissioners of the Poor
10 make annual returns to the Comptroller
General, Of the amount OF moneys received and
expended. with the names of the persons re-
lleveda and supported, and also the twentieth
section Of the act to establish certain Rouds,
Bridges aud Ferries, and for other purposes,
ratified the twentieth day Of December, in the
year OF our Lord one thousand eight hundred
ahdforty-two, be and they are hereby repealed.
In the Senate House, the eighteenth day OF
December, in the year of our Lord one thou
sand eight hundred and forty.four, and IN the
sixty. ninth year of the Sovereignty and lnde.
pendence Of the United States Of America.
ANGUS PATTERSON,
President Of ihe Senate.
w.. COLCOCK,
Speaker Of the House of Reps.