Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-01-09

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shall be paid to the tax,collcctor for the tax
district in which said property is located.
Ill. In making assessments for taxes on
the value oftaxable property used in manu-
featuring or for railroad purposes, within
this State, the value of the machinery USED
| therein shall not be included, but only the
value of the lots and buildings, as property
merely.
| w. That the Tax Collectors in the sew
eral districts and parishes in this State, in
their returns hereafter to he made, be and
they arc hereby required and cnjoincd, to
state the precise amount of taxes collected
by them for the purpose of supporting the
police of the said several districts and par
ishes aforesaid, stating the rates per ccntum
on the amounts of the State tax collected
for said district and parish police purposes;
and the Comptroller General shall return
the same in his report.
v. That free negroes, mulattoes and
mestmoes, be and they are hereby required,
to make their returns aud pay their taxes,
during the month of March
vi. That the lots and houses on Sulli-
| vans Island shall be returned to the Tax
Collector of the tax district in which they
are situate, in the same manner as other
| town lots and houses, and shall be liable to
the same rates of taxation.
VII, The Conn trollcr General is direct
ed to cause certificates for six per cent
stock, to be issued in the usual form, to the
Blue Ridge Railroad Company, and to the
Bank of the State, in substitution for any
OF, the Bonds of the State which have been
! heretofore issued. and payable at the Same
! time, whenever the said Bonds shall be de-
| liyered up and cancelled; and separate
account shall be kept of all the Bonds and
Stock issued for account of the erection of
the Capitol, and for account of the
| Blue Ridge Railroad company, and the in
tercst upon the Bonds and Stock issued to
the Railroad company shall be paid by the
Bank in the same manner as the interest
upon other public debts; and the interest
upon the Bonds and Stock, issued for the
erection Of the Capitol shall be paid at tho
| treasury.
An Act to establish a Normal School in
this State.
HeredS, 1t is necessary to any system
of public education that provision should
be made for the training of teachcrs in Nor
| nal Schools; and, whereas, it is desirable
to establish such schools in different parts
of the State; and, whereas, the Commis-
| sionefs of Free Schools of the parishes of
ST Phillip and ST. Michael have offered to
! conduct sucha School if the State will au-
thorisc and assist the same.
! i. BE fthereforc enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives, now met
and sitting in General Assembly, and by
| the authority of the same, That the Com
missioncrs of Free Schools for the parishes
of st. Philip and st. Michael are author
| iscd to establish aud conduct Normal
School for the training of female teachers
| for the State at large, in connection with
Female High School for the said parishes,
and for that purpose to erect and furnish
a suitable building; and that whenever ten
! thousand dollars shall have been subscribed
| by the citizens of the said parishes for the
erection nand furnishing of the said building
the State will subscribe an equal amount
and will pay the same in PORTIONS equal to
the portions paid by the said citizens.
| Ill. The State will also contribute annu-
allyygfor five, years, the sum of five thousand
dollars, for the support of the said school /;
froyicted, That at least an equal amount
shall also be contributed by the Inhabitants
,of the said parishes annually for the same
purpose, either by assessmentor contribu-
| zion. sssH 6~ ss.s ..ss
III The said Commissioners shall re-
eciye into the said school, free of any charge
for tuition, female pupils fipn every part
Of the State, not exceeding fifteen to each
Congressional District, for the purpose of
being trained as teachers; FsoUidet3, That
such applicants shall have the qualifaca-
tions, and shall stand the examinations re-
quired of other,applicaats of equal grade.
w. The said Commissioners shall have
power to conduct the said School, and TO
make regulations for its government
-as they may deoin best suited to its benefi-
Ecinl operation ,and. shall reportits condition
and expenses annually, with theirusuol re-
port, to the General, Assembly.
LATEST FROM THE SEMINOLE WAR. -
The Tampa Peninsular of the 10Th, CON
tains parti0ulars of another engagement be-
tween the Indians and q detachment of
[ lYolunteers under Ehpt Stephens, In which
i've warriors were siaas,, with loss of but
one man Of Capt, s., s command. The fight
occurred ut an Indian town about thirty
miles from Camp Rogers, on the 3D. inst.
| Nc withstanding the reports of tho extreme
llyreduced numbersof the Seminoles. Capt
! Stephens is Of the opinion that there are
still fye hundred warriors left, and that
they can collect a force of two hundred ia
twelve hours notice.
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