The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1865-11-17
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THE sUBJEcT ofr36dlt8st igehefai" interest to
n ss!l ''s gsssnef. of
direct xes.t che: General GoTernnent..TA This
rsquisi @ mae ii @ o.
surprise upon our -peopie.1a.Ta Taidy haa aIi6tbeen
accustdmg3S 80 pay ant taxes to Ihe Govern
meht;' Shey eyMarsst1 1lass prepared tn expect
q direct TAX oni .iand5 w heHrahe act was
passed there WAS hb aaccess is tho proceedings
ong5sfs sRRS asRRS whsp. thsrefdle: :ap she close
oftho war, and the resumption q. .intssrsQursej
Wiz ta1, but Interest & Isl pIr pr oeAa thydfe6n,
for three years there was ssrs, surprise; and il
were, perhaps, het ttoo&uohatS sAyg that it was
not agfseab1e. .'+a'ii;'zli' ts'--4 t411 II
It Wig asS,ttsptsaS however, as gaaaesessary
incident Of eurgoadition. Our citizeaa were
sadly Nithpyt money, and are 30 eSys But the
CornfaSsio was; was courteous aid :obhsiderate-
the case was vital Seine, at painful sacrifi-
LIB, fsissd te funds; s6i1, III nSg fipbssibie
ooal a gplia A. fact
the Commission did mot ag it.was, anth6rizef
to de- proceed and SELL but closed their ioice,
and suspended operations I'd the present .ilne
That was an actef inconvenience " some.:
Many residents. offSheaity who had failed, up
ths # time at Office closed, to get the
money, sfsy soon afsssEit many away, from the
perfect suspension af:htercourse with the
country, soon after returned, and they find it
hard ito be charged with the ten per tent.
interest which was-not paid at the opening of
the office. But; dhquestionably, much good
fesdltedt from ths ast IMuch .of f6eg f1ai es-
tate of the city must certainly have been sold,
and as there were ND funds among our people,
it must have been sold to persons abroad at
justths priOa they mn ght hayehad the charity I
toy I'll
The!proyiisions q: the :aes underiwahich these
taxes ARE pplfaVtsa are: not now, perhaps, gen.
eratlg .msferstoQd =: act was passed in Ap-,
gust 1861, imposing a direettax of S2O, ,OOO, 900
on the landea-ppopetiy Of th6 Udfoni, of which
the portion falling to Southr Gaseliaar was
$36S,QoQ..- This was,not colbected, of courses.
butt itate the process. another act was
passed, in the June fo1l9TTipig, to to the effect
that this tax. SHOULD be o lien, on the lands of
the State, and that as last DIS the tefritJry of
any State in insusreeibn sh6ulds aome within
the military QasdpatiQn. Of the rGoYeFnp1ean}},i
s8rtpi bs ssi onsfs appoibted fosa thas purpose,
shouldprocsed to:aolfsct thaas fxS ha an,.e that
end should taks the
's6ey d snl.;'l iinath s!sts H assessments
q !s end fSs@a SPeh RisGs ssaa Sf gsegOry COLI
fallrta stffoa' ii tlili SSsa a H. afni to
the xh9le value .a lsRas' " " tisssa W and in
aaddl tl9nIa peHs!ty ef eentlso6 said tax
The owners properly sty ssst days
from The at1aa the tax was wass'qssssE BY ss;
Psyag IL ths 4 RfS sae xsss.
to fdyeFtIso' and seff, torFtIho Eax, penalty and
costs, with ten. per cent. par annum paid on
said a and That ahouBH not be ofessas, f;s
to gsslke..hs.preRs - Governns1tga
for such further sposition as it might see
PROPER to make eRait. ns;stime. Apweveff,.
.9sa 9hsfars actgal sa the owner mi ght redeem,
upon payment &ae charges;S r and, aad after sale.
within sixty days. upon the payment of prin-
oipels penalty apd tntnFssl thereon, from the
rdste Ati s4hE PEsaidenRs PFRellemation, at the,
rate' OF hfteenapeEEent per annum, and ex.
paH4stt .Ih~ aE ErcE serssycu z1ct> a,s-
such are thepfineipal pFovisfon4 10 Gi rahd, ne:
eessary, they YET bsaari wi 4aaaSiSarty upon
gepsf eitizenaE;g1b but with more, of course, upon
~atss biarhM in Dssssl sr 1861, and this satl d Ill
as5fihed iia,sEaguss,y 1861, was mot not
adIElEusliaamum lands k5h III 8 1852, and
aapdnstiisgs al sli5e est;n,uta,,s
III IL t9aaoEkh sf falI5 tbs 'hIrns 1