The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1865-01-17

the various tax collector Of this State for
the year commencing on the first day Of
October, on. thousand eight hundr, ana
sixty-four, shnll be at the tate Of thirty per
centum Of the commissions now allowed
them by law, except such districts and par
lectur will receive less than eight hundred
d"iiars per amman
SEC 8. The tax collectors in the several
districts aud parishes in hi, State, in ;hrir
return, hereafter 20 be made, are hereby re
quired and erjoined to state the rr-cise
amounts Of taxes collected by thch, Tor sup
porting the police Of the said several di.
ric,s and parishes aforesaid, stating the
rates per centum on The amounts OF the
State tax collected for said district and
parish pole. purposes. and the total amount
OF commissions received by euch and every
Of such ax'colIectors, aud the rate per cen.
tnn OF his commissI"ns, ard the Comp.
roller General shall return the same ID has
report.
SEc 4. Free negroes. mulatioes, and
mestizoss are i,rreO' requires to-make their
returns and pay their taxes during the
month OF April; and the Tax Collector Of
s.. Phillip and 81. Michael is allowed until
the month Of June TO receive the taxes of
White persons.
SEC 5 Tue lots aud houses on Sullivnn's
Island shall be freed from taxation during
the existing war between the Contedr,ale
aud the U'dred S,a,-- of America, the same
being used by the troops of the eonfrder
ate States. or by the wuIks for defence
SEC 6 That the tax collectors be au
thorizrd TO extend the time for the receipt,
and also foe the payrhent. hereof into tn.
Treasury Of iris State, for n period Of thir
ty days beyond the periods therefor hither.
to fixed BY law.
SEC. Z. That the tax collectors whose
commissions were paid in the old issue OF
Confederate treasury notes after the first OF
April. one thousand eight hundred and sIx.
ty four, are hereby declared to be enti;l,
TO payment out.oi the Treasury for the oxs
sustni''ed by them by reason of the Tux OF
thirty three and one thiid per cent. levied
on the said notes by sihe Confederate Gov
ornment; aud The Comptroller. General i,
hereby ""'hu'Zru 10 drnw Upon the Treas
urS in favor of the said tax collectors for
the "moun, due t. them respectively unde,
! tins PROVISION.
SEC Thattsc State Auditor shall pre-
pare and present f"r N, justu,ent and s.ltl.
! m-nt all claims oiIhis State against th,
Confederate States, and all other claim, o.
the State arising out Of the eaIsung war
or which may be referred 10 him by Ia,
| Governor, and shall receive all mou-ys ,h.
may be acknowledged aud paid by ,u e sal,
Go'ernme"t Of The Confederate States, q,
by other parties on account oi the saic
claims, and DEF osiI tie moneys 80 received
IN ihesIrrnsary OF the State, toseIhrr viii
particular "eeo"n, thereof, and make
report thereon 10 tho Legislature at th,
reguInr session next succeeding the date o
toe said settlement.
SIC g. That in order 10 relieve the bur
den of taxation, the net profits OF the BanI
Of the State TOR th- .st fiscal Year, amount
ing % Eight hundred and eighty .Ihres thou
sand and hIty n'e dollars. aud seventy 81,
cents, be used tow ard the payment ol IN,
appropriations made oy thi, General Assem-
biy nj its present session, and that a sutfi
cieht amount of railroad. stocks now hcl,
by the State, 10 be selected by the Pr.si
dent OF The Bank. be, and the same is here
by, Pledgedieihe Bank, at the present val
ue OF the said stocks, as n security for III,
profits 50 used.
sEo. 10 That the rrssiden, Of the Banl
OF the State and the Comptroller Generu
be, and they are hereby, authorized TO rats,
temporarily, and Ia such manner vs. the,
may DEEM proper (othor than by The issu.
of Stale bOnd-.) any amount that may b.
required I" meet the demands upon tn.
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