Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-01-04

OF 6slm nl5SlOnefS Suali prepaie ouo 1oA "1Ae
a special return to the State Auditor, on or
before the first day of March next, setting
forth the names and number of persons with
in their respective districts or parishes 10 be
provided for, and what amount OF produce OF
each kind they have received or are entitled
to; and it shall be the duty Of the Auditor, on
receipt ofsaid returns, to mako a tabular
statement showing the number to be provided
form each district, the amount received by
each Board, and the distriGutiye share to
which the total quantity Of grain and osasr
su,plies will entitle each Individual to he
provided for as aforesaid; and the Auditor is
hereby authorized to issue requisitions upon
those Boards having an excess over the aver
age supplysaRd in favor sf those BeAsd'
whose supply is deficient. Azd the ASditor
i; hereby adthxiass and directed to have the
o1cess transported to tho respective ea'trlcts,
and to obtain sach assistance in said trans-
portationas may be nscassary-the expense
of such transportation to be paid out OF the
communication fund and the moneys approprl-
atsd under this Act; and the Auditor is here.
by authorizedsto retain, in aay divlsion'o
the said funds an amount sufaci. ns to dexay
said costs, and only oemake q final division
oftho whole amount sfter auch transporta-
ton has been effected: Pradded, nerer'AeIess,
That no excess sAall DO drawn from any als'
trict which shall not have the amount Of i've
bushels of grain for the.whole year for socn
Individual thus assisted: And PROVIDED, yuT-
Mer, That when the amount of five bushels
of grain for each individual assisted isnelther
furnished to the Board from tke election dis:
Eiet itself, nor from the excess drawn IRON
other districts, the Board of such election
districts is authorized to purchase such, "a
amount of grain as shall mako up the dsh'
cheney, so as to give to the Board five bush
els for each person under its charge; and the
amount thus expended in such purchase shall,
upon the order Of the Chairman of the Beard
upon the State Auditor, be refunded from the
money appropriated under this Ect, and from
ths funds which may be received for commu-.
tatisn.: Prsoiaed, 'lecertheless, That tits here
by enhined upon the respective Boards that
such dsSGienci@ be supplied OF the cheapest
rates pesxYsle; and for this purpose they are
horebY. snsSoIsed, if. it shah appssr best, to
make such purssaser through tGo Copmissa-
ry department of he State. After so. muckof
the funds appropriate OF obtained under this
Act shall have been soS1pendad as 70 sSeare
to the Bossfs Eve buSheM Of corn for each
individual unde their change, the balance
of the funds shall be distributed, SIS soon as
psacticsbfS. to the respective Bo :ds, upon
the order Of the Chairman'of aach vpsn the
gtate Audftor-said distribution to be made
to the Boards in proportion to the number
of Individuals urder the charge Of each Bosrd
on the hrst day OF. Februsry, one Thousand
eight hundred and sixty FIVE: Proviaes, That
if sny of the Boards shsll fail to reader to
the State Auditor the statcRen of the num-
bar of their benefciaries bsfors ths FIRST day
of March next, the Auditor shall take tho
last statement received by him from the said
Board of the number Of persons under its
charge as the-baEis upan which he shall pro-
cecd to make the distribution: And PROVIDED,
further, That the provisions of this Act, as to
the syment of oxcass by the several Boards,
shall have bsen complied with.
SEC. 8. This tax IN kind Levied upon the
various manufactured articles in the first sec
tion Of this Act, and embracing al the art:-
cles named except rice, corn, heat, and
s7rup, shall be divided out in kiiid, 70 far as
practicable. The Board of each district
shall be entitled to receive as many packages
or pounds, or other measures, aS shall be
.oual to tho number Of individuals unaer its
care, or any multiple or proportion of such
number, whenever the articles thus msnulac-
tured in the State will allow Of this vision,
and shall be required TO use every practica-
BILE means OF distributing these articles in
kind, if they be needed. Wherever; upon
such division, any surplus remains, or where
the article manufactured is, in the opinion Of
the Board and o. tsr etate Auditor, incapa-
BILE CT distribution, IL shall be lawful Tor Ae
Board which collected the sancT- with the
advice and consent Of the said State Auditor,
TO sell at. auction the manufactured articles
at tims and place to be mutually fixed by
tho Board and the Auditor, or, in the event
Of disagreement, by the Governor of the State,
and the proceeds of tie sales thus made sk:ll
be received by the State Auditor and aistribu
ted to the respective Boards, in like manner
and sccordips to the same provisions With
tie ether moneys appropriated CIR collected
under this act.
SEC. 9. Tie Boards prSviaed for By this
Act shall hs known as the Soldiers Eeaeas
of Relief. The term year, ss used in this
Act, il not the fiscal year of the State, be-
ginning OQlODcT hlsI 1us CA0biC NoP'e-ASO
thirtielh, but the calendar year, beginning
With the 6rst day OF January and ending
with the thirty FIRST day of Dessmber.
SEs. TO- That the Com:nissary General OF
the State is authorised TO render such asss-
lance to the State Auditor, in the discharge
of the duties imposed upon the latter officer
by this Act, as may be requiate, and not in,
consistent with the regular duties of the de
fpsrtmeat cf the cemmssary General.
Ssc. IL. No Board skall bo entitled e
draw any portion Of the Communication fana
or the money appropriated by this Act, until
it shall have paid over to those Boards % .s5, en-
titled to receive it, aRy excess wl1e1 1t may
owe for the year one Thousand eight hundred
and si1ty-fvc, according to the distribution
to be made by the Auditor from tue rehprn'
to be made to him on the first Of March next
and the cxcess Of the tex in kind upon grali
ami manufactured articles sT the relief
soldiers families in this State, for the -yea1
one thousand eight hunded and sixty,iour
now remaining in tile hands of any oil the