Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1865-01-04

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE RELIEF OF
THE FAMILIES OF THE SOLDIERS, SAIL
OBS, AND MARINES IN THE. SERVICE
OF THIS STATE Or THE CONFEDERATE
STATES. sz s. -... ... a.
Sec. /. BE It enacted by the Senate ana
House of Representatives, mo,o met ana
sitting in General assembly, and By tht
authority o ofthe same, Thas.a tax in KIND
of three per cent. on the gross amount o.
all rice, corn, wheat, and syrup made Of
sorghum or other cane, produced in. the
year Of our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and sixty four, shall be paid by the
producer in every district or parish in this
State Prouidsd, that no tax be levied on
cosn, where the gross amount Of corn pro
dnced does not exceed one hundred bushels,
or on syrup whore the amount Of syrup does
not exceed fifty gallons, or on wheat where
the smonnt does not exceed twenty bushels,
or on rice where the amount does not ex-
cesd fifty bushels of rough rice, And pro-
vidsd,r also, That the producer of wheat
shall have leave to substitute forty pounds
Of -four in place of each bushel of wheat /;
and that like tax of three per cent shall
be paid by the owners of all toll grain mills
onall toll collected during the year one
thousand eight hundred and sixty four
and that like tax in kind of three pei
cont. shall be paid by the manufacturer
upon the gross amount of all cotton and
WOODEN goods, including yarns, and upon
all iron, and, upon nails and other iron
wares, cotton and wool cards, hats, caps
paper, stoneware andpostsry, leather, shoes
and boots, salt and copperas, spurious liqu'
ors, terebene oil, and turpentine, manufac'
tured in this State during the year one
thousand eight hundred and sixty four, ex
cept such as may have been made for hi
or her own use; and not for sale or barter
Provided, That upon articles made for the
State of South Carolina or for the Confeder
ate States of America the tax shall be three
per cent. in money upon the amount re-
oeiVed from the State or the Confederate
States for such manufactures.
SEQ. 2. That there shall be annually ap
pointed by the General Assembly, upon the
nomination of the delegation in both Houses
from each election district in this State, 1
Board, to consist of not less than three no
more than twenty four members, who shal
be above the age of forty FIVE, or exempted
from Confederate military service. Th'
said Boards shall divide their respective
districts or parishes into sections equal t
their own number, assigning one member
of the Board to each Of these sections
The said Boards shall be and are hereb,
authorized to fill all vacancies in their Owl
number arising from any cause they shal
meet upon the call of their Chairman, a
we'll as BY their own resolution, aud ma
jority Of each Board shall constitute a quo
rum. They shall receive blanks from tn
Office of the State Auditor, upon which the,
shall make quarterly returns to the Stat
Auditor of all their transactions, and shal
also furnish an annual report to the Stat
Auditor BY the first day of November, on
thousand eight hundred and sixty five
The said Boards shall each appoint Sec
retary and Treasurer from their own bod
or otherwise, who shall be above the age o
forty five years, or exempted from Confeder
ate military service, who shall keep q rec
ord of all transactions and be responsible