The tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1865-1865, 1865-01-02
JAMES TUPPER,
Auditor of South Carolina.

:: Auditor of South Carolina:
AN ACT TO rRov1pE FOR THE RELIEF OF TIE
FAMILIES OF THE SOLDIERS; SAILORS, AND MA
RINEs IN THE SERVICE OF THIS STATE OR THE
CONFEDERATE, STATES
SEcrIoN L. Be il enacted by the Ss' ate and
,Housc Of Representatives., 'soao met amt $'tfa@e
in General Assembly ocad By the authority q
the sane, Tnat,a tax in kind Of three per cent
on the gross amount Of sll rice, c rn, wheat
, and syrup made offs rghum or other cane pro
duacd in the, year OF our Lori one thousand
-eiylit hundred andsixty, four, shall be paid bg
the producer in every district or parish in this
State ,Proviiea, Tbatho tax be levied on corn
wher. the gross amount of corn produced does
not excce / one hundred bushels, or on syrup
where the amount of syrup does not exceed
5 fif1y gallons, OF ON wheat where the amount
does not exceed twenty bushels, or on rice
where tile amount docs not exceed. fifty brsh:
els Of rough rice !: And provieled, also, That
the producer OF wheat shall have leave to sub
stitute forty pounds of flour in place of each
bushel of. wheat ;Sand that a Ike tax of three
per cent. slal be paid blythe owners of all toll
ETai,7 rrr,isT un -a1i ron CUcctcd tturin the
year one thousand eight hundred and sixty
four and that like tax inf kind Of three per
cent. shall be paid ty the manufacturer upon
2thc gross amount Of alt: cotton aid ,woofef'
goods, including yarns, ahdnpon aIlt iron, and
npcafshails ana Other iron wares, cotton and
wool cards, bats caps paper: stoneware and
pottery, leather, sfuces and Boots SAT- and cop
pcras, spiritunqs liquors, tcrebenc oil, and tur-
pentine, manufactured within this State during
the year one thousand eight hundred and six
ty four, except such as may have been made
for bis or her own use, and not for sale Or. bar
ter: Prouided, That upon. all articles made
tor the State Of South Carolina or for the Con-
federate States of America the tax shall he
three per cent. in money upon the amount r.: r.,
ceived from the State or the Confederate States
for such manufacturers. -.
SEC. Q. That there shall be annually ap-
pointed by the General assembly, upon the
nomination Of Che delegation in both Houses
from each election district in this State, a
Board, to consist of not less than three nor
more than twenty four members, who shall be
sboHHc the age of forty five, or exempted from
Confederate militia service. The said Boards
Shall divide their respective districts or parish
es. into sections equal to their own number, As
signing rne ,neniher of the Board to each oil
,fhe:e SECTIONS The SAID Boards shall be and
are hereby authoriz d to fill all vacancic, in
their own number arising from any cause; they
shall meet upon the call of their Chairman, as
well as B., their own resolution. and a MAORI
,ssstsspf each Board shall constitute a quorum.
>tEey shall receive blanks from the office Of tie
State Auditor, npun which they shall make
Quarterly returns to the State Auditor Of all
their transactions; and shall also furnish an an.
nua areport to the State. Auditor by the first
day Of Novembrr, one. Thousand cigh hundred
and sixty FIVE. The said Boards shal! each ap.
pint Secretary. and Treasurer from their own
body or otherwise, who shall be above the age
Of forty-fve years, OF exempted fretn Confsder-
ate military service, who shall keep record Of
all transactions and be responsible to the Board
and shall give bond for tho faithfully pcrfor-
nance Of the duties of his Office, payable to
the State, lrs such sum and with such sureties
US the Board may directt He shall receive as
compensation for his services, one per cent
on the amount Of money passing through his
hands. The members OF these Boards, with
shep respective Treasurers, shall not be liable
to do militia duty ontside Of the Judicial Dis
srict within whic they reside.
SEC: 8. That fortlie purpose of, asccrtaining
and collecting the tax in kind on rice, corn,
wheat, and syrup levied by this Act, the above
mentioned Boards shall adopt, as the basis upon
which they are to assess said tax, the amount
of the product of each producer, as returned to
the Confederate assessor for the year one thou.
sand eight hundred, aud sixty.four, as the tax
in kind of the Confederate Government, adding