The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-01-02

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another, all final process fromthat Court
taking care, however, to preserve the
priority of liens by attachment or ex.
ecution, whatever Court the process
may come from.
XXVIII. All fines, penalties, forfei.
lures and o;her moneys belonging to the
District Court Fund, which the Sheriff
may collect nnder orders, sentences or
process of the District Court and all
such moneys as may he turned over to
him by any other. officer, the Sheriff
shall hold under TIL" dra't of the District
Judge. Aids paid Tor licenses, and
such aids. for approval Of contracts and
instruments OF apprenticeship, and such
fees for reports upon appeals from the
District Judge, as the Judge may direct
the Clerk to receive, and the Clerk NAV
receive, and all other moneys Belonging
to the District Court. Fund, whether col
lected first by the Clerk or turned over
to him by some oIher officer who had
collected them, which may come to the
hands of the Clerk, the Clerk shall hold,
under the security Of his official bond,
until they shall be paid under the order
or draft OF The District Judge. Each
Magistrate shall, at least once in every
three months, report and pay to the
Chairman of the Board of Relief of
Indigent Peasons of Color, the moneys
rec' ived by him from aids, taxes, fines
and penalties, and all other moneys be.
longing to the District Court. Fund,
which have come to his hands. On the
fist day ofeach quarterly sitting of the
DISTRICT Court, the Sheriff. the Clerk,
each Magistrate of the District, the
Chairman Of the Board aforesaid, the
Superintendents Of Convicts, and every
person (besides Constable, who mnst
make returns to a Magistrate whoimay
have had charge Of convicts or received
wages or other moneys which belong to
I lie District Court Fund, shall each make
to the Court full and minute report Of
his receipts, disbursements and pay.
ments, showing the items on each side
of the account, and the exact balance in
his hands, accompanied by an estimate
of the probable receipts and require
ments in his department for the next
quarter The report of the Chairman
aforesaid, shall specially set forth all
known dclinquencies of Magistrates in
reporting, paying or discharging other
dnty with the names Of the dclinquents.
The District Judge shall examine all
of these reports carefully; and take the
most prompt and energetic means TO
prevent and correct defalcations and
omissions. Having asccrtained the
amount of the District Fund which is on
hand including what he himself may
have, he shall, by orders entered on the
Journal Of his Court, direct payments
to be made By the officers respectively,
in such sums as he may designate, to
the following pnposes, namely: |. The
annual additional compensation of the
In1ge, of which one fourth shall he Ia.
ken each quarter. 2. Jurors certi6
Gates. 8. Expenses Of the Court. in.
cludingfrcs payable out Of the District
Court Fund. q. Pay Of Snperintend.
ant aud other expenses Of contracts.
5. Balance TO bf paid to the Chairman
of the Board of Relief of INDECENT Per.
sons Of color, for the uses of that Board
For their services III respect to the col.
lection and disbursement Of the District
Court Fund, the several officers shall,
in the settlement Of their accounts, bt
allowed commissions as follows: The
Sheriff and Magistrate Snail each have.
FIVE per centum upon all snms collected
by him. to be in addition to commits
sions, which, with other fees, Sheriff
or Constable may exact from persons
against whom he executes process and
! the Sheriff and Magistrate shall each ,be
further allowed two and.a.half per cen.
Ntutn upon the proper disbursement made
by him. The Clerk, Superintendent Of
Convicts, Jailor and other persons who
may have had supervision OF convlcts,
or received wages belonging to the Dis.
'trict Court Fund, shall each have two.
and.a.half per centum upon ali sums col
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