Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-01-12

oaeSo. Tios palo TOT licenses, and such
aids tor approval of contracts and instru-
ments 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 may receive, and
all other monies belonging to the District
Court Fund. whether collected first by the
Clerk, or turned over to him by some other
oihcer who had collected them, which NAV
come to the hands of the Clerk, the Clerk
shall hold, under tue security Of his official
bond, until they shall he paid under the
order or draft Of the District Judgo. Each
Mag strate shall, at least once in every
three months, report and pay to the Chair.
man OF the Board of Relief Of Indigent
Persons Of Color, the monies received by
HIM from aids, taxes, fines and penalties,
and all other monies belonging to the Dis
trict Court Fund, which have come to hi,
hands. On the first day of each quarterly
-itt'ng OF the District C,urt, the Sheriff.
the Clerk, en- III Magistrate of the District.
th'' Chairman of the Board aforesaid. the
Superintendents of Convic,s. and every
person (besides a Constable, who must
make returns to Magistrate.) who NAV
have had charge Of convicts or received
wages or other monies which belong to the
District Court Fund, shall each make to
the Court full and minute report Of his
receipts, disbursements and payments, show
ing the items on zach side Of the account.
and the exact balance in his hands, accom- .
panied by an estimate OF the probable re-
celp's and requirements in his department
ior the next quarter. The report of the
Chairman asoresaid shall specially set forth
all known delnquencies of Magistrates iu
reporting, paying or discharging other duty,
with the names f the dclinquents. Tho
District Judge shall examine all of these
reports carefully. and take the most prompt
and energetic means to prevent and correct
all detalcations and omissions. Having
ascortaincd the amount Of the District Fund
which is on hand. including what he him
self may have, he shall. by orders entered
o" the Journal of his Court, direct pay
ments to be made by the officers respect-
!!Vely, IN such sums rs he may designate,
to the following purposes, nameIy:- i. The
annual additional compensation of the
Judge. Of which one-fourth shall be taken
each quarter. 2. Jurors certificates. 8.
EXPENSE of the Court, including fees nav.
able out Of tic District Cou,t Fund. 4. Paw
of Superintendent aud other expenses of
contracts. g. Balance to be paid to the
Chairman Of the Board of Relief of Indi.
gent Persons of Color, for the uses of that
Board. For their services in respect to tho
collection and disbursement of the District
Court Fund, the several officers shall, in the
settlement Of their accounts, be allowed
commissions as follows: The Sheriff and
Magistrate shall each have FIVE per centuu
upon all sums collected by him, to be in
addition to commissions, which, with other
fees, Sheriff or Constable may exact from
persons against whom lie executes process
and the Sheriff and Magistrate shall eacl,
be further allowed two and half per cen,um
upon the proper disbursement lnade by
him. The Clerk, Superintendent of Con-
victs. Jailor nnd other persons who NAV
have had supervision Of convicts, or received
wages belonging to the District Cour. Fund.
shall each have two and half per centum
upon all sums collected by him, and two
and a half per centum upon all sums dis.
bursed by him. To no case shall sums col.
lected be understood to include sums re-
ceived from some other of the officers who
are required 20 make reports as hereinbe
fore required, nor disburserne ents to include
sums turned over to another of those off,
Gers. 1t shall be the duty of the District
Judge to guard the fund agninst duplicated
commissions. as well rs against other i'm
proper charges. Tie Chairman Of the
Board Of Relief of INDECENT Persons of
Color shall be allowed commissions upon
his own collections and disbursement as
another Magistrate is, and in addition shall,
for ench semi.annual report to his Board,
and each quarterly report to the Court, be
allowed, ont Of the District Court Fund, n
aum not less than five dollars, nor more
than twenty dollars, which the District
Judge shall fix according to the quantity
Of business done by him, and the manner
in which j, was done. The CIerh shall,
under the supervision of the Judge Of the
District Court, annually, at some early day,
between the quarterly sitting of the Court,
which. next precedes the regular session Of
the General Assembly, and that regular
session prepare and transmit to the Treas
urer n report from his District Court, Issued
by the CLERK and certified by the Judge.
This report shall contain condensed stale.
ment compiled from the reports which are
made to the Court, and from the Journals
of the Court, showing, for the year pre-
ceding the whole sum which went into the
District Court Fund, how much from each
source the commissions for collection, the
whole disbnrsements, and how much for
each general purpose, the commission upon
disbursements, other expenses, the balance
on band, aud tho liabilities unpaid. The
Treasurer shall agefsgale the reports Of the
Clerks so as to show results fer the Whole
State, and shall lay before the General As.
sembly q tabular statement of these agere.
gates, together with the reports Of the