Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-01-19

| notice when reports from occupants as
aforesaid arc required to require such re-
ports within month before each regular
meeting OF the Board of Relief Of Indi
gent Persons Of Color and whensoever
else the said Board may direct; TO examine
such reports when made to him {; from
! them and other information, to ascertain
the correctness Of the facts. therein stated;
to enforce, ms far rs. possible, the obligations
Of persons bound, as before provided, to
contribute to the support Of poor relations,
and TO make reports to the Board aforesaid
rs hereinafter directed, and to the District
Cour, as is required by the ''Aet to estab.
lish District Courts"
&c. Every Magistrate shall, besides the
quarterly reports which he is required to
make to the District Court, make, on the
Monday next preceding the first Monday
Of February and August, every year, a
semi-ann,al report to the Chairman of the
Board aforesaid; which report shall clearly
exhibit, for the time since his last preceding
semi annual report, all his receipts, all his
pay men's, all his commissions, the condi.
ton OF the coIorcd population within his
precinct the name, sex, age occunation
and particular disability Of cyerv person of
color in that population who reouircs as
distance from the public; the sum which, in
h's opinion, is necessary for such person,
and the sum required for his whole pre-
clnct. In the receipts tho distinction shall
be observed between collections and mon.
eys turned over to the Magistrate by some
olher officer, the particulars and sum of
each being shown. The collections shall
bo classified according to the sources from
which they proceeded, or for instance aids
from contracts, aids from instruments Of
apprenticeship, fines, taxes. Under taxes
sbali appear the name and sex Of the per-
son from whom each item was collected.
The sums paid for the support Of poor re.
lat'ons, md BY, and for whom, shall be set
forth. In the expenditures distinctions
shall DC observed between actual d:sbursc.
ments and sums turned over to other Off
GERS; and the different purposes of disburse.
ments he arranged under suitable heads
Every expenditure must be accompanied by
proper vouchor unless it should appear
that it was impracticable to obtain one.
FOR any failure TO make report as herein
required, a Magistrate shall be liable to in
dictmcnt shall pay fine not exceeding ff.
ty dollars, nor less than twenty dollars.
ACI. The Chairman Of the Board afore
said, besides the quarterly reports which,
by the Act to establish District Courts"
he is required to make TO the District Court
shall, at Zach regular sitting of the said
Board, and whensocvcr else he may be re-
quircd by the said Board. or by the District
Judge, make to the Board, in respect to his
offS
report as is required from another Mag
lstrate; lay before the Board the reports
made to him by other Magistrates; and al.
SO make full and particular report, in
which shall be condensed the information
obtained from the semi-annuaI reports Of
the Magistrates, so as 10 show the condi-
ton and wants Of the whole District and of
each precinct; which report shall also ex-
hlblt the receipts and expenditures for the
whole District since the report last prece-
ding, arranged under proper heads, so as TO
show the sums received from each source,
and by what Magistrate, the sums disburs-
ed tor each purpose, and by what Magis-
trate, the sumsturned oyer from one officer
to ano her, commissions, expenses and con-
'ribnt'ons tor poor relations. Each report
shall particularly specify all delinquencies
OF Magistrates during lis period, aud the
names of dclinquents. For any failure to
make report rs here required, the Chairman
shall be liable to Indictment, and, upon
conviction, shall pay fine not exceeding
one hundred dollars, nor less than twenty
dollars.
HClI. The Board of Relief Of INDECENT
Persons of Color shall determine the sum
necessary for the support of each INDECENT
person 0: color, who shall be deemed
proper charge Oh the public, the sum re-
4ulred by each precinct, the sum which |
shall be paid to eacE Magistrate to be dis
oursed by him, when reports from occu.
PANTS as aforesaid shall be required, and
when a tax shall be imposed. 1t shall di.
rect the Magistrates respectively in the per.
'ormance of the duties required of them in
reference to paupers and the District Court
und, and IL shall report to the District
Court all delinquencies and delinquents.
XCII. The balance of the District Court
'uud which, as provided by the "Act to es-
ablish District Courts" shall, under the
order Of the District Judge be paid to the
Chairman aforesaid, shall, under the order
Of the Board aforesaid, be distributed to the
Magistrates of precincts, and be by them
lisbursed for. tho relief Of INDECENT persons
Of color, and other uses of the .Bosrd, as
may he directed. The minutes Of the |
Board shall SHOW the sum assigned to each |
and the receipt Of the Magis-
trate for every sum paid to him shall be
taken by the chairman of the Board, and
shall accompany the next report Of. the
chairman to the Board as well as be exhib-
tied in support of tho cbairman's quarterly
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