The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1866-01-17

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the Board Of Relief Of INDECENT Persons .of
taxes, fines and penalties, and all other. mon
eys belonging to the District Court Fund,
which have come to his hands. On the first
day of each 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 (bcSides a Constable, who
must make returns to a Magistrate who may
| have had charge of convicts or received wages
or other moneys which belong to the Dis,
trict Court Fund, shall each make to the
! Court a full and minute report of his receipts;
! Disbursements and payments, showing thtc
items on each side Of the account, and-the ex
act balance in his hands, accompanied By 1ar
estimate of the probable receipts: and require
ruents in his depaementfoI the next quarter
The report Of The chairman aforesaid shall
specially set forth all known delineuencies of
Magistrates in reporting, paying and discharg-
ling other duty, with the name of the delin::
auents. The District, Judge shall examine
all these reports carefully, and take the most
prompt and energetic means to prevent and
correct all defalcations and omissions. Hav-
t ing aseertained 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 the Court, direct payments
to be madc by the officers respectively, in
such sums as be. may designate, to the follow
ing purposes, namely: l., The ,Hal ad:
ditiona compensation of the Judgo, of which
ope-fourth shallsbez taken each quarter. 9.
JurorsseertiGcates.@3 Expenses Of the Court,
including fees payable out of the District Court
Fund. n Pay of Superintendent and other. ex-
penses of Contracts 5 y Balance 70 be paid to
T the Chairman Of the Board of Relief of dndi.;
gent Pers0ns Of E9fadt, for The uses, Of that
Board, For theirssees vices IN RESPECT to the
collection and disbursement Of the DistEcS
Court Fund The Several officers shsAl, in Z Che
settlement off their ACCOUNTS, besallcRed CONS,
missions as SlloHs,3 The Sheriff and Magiss.
.trate. shah each have FIVE per eeAtum upon
all sums collected by him, ztovbe i.r addition
to.commissions, which, with other fees, .,
Sheriff. or Constable 5naysexact from, persons
against whom he executes process; and the,
Sheriff and Magistrate shall each be farther.
allowed two-and-a-half per centum- upon the
proper disbursement made by him The
Clerk, Superintendent ofConvlcts, Jailor and
other persons who may have had supervision
OF COIiF IClS, VI GeSSiFG4 HiSSS ~
the District Court Fund shall each have two.
and-a half ner cent1lna nnllaatnd
6y him, and two ,and-a- half per centnp upon
all sums disbursed By him.. In no case shall
sums collected be understood to include sums
received from some other Of TIE officers who
are required to make reports as ehercinbefore
required, nor disbursements to- include sums
turned over to another of these officers. II
obo oil ~ l,,%,, fho of IN 1nrn IN
guard the fund against duplicated eommis-
sionss as wel as against other improper char
ges. The Chairman of the Board Of Relief of
INDECENT Persons Of Color shall be allowed
commissions upon his own collections aad
disbursement as another Magistrate is, and in
addition shall, for each semieannual report to-
his Board, and each quarterly report to- the
Court, be allowed, cut Of the District, Court
Fund, sum 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 it was done The Clerk shall, under
the supervision of the, Judge Of the
District Court, annuallyt at some early
day, between the quat terly sitting Of the
Court, which pext precedes the regular session
prepare and transmit to- the. Treasurer a re-.
port from bis District Court, issued by the
CLERK and certified by the Judge, This1re-
port shall contain condensed statement tzeem5
piled FROM the reports which are made to1he:
Court, and from the Journals Of the aenrt3.
showing, for the year preceding, the whole
sum which went into the District Court Fund,
how much from each source, the commissions
for collection, the whole disbursements, and
how much for each general purpose, the com:
mission upon Disbursements, other expenses,
the balance on hand, and the liabilities an
paid. The Treasurer shall aggregate the re-
ports of the Clerks so as to show results for
the whole State, and shall lay before. the Gea;l
eral Assembly tabular statement -ofthe
Clerk, noting particularly any District court
from which reports had notbeen recelved@
. xxx. An indictment against white per-
son for the homicide Of person Of color shall
be tried in the Superior Court of Law, and
so shall all other indictment in which white
person is accused Of capital felony, affecting
the person or property of a person of color. =
xxx. In every case, civil and criminal, in
in which person of color is a party, or which
affects the person or property oFa person OF
color, persons of color shallbe competent wit
neSSeS. lQe aCcuSSu, III SUCH u CIIuiiH9I Cdoei
and the parties, in every such civil case, may
be witnesses, and SO may every other person
who is competent witness; and in every
such case, eithor party may offer testimony
as to his own character, or that of his adVer-
sary, or of the prosecutor, or Of the third per-
son mentioned in an indictment,
XXX. A magistrate shall have jurisdiction
over small disputes, controversies and com
plants that may arise in his neighborhaod be-
tween persons of color and q white person;
and of petty misdemeanors committed by or
towards person Of color, between master
and servant, between master and apprentice,
and between employer and laborers and civil
suits, involving not more than twenty dollars
in which person of color is party-hls
power in no Case going beyond judgment,
fine or forfeiture ofIwcnty dollars. He shall
be specially charged with the supervision OF
persons of color in his neighborhood, their
protection, the prevention of their misconduct
and depredations and cautious regard to the
peace, health and safety Of his neighborhood:
XXXII Persons Of co or shall be liable to
suits commenced by attachments, torsign and
domestic, as white persons are in like cases |
Besides this, there may be, in the case Of |
person of color, proceeding to be called
special attachment of the following natores
By any tax, q persCn OF color is +