The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-01-18

liable to pay, who fails to pay onthe day
appointed, shall become liable to pay a.
double tax, if he shall not mako to the
Magistrate satisfactory excuse; and
against him the Magistrate may issue
process in the nature of feri facias, special
attachment, and other process most likely
to exact payment; any or all of which
shall be executed by constable or the
Sheriff
LXXXVIII. 1t shall be the duty Of
every person who is occupant of house
or premises, within seven days after no.
tice to report, in writing, and on oath to
Magistrate of the precinct inwhich such
house OF. premises arc, the names, sexes,
ages and occupations of all persons of
color in said house or on the said premises,
who are unable to earn livelihood for
themselves and respective families, with
the cause of disability as to ca, one, and
also in respect to each one of such per-
sons the name, place of abode, and ability,
SO far as may be known OF every relation
who is according to the provisions herein
before contained bound to contribute to
the support of such person. For every
failure without good excuse, to make re-
port, as herein required, an occupant OF
house or premises as aforesaid, shall be
liable to fine not exceeding twenty dol
lars, nor less than five dollars; to bo paid
Immediately; or if it should not be paid,
substitution of other punishment to take
place, as in other cases of fines not paid.
LXXXIX. Itshall be the duty of every
magistrate to make diligent inquiry into
the condition and wants of the colored
poor within his precinct; to give public
notice when reports from occupants as
aforesaid are 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 exam
inc such reports when made to him; from
them and other information to ascertain
the correctness of the facts therein stated; (;
to enforce, as far as possible, the obliga-
tion of persons bound, as before provided,
to contribute to the support Of poor rela-
tions, and to make reports to the Board
aforesaid as hereinafter directed, and to
the District Court as is required by the
aAct to establish District Courts"
XC. 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 Mon
day of February and August, every year,
a semi-annual 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 re-
ceipts, all his payments, all his commits
sions, the condition Of the colored popu-
lation within his precinct, the name, sex,
age, occupation and particular disability
of every person of color in that popula-
ton who requires assistance from the
public; the sum which, in his opinion, is
necessary for such person, and the sum
required for his whole precinct. In the
receipts the distinction shall be observed
between collections and moneys turned
over to the Magistrate by somo other Of
fcer, the particulars and sum of each
being shown. The collections shall be
classified according to the sources from
which they proceeded, or for instance
aids from contracts, aids from instruments
of apprenticeship, fines, taxes. Under
taxes shall appear the namo and sex of
the person from whom each item was col
leoted. The sums paid for the support OF
your relations, and by, and for whom,
shall be set forth. In the expenditures
distinctions shall be observed between
actual disbursements and sums turned
over to other officers; and the different
purposes of disbursements bo arranged
under suitable heads. Every e1pendi-
turo must be accompanied by a proper
voucher unless it should appear that it
was impracticablo TO obtain one For
any failure to mako report as herein
required, Magistrate shall bo liable to
indictment, shall pay fine not exceeding
fifty dollars, nor less than twenty dollars.
-ICI. The chairman of the Board aforo-
said besides the quarterly reports which,
by the Act to establish District Courts, -"
he is required to make to the District
Court. shall. at each regular sitting of the