The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1866-01-04

and Members of Congress; and pay-certih-
! Gates of Members OF, this session of the begls-
/ lature The, Tax-Colectors, of the several
collection Districts shall be allowed, on all
sums of money paid into their hands for taxes,
| a commission as follows, that is to: say !:
| The Tax Collector Of Horny and St. James, :.
Goose Creek, commission at the rate Of ten
per cent; the Tax Collectors of Anderson,
! Chester Chesterfield, Christ Church. Clafen--
don, Darlington Greenville, Lancaster; Lau-
rens, Lexington, Marion, Marlborough NeW+
berry, Orange, Pickens, Prince, y ilhan'si
Spartanburg, All Saints, St. Andrews, st.
!, Georges, Dorchester, St James, Santeei st.
Johns, Berkeley, St. Ldke's, St, Paul's, St
Peters, ST. Thomas and St. Dennis, Union,
7 York, Williamsburg and 1BarnweIf, at the
! rate Of seven per cent the Tax Collector Fot
I St. Philip and St Miehaefs, at the rate OF
four per cent, until the commission amounts
! to three thousand dollars, and, after that
amount, on all remaining sums, at one per
cent all the other Tax Collectors, commits
sion at the rate Of dge per cent. Tax-Goltee:
tors shall make their returns at the Treasury
lin Columbia, ON or before the. Grst Of August
vi. That before the collection, of the taxes
herein levied, an assessment shall be made of
the actual value Of the property taxed and
! for that purpose the Tax.C Collectors of the
1.several Districts Or Parishes, except. the Par
! ishes ofSt< Philip and ST.. Michael are here
I BY constituted Assessors, forw which additional
I labor they shall receive as compensation sum
equivalent TO forty percent; Of their tax com,
missions as allowed by this Act That: eaeh
i Tax Collector, before entering upon his dl-
ties as Assessor, shall take andsubsefibe be-:
! fore the CLERK of the Court Of the District the
I follow ing OATH: which shall be endorsed on
t his commission viz 81, 4, A.: B., do promise
and swear that will, to the best Of my a6isi
! tY, execute the duties of Assessor for my. coz
444eetion District, and will without favor or par
T tiafity, ascertain and assess the aetaai value
of the property, real and PERSONAL apogilw hich
!. an adj gazorem tax isiaid before and for the
purpose of laying such tax ~ -; ::
< VII, It shah be the, duty Of the Assessor IN
!. each District to require from. each taxpayer,
or person subject to taxation under this ACT,
+ full-return, on oath, Of all cotton, crude ttir
/ peBtine, spirits of turpentine and resin 10 his
.fol her hands on the first day of October last
I subject to- taxation under this Act Z and IN
t case any, taxpayer, or person subject to- such
! tax, shall neglect or refuse2to make such re-
! turn, on OATH as aforesaid, it shall be the du:
ty Of such Assessor forthwith to assess the
4 probable value of such cotton crude .tqrpeR:
/ tine, spirits of turDenGae ard resin snb5ect to
such tax IN the, hands of such person as afoTe-
said, which said assessment: shall be, held to
/ be true, and the tax be estimated thereon,
unless such taxpayer or person liable to sqeh
tax shall, within ten days after notice thereof
sI:nake return, oIl>oath, to such Assessor of all
-,
+ tine and resin SO liable to tax as afaresaid. =
j. j. VIII. That it shall be the dstF Of the sTETea,
sllrer to cause the official bonds of thezseyeral
! Pax-C Collectors of this State to be; examined
7 by the Commissioners appointed IN. their re-
i,spectiye tax Districts to approve 1pqbGc secta-
rites, andif the said bonds are found to he
sufficient and satisfactory, they shall re:affrtl
}}1heir original approval thereof; bnt if insult
.cient and unsatisfactory, they shall require
1.-The same TO be re-executed and renewed With
good and sufficient suretiss.- 5=lz-z, -, -
Tx. The treasurer Of the State. is Hereby
! authorized to borrow, oagthe faith and credit
SEaf the State, a. sum not exceeding oGs huns
Fdsed theesaad dollars, paysblenot more than
twelve months after date and to deposit.sueh
lcollatera securities as may be received and
transferred to the State by the President of
the Bank Of the State for, the same PURPOSE
/ Ps-ora7ed, Aoue7er, If: the said loanR has .al-
I ready been negotiated in accordance with q
] joint resolution of both Houses of the General
Assembly, then the authority granted to the
| Treasurer shall not be exercised, unless TO
1 substitute for the note of the president Of the
/ Bank of the State the note or Obligation OF
1.-THE Treasury of the, States: Propiasd.E .ftrs
+ thernaore, That the Treasurer shall execute
i an obligation to, the President Of tde Bank for
I all collateral securities he may obtain from
! said Bank in behalf Of the State -. -. =
T x. The taxes prescribed to Be levied and
collected BY this Act, as we'll as the sum of
Zone hundred thousand dollars authorized to
be borrowed by this Act, and also all bills re-
/ celva6le which may be hereafter issued 6y
virtue of any Aet>that maybe passed at the
/ present session of the General Assembly, shall
! be paid out BY the Treasurer euly in oaedI-
ence to an Act Of the General Assembly at its
present or some future session. =,
XI That the President and Directors Of
the Bark Of the State of South Carolina be,
and they are, hereby authorized and required
to close the branches and agencies of said
Bank, and that the principal Bank in Char
lesion shall cease to be Bank of issue, but
shall continue to act as Bank ofdeposlt until
further action of the Legislature, and the said
! President and Directors are hereby author
lied and required to collect the assets and
property of the Bank, and hold the 81 me spe-
clal iy appropriated, first, to the payment Of
the principal and interest Of the bonds known
as the Fire Loan Bonds payable in Europe;
second to the payment of the principal and
interest Of the Fire Loan Bonds, payable in
the United States; and third, to the redemp-
tion of outstanding notes hitherto issued by
said Bank. That the Bank aforesaid is here
by required to receive op special deposit, and
! to pay out on checks founded on such depos-
its such bills receivable o. other evidences OF
Indebtedness as the State may order to be is
sued in payment of amount due. That the
said Bank shall, as agent Of the State, con-
tlnue to receive and hold on deposit, as now
provided by law, the funds of the State; and
| the President and Directors are hereby au-
| thorized and required to make arrangements,
by an agency, for the reception, safe-keep,
ing and paying out of,said funds in Columbia,
Ion the draft or order of the Treasurer and
| they shall also provide offices for the Comp
troller and Treasurer, and for these purposes
they are hereby authorized to use any part OF
the new State Capitol, or any other building
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