The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1866-01-10

votes Tor governor ana OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
and Members CT ConsfesS;, and pay -certif,
Gates Of Members of this session of the Legis-
lature The Tax-Coiectors of the several
collection Districts shall be allowed, on all
sums of money paid into their hands for taxes,
commission as follows, that is to say:
The TaxCollector Of Horny and St. James,
| Goose Creek, commission at the rate of ten
per cent; the Tax-Coectors of Anderson,
Chester, Chesterfield, Christ Church, Claren-
don Darlington, Greenville, Lancaster, Lau-
rens Lexington, Marion, Marlborough, New
berry, Orange, Pickens Prince Williams,
Spartanburg, All Saints, St. Andrews, ST.
Georges, Dorchester, St. James, Santee, ST.
John's Berkeley, St. Luke's, St. PaulS, st.
Peters, St. Thomas and St. Dennis, Union
York, Williamsburg and Barnwell, at the
! rate Of seven per cent; the Tax-Collector oil
: St. Philips and St MicEaels, 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, a commls-
sion at the rate of five per cent. Tax-Coec-
tors shall make their returns at the Treasury,
in Columbia, on or before the first 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-Colectors Of the
several Districts or Parishes, except the Par
ishes of St. Philip and St. Michael, are here
by constituted Assessors, for which additional
labor they shall receive as compensation sum
equivalent to forty per cent, of their tax com
missions as allowed by this Act. That each
Tax. Collector, before entering upon his du-
ties as Assessor, shall take and subscribe De-
fore the Clerk of the Court Of the District the
following oath, which shall be endorsed on
his commission viz: 81, A. B., do promise
and swear that will. to the best Of my abili-
ty, execute the duties of Assessor for my COL
lection Distrlct and will without favor or par
tiaiity, ascertain and assess the actual value
of the property, real and PERSONAL upon which
an ad ruLorena tax is laid before, and for the
purpose Of laying such tax"
VII 1t shall 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 tur'
pcntine, spirits of turpentine and resin in his
OF her hands on the first day of October last,
subject to taxation under this Act; and in
case any taxpayer, or person subject to such
tax, shall neglect or refuse to make such re-
turn, on oath, as aforesaid 1t shall be the d'.-
ty OF such Assessor forthwith to assess the
= probable value of such cotton, crude turpen-
tine, spirits of turpentne and resin subject to
! such tax in the hands O. such person as afore-
Said which said assessment shall be held TO
! be true, and the tax be estimated thereon,
unless such taxpayer or person liable to such
tax shall, ithin ten days after notice thereof,
! make return, on oath, to such Assessor Of all
: his cotton crude turpentine, spirits Of turpen-
tine and resin so liable to tax as aforesaid.
VIII That it shall be the duty Of the Trca
surer to cause the official bonds Of the several
Tax Collectors of this State tc be examined
by the Commissioners appointed in their re-
= spective tax Districts to approve public secu-
rites, and if the said bonds are found to be
: sufficient and satisfactory, they shall re-afiru
their original approval thereof; but if INSULT
cient and unsatisfactory, they shall require
: the same to be re-executed and renewed with
; good and sufficient sureties.
TX. The treasurer Of the State is hereby
authorized to borrow, on the faith and credit
of the State, sum not exceeding one hun
dred thousand dollars. payable not more than
twelve months after date, and to deposit such
collateral securities as may be recei7ed and
= transferred to the State by the President of
the Bank of the State for the same purpose
Pr0nded, h0Werer, If the said loan has al
ready been negotiated in accordance with a
Joint resolution Of both Houses of the General
! Assembly. then the authority granted tc the
Treasurer shall not be exercised, unless to
substitute for the note Of the president Of the
Bank of the State the note or OBLIGATION OIL
. the Treasury of the State: Pr0cided, Jur'
thermore, That the Treasurer shall execute
an obligation to the President of the Bank for
all collateral securities he may obtain from
: said Bank in behalf of the Stats
+ X. The taxes prescribed to be levied and
: collected by this Act, as we'll as the sum o.
one hundred thousand dollars authorized tc
> be borrowed By this Act, and also all bills re-
, cc.vitle which may be hereafter issued by
virtue of any Act that may be passed at the
present session of the General Assembly, shal
: be paid out BY the Treasurer only in obedi
encc to an Act of the General Assembly at its
present or some future session.
> NJ. That the President and Directors o.
] the Bank of the State of South Carolina be-
G and they are, hereby authorized and required
. 20 close the branches and agencies of sad
r Bank, and that the principal Bank in Char
lesion shall cease to be Bank of issue, bnt
! shall continue t4 act as RahE ofdepost until
} further action of the Legislature, and the said
| President aud Directors are hereby author,
; lied and required to collect the assets and
r property of the Bank, and hold the same spe,
! clally 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. redcmp-
: ton of outstanding notes hitherto issued by
said Bank That the Bank aforesaid is here
| by required to receive on special deposit, and
to pay out on checks founded on such depos:
) it's such bills receivable O.: othet 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-
5 tlnue to receive and hold on deposit, as now
: provided by law, the funds of the State; and
the President and Directors are hereby az
r thorized and required to make arrangements,
} by an agency for the reception, safc-keep-
ing and paying out of said funds in Columbia,
G on the draft or order of the Treasurer ard
they shall also provide Offices for the Comp
| troller and Treasurer, and for these purposes