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

AN ACT TO oRoAx:zI TIE EXECUTIVE DEPART

AN ACT TO ORGANIZE Ti!H EXECUTIVE DEPART
MENT OF THIS TATE.
I. Be 1t enacted By The Senate Gnd Hoatse Of
Representatives., nn~ met and sitting III General
ASSEMBLY, and By the aHboritY of tie &ap'c That
the Executive Department Of this State is hereby
declared to consist OF the following officers, that
is to say: The Governor ana L;eu:cnant-GOver-
nor, the Secretary Of State, tho Treasurer of the
State of South Carolina, and the Attoraey-Gen-
eral aud Solicitors.
THE GOVERNOR CT TIE STATE OF S0CrH CAROLINA.
II. The Governor shall be allowed a Private
Secretary, to be appointed Irv him, who shall re-
ceive- an. annual salary, to be fixed bv each Gen.
erad Assembly, and whose duty it shall be, unncr
the direction Of the Governor, to keep All accu-
rate record and minute, under proper ttsteS, Of
all transactions, opinions, and otler official mat
ters and acts occurring during his period Of Of
Ace, which said record and minute shall, under
certain RESTRICTIONS be open to the inspection Of
the members Of the General Assembly. The
Governor shall be furnished with suitable Of
Zee, to be called the Executive Chamber, in
which all petitions, memorials, letters, and all
ether official papers and documents addressed to
or received by him shall he methodically ar
ranged and kept, with proper indexes therefor.
He shall keep proper record in proper BOOKS
Of all bis messages to the General Assembly, Of
all applications for pardon made to him, Of all
such parGoGs as may have been granted by him,
and of all communications 10 the General Assem-
bly, relating thereto Of all bills presented to him
in obedience to the provision Of the Constitution,
and of all objections he may make to any OF
them ; of all Cficial communications, proclama-
tions and orders issuing from lis Office; and Of
all other matters which the Governor may think
it important to preserve. The Governor shall
be entitled to receive out Of the public Treasury,
as a compensation for his services, the sum of
thirty-hve hundred dollars for each year.
THE LIEUTENANT-GovERNoE.
III. The Lieutenant Governor shall be entitled
to receive out of the Public Treasury, for Iis ex-
pences during his attendance on, going to, and
returning from the General Assembly, ten dol
lars for each days attendance, aid twenty cents
for every mile af the ordinary route Of travel be-
tween his residence and the capital, or other
place of sitting Of the General Assembly, both
going and returning
TIE SECRETARY OF THE STATE.
". The Secretary of State shall, during the
absence of the Goeernorfrom Columbia be placed
In charge Of the records and papers in the Ex-
ecutive Chamber. He shall, as soon as pTactira-
BILE, collect deposit and keep in Columbia all the
books, records and papers heretofore kept and
iunbis, under the direction of the General AS
sealb2y, he shall keep deputy in Charleston in
charge of the same as heretofore. He shall re-
ceive the same salary, discharge the same duties,
and be subject to the same liabilities as are now
provided by law.
Y. That the persons now holding the Offices
of Commissioners of the Treasury shall continue !
in Office and discharge the same duties hereto |
fore required of them by law, until the expira- !
ton of the terms for which they were respec |
lively elected; and that upon the expiration of
the term for which the person commonly called |
Treasurer of the Lower Division has been elect !
ed, the duties imposed and the rights conferred |
upon him shall hereafter be imposed upon and |
vested in the person holding the Office common
Y called the Treasury Of the Upper Division, un-
til the expiration Of the term for which he has
been elected, for which additional duties hereby
thrown on him he shall receive the sum Of six
teen hundred dollars, including the hire Of one
or more Clerks each year, besides the sum now
allowed to him as Treasurer of the Division
lately known as the Upper Division, and shall
enter into bond of sixty thousand dollars with
two or more Sureties, to be approved by the Gov
eFnor conditioned for tue faithful performance
Of the duties of his Office, and at the expiration
of his term of Office an officer shall be elected to
be called the Treasurer Of the State of South Car
olina, who shall, before entering on the duties Of
his Office give bond, with two or more good and
sufficient suretieS, to be approved by the Cover
nor, with condition for the faithful discharge
Of his official duties, g which he and his suretics
shall be Jointly and severaly bound to the State
of South Carolina in the penal sum of Dinety
thousand dollars. He shall receive an annual
sum OF three Thousand dollars including the hire
of one or more Clerks, payable quarterly. 1t
shall be the duty Of the Treasurer, as soon as
may be practicable, to collect, deposit and keep
all the records, books and papers heretofore be-
leuging to the Treasurer of the Upper Division
and to the Treasurer Of the Lower Division in
bis Office at Columbia; to receive all the assets
and other property Of the State in the possession
power, custody or control Of the said Treasurers
of the Upper and Lower Divisions, and to give
proper acquittances therefor. All payments
made BY the Treasurer shall be either directly
by the treasurer or by draft or check upon the
Bank Of the State ofSouth Carolina Or its branch
es, or any depository Of the treasury. He shall
all the duties, and be subject to all the
liabilities heretofore provided by law fer the
Treasurers of the Upper and Lower Divisions.
TaE ATpoRHEY-GENERAL AND SOLICITORS.
vi The Attorney General and solicitors ofthe
several Circuits shall continue to be appointed in
the same manner, for the same term of office,
shall discharge the same duties; and be subject
soothe same liabilities as already provided by
aw.
In the Senate house, the twenty-ffth day
Of December, in the year Of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-fve.
W. D. PORTER,
President ofthe Senate.
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