Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-04-16
TAX SALES,

Gen. Candy, on Wednesday of last week, issued
the following order in reference to land which may
hereafter be sold for taxes. 1t is designated as
No. 60:
For the better protection of the interests Of the
State of South Carolina in the matter Of real prop
erty bid in on behalf of the State on sales under
executions for collection of State taxes, it is Or
dered.
That upon the land being exposed, the Sheriff
shall announce that the land is to be sold for the
term of seven years, and shall thereupon bid for it
the whole amount of the taxes and costs then due,
including the costs of executing, stamping and re-
cording the deed that if there be no higher bid,
the Sheriff shall thereupon proceed to convey the
use of the land by deed to the State Of South Caro-
lima for the term of seven years; that upon the
conveyance being executed, the Sheriff shall i'm
mediately procure the same to be recorded in the
Office of the Clerk of the Court of the District in
which the land is situated and shall, within two
weeks time, transmit, the original deed to the
Treasurer of the State, who shall enter in book,
opened for the purpose, an abstract Of the deed
and the amount of the consideration; and the same
shall then be filed and recorded in the Office Of the
Secretary of State; and that authority be given to
the Governor of said State, empowering him,
thirty days after the deed shall have been received
at the office of Treasurer and until otherwise pro,
vided by law, to rent the land for the period Of one
year: Rortdcd ho1erer, that if the proper tax
payer SHALL within the said thirty days, pay to the
Treasurer the full amount of the tax due, together
with all the costs that have accrued, including re-
cording in the Clerks Office and in the Offices Of
the Treasurer and Secretary of State, and twenty,
five per cent. upon such full amount, then the said
deed shall be cancelled upon the exhibiting Of a
certificate from the Treasurer that such payment
has been made and all the foregoing proceeding
shall thereupon be of no effect: And Provided,
further, That if the same shall not have been
so paid within thirty days, then the owner Of
the fee shall be entitled to redeem the property
in like manner, within one year from and after
the day of sale, by paying all of said amount and
costs as aforesaid, together with fifty per cent.
penalty; and that if not redeemed in one year
from the day of sale, the Legislature of the State
shall be authorized to determine by law the con-
ditions upon which the same may be redeemed
BY the former owner during the remaining term OF
the seven years for which it was Sold And it Is
further ordered, That when the Sheriff shall have
completed his duty, and forwarded the deed to the
Treasurer, he shall make out bill of the costs
that may be due to the Tax Collector, Sheriff and
printer upon the execution, and its correctness GER
tilted by the Clerk of the Court; and upon for
warding the same to the Attorney General, if the
bill shall be found to be correct and the taxation
of costs in conformity to the laws of South Caro-
lina the Comptroller General shall draw his draft
upon the Treasurer for payment Of the same, and
he is hereby authorized and required to pay the
same when due.
By command of Bvt Major General Ed. R. s.
Candy.
LOUIS V. CAZIARC,
Aide-de- Camp, A. A. A. G.