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CHARLESTON, s. c., April 8, 1868.
General Orders No. t63.i >.sst
For the better protection of the
interests of the State of South Caro-
lima in the matter of real property
bid in in behalf of the State on sales
under executions for collection OF
State taxes, it is ordered,
Thst 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 il 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 there
upon proceed to convey the use of
the land by deed to the State of
South Carolina for the term of seven
years; that upon the conveyance
being executed, the Sheriff shall
Immediately 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 q book, opened
for the purpose, an abstract of the
deed and the amount of the consi-
deration; and the same shall then be
filed and recorded in the Office of
the Secretary of State; and that all
thority be given to the Governor
Of said State, empowering him,
thirty days after the deed shall have
been received at the Office of the
Treasurer, and until otherwise pro-
vided by law, to rent the land for
the period of one year: Prouided,
ho,rerer, 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, includ-
ing recording in the Clerk 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 q certificate from
the Treasurer that such payment
has been made; and al the foregoing
proceeding shall thereupon be of no
effect: Aadprooie!eeh further, That if
the same shall not have been so
paid within the thirty days, then
the owner of the fee shall be entitled
to redeem the property in like man
ncr, within one year from and after
the day of sale, by paying all of said
amount and costs as aforesaid, to-
gether 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 conditions upon
which the same may be redeemed by
the former owner during the remain
ing term of the seven years for which
it was sold. And IL is further ordered,
That when the Sheriff shall have COM
pleted his duty, and forwarded the
deed to the Treasurer, he shall make
out n bill of the costs that may be
due to the Tax Collector, Sheriff and
printer upon the execution, and its
correctness certified by the Clerk of
the Court; and upon forwarding the
same to the Attorney-General, if the
bill shall bo found to be correct, and
the taxation of costs III conformity to
the laws Of South Carolina, the
Comptroller General shall draw his
draft upon the Treasurer for payment
of the same, and he is hereby author
lied and required to pay the same
when due.
BY communal of Bvt. AIWor-Gene-
raj Ed. r. S. CANDY.
LOUIS V. CAHIARC,
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