The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-04-04
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Acts Passed by the State Legislature.

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Acts Passed by the State Legislature.
Al, Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act 10
define the jurisdiction ard duties Of County
Commissioners.
House Of Representatives. Of The State Of South
Carolina, moao met and sitting IN General As
senabIy, and by The authority Of the same, That
nAct entitled 'tAn Act to define the juris-
diction and duties of County Commission
ers," passed the 26th day of September, A.
D.s1S6S, be amended as follows At the end
of Section 20 add: 'Procided, That com
pensation shall not be allowed to any mem
Der Of the Board of County Commissioners
for exceeding one hundred days in any one
year, except to the members of the Board
of County Commissioners for the County
of Charleston, who shall not be allowed
compensation for exceeding one hundred
and fifty days in any one year. Compensa-
tien for double this number of days may he
allowed to County, Commissioners during
the first term of Office, ending the third
Monday in April A. D. 1870, but in all
cases during said period, rs we'll rs there
after, under the limitations, and in the
manner following, to wit: An account shall
be made out in items, with dates prefxed,
accompanied with an affidavit of the mum.
ber, stating that the items of such account
are correct and just, and that the services
therein mentioned have been rendered as
stated, and no part of said account has been
paid. The accounts shall be presented to
the County Treasurer, who shall audit, and,
If correct, pay the same out of funds accru-
ing from taxes laid and collected for County
purposes
Sec. 2. That Section 81 of said Act shall
be amended by the addition of the follow
ing at the end of the Section: The County
shall also pay
1. The fees Of grand and petit jurors
while in attendance upon the Circuit Court.
g. Witness fees in State cases, at the rate
of one dollar per day for actual attendance
on the Circuit Court, and seventy We cents
per day for actual attendance on q Magis-
trate or Justice of the Peace Court, and five
cents per mile for actual and necessary
travel.
-. Fees of physicians and surgeons testi-
tying as experts before Coroner's jury, or
at the Circuit Court, after post maorten, ex-
animation, ten dollars, and five cents per
mile for actual and necessary travel
@4. For dieting and keeping persons
confined in the County Jail, at the rate of
fifty cents per day.
8. Fees of the Circuit Solicitors for ser
vices IN the County, when not collected
from the defendant, at the following rates:
In trial before jury in civil and criminal
cases, or before referees, docket fee of ten
dollars; In cases at law, where Judgment ia
rendered without jury, seven dollars and
fifty cents-said fees to be in lieu of all
other compensation whatever.
3. Fees of the Clerks of the Circuit Courts
in State cases, at the rate now allowed by
law. III
7.'Fees of the County Coroners, at the
rate now allowed by law. Before the ac-
counts of Sheriffs, Circuit Solicitors or
Clerks shall be presented to the County
Treasurer for payment; they shall be sworn
to by said officers, examined and certified
to by the Judge presiding in the Circuit
Court in the County, approved and ordered
to be paid by the County Commissioners
SEC. B. Section thirtyfour of said Act
shal be, and the same is hereby, amended,
SO. as to read as follows The County Com
nissioners shall assess all taxes for County
purposes upon the then last State valuation,
and for this purpose shall, on or before the
hrst day OF January in each year, obtain
from the Auditor of the County, (who is
hereby authorized and required to furnish
the same, certified copy OF the County
duplicate, as prescribed in Section rs of the
Acb entitled San Act providing for the
assessment and taxation of property," and
shall, on or before the fifteenth day of Jan
uary thereafter, pursuant to authority given
by the General Assembly, make out and de.
liver to the County Treasurer with their
warrant to collect tax bill for County
purposes. Said tax bill and warrant shaI]
be signed by the County Commissioners. or
amajority' of them, sealed with their seal.
and certified to by their clerk, Said tax
bill and warrant siilii be the Treasurer
sufficient authority, and he shall proceed
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