The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-03-24

SEC. 8. The Commission herein ap-
pointed, or a majority of them, are
hereby authorized to pay, such sums as
may be necessary for the purpose OF
carrying this act into effect, out of any
funds of the State not otherwise appro-
priated.
Sec. 10. For the purposes of this act,
and to carry out the same, all acts, or
parts of acts, inconsistent with this act,
are hereby repealed.
Approved March 7th, 1871.
AN ACT to determine the Day of Elec-
ton Of the Mayor and Aldermen Of
the city Of Charleston.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Sem
ate and House Of Representatives of the
State of South Carolina, now met and
sitting in General Assembly, and by the
authority of the same, That so much of
the charter of the City of Charleston,
and the amendments thereto, as determ-
ines the day of election, be, and the
same is hereby amended, so as to fix the
day of election of Mayor and Alderman
for the said City of Charleston, on the
first Wednesday of August, eighteen
hundred and seventy-one, (lS71 and on
the first Wednesday of the same month
in each alternate year thereafter: Pro-
Uided, That the present Mayor and AL
dermen shall continue in Office until the
day fixed by the charter of the City of
Charleston for the qualification of their
successors.
SEC. 2. That the Mayor and Alder
men now in office shall continue therein
until their successors are elected and
qualified.
SEC. 3. That all laws nowin force in
relation to the election of Mayor and
Aldermen of the City of Charleston.
except so far as hereby repealed, be and
continue in force. -.'s
Approved March 7, 1871.
AN ACT to further amend ON act En-
tilted "A7a Act. 2roviding for the as
sessment and taxation Of property"
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Sen.
ate and House of Representatives of the
State of South Carolina, now met and
sitting in General Assembly, and by the
authority of the same:
That the act entitled "An act provid.
ing for the assessment and taxation Of
property" be, and is hereby, further
amended as follows:
Strike out, from section 8, paragraph
16, the word September" and insert
July" also, in paragraph II, the word
November" aud insert august"
Strike out, from section 7, the words
"Septelnber'' and "October," in lines
two and three, and insert .'July'' and
"Augnst;u also, in lines six and nine,
strike out "Scptember" and insert "Ju.
ly ~ also, in line five of section Z, be-
tween the words 'oath" and "of,"
insert "of all the real estate which, has
been sold or transferred since the last
listment Of property, for which he was
responsible, and to whom, and.o
Strike out, from section s, the word
"September" and insert "JulyW..
Strike out, from section 8, the word
September and insert "July."
Strike out, from section 10. II and 12,
the words "Septelnher" and "October,"
and insert "Julyn and august"
Strike out, from section II, the word
November" and inserG September y
Strike out, from section 49,, the word
"October," ,"and insert August"
Strike out, from section 90, the words
"Scptember' and October" and insert
July" and" "Augtlst."'
Strike out, from section 81, wherever
it appears, the word "October," and in
sert August" Also the word "Septenl-
ber,n and insert July" also, the word
November" andinsert September
Strike out from section @ and 81, the
words September" and "October,n and
insert "July" and august"
,,,t fro,,o cootion 90 tho Junr6C
"Scptember" and insert July"
Strike out, from section 81, the words
September" and "October," and insert
"Julyn and "August.n
Strike out, from section 3S, the word
August" and insert July"
Strike out, from section Al, the words
"Saptember" and October" and insert
"July" and august"
Strike out, from section so, the words
Monday of September. and second
Monday in OCTOBER in the fourth line,
and insert "the second Monday of July"
and second Monday in August" also.
in line 5, strike out September" and
insert July" also in lines IA and 81,
strike out "October." and insert "Au-
Strike out, from section 81, the word
"September,n - and insert July"
Strike out, from section so, the word
October" and insert August also
in line five, between the words 'listed
and,n and insert "giving the first Cris-
tian name of the several persons"
Strike out from section Sc, 81 and IS
the, word September" and insert
July" -,
Strike out, from section GO, all after
the word ''the" in line one, to. leigh
tcen," in line two, and insert "septem-
Der first" I'm. :,
Strike out, from section G5, the words
"second Monday of December" and
insert 'last Monday in August"
Strike out, from section &C., all after
the word "then in line one, to zone" in
line two, and insert "thirtieth Of Sep,
tember;" also, between estate" and
"an," on the fourth line, insert land
the county commissioners )" also; strike
out Of section G6, line two, the words
''siXty-eight," and insert ''seventy-one."
Strike out, from section 67, allafter the
word "on,n in the fifteenth line, to the
word lone" in the sixteenth line, and
insert cor before the 18th Of October" !"
also strike out the words "siXty-eight''
wherever they occur in the section, and
insert "sevcnty-three."
Strike out, from section GS, all after
the word "the" in the fifth line, to "an-
nualIy," in the sixth line, and insert
second Monday of September"
Strike out, from section SO, all after
the word "county" on fifth line, to the
word "and," on sixth line, and insert
"on the first Monday in September"
Strike out. from section ~, all after
the word 'the," in the sixteenth line,
to "annually," in the same line and
insert November 18TH"
Strike out, from section IS, line twen-,
ty, the word january" and insert
"N0vember.n
Strike out, from section 70, the words
"the first day of March, ,"and insert the
fifteenth day of january" also, strike
out the word "ApriW and insert FEB
oI.r tha u,prfIs. ttfypon 10th 1n v