Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-03-24
Acts aud Joint Resolutions Passed by the
Legislature Session 1870 and 1871.
TOFFIOIAL.1


Legislature Session 1870 and 1871.
a.[oFrloIAL]
An Act to determine tho day of election of
tho Mayor and Alderman Of tho City of
Charleston.
SECTION /. BE IL enacted by the Senate
and House Of Representatives Of the State
of South Carolina, now met and sitting III
General Assembly, and by tho authority of
the same:
That SO much of the City of Charleston,
and the amendments thereto, rs determines
the day of election be, and is hereby amen,
dcd, SO as to fix the day of election of May
or and Alderman for the snid City of Charles
ton, on the first v cdncsday of August cigh-
teen hundred and seventy one, (l87l,) and
Oh the first "Wednesday Of the sauIc month
in each alternate year thereafter: ProDnlc',
That the Present Mayor and Alderman shall
continue in Office until the day fixed by the
charter Of the City OF Charleston for the
qualification OF their successors.
SEQ 2. That tho Mayor and Alderman now
in Office shall continue therein uulil their
successors. arc elected and qualified.
SEC. 3 That nll laws now in furco in re
lation to the election of Mayor and Aldermen
of the City of Charleston, except so far us
hereby repealed, be aud continue in force.
Approved March I, 1871.
An Act to amend an act entitled can act
providing for the assessment and taxation
of property, passed 10Th September 1868,
aud all acts amcndatory thereto"
SECTION l. BE Il cnuctcd, by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of South Carolina, now met and sitting IN
General Assembly, and by ,ho authority Of
Of the same, That so much of an act entitled
can act providing for the assessment aud
taxation of property" approved the 5th of
Scptcm5cr, 1868, and all act IA, -. .,us,
thereto as provides for tue appointment aud
pay of district assessors and assistants be, and
the same is hereby, repealed; and hereafter
it shall be the duty OF county auditors to re-
ccvc the returns and make the assessments,
provided for in said act, within the times pre-
scribud by law and for this purpose the Of
ficcs of the county auditor Shall be kept open
to receive the returns OF tax payers during
such times as is no or may be hereafter iixu,
by law.
SEC, 2. That the various county auditors
bc, and they arc hereby, authorized tonppo;nt
them to complete the said assessment within
the time fixed by law; and to dcIr,y the cx-
pcnscs OF making the said assessment, the
said auditors shall draw their warrants an
nually upon the county trn,>urrrs, to be ap
proved by the county commissioners, Tor
such SUMS ns may he necessary, but not tn
exceed the following, tn wit: The auditor of
charleston County, two thousand dollars the
auditors Of R'chland, Orangrlulg, EIgctirIl,
Beaufort, B,rnwcl, Colicton anl AUcv,lia
Counties, one Thousand dollars; the auditors
.of Chester, Darlington, Fairfield, Green, lie,
Marion, Sumter and York CuuntcS eight
hundred dollars ; the auditors of Georgetown,
kcrshnw, Laurehs, Lexington, Ncwnrrry,
Spartanburg aud Union Counties, seven hun
'drcd dollars the auditors Of Chesterfield,
Clarendon, Marlboro, and williamsburg
Counties, six hundred dollars; the auditors
of Anderson, Horny, Lancaster, Ucnnce and
Pickcis Counties, five hundred dollars each
SEC s. That Whenever any taxpayer Shall
iail to make return to the auditor of his
county within tie time prescribed by law, it
shall be the duty of the county auditor to
cnter on the tax duplicate against such tax
payer the property charged to him the prcvi
ons year, with fifty per cent penalty added
tlcTCt0, cNctpl III cases bl SICK ness Ur absence
from the county, when the tue amounts OF
property only shall be charged
Approved the 0thdny Of March, A. d. 1871.
An Act to create debt of the State of
South Carollna to he known AS the stcrl
ing funded debt; the same, or the pro
cceds thereof, to be exclusively used in cx
change for, or III payment OF the existing
public debt of said State
SECTION |. BE it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
OF South Caroiua, now met aud sitting in
General Assembly, and by the authority
of the same:
That the Governor of the State he, and he
is hereby, authorized to borrow, on the crcd,
Of the State of South Carolina. II sum not OK
ceeding one million two hundred thousand
pounds sterling; such debt to be represented
by coupon bonds the same to bcnr six
pounds per ccntum per aunum, iutrrcso, in |
gold, payable semi annually; the principal |
and interest thereof to be payable in the City |
of London, i'll England and the princip,i |
thereof to be redcenatle and payable within
twenty years from the passage of this act, in
gold coin.
SEC. 2. Such debt, hereby authorized,
shall be known MS the sterling funded debt
The bonds to be issued in pesuancc hereof
shall be signed by the Governor, and counter
signed by the State treasurer, under the seal
Of this State They may he issued in suns
of not less than one hundred hounds steriuy