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Approved the 9th day of March, A. D.
AN ACT to amend an Act entitled "tAn
Act 1orouiding for the assessment and
tazat;on Of property, passed 18th Sep
tember, 1858, and all Acts anaendato'y
: thereto"
SECTION ]. 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
an Act entitled IAN Act providing for
the assessment and taxation of proper
| ty," approved the 18th of September,
1858, and all acts amendatory thereto as
provides for the appointment and pay OF
district assessors and assistants be, and
the same are hereby, repealed; and here
after it shall be, the duty of county audi
| tors to receive the returns and make the
assessments, provided for in said act,
within the times prescribed by law; and
| for this purpose the offices of the county
auditors shall:be kept open totreceiye
| the returns. of taxpayers during such
times as is now or may be hereafter fix
ed by law. -. s1''fs'N
SEC. 2. That the various county audi
tors be, and they are herebyj authorized
to appoint q sufficient number of assist
ants to enable them to complete the said
assessment within the time. fixed by law
and to defray the expenses Of making
said assessment, the said auditors shall
draw their warrants annually upon the
county treasurers, to be approved by the
county commissio ners, for such sumsas
following, to wit :: The auditor of Char
lesion County, two thousand dollars;
the auditors of Ricllland, Orangeburg,
Edgefeld, Beaufort Barnwell CoIleton
and Abbeyille Counties, one thousand dol
lars the auditors Of Chester, Darlington.
Fairfield, Greenvihe, Marion Sumter and
York Counties, eight hundred dollars
the auditors of Georgetown, Kershaw,
Laurens, Lexing ton, Newberry, Spar
tanburg and Union Counties, seven
hundred dollars; thesauditors, of Ches-.
terfeld, Clarendon, Marlboro, and Wiz.
liamsburg Counties, six hundred dol
lars the auditors of. Anderson, Horny, !,
Lancaster, Oconee and Pickens Coun-
ties, five hundred dollars each. /.
SEC. s. That whenever any taxpayer:
/ shall fail to make return to the auditor
of his county within the time prescribed
bylaw, .itshall be the duty ofthe county
A auditor to enter on the tax duplicate
against such taxpayer the property
charged TO him the previous year, with
fifty per centtpenalty added thereto, ex-
!. cept in cases Of sickness or absence from
the county, when the true amounts Of
property only shall be charged, afR
Approved the 9th day Of March, A. d.
1871. 7'';s z, zIsass 90
AN. ACT To- Establish the Charleston
r. Charitable association, of the State
of South Carolina, for the Be,aeM of
the Free School Fund, -, ~.
SECTION /. 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
autiiority.of the same. That r. IH.Wil-
loughby, F. III. Frost, j. P. Horbach, M.
J. Hirsch and Oscar B. Little, of South
Carolina; and their associates or part
ners, shall haYe the full right, and. are
hereby authorized to form themselves
into "a aspartnership associationy to be
known under the name and style of, r.
H: Willoughby and Company, 5or such
other.names as they may now ior here $
after, assume. .s,-,sB-a,,,;5 u. ~ l-r4e
SEC. 2. That all the rights of corpora
Etions known as banks be, and the same
is hereby, vested in the said firm, for the
purpose of. loaning out money on inter-
est, purchasing and imortgaging real
they shall have the same rights and
privileges now enjoyed by the banking
institutions of this State; they shall also
have the right to dispose Of any and all
such property, real, personal or mixed,
that they may become possessed of, In
any manner, and on snch conditions, as
the said firm or ssociation may deem fit
and proper and to the advantage of said
firm and to promote the interest Of the
said School Fund Of the State Of South
Carolina. e. 2.yE-.
SEQ. 8. Be it further enacted, That,
before commencing business under the
provisions of this act, said firm shall
pay, or cause to be paid, into theE hands
of the State Superintendent of Educa-
ton the sum of one thousand dollars
Isl. .OO0(, to be used for the benefit of the
Free Schools of South Carolina, and an
nualIy thereafter ike amount, for the
term of ten|years, or SO long as said part
nership shall choose to do business, it
being understood and agreed that said
payment Of one thousand dollars per an
mum by said association is the consider
alton upon which the privilege Of incor-
poration herein is granted and when
ever said company or firm or assoc citation
shall fail to pay said consideration, then
their right to do business shall cease.
SEC. 4. THAT the association, company
or firm established by this act, Shall
| have full power, and are hereby author
| lied to establish agencies throughout
the State. ..s
SEC. 5. That this act shall be Of force
| Immediately on and after its passage.
Approved the Sth day Of March, A. D.
1871. :: ,,...-,
JOINT RESOLUTION, authorizing
the State auditor and County. Com
!, missioners to Levy Certain lares. ''-.>s
Be it Resolved by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State of
South Carolina. now met and sitting in
General Assembly, and by the authority
That the State Auditor be, and he is
hereby, authorized and directed to levy
and cause to be collected tax, not to
exceed seven (7 mills on adollar, on all
| the taxable property in the State, to
meet appropriations for the fiscal year
1871; and the County Commissioners OF
the several counties in the State are
hereby authorized to levy and cause to
be collected tax, not to exceed three (3)
mills on a dollar, on the taxable prop
erty in their respective counties for the
fiscal year 1871.
Approved the 7th day of March, A. D.
1871. .as-.-. p:
Cross, the fellow who got himself
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