The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-03-20

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tend the courh OF any OF said Gonntieo,
81 Jurors os evitpesaes,, ora Who Srs now
Of hereafter shsli be bound 10 rscoghi-
sspce ito3 appear attapy of the said
courts. according ,torthe laws heretofote
Ql force. shall be. add are hereby, re!
Qnired to attend or appear at the courts
ek, the said Counties, respectively, next
to ibe held, according to the provisions
or this Act. Al.,t.ai lu li.NlI .,s4
=. Approved March o., 1879 t.3.iss,t i Y
AN ACT, TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT OF
! THE PAST INDEBTEDNESS OF DAnIhNa-
| TON COUNTY, AND TOR OTHER PURPOsEs.
.,SEoT4oNs1. Be it enaaed, by the Senate
qnd House Of Representatives o. The STATE
Of South Carolina, noso met and sitting in
General Assembly, and by the authority OF
The same, That B. T. Whittemore,
Ether q. Bnler, J. s. Fillebrown and
james NJ. Brown be. and they are
hereby, constituted committee to exa.
mine any and all accounts presented to
said committee by any and all parties
WHO hold any accounts or demands
against the County of Darlington. oon-
trncted or originating since June, 1868,
and before January l, 1872: Prouideti,
That said committee receive no CON-
pensation for their services
SEQ. 2. That to enable tho said COM
mittee to investigate as to the correct
ness of the indebtedness of the County
OF Darlington, as reported by the Coun-
ty Commissioners of said County to the
General Assembly OF 1871-72, they are
hereby authorized and empowered to
give public notice, for fifteen daye, to
all persons and parties holding any de.
mands against said County, to present
the same for examination: and said
committee shall have power and author
ity to send for any officer, person or
party, their books, papers or memo
randums, and, to further the e1amina-
tion of any account or demand against
the County, paid or unpaid, contracted
or originating since June, 1868, and be-
fore January /, 1872, the committee
may administer any oath to any person,
party or officer.
SEC. 3. That if, upon the aforesaid in
vestigation, it shall be found that the
County Commissioners of Darlington
County have misapplicd the public
moneys of the County by paying claims
not authorized by law, or have neglected
their duty by refusing to pay claims
authorized by law, or have used for
their own private purposes any of the
public funds Of tho County, or have un.
justly Disseminated among tho creditors
of the County in paying out tho money
of the County, or done any other act,
or neglected to do any act in violation
of law, in reference to the public funds
or property of the County, the said COM
mittee she'll forthwith furnish said infor-
nation to the Circuit Solicitor of the
County, who shall forthwith proceed by
action, or indictment, or both, against
said Commissioners in the circuit
Court. And if said commissioners shall
be found guilty. they shall, in addition
to the penalties now provided by law,
be Immediately removed from Office.
SEC. 4. That it is hereby made the
duty of tho County Commissioners of
Darlington County to draw their war
rants on the County Treasurer against
any funds in his hands, including the
money now in bank, which was nppro-
priated for building of Court House,
for the payment and liquidation of the
past Indebtedness of the County; and
the County Treasurer, on presentation Of
said warrant shall pny tho same.
SEQ. g. Immediately on and after the
passage of this Act, the committee herein
appointed shall enter upon tho duties
assigned them. and no warrant on the
funds specified in Section shall 30
drawn on the County Treasurer by tho
County Commissioners until tho cxami.
nation herein authorized shall have been
completed.
SEQ. 6. The Auditor and County Com
missioners be, nnd they are hereby, ar-
tLoriSad anc empowered to cause to be
levied on the taxable property of the
said County. for the year 1872, two mills
on the dollar, and to continue the same
each succeeding year, until tho sum OF
eighteen thousand dollars shall have
been collected, and the said sum, as col
lected, shall pot be nsed in any manner.
except for the purpose of building o
Court House at Darlington, for tho
County of Darlington.
Approved March 0. 1872.