Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-03-14
THE BEAUFORT REPUBLICAN, MARCH IA, 1877

Sec. 2. That the person or persons
desiring to redeem land, sold under said
order, shall apply to the Sheriff for GER
tifcate, under his hand and seal, stating
the amount of tax, costs and penalties,
for which the land was sold. That then
the said person shall present the same to
the County Treasurer, and pay to the
said Treasurer the amount of the tax, with
! interest thereon, at the rate of seven per
cent, per annum, On all costs and penal
ties; whereupon the Treasurer shall make
and deliver to such person or persons, a
deed of conveyance for said land, remov-
| ing all the titles therein.
| Sec. 3. That the County Treasurer
shall account for the taxes, penalty, and
interest paid in, under this Act, in the
same manner as he does for other taxes,
and shall distribute the costs to the officer
to whom the same shall belong.
Sec. 4. That the person Or persons re-
deeming the land shall pay to the County
Treasurer the sum, of three dollars for the
deed of conveyance, and to thesSheriff $50
cents fifty cents forGthe certificate.
Sec. 5. That all Actssand partsof Acts
inconsistent with this Act be, and the
same are hereby, repealed.
Sec. g. That all deeds. of conveyance
heretofore executed and delivered by the
Sheriffs of the different counties, or any of
them, under the Act provided for the re-
demption of lands, sold under the orders
of General Candy, approved the 9th day
of March, A. D. 1871, IN which the appli
cation was made therefor, within the time
! I.l hot Aofh ho q rp
hereby. ratified and confirmed.
Sec. T. That the Sherifs who may
have received taxes, interests and penal
ties in the redemption of lands, as in that
Act provided, are hereby required to turn
the same over to their respective County
+ Treasurers, to be disposed of by them as
other taxes, and to parcel out the costs
received by them to the officers to whom
they severally belong.
Approved February 18th, 1872.
IN Act to Require the County Commission
ers of BarnreU to Construct jail at
Blackrlle, the County Seat.
Section l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
ST South Carolina, now met and sitting in
General Assembly, and by the authority
Of the same:
That the County Commissioners of
Barnwell county be, and they are hereby,
required and directed, immedlatel y after
the passage of this Act, to cause to be con-
structed jail for the use of said county,
at the town of Blackville, the county seat,
the said jail, when completed, with the
highest practicable security for the custo-
dy of prisoners, not to be exceeded IN cost
the sum of eight thousand dollars.
5, c. 2. The said Commissioners are
authorized to advertise for plans and spec
ilications, and proposals to build said jail
in the newspaper published in Barnwell,
and one dailynewspaper in Charleston aDd
Columbia. for the space of three weeks,
and from the plans, specifications and pro-
posals submitted to select such one as they
NAV think best adapted TO the necessities
of a Jail; and they are further authoriZed
to contract with the party submitting the
plans, specifications and proposals ac-
c9pred by them. = -, :,
5 c. 3. GA the completion Of said Jail
according 70 said contract, and atler it
shall have been approved and received by
the sa q Commissioners, they shall be au-
,horiza to draw up ~ the County Treas
urer OF Baruweil in favor of the contract
or for the amount agreed to be paid there
for. which draft shall be paid by the Treas
urer on presentation, but the said G 'm-
misslontrs are authorized, in their discre-
,ion, to stipulate for payment to the con-
tractor installments as the work progress
e,: Provided, That no such payment
shall be made except upon an estimate
furnished in writing by the contractor,
and carefully examined by the Commits
sQners showing TIE amount of work act
uallv done, and ofmaterial actually furn-
ished, at the date when payment is asked:
And provided, further, That there shall
be reserved of sach estimates twenty cents
per centum, which shall not be paid to the
contractor until the jail shall be complete
accordinf to contract, approved aud re-
ceived by the Commissioners. And the
said Commissioners are authorized to
draw upon the County Treasurer for all
amounts thus agreed to be paid, which
draft the Treasurer shall pay upon the ill
ing with him the estimates upon which
such drafts are drawn, endorsed with a
certificate of approval signed by the said
Commissioners or by majority of them.
Sec. 4. The County Treasurer shall set
apart the SUN of eight thousand dollars
from the county funds and hold such sums
subject to the drafts of the County Com
missi,ners for payment for materials and
construction Of said Jail. And provided
further that that part of the county OF
Rarnwell, which with portions of the
counties Of Edgeield. Lexington Orange
burg, now forming the county Of Aiken,
shall not be llablein any way for any debts