The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-11-27
Extraorai !ary Proceedings,


We print below an order granted
by Judge Melton at Chambers on
Monday Inst. II will be seen tha,
the County Auditors in the State arc
each required TO show eause on tho
23rd instant, why they should not be
enjoined from levy ing or causing to
DC levied the taxes, autholiz:d AID
directed to 10 levied hy Cowptr"l!cr
Gen. Ncaglc in his circular letter of
18Th instant. The case is ono cf pc
culiar interest, and aff:cts very muto.
riully the taxpayers Of the Safe.
Pending the order referred to, the
County Treasurers are btrickly C. join
ed and restrained from collecting any
taxes under the proposed levy.
The following is the order Of Judge
Melton
STATE or S"urn Carolina. Rrcm-
LAND FouNrY ---T,e State If South
Carolina, e., rcIdti"nr tie .Avlnrne,-
General anG +. l.. C.rdcz,, Treas.
urer elect, rlainuifs, VS.. NJ. j. Cal.
nan, as Auditor of R,chland touu.
ty, aud others as County Auditors
aud Country T.easurcrS, defendants.
Order to show causc.
On reading the complaint in the
above entitled cause, aud, on motion
of the Attorney General, with whom
arc Melton & Clark, Of counsellor the
plaintiff, it is ordered that the dcCcn-
dants named in the said complaint, as
the County Auditors If The State do
show cause before me, at the Court
House, in Columbia, on tho 23l day
OF November, instant, at | o'clock \
M., why the said defendants, the
County Auditors of the several Coun-
ties OF the State, their agents, depu-
tics and attorneys, aud each and every
Of thom, should not be cnjoined and
restrained, until further order in this
cause to be made, from levying or
causing to bo levied the taxes, or any
part thereof, authorized and directed
to te levied by Hon. j. l.. Ncaplc,
the Comptroller General of the State,
III and by certain circular letter
dated November l3, 1872, addressed
to tho defendants as County Auditors
of the several Counties of the State,
and from lcvying or causing to Lo lc
wed any taxes under thc authority Of
the joint resolution of March Is,
1872, entitled "Joint Rcsulutiun au.
thorizlng and directing the State Au
ditor and County Commissioners to
levy certain taN"S,' and from lcyying
or causing to bc levied any tax to IA,
Ihc Interest on the bonds and stucks
OF the State, or any portion thereof.
Aud 1t is fuIthcr ordered, that the
defendants named in said complaint as
the County Trcnsurcrs Of tho several
Counties Of the State, do SHOW cause
before me, at the aforementioned
time and place, why the said defend
ants, the County TreaSnrers of the
several Counties Of this State, their
agents, deputies and attorneys, and
each and every Of them, should not
be restrained and cnjoined from col
lecting, or causing to be collected, any
taXos levied, or to be levied, BY the
County Auditors pf their rcSpecti, e
Counties under the authority Of IL
certain circular letter, issued by the
Comptroller General of tie State.
hercinbetnre referred 20, Dat, i No.
vember Is, 1872, and flum c,ilcc, ins,
or c,usirg to he coil, c,ct, auy xes
leiicd, or t. tc levied, ul,cr nu,hor-
ity OF the join. resolution Of March
l3, 1872: hercinG"trrr referred IT,,
and from collecting, or causing t. he
collected, any ta4ss le>icu, or ;ur.
porting to be levied, to pay in!cr.
est on honda and stocks Of the State,
or any potion thereof.
And 1t is Further ordered, hat the
said defendants, their agents, deru.
ties and attorneys, nhd each and
every of tham, be in the meantime
strictly enjoined and restrained from
doing, or causing or suffering Co be
Gone, any Of the said acts, until furth-
or order III the canse to be made.