Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-06-20

I'D 8. 81 u, .JUNEz'2|
q. ."jfc'5s.sl n .'nep 8 & rs9o tI,r. 70 oaG21
parcels ais,l not exceeding 4aSsy syressl sl}a each.
and after giyia 2 sixty days 'ot.se.
4 But it is SAID that tn.- aets,rnch9n
Of the law is erroneous, aud that al
4 lands offered for sale and oagwhch
here j: no bid. whether if cities and
Iiowps or n the col..ry ,aft forfeited
Ito he State. AS i do nopwlshfto be
too lengthy, as I sillht be wehe'l to
argue this point, | val; simply quote
SO much OF the opinion Of attoruey
,|lGeneral Chamberlain inalhis corres-
i pondence with Messrs.. Pope. 4 Has
keli of Columbia, IN June Ils7l,l 'ls
bears upon this question, and I think
BIT WI be sean TO ,colT1pbgo ny
| opinion precisely. For, INN and his
opinions I wonld euppoAs those M in
power sl would have ssomstrr rssspsGt If
they do not for me md damlne.ro His
Language iis this The ioniy disanc4
ton which ! .can a:.sgoysF q. 81 ths@at-
/ ter of delinquent sales between prop
1 ,erty in Incorporated cities and villa
,Eges and property in. the country, is
Ethis, that.if at the sale, the land ,ad-
.|'vertised, except in ineofporatsd,ci
land villages. ,;cannots be sold .foE one;
|Ifourth of its assessed value, the Au-
lditor Is required on behalf Of the
Estate to purchase a sufficient quantity
thereof to satisfy the taxes and PEN
Ealties; whereas in the ease Of city.or
village property,;the Auditor is not
Required to bid at all upon the prop
kerty, but in the absence cto !6therbid-'
Eders the land becomes Immediately
Iforfeited to,the State. In the former
lease {the case Of country property
lthe PROPERTY bid III BY the County
EAuditor for the State would become
Echargeable simply with the taxes and
tIpenalties as if purchasedby aprivate
Individual. In the latter case (the
case of city or village property the
whole property offered for sale, and
\ (which for want Of bidders has become
forfeited to:the State, is charged sim
! ply with the taxes and penalties, the
same as If the whole had been pur-
chased by a private individual, and
in either case the redemption is to be
made upon the same terms and con-
ditions. The only. difference in the
two cases appears to be that in The
onc case the Stats has seen fit to
guard against the sacrifice of country
property, while in he case o. city Oh.
village property it was not thcilGh
prpbable, L assume, tllatthele would
B. sufficient danger OF u sacrifice. 10
make ii necessa:y to observe The same
precaution IN tlis respect"
At any rate. whether tie Attorney
General oiiliou Is correct or not,
certain i, is til. he Auditors Of this
County na :,o leen pu: ay ng tht cour,c
| and lie Lavc be- .s:.c..i' IS Col
rect, and they eanno' c..snga i now
that.ls to J llry tannGi rlb out Il
urchase OF tli n rrh-,r- corn>i'
: - ..SGG ~. 70. Al snr d:,;vn
me Nc IL. aS,ab.: tes eel
Z. - liz .a
4. Til, Auditor OF -. c'..ntY E:l<
4ot advertised any f',rellt .ncs i! i
re.ore he carho. lcga..y SCI any.
$ g ii the at OF 1872 requires the
Au.!. .vr t adv e the forfeited
lar,!s: ;or sale III sno manner provi-
dg,. by section 'l01 o! IL, act Of
loo,. Sec. l57 requires lne list OF
d.4.npucn lands 1o be published
we~kiJ' IL Two weeks, before tit sale.
Ti.ls liz i: tai.en from the duplicate
IN the !.andsvt the Connty Ireistrcr
1t contains the name oi the owner OF
the and, the number of acres con
tained in the t,aeu or lot, " here sit
ll;.tvd, &c. But ii the reader will |
LOOK at the Star Of last week (and in
this issue the same ought to be con-
tinued) he will see that the Auditor
advertises,, that is, specifies, nothing
but the DELINQUENT lands Ql 1871. 1t
is true that in both the head and foot
notices attached to the advertisement,
he speaks of both forfeited and de-
linquent lands, but when he CONES to
itemize and specify them, we har of
nothing but :" delinquent lands for
1872" Its equivalent to Sheriff
who might advertise certain real
anu personal property" for sale on the
next sale day: without saying where
or what property it was An thu
number Of acres regarded as fonejted
included in the number reported as
delinquent? If not, where aJe thu
forfeited acres2 If they are thus in
cluded, how can lands be boh for ;
feited and delinquent at the same
time? How are persons interested
to distinguish the one from theother?
Besides the law provides that forfeit t
ed lands shall be sold abiolutely to
the highest bidder, without any right !
of tue, ,iormer owner to py.up the ,,
taxes before the day Of ale, while. :
the Auditor says they WILDE sold en- /
the 3rd Of June unless tn. taxes are I
paid up before that time. !. 90 not, j
ot course, attach any persnal blame 7
to the Auditor, for his intake. for :
the members Of the Legissture have I
proved themselves suchmserabls c
blunderers and bunglers,and have
made go many conflicting laws upon a
the subject OF taxes, .thatl ara not F
surprised at any "ns maing blum lhl
ders also who attempts construe 4
aud execute them; but tn poor citi. f
zen, who.is kept down an burdened i i
almost TO his ruin with lie load OF q
taxes which are heapedupon hila Il
FROM wear t, year, to keeln power a . Q
Sc, ot pl,snderers SIS wells 0lu',aer- I, .
e,s, aas the right 10 ,.vaiAlnself Of = =
any Llund"r wheli.el icrtionally :, u
or unipten;.cnaily made, y anii Off :
Ger, in his Official caraci. which may b
,p,.+ Tho valid;tv n, tI,rQcreulnpS ~