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

YVES gatnefea ana soio' tnus teraeo Ia"
rnsgSFE Of the early morn.
Then mp with the breeze, the birds. and
the e-bees, .,a,g s e.;
| ISiyou wish to grow. wealthy and wise
].Andmerrify sing, like birdsi in tho spring
While your work as merrily flies.
The poor sleepy head, who fingers in bed
WIN have more sorrows than joys;
And when he grows oid' viii be hungry
So keep "wide awake" my boys.
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Sale of delinquent and Forfeited
=. Lands,
To the Editor Of the K'agstree Star:
Some Of my personal friends and
clients having expressed to me de-
sire that I should consider the vari-
GUS acts ofthe Legislator bearing on
the sale of delinquent and forfeited
lands, as advertised for the Sd day of
June next, and publish my opinion
thereon in the Star for the informa-
ton of all concerned. I'now request
4 sufficient space in your columns to
answer the conclusions to which my
judgment has arrived upon the sub
Iject. IL
The great Importance Of the ques-
tions involved to many Of our unfor-
tunate people who have been unable
to comply with the exactions of our
despotic and relentless rulers, and
who are now threatened with the al
tentative Of either paying up IN cash
the accumulated taxes, costs and pen
alties Of four years at once, or being
sold out of house and home, and then
wives and children turned homeless
and pennyirss into the woods and
streets, and with the nope that my
opinion ard advice may :e Of 2ora
service IN calning their lea: ; anp AZ
,prehenyiol., and preventing thcir TOO
ready .acqniescence and compliance
with the demands of yne tax, galaerer
whose only object is Il force ,ut Of a
rooy and ':owr ifo,!,Ga pfonle ARG
sums, OF lne;.c. ;or he support 40
maintenance Uf Il rctten a.,. cl..up
government, without r,yaru 10 the
distress ard suffering LIE luay produce
in the country, is uly only, (i"t |
-lrllA ,s;,fuientl al .ogY ior ol.tru. Zig
- ,cr WHO -, lot - .'f:oi.'
tereste.i III ii. II"
shall discuo. the - =:
its legal ASPECTS, leav t.. The Oil e.!
features of the subject ior sf!. .-9.e
fitting occ;. ion.
IL sales adverln 4 a.. lrnt s.! Ia,
K condL9ted. AIT. ..l lAsy % ga
Aiy OPINION is that they viii be iiio-
saI no matter how loey are condu' Ted,
and a for the following reasons
l. The act of the last Legislature
recurring these sales to take place in
June is entitled IAN Act to amend
an Act entitled AN Act providing
for the assessment and taxation OF
property passed September Is. 1878"
This act was approved the 18th day
of March, 1872. Its first section pro-
po,es to amend sections l0S, ll6, III
and l2S Of the original act by strl-
king out certain words and, inserting
others, when that original act had
been repealed by an act of the same
Legislature which TOOK effect on the
10th day of February previous. See
the general statutes p. 1853 and the
act adopting and ratitying the same
is stat. p. 81. While it is'certalnly
true that the Legislature may by act
revue, can it amend, and thus give
vitality to arepeaied statute? think
not, for there is nothing to amend by
A statute repealed is, Tor all future
purposes, as though it had never ex-
isted.. 1t is wiped from the books en-
tirely. So that while the words re-.
quired by the amending statute to be
inserted instead of Others stricken
out might nave an existence them
selves, the other portions cf the stat,
ute attempted to be amended, and
which are absolutely essential to give
validity and vitality to them, would
remain ,letunct, and hence the amend
ing statute would be unmeanlng and
nugatory.
3. Section 4 of the act of 1872 un'
der which these sales are 30 occur
reads thus:
"That all lands and real estate
within this State, whereupon or IN.
respect whereof, any sum OF money
remains due Or payable after the sale
provided for in secionl5, chap. Kill,
title III Of general statutes
shall be- exposed to sale an. sold on
the first Monday il! Junv, 1872
Now let us turn q tic section y tiie
pene,'al.statu,es y:l2rted to ana ga
lind it to READ thus
"AIl sea property returned delin-
rueni hy tie ccan.y ;Teasur":, IS i7'o
vided iog bg tlis CHAPTER ST., oe o
:ered ior saic on IT,. seco'- tuesday
Ein Marc. n,%t a.;er i same $hall
be thus returned.
Now observe. The q lcs Of delln-
auent lands in June are OF such lands
upon viii, h the taxes remail. unpaid
after the salos 9eeua1ang IN Nrch-
No sales it is til occurred in March
last, at least il. this county, BY virtue
of orders from. the State Auditor: bh
can The former take place until the
latter have first occurred? N'they