Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-07-24
Assessment For 1878.
AUDITORS OFFICE,
Edgefield County,

Edgefield County,
Edgetield G. H., S. G.
OWNERS Of both Real and Personal
" Property will please take special no.
tice that the following rules for assessing
the property in the County must be strict
ly complied with.
1st, The Christian or first name Of eve-.
ry person making their return OF prop
erty must be legibly written in full.
2nd. Owners of Real Estate must give
the name of the Road upon which their
Land is situated.
The attention of Tax Payers is called
to Section three (3) of" An Act, to amend
an Act, entitled an Ac. providing for the
Assessment and Taxation of Property,
passed 18th September 1868, and all Acts
Amendatory thereto:
Sec. 3, That whenever any tax payer
shall fail to make return to the Auditor
of his County within the time prescribed
by law, it shall be the duty Of the County
Auditor to enter on the Tax Duplicate
against such tax payer the property
charged to him the previous year, with
fifty per cent added thereto, except III.
cases of sickness or absence from the
County, when the true amounts of prop.
erty only shall bo charged.-Approved.
1th March ISL
All persons between ,nc a-o- -. tf-gn
ty-one and fifty are 'i,i!c
Tax unless exempt y .a'* "a
tention OF Tax Pay~,s f. e.. =.
rected to the tollowi'a
lorcement Of the pat;ei.
Tax as passed by tht '.te 9a
2lst Feb, 1873:
AN ACT to Enforce Ac
Poll Tax.
SECTION |. BE IL ca
and House of Rep. ,!.....t,-
State of South Carot'Ia. a-g I.rt md
sitting in General Assembly, an, ny the
authority OF the same, That there shall
be assessed on all taxable polls inAhe
State an annual tax Of one dollar on each
poll, the proceeds of which shall be APP
piled to educational purposes; and if any
person shall refuse orneglcct TO pay said
tax, before the expiration of the time
fixed for the payment OF all taxes, tho
County Trcaurcr shall, within twentN
days thereafter, furnish a list o: all de:
iiuquent polls to the County Commis-
sioners of the County. Where the per-
sons so taxed and delinquent have no
property to he distraincd for the pay!
mcnt Of said poll tax, as authorized in
the Act providing for the assessment and
taxation of property, approved Sept. ID,
1868, the person or persons SO delinquent
shall be subject to penalty of double
the amount Of their poll tax; and on
failing to pay the sanle when notified Of
the fact. within ten days after such notice,
such person or persons shall be required
to work upon the highway or roads, in
their respective Counties, as tho County
Commissioners may direct, not exceed
ing three days.
SEC. 2. That said County Commission
ers shall, after receiving the delinquent
poll lists, summon such delinquents to
appear at their office. and then and there
double tax; and, on failing to do so, such
delinouents shall be required to work
upon the highways and roads of their
respective Counties as the County Com
missioners may direct; and if the said
lelinquents, being personally warned
by the said Commissioners, or by writ
ten notice, served Mt their place of resi-
dence, shall refuse or neglect, having
had ten days notice, to attend by them.
selves, or substitutes equally able to per-
form said duties as themselves, or to pay
the double tax in lieu of said duties, or,
having attended themselves, shall refuse
to conform to the requirements of this
Act, or obey the directions of the County
Commissioners, they shall be considered
guilty of misdemeanor, and, on con.
viction thereof: be imprisoned for the
same, in County Jail, for term not less
than ter days.
The Law requires the Auditor to begin
the Assessment on the first day of July,
1873, and close on the twentieth day Of
August, 1878; after which time the 30
per cent. penalty will attach to all returns
made.
NV Office will be open from O'clock,
A. DI., until o'clock, P. M, for the pur-
pose of receiving returns of property.
FRANK A. BELANGER,
Auditor Edgefield County.
June 25, tt E