The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-03-08
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| Auditor--
| sIR-In accordance with an Act OF the Genera
Assembly, approved February 27th, 1878 you Will
on receipt OF this, instruct your county Treasurer
to issue his executions for unpaid taxes and pen
atlcs OF 1872 as soon as you return 10 blu hi
duplicate, with the twenty per cent penalty
charged thereon, as noted In "ClrcuAr g." and re
qui him TO proceed at once 10 the ebeedy collec
tlon OF the same by distress or otherwise.
The fees allowed Treasurers as costs are as fol
| lows viz:
On the amount delinquent ent.............6p per cent
For issuing execution ........$ OF
| For entry Of s,me In execution ooUk....... %
For advertising property for sale..:........ oc
For mileage, tUlly one way,I per mile. TO be
computed from the county courthouse
20 the p &C OF making dtstresa,l. ,l........ O:
Section 9. Chapter 10, Title 8, OF General Stat
ules gives the County Treasurer ample power to
enforce the ollecrion Of his executions promptly
and you will remind him that he vii be eld res
ponsiole for AL taxes and penalties due on his
duplicate, save for reasons specified In Section 90
Chapter H. tt lie g. OF Statutes aroresald and that
the Treasurer must exhaust the personally before
proceeds g against real estate Of any taxpayer.
On or before the 10th Of April next you wi ex.
anime the Treasurer's Duplicate and receive from
him the delinquent lst on which list he Will GER
ify to yon the name OF any taxpayer against
whom shall appear any assessment. tax or penal.
ty for A. D. 1872 unpaid, for or on account Of any
real estate In your County; and you will publish
the same delinquent list) weekly, for two weeks,
between April 18th an May 6,ls7s, In lbe manner
and form as prescribed in General Statutes, Title
8. Chapter Is, section II. The day OF sale will be
May 6, 1873, aud you will attach notice to said
list In the manner and form as noted in Section
the manner rrescribed In section IS OF above
mentioned Chapter, as amended by Section !,
ACT No. 1875, approved March IL. 1872
You will keep the record OF sale as noted IN
Section 20, chapter 13, TILE 3, as above, and on
which depends the correctness OF assessments for
1878, and obviares the reference to this ONCE Of
petitions for "erroneous assessments often
styled "clerlcal errors"
Your attention Is invite to Section 81 and IS Of
Chapter 49, above noted; and It Is absolutely Ger.
tain that any Of the above directions ore not
compiled with. AMI on the days specified. that the
sales made will be null and void ln law, and entail
upon your ol1te repuratlo undesirable.
As soon as the sales are completed as above you
will be furnished with settlement Sheets" 10
close the accounts OF 1872; and you are instructed
sc prepare and forward the same With the "For-
reited Lis ,"by the County Treasurer, on or be.
fore the 1st day Of June next, for q final settle.
ment of all taxes for 1872 thereby obvlatiDg any
impediment to the assessment OF 1873. You Will
convey 10 your County Treasur' the information
herein noted, which will 5e binding on each OF
you, copy OF same being sent by mall 10 your
address; aud being 80 delivered, you will report
your action TO this ofnce.
Respectfully, &C., ST., HoGE,
Comp,roler.aener Of South Carolina.
Approved: F.!. MOSES, 'r.,
mchs Governor Of South Carolina.