The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-03-06
Gtate Notices.


S1R-In accordance with an Act OF the General
Assembly, approved February 9th, 1878, You will
on receipt OF this, instruct your County Treasurer
to Issue his executions for unpaid taxes and pen
alties OF 1872 as soon as you return to him his
duplicate, with the twenty per cent. penalty
charged thereon. as noted In Circular g." and re-.
qulre him to proceed at once to the speedy collec
ton Of the same by distress or Otherwise.
The fees allowed Treasurers as costs are as fol.
| lows, viz:
On the amount delinquent. per cent
For issuing execution: e0 e0
For levy on property ty...................-... o.
For advertising property for ssle............ 90
For mileage toply one way,l per mile, 70 De
computed from the county courthouse
to the ace OF making distress, ,)........ 05
Section 9. Chapter ls, Title s, OF General Stat.
utes gives the County Treasurer ample power to
enforce the collection Of his executions promptly
and you will remind him that he viii be teld res
ponsible for all taxes and penalties due on his
duplicate, save for reasons specified In Section 90
Chapter IL, Tile 3, Of Statutes aforesaid; and that
the Treasurer must exhaust the personally before
proceeding against real estate Of any taxpayer.
On or before the 10th Of April nextyou will ex-
anime the Treasurer's Duplicate and receive from
him the delinquent list, on which list he Will Ger.
tify to you the name OF any taxpayer against
whom shall appear any assessment. tax or penal.
ty for A. D. 1879 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 8, 1878. In the manner
and form as prescribed 10 General Statutes, Title
s. Chapter L. Section II. The day OF sale will be
May s, 1873, aud you will attach notice to said
list In the manner and form as noted in Section
IT above. The above sale Will be conducted In
the manner prescribed in Section 1S OF above
mentioned Chapter, ss amended by Section ],
Act No. 1875, approved March IL, 1872.
You will keep the record OF sale as noted In
sectloa 20, Chapter Is, Title 8, as above, and on
which depends the correctness Of assessments for
1873, and obviates the reference to this ONCE Of
petitions for "erroneous assessments" often
styled "cterical errors"
Your attention is invitei to Section 81 and IS Of
Chapter 10, above noted; and 1t is absolutely cer
tain that II any OF the above directions are not
compiled with. and on the days specified. that the
sales made will be null and void In law, and entail
upon your once reputation undesirable.
As soon as the sales are completed es above you
will be furnished with settlement Sheets" to
close the accounts Of 1872; and you are instructed
to 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 dual Settle
ment Of all taxes for 1872, thereby obVlatlDg any
impediment to the assessment OF 1878. You will
convey to your County Treasurer the Information
herein noted, which will be binding on each OF
you, copy OF same being sent by mall to Your
address; aud being so delivered, yoa will report
your action to this ONCE.
Respectfully, &C., 8. L. HOGE,
Comptroller General OF South Carolina.
Approved: FL. MOSES, Jr.,
mch5 Governor OF South Carolina.