The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-03-07
T F F l Q 1 A L .
CIRcULAa 30. IL

To-
SR-In accordance with an Ac; OF the General
Assembly, approved February 9th, 1873, you will
on receipt OF this, instruct your County Treasurer
to issue his executions for uRpa!d taxes and pen
altiea OF 1872 as soon as you return 10 blu his
duplicate, with the twenty per cent. penalty
charged thereon as uotedin Circular g." and re.
aui him 70 proceed at once 10 the speedy colec-
ton OF the same by distress or otherwise.
The fees allowed Treasnrers as costs are as FOL.
lows, viz: - j. 2 -
On the amount delinquent. per cent:
For issuing execution. ~
For advertising property for sale. 90
For mileage, !oEly one wayl per mile: oe TO be
computed from the county courthouse
.te the p aca OF making distress, a,)........ 10
Section Q. Chapter Is, Title 8, OF General Stat
utes gives the County Treasurer ample power to
enforce the collection of his executions promptly
and you win remind him that he wi be eld res
ponsible for all taxes and penalties due on his
duplicate, save lor reasons specified In Section 90,
Caaper II, II le s. CT Statutes aforesaid; and that
the Treasurer must exhaust the personally before
proceed; g against real estate OF any taxpayer.
On or before the 10th OF April next you vi | ex-
EQllQe the DuPuSase duo iSSS''S 'Ao'AA
him the delinquent List, on which list be vii GER
1;fy to you the name OF any taxpayer against
whom shall appear any assessment. tax or penal.
" for A. D. 1912 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 5,ls7s, In the manner
and form as prescribed In General Stltutes. Title
g. Chapter IS, section II. The day OF sale VIII be
May s, 1878, and 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 rrescribed in Section 1s OF ABOVE
mentioned Chapter, as amended by Section ],
Act no. 125, approved March IL, 1872
You viii keep the record OF sale as noted In
Section 20, Chapter ls Title g. as above, and on
which depends the correctness OF assessments for
1873, and obvistes the reference to this oflce OF
petitions for "erroneous assessments" often
styled 'iclerical errors"
Your attention Is invited to Section 81 and IS OF
Chspter Is, above noted and It Is absolutely GER
tain that II any OF the above directions are not
comrlied with, and on the days specified that the
ssies made viii be null and void in law, and entail
upon your once reputation undesirable.
As soor as the sales are completed as above you
VIII be furnished with settlement Sheets" 10
close theaceounts OF 1872; and you are Instructed
70 prepare and forward the same, with the "For.
1eited LIS, by the County Treasurer. on or be-.
fore the lss day Of June next, for flnal htttle.
mert OF all taxes for 1872, thereby ooViating any
tmpediment to the assessment Of 1878. You will
convey TO your County Treasurer the information
herein noted, which will be binding on each OF
you, a,popy Of same being sent by mail to your
.a6raoo. ond heipo m delivered Won will repOrt
your action to this ofice.
Respectfully, DC, 8. L. HOGE,
Comptroller.Genera OF South Carolina.
Approved: ~. MOSES, Jr.,
mchs Governor Of South Carolina.