The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1873-04-17

March till the first day OF December.
SECTION 2. That all acts Or parts of acts in
consistent with this act or in any way con-
Aicting with any Of its provisions are hereby
repealed 90.
\ Approved February 26, A. D. 1873.
IAN ACT to amend the law relating to the
collection of taxes
i Whereas, by an act of the General Assem-
bly,, approved January 10th, 1873, thecomp-
trollef.general, with the approval OF the
Eovernor, has been authorized to extend the
{ime for the payment and collection OF taxes
for the fiscal year commencing November list,
AS72. for such time as may be necessary
therefor and whereas it is provided by law
that the officer charged with the assessment
and collection of taxes shall, after the period
limited and specified, afix penalties for the
non-payment of said taxes within those
periods, and advertise and sell all lands upon
which the taxes shall not have been paid be-
fore time specified therefore,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives Of the State Of South Caro-
lima, now met and sitting in General Assem-
bly,, and by authority of the same:
SECTION l. That in ell cases where tho
comptroller general, with the approval Of the
Governor, may have extended the time for
the payment and collection of taxes, it shall
be lawful for the said comptroller general,
with the like approval, TO extend the time
wherein the penalty or penalties shall attach,
and also the time when the advertisement
and sale of such delinquent lands may be
made, 90 as the same may conform, as near
as may be, to the period fixed by law; and all
advertisements and sales made in accordance
with the intsructions ofsaid comptrollsrgsn-
eral, and all acts done. or required to be done,
BY any officer charged With any duties re-
uuirsd in the collection oftaxes or connected
thcrewith, by virtue of such authority, shall
be, in all respects, as legal, and shall have
the same force and effect, as if the said acts
had been done and duties performed within
the period now fixed and specified by law.
Approved February 26, A. D. 1873.
AN ACT to prevent the obstruction OF harbors
and navigable streams in this state by the
discharge therein of ballast Of stone, dirt
and other heavy materials.
Be it enacted by the Senate and house OF
Representatives Of the State of South Caro-
lima, now met and sitting in General Assem-
bly,, and by the authority Of the same:
SECTION /. That any owner or master OF
any weasel navigating the waters ofthis State
who shall discharge, or cause or permit to be
discharged, from said ve,sol any ballast of
stone. bay or other heavy material into any
harbor, bay or navigable streams Of this
State, whereby the navigation thereof hin
dered or obstructed, or is likely to hinder
and obstruct the navigation, shall be held to
be misdemeanor, and, upon conviction
thereof, shall, for the first offense, be i'm
prisoned in the county Jail 70. aperiod of not
less than ten days or more than thirty days, or
fine of not less than twenty dollars or more
than one hundred dollars; and for the Sc
cond offense shall be imprisoned for not less
than sixty days nor moro than one year, or
fined not less than one hundred dollars nor
more than five hundred dollars, or both, at
the discretion of tho court. Onc-half of said
fine shall 20 to the informer, and the balance
to the treasury Of the county wherein the Of
fcnse was committed.
SECTION g. That this act shall take effect
six months after the passage thereof; and il
shall be the duty of all harbor masters to no
tify all masters of vessels coming into theil
respective ports of the provisions Of this act
and where there is no harbor master, the
chairman of the board of pilot commissioner,
shall notify the masters Of vessels.
Approved FebtuaU a, A. b. 1873.