The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-01-06
That if said one ~ mill shall be more
than snficient to nav said Indebtedness,

that then the county commissioners
said county are hereby authorized ant
empowered to use such excess IN tn
payment of the current expenses OF sale
county for the fiscal year commencing
November l, 1875; the, County OF New
berry, in which the county commission
ers Shall levy tax of three and q hal
(38) mills; the County. Of Oconee, IL
which the county commissioners sinai
levy tax of four az mills, one H. mil
of which shall be devoted to the paymen'
of the past indebtedness of said county
the County of Riehland, in which, tht
county commissioners shall levy three
and one-half (34) mills for county pur
poses, and three-fourths q mills to pay
salaries of trial justices for the city O.
Columbia, also jury tickets for July ane
January, 1876, terms of court, and sher
if, clerk of court, jurors, constables ane
witnesses for the July and October, 1870
terms of court; the County of Sumter
in which the county commissioners shal
levy a tax of FIVE (5) mills, two ~ mills
of which to be devoted to the paymen
of the past indebtedness of said county
and that the tax so levied for past indebt
edness be applied to the oldest claims II
the order Of priority. And it is hereby
made the duty of the county treasurer
to keep the funds raised by the levy II
this section separate and apart from al
other funds; and they are hereby forbid
den to pay out any portion OF the same
except for county expenses incurred du,
ring the fscal. year for which it is leylee
and collected. And the county ,commls
sioners are hereby forbidden to draw any
warrants contrary to the provisions herein
contained or make contracts In excess o.
the amount herein provided for. Prov
ded, however, That it shall be lawful iol
the county commissioners, as aforesaid
to make such special or additional levy
or levies as may be required OF them oy
special enactment.
Sec. s. That a tax of one and nine
tenths Il 9-lO) mills upon every dollar
of the value Of all taxable property o1
this State be, and the same is hereby
levied. to pay pro rata the following de.
,ficiencies of the fiscal year which COM
menced November l, 1874, namely, ex.
cept fer Deficiencies in appropriation fol
the January and July, 1876, interest on
the public debt: l. Deficiencies in sal.
aries of the executive and judicial officers
of the State, and the clerks and contln.
pent expenses of the executive and judi
cial departments !; 2. Deficiencies IN
appropriation for penal, charitable and
educational institutions, exclusive Of
common, schools; g.. Deficiencies In ap.
propriations for the July, and January
1875, interest on the public debt;,4. De,
ficiencies in appropriations for Legislative
expenses; 5. Deficiencies in appropria.
ton for expenses of general election
November, 1874; ;.6. Deficiency in ap'
propriation for pay of census takers Z
Deficiencies in appropriation TOR paint
ings of Lincoln and Sumner, and repairs
of University Library.
SEC. 9. And all the proceeds OF the
taxes levied for and ION account OF the
State. as specified in the first six and the
eighth sections Of this act, shall be de-
posted by the State treasurer In such
banks of deposit as shall be selected as
the repositories of the public or. State
funds, to the credit of the specific appro'
priation therein named; and it shall be
the duty of such banks to keep each ap.
preparation exclusively separate, subject
to the checks of the State Treasurer
which checks shall bear upon their face
the appropriation upon which they are
drawn. And the State treasurer shall
not draw any moneys from either of the
said banks unless by checks subscribed
by him as treasurer, and countersigned
by the Governor and such checks shall
bear upon their face the specific appro:
priation upon which they are drawn. and
no moneys shall be paid by either of, the
said banks, for and on account of the
State, except upon such checks. And
such banks shall publish, without expense
to the State, in one or more newspapers
published in the city of Columbia, a
monthly statement of all the moneys re.
ceived by the banks Of deposit, to what
appropriation they have been credited,
as well as the amount paid out, to whom,
and on account of what appropriation
paid. ~ H'
:. SEC. 10. That the county auditors and
county treasurers of the ssveral counties
of this State are hereby required, under
the supervision of the comptroller gener-
al, to make the collection of the taxes
levied under. and pursuant to the provis-
ions of this act in the manner prescribed
by law, and they are hereby forbidden to
collect any other tax whatever for the
aforesaid fiscal year unless herein OF
otherwise expressly authorized by law SO
to do. Provided, however, that nothing
herein contained shall be construed to
prevent the collection of special taxes
Tor county purposes, district school taxes,
Doll tax, railroad taxes and taxes levied
for the relief of widows and orphans OF
persons killed because of their political
opinions. Any State or county officer
who shall 5failto comply, with, or eyade,
or attempt to evada, theprosisions,of this
act, or shall, directly or indirectly, temp
orarily or permanently, use, divert OF
embezzle the proceeds of the takes levied
or collected for any specific purpose in
accordance with the said provisions, shall
pc deemed SullGy OF u IelOny, anu, upOu
conviction thereof, shall be- punished by
q fine of not less than one thousand dol
lars, nor more than fire thousand dollars,
and be imprisoned in the Penitentiary
for period of not less than one year nor
more than five years:
Sec. IL. That all taxes assessed and
payable under this act shall be paid in
the following kinds of funds: Gold and
silver coin, United States currency, ma
tional bank notes, coupons due of bonds
issued under an act to reduce the volume
of the public debt and provide for the
payment of the same, approved Decem-
ber %, 1873, and interest orders for in.
terest due on stocks issued under said
act; and if the holders Of the bills Of
the Bank of the State shall present any
of the said bills il payment of taxes due
the State, the treasurer of the county
where such bills are presented shall place
the said bills in an envelope or package
and seal the same with his official seal
across which shall be written the name
of the said county treasurer, as well as