The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1876-05-24

t tho State in payment for taxes,
and who has instituted proceedings
i'll the courts to have such bills re
ceived in payment thereof. The
comptroller general, however, has
taken directly opposite view of the
case, and has sent the following
instructions to the treasurer OF
Richlanu -
ExEcUrIyE DEpARTMENT,
OFtAcE SFTsiE CAMpTRotLFn GAN'1..,
CoLeMBiA, s. c., April 81, 1876,
e. 4 DcUli'y, ss4., 7redswsvs' yt
Richiand Cous'tW: - 4
SIR=-You are sent herewith copies
of Oil net entitled Van act to amend
an act to provide for the redemption
of forfeited land upon certain condi-
tions therein mentioned" approved
April 13, 1876, and are instructed to
give your special attention to the
provisions of the same
Under the authority given in sec
tiUh 4, bills of the Bank of the State
arc to be received "in payment Of all
past due taxes prior to 1875" moan-
ing prior to the fiscal year 1875.
III all cases where bills of the
Bank Of the State have been tonl
dercd for taxes for the year 1876,
such taxes arc to be regarded aa
unpaid, and assessed with the twenty
per cent. penalty, and collection of
the same will be enforced by exocu-
ton, if for personality and by ad-
vertisemcnt and sale, if for realty,
III the same manner us for all other
Unpaid taxes. Tnos G.. ptNN,
Comptroller General s, G,
The doughty comptroller, as
usual, talks very boldly, but the tax
payers need feel no great alarm at
present. On this subject the Neacs
d"a n""rier very sensibly says :
"Advcrtising and selling property,
where ..Bank bills have been ten
dcrcd for taxes, is bare form ,lity,
ehd might jus: as we'll be dropped.
AS the bills can be used to redeem
the property as soon us it is forfeit
cd to tho State, there ia Neither,
rhyme nor reason in refusing to Mt,
ccpt them before the fol fciture."
JUhGE MAcNEv AND THE GRAND
jury OF LANCAsTER.-Co,ut met in
! Lancaster last week in the African
Zion Church, on account Of the
insecurity of the coy,rthonsc.
Judge Afnckcy made ah explanation
to the grand jury Of his hasty and
improper action at the last term,
lie said that his conduct Was due to
information he had received front a
party he believe | to BE trtstw orthy,
that the jury had been influenced
by the appeals of relative Of the
! person charged with the offence.
He is satisfied that the charge was
t1lsr, and that the grand jury was
impcllcd hy n conscientious sense
Of duty. While he believes tho
conclusion was wrong if the wit.
nesses were credible, the crcdi
oility Of the witnesses is left to the
Judgment Of the jury, and the
Court erred in holding "that the
fact having been testified to, the
grand jury were bound to find q
true bill" The allegation that he
charged any juror with perjury is
false. He has never imputed n
corrupt motive to any Of the jur
1t is the duty of the Judge to resis,
I'LL violations of the sacred safe,
guards Of the law. That duty he
endeavored to perform, but in
doing SO he would not do violence
t. the sense Of honor of the Jury
men. He concludes as follows: 81
regret profoundly, Mr.. Foreman
and gentlemen Of the grand jury
the harsh terms in which L charac
tcrized the action of your honorable
body, and I tender to you this
unsonght atoncment for an unjus
imputntion cast upon you by Ian
guage here uttered by nc, which
though not meant in malice, has
given you just cause of offence
and which upon due reflection
neither my Judgment nor m,
heart approves" Judge M ,ckeJ
hopes to receive in future the com
mcndation of the people of Lancas
ter. This action Of the Judge doe
him credit, and as wo condemned h;
action towards the grand jury, W,
take pleasure in giving publicity t,
tho explanation he has made of hi
course.
ANOTHER ITEM OF INFORMATION FOL
TAxpAYERs.-W NJ. Nelson, ESQ.
county treasurer Of Fairfield, has
1otr1y rnpriUn1 tbo fsllowi,,cr ~ c;,.c,, l.,