The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-01-13
An Act to Provide for the Settlement
and Payment of Certain Claims
Against the State.

Whereas there arc outstanding certain
legislative pay certificates, treasurer's
bills payable, and claims passed by the
General Assembly, amounting in all to
about five hundred thousand dollars,
which ought to be paid; and whereas
there are grave doubts whether the act
emitted Gan act to provide for the settle
ment and redemption of certain claims
against the State" passed at the last ses-
sion of the General Assembly, became a
law
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representative of the State of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General
Assembly, and by the authority of the
same:
SECTION /. That the Governor be, and
he is hereby, authorized ard required,
within ten days from the passage of this
Act, to appoint three commissioners, who
shall constitute commission on claims.
SEC. 2. That the said commission are
hereby authorized and required to audit,
as adjusted debts of the State, all pay
certificates issued by both or either of the
Houses of the General Assembly prior to
the last proceeding session which have
been duly registered with the clerks of
the two Houses, in accordance with the
terms of q concurrent resolution of the
General Assembly, passed December 81,
1874, or which shall be registered with
the said clerks within thirty days from
the passage of this Act, and which shall
be certified by the said clerks to have
been regularly and properly issued also
State Treasurer's due bills and all bills
payable which have been issued by the
State Treasurer for money borrowed pur-
/ suant to the provisions of joint resolu-
[ ton of the General Assembly to provide
for the payment of certificates issued by
the General Assembly, approved March
IL, 1872; and also all claims which, by
any action prior to the present session,
have been definitely fixed in amount and
ordered to be paid: Provided, hoaOever,
That nothing contained in this section
shall be construed to deny to the said
commission the authority to Gisallow, in
whole or in part, any claim evidenced by
such pay certificates, bills payable, or
such action of the General Assembly, il
the said commission shall aajudge tho
same to be fraudulent, or shall for any
other cause adjudge the same is not &
Just, valid and proper demand against the
State.
Sec. 8. That the Attorney General is
hereby authorized and required to at
tend the sessions of the said commission
and represent therein the interests of the
State. and shall receive SUCH compensa-
ton therefor as shall be received by the
members of the said commission respec-
lively.
SEC. 4. That all persons desirous of Sc
curing the benefits of this Act shall sur
render to the said commission, within
ninety days after the passage of this Act,
the pay certificates, bills payable and
other evidences of Indebtedness in their
possession which may pertain to their
claims but unless said claims are llled
within the time specified, they shall be
forever barred, and from thenceforth
shall be null and void as against the
State; and the said commission is here
by authorized and required, upon the
auditing and allowance of said claims, to
cancel all the pay certificates, bills pay
able and other evidences of Indebtedness
which may pertain to the claims so audi
ted and allowed, and in lieu thereof shall
issue to each claimant, or his assigns, a
certificate of State indebtedness, which
certificate shall be signed by the mem
bers ofthe said commission, or majority
of them, and shall set forth the amount
ascertained to be due to such claimant,
and the terms and conditions on which
such certificate may be lawfully redeem
ed under the provisions of this Act; and
the said commission shall, in all cases,
forthwith deposit, in the office of the
Comptroller General, all such Legislative
pay certificates, bills payable and other
evidences of Indebtedness so taken up
and cancelled, with an accompanying
memorandum, signed by them, or a ma
liority of them, showing their action in
reference thereto, and the Comptroller
General shall file the same, suitably
marked and endorsed, in his office: Pro
vided, ho,ceuer, That no claims shall be
audited or allowed unless the holders
thereof first agree to accept the terms OF
settlement provided for in this Act: And
provided further, That all evidences per-
tanning to any claims which may be dis
allowed shall be returned to the claim
ants, with reason of refusal endorsed on
said claim. =.
SEC. 5. That the said commission shall
make all needful rules and regulations
for their government, and for the proper
presentation and proof of claims. They
Shall also keep registry of all claims
presented to and acted upon by them,
whether allowed or disallowed, in whole
or in part. They shall also keep regis
try of all certificates of State indebted
ness issued by them to claimants. They
shall also keep record of all their pro-
ceedings, and from time to time make to
the Governor such reports as he may re-
quire, and when they shall have compile
ted their labors they shall make final
report of all their actions as commits
sion to the Comptroller General, who
shall embody said report in his annual
report to the succeeding General Assem-
bly,. A majority Of the members OF the
said commission shall constitute quo
rum for the transaction of business. !.
SEC. 6. That any person who may hold
q certificate of State indebtedness issued
by said commission pursuant to the pro-
visions of section 4 of this Act shall,
upon presenting and surrendering the
same at the Office of the Comptroller
+ General, receive for the same four Comp
troller Generals warrants, numbered l.,
2, 8 and respectively, each of them for
one-eighth of the amount of the certif.
cate Of State indebtedness so presented
and surrendered: No. l, payable out of
the taxes to be levied and collected for
the fiscal year commencing November l.,
1875; No. 2, payable out of the taxes to
be levied and collected for the fiscal year
commencing November l, 1876; No. 8,
payable out of the taxes to be levied and
collected for the fiscal year commencing
November l, 1877 and No. 4, payable
out of the taxes to be- levied and collec-
ted for the fiscal year commencing No
! unnnher 1873. Prnrided hoanerer That