Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-06-21
LAWS OF THE STATE.
AN ACT to reduce and fix the salaries of certain
officers.

| AN ACT to reduce and fix the salaries of certain
officers.
SECTION 1. Be It enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State Of
South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gen.
eral Assembly, and by the authority of the
same, That the public officers hereinafter
named shall receive the annual salaries here.
matter mentioned, respectively, to-wit: The
Governor, $500; the Governors Private
Secretary, $1,275; the Governors messenger,
$500; the Lieutenant-G Governor, 1000, to
take effect after the next general election ;
the Secretary of the State $2,100; the Chief
Clerk of the Secretary of State, 81 ,275; the
Comptroller. General, $2,100; for clerical ser.
vices in the Office of the Comptroller Gener.
al, $2,550, if so much be necessary the State
Treasurer, $4,000; the Chief Clerk of the
State Treasurer, 81 ATS; the book.keeper of
the State Treasurer, $1,000; the Adjutant
and Inspector General, 81, 200; Clerk to the
Adjutant and Inspector General, $500; the
State Superintendent of Education, 81 ,S75 f.;
for Clerk to Superintendent of Education,
$500; the Attorney General, $2,100; the
Clerk of the Attorney-General, $1,000; the
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. $4,000 ;
the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court,
So. 500 each the reporter Of the decisions of
the Supreme Court, $1,000; the Clerk and
Librarian of the Supreme Court, $500; the
attendant on the library and rooms Of the
Supreme Court. 5000; the Circuit Judges.
S., 500 each the Circuit Solicitors. $1,000
each, except in the First Circuit, which shall
be $4,000 iu lieu of all charges against the
O. g an foo,
from defendants; the Keeper of the State
House and State Librarian, $500; the watch
men of the State House and grounds, not to
exceed two in number, $500 each the Su-
perntendent of the State Lunatic Asylum,
$4,000; the health officer Of Charleston,
81, 900; the health officer Of Georgetown,
S4OO; Hilton Head and St. Helena Sound,
$500 each the Keeper of the Lazaretto $40O /;
the Librarian of the University of South
Carolina, who shall have charge Of the build
ings and grounds of the University, $500.
SEC 2. That the County Treasurer Of each
county shall receive commissions upon all
taxes collected in their respective counties, as
follows: Three per cent. upon the first S1O,-
900; two per cent. upon the next $4,000;
one per cent. upon the next 0000; one.half
of one per cent. upon all amounts collected
over $4,000: Provided, The same shall not
exceed $500 or be less than $500 per aunum,
except the county of Charleston, where the
commissions shall not exceed $4,000. For
clerical services in the Office of County Treas.
urer of Charleston, $500: Provided further,
That nothing herein contained shall apply to
fees and costs allowed County Treasurers for
making distress and sale of real or personal
property.
SEC. 3. That the County Auditors of the
several counties shall receive the annual sals.
ries hereinafter mentioned, respectively: The
County Auditor of Charleston, $4,000: Pro-
vided, That no additional compensation shall
be allowed for clerk hire; the County Audit
ors of Abbeville and Richland, 500 each
the County Auditors of Aiken, Anderson,
Barnwell, Beaufort, Chester, Colleton, Dar-
lington, Edge6eld, Fairfield, Greenville, Lau-
rens, Newberry, Orangeburg, Spartanburg,
Sumter and York, $500 each; the County
Auditors of Chesterfield, Marion, Clarendon,
Georgetown, Horny, Kershaw, Lancaster,
Lexington, Marlboro, Oconee, Pickens,
Union and Williamsburg, $500 each. And
in addition to the salaries of the Auditors, as
hereinbefore provided, the County Auditors
shall receive, to defray the expenses OF assess
ment of property, such sums as may be ne
cessary, but not to exceed the following, to-
wit: The Auditor of Charleston county,
5000; the Auditors of Abbeville and Rich
land, $500 each the Auditors of Aiken, An
derson, Barnwell, Beaufort, Chester, Darling,
ton, Edgefeld, Fairfield, Greenville, Laurens-
Newberry. Orangeburg, Spartanburg, Sum:
ter and York, $400 each; the Auditors of
Colleton, Clarendon, Horny, Kershaw, Lam
caster, Lexington, Marion, Marlboro, Pick
ems, Oconee, Union, Williamsburg and Ches.
ter6eld, $500 each; and the County Commits
sioners of the several counties, as aforesaid,
shall, upon the application Of the County
Auditors, draw their checks on the County
Treasurers for the several amounts to which
the Auditors may be entitled under the pro.
visions of this section, and the County Treas
urers shall pay the said checks from the first
collection of county funds of the fiscal year
in which the work shall be performed. But
no such cheek or order shall be paid BY the
County Treasurer until the Auditor shall
have filed with the County Commissioners an
itsmized statement Of the services rendered
by his assistants, the number of days each of
said assistants we're employed, and the CON-
pensation they we're severally to receive,
which said statement shall be examined and
approved by the said Board of County Com
missioners: Provided, That no member of the
Board of County Commissioners shall act as
Assistant Assessor. That the County School
Commissioners in each of the several counties
of the State shall receive for their compensa-
tion 50 per diem for the time in which they
are actually engaged in the business of their