The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-06-22
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AN ACT to reduce ,.and fix the salaries Of
certain officers. :,
SECTION l. Be IL enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of South Carolina, now met and sitting in
General Assembly, and by the authority of
the Same, That the public officers hereinafter
named shall receive the annual salaries here
inafter mentioned, respectively, to wit: The
Governor, $500; the Governors Private
Secretary, $1,27S; the Governors messen-
ger, $500; the Lieutenant Governor, 81 900,
TO take effect after the next General election;
the Secretary of State, $2,10O; the Chief
CLERK Of the Secretary of State, 81 ,275; the
Comptroller General, $2,1OO; for clerical
services in the Office of the Comptroller
General, $2,55O, if SO much be necessary !;
the State Treasurer, $4,000; the Chief
Clerk of tho State Treasurer, 81 ,475; the
bookkesper of the State Treasurer, 81 900 !;
tho Adjutant and Inspector General, ST.
200; Clerk to tho Adjutant and Inspector
General, 5000 the State Superintendent of
Education, 1875 for Clerk to Superiu-
tendent of Education, 5000; the Attorney
General, $2,lOO; the Clerk of the Attorney
General, 81, 200 the Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court, $4,000; the Associate JUS
tices of the Supreme Court, $500 each !;
the reporter of the decisions of the Supreme
Court, 81 900; the Clerk and Librarian of
the Supreme Court, $500; the attendant on
the library and rooms ofthe Supreme Court,
$500 tho Circuit Judges, $500 each tho
Circuit Solicitors, 81 500 each, except in the
First Circuit, which shall be $4,000, in lieu
of all charges against the State and counties,
and of all fees received from defendants !;
the Keeper of the State House and State
Librarian, $500 the watchmen of the State
House and grounds, not to exceed two in
number, $500 each the Superintendent of
the State Peniteutiary, $1,000; the physi-
oian of the State Peniteutiary, $500 the
Superintendent of the State Lunatic Asy.
lum, $4,000 the health officer of Charles
ten, 81 900 the health officers Of George
town, $500 Hilton Head and St. Helena
Sound, $500 each the Keeper of the La
zaretto, $400 the Librarian of the Univer-
sity of South Carolina, who shall have charge
of the buildings and grounds of the Uni
versity, $500.
SEC. 2. That the County Treasurer of
each county shall receive commissions upon
all taxes collected in their respective coun-
ties, as follows Three per cent. upon the
first 10000 two per cent. upon the next
$4,000; one per cent. upon the next
$4,000; one-half of one per cent. upon
all amounts collected over $4,000: Pro-
vided, The same shall not exceed $500 or
be less than $500 per annum, except the
county of Charleston, where the commissions
shall not exceed $4,000. For clerical SER
vices in the Office of County Treasurer 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
salaries hereinafter mentioned, respectively:
The County Auditor of Charleston, $4,000:
Provided, That no additional compensation
shall be allowed for clerk hire the County
Auditors of Abbeville and Richland, $500
!, each the County Auditors of Aiken, An
derson, Barnwell, Beaufort, Chester, Collie
ton, Darlington, Edgefeld, Fairfield, Green
vile, Laurens, Newberry, Orangcburg, Spar
tanburg, Sumter and York, $500 each the
County Auditors of Chesterfield, Marion,
Clarendon, Georgetown, Horny, Kershaw,
Lancaster, Lexington, Marlboro, Oconce,
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 assessment of property such
sums as may be necessary, but not to e1-
cecd the following, to wit: The Auditor of
Charleston County, 5000; the Auditors of
Abbevillo and Richland, $500 each the
Auditors of Aiken, Anderson, Barnwsll,
Beaufort, Chester, Darlington, Edgefeld,