Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-06-21

Succk6 tuut EtVdI 6pTlUH TOSGSS
Teeth tho whitest of pearlsj
One of these country muids is worth
A score of your city girls.
Acts Passed by tho General As
sclssbiy at tho Extra Session Of
1877.
An Act to raise supplies for the fiscal year
commencing November J., 1876.
SECTION l. BE It cnuctctt, by the Senate
md House of Representatives. Of tho State
of South Carolina, now met aud sitting in
in General Assembly, aud by tho authority
of tho same, That tux of seven mills upon
every dollar Of tho value Of all taxable prop.
.crty of this State be, and the same is hereby,
,levied for tho following purposes, to wit:
TO meet appropriations to dcfray
tho current expenses Of tho government for
tthe iiscal year ending 3lst October, 1877;
second, to Fay tho interest due the first of
-.aauuary, 1877, and the first Of July, 1877,
upon tho consolidated bonds and certificates
of stock which have been issued under the
"Act to reduce the volume of tho public
debt, aud provide for the payment of the
sume," approved December %, 1878, which
shall be found to be valid and bona ft2c by
the commission to investigate the same, and
be approved by the General Assembly at
? sho next regular session thereof; end, third,
to pay such other indebtedness Of the State
as may be reported to be valid by tho said
commission, aud to which it may DC applied
by the General Assembly OF its next regular
session. Should tho proceeds of said tax
BIO insufficient to meet Gil the payments
provided for in this act, tho Governor is
hereby authorized to borrow on tho credit
of the State, such sum, not exceeding $780,.
900, as may be necessary to meet such dcii>
cienoy., H
SEC. 2. That tax not to exceed 8 mills
upon eyery dollar Of tho value of 81 tax
uble property ia each Of the several counties
In this State DC, aud is hereby, lowed for
county purposes, for the fiacal year oommen-
Gin gNovcmber !, 1876. except in the ooun-
ties Of Charleston and Union, in which tax
not to exceed mills shall be levied; tho
ratio TO be fixed by the County Commission.
ers in and for each county, aud by them
certified to the respective County Auditors
of the said savoral counties, except as, to the
County Of Horny, ID which tho County
Commissioners shall levy ap additional tax
!, Of 2 mills, to pay the past indebtedness, for
1876 and 1876, except the County of Union
in which the County Commissioners sEul!
levy m additional tax Of mill ftr tho
past due indebtedness, and except tho
County Of Lancaster, 10 which the County
Commissioners shall levy a tax Of mills on
the dollar to pay the past due Indebtedness
Of sold county, the proceeds Of which shall
be paid pro rata, aud alec except the County
of Aiken 10 which the County Commission.
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pay the past Indebtedness of said county for
che yoars 1875 and 1876; aud except the
Cour y of Marlboro, whore tho County
Commissioners be, and they. arc hereby,
authorized and required to levy a spcoial
tax of l mill, II ~ much DO necessary, for
the purpose of repairing the court house and
and Jail; also, tho County of Beaufort, where
the County Commissioners shall levy tax
of ono mill, pursuant to the provisions Of a
joint resolution, approved March "a, 1876:
Provided, that nothing contained in this
section shall be construed so ss to prevent
the County Commissioners OF Pickens, Sum.
ter, Newberry, Nation, Williamsburg aud
Richland, collecting a special tax heretofore
provided by Law, to pay the past indebted,
ncss of said counties; nor tho counties of
Orangeburg or Clarendon from collecting
tho special tax heretofore authorized for
tho completion ofthe court house; nor the
County Commissioners of Kcshaw, from
levyfng and collecting special tax author.
lied and directed to be levied and collected
by on act of the General Assembly, entitled
can act TO authorize tho erection Of Ger.
tain bridge over tho ,Watcree River"
approved February 10, 1872; except that
the County Commissioners Of Spartauburg
County be, and they arc hereby, authorized
and required to apply of / mill Of the
regular lcvy Of 8 mills 70 tho payment Of
bridge contracla for tho Gsnnl wear nndinn