The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-06-22
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81 cIAL SESSION OF Is77.
AN ACT, to reduce !.and fix the salaries Of
certain officers. :.
SEcTIoN 1. 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
dnafter mentioned, respectively, to wit: The
Governor, $500; the Governors Private
Secretary, 81 ,275; the Governors messen-
= ger, $500; the Lieutenant Governor, 81 900,
TO take effect after the next General election;
the Secretary of State, $2,1OO; the Chief
Clerk Of the Secretary of State, 81 ,275; the
Comptroller General, $2,1OO for clerical
services in the Office of the Comptro,ler
General, $2,550, if so much be necessary !;
the State Treasurer, $4,000; the Chief
Clerk Of the 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, $500 the State Superintendent of
Education, $1,875; for Clerk to Superin-
tendent of Education, 5000; the Attorney
General, $2,100; the Clerk of the Attorney
General, 81 200; the Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court, $4,000; the Associate JUS
tioes of the Supreme Court, $500 each
the reporter Of the decisions of the Supreme
:, Court, 81 1000 the Clerk and Librarian of
the Supreme Court, 500 tho attendant on
the library and room1 of the Supreme Court,
$500 /; tho Circuit Judges, $500 each the
Circuit Solicitors, 81 800 each, except in the
First Circuit, which shall be 1000, in lieu
fall charges against the State and counties,
and Of all fees received from defendants
the Keeper of tho 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 Penitentiary, 1000; the physi-
oian Of the State Peniteutiary, $500 the
Superintendent of the State Lunatic Asy.
? lum, $4,000 the health officer of Charles
irssn, 800 tho hcaiitth officers of George
town, $500; Hilton Head and St. Helena
Sound, $500 each the Keeper of the La
zaretto, $4OO the Librarian of the Univer-
sity Of South Carolina, who shall have charge
Of the buildings and grounds of the Uni
versity, $500.
SEQ. 2. That the County Treasurer of
each county shall receive commissions upon
oil taxes collected in their respective coun-
ties, as follows: Three per cent. upon the
hrst $1,000; two per cent. upon the next
$4,000; ono per cent. upon tho next
$4,000; one-half of one psr cent. upon
all amounts collected over 100000: Pro-
utded, The same shall not exceed $500 OF
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.
SEQ. 8. That the County Auditors of
the several counties shall receive the annual
salaries hereinafter mentioned, respectively:
The County Auditor Of Charleston, 81, 1000:
Provided, That no additional compensation
shall be allowed for clerk hire the County
Auditors of Abbeville and Richland, 500
''Sach the County Auditors Of Aiken, An
derson, Barnwell, Beaufort, Chester, Cole
ton, Darlington, Edge6eld, Fairfield, Green
vile, Laurens, Newberry, Orangeburg, Spar
tanburg, Sumter and York, $500 each the
County Auditors of Chesterfield, Marion,
Clarendon, Georgetown, Horny, Kershaw,
Lancaster, Lexington, Marlboro, Ooonee,
, Pioksns, 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 ex-
ceed the following, to wit: The Auditor of
Charleston County, 5000 tho Auditors of
Abbeyille and Richland 4k0n ao.h .ho