Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1877-08-02
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Instructions TO Auditors and Treasu-

Instructions TO Auditors and IreaSu-
rers.
Comptroller. General Hagood has re-
Gently issued important circulars to Au-
ditors and Treasurcrs, embracing points
of general interest to taxpayers, and
bracing points of general interest to tax
for public benefit we summarize the
lnata features:
l. County Auditors are instructed to
receive returns of personal property
without penalty until the expiration Of
seven weeks from the date of commence
ment, asitisimpracticab as Q for them toget
ia all the returns by the 20th instant, as
the law provides. Fcturns of personal
property include the amount possessed
or controlled on the first day of June =
penalty OF fifty per cent is added for
failure or refusal to make return,
=. Every male citizen between the
ages Of twenty one and sixty years. eX-
cept those incapable Of earning sup
port from being manned, and except
those now exempted by law, shall be
deemed taxable polls; il the language
OF the act In most, if not all the coun
Ties Of the State, the listing of persons
liable to poll tax has heretofore been
done in manner Indicating gross negli
sgence on the part OF the Auditors, and :.
discreditable evasion Of law by the par
ties liable to pay this tax. In its charac-
tor and application, the poll tax is most
important, and attention is called to tire
penalties provided by law for any neg
lect or evasion Of duty. Auditors are
instructed to avail themselves of voting
lists and any other sources of information
i'll ascertaining the names of all persons
liable to poll tax, and the efficiency OF
these officers will be largely estimated
by the success achieved in making the
list of taxable polls full and complete
The poll lists have been furnished to
each Auditor, and the return from this
source of taxation will be greatly in
creased over previous years.
8. County Treasurers are instructed to
attend in person or by deputy at such
polling precincts as the County Board Of
Equalization may direct, and at such
other places as in the Judgment of the
Treasurers may be necessary for the
convenience Of each tax payer.
/. Bills OF the Bank OF the State, which
shall have been proved. stamped or
found genuine" are receivable in pay
ment Of all past due taxes, prior to tho
fiscal year 1876, and for the redemption
and purchase OF forfeited lands
TreasurerS aro instructed to receive in
payment Of the State taxes of 1875 such
bills of the Bank of the State as are pre-
sented "in envelopes or packages sealed
with the official seal of the late County
Treasurer, across which shall he written
tae name of the said County Treasurer,
the name of the County the name Of the
party presenting them, and theamount of
the same: Provided, The seals upon the
said envelopes or packages, when pre-
scuted, are not broken: or if broken,
;hat satisfactory proof bc given that the
seals We're broken i'll open court Bank
bills are TO marked or stamped with
the word, " cancelled attested by the
signatures Of the County Treasurer and
the party rendering the same. In ali
cases where the State taxes of lS.5-
withou: the penalties and costs-are re-
c,ived in full in bills of the Bank Of the
State rs aforesaid, the County Treasurer
will give the tax payer receipt in full
thereof, renting all penalties and costs.
G The books of the Treasurer are to he
kept open for the collection of taxes for
thirty days from the date OF the pubic
announcement of his readiness TO collect
the said taxes.
Z. When 4 ten per cent. receipt is
claimed to have been lost, the Treasurer
will enter the name of the tax. payer
upon memorandum list and forward
the same to the Comptroller Generals
Office at the close OF collection from the
first installmsnt OF take on the receipt
of which memorandum duplicates vii!
be sent from the stubs OF the original
books