Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-06-28
! BY KEITH, SMITH s. CO.
Acts Passed by the General As
scshbly at the Exlra scssioh, of

Acts Passed by tic GCncfNl AS
scrhbIy at the Extr. scssion, of
1877.
An act tooN prescribe tho mode Of proving
bills of the Bank of the State rendered
for taxes, aud tho rules Of evidence appli.
oable thereto. Hssr" ~ i.tl |
Whereas the corporation known as "the
President aud Directors of the Bank Of tho
Estate Of South Carolina had become inscl-.
vent aud it's bills bad ecased 70 be current
as money prior to tho 1st'of' January, 1868,
mud tho Geuoral Assembly Of tho State, by
IAN act entitled "An act to close the opera
tions of the Bank of tho Stato Of South Car,
olina," ratified tho 10TH day Of September,
1868, enacted that all bills, issued by said
corporation prior to the goth day Of Deoom.
ber 1860 be funded, ard on tho surrender
!. and delivery of said bills to The Treasurer
of the State, bonds of tho State shall be
issued to the oYper Of said bills 10 payment
anH reiem btio1 of the amount of said bills,
and that sthe 10th section Of tho act ruti-
fed the 10th day of Dccomber, 1912, enti-
tied sAn act to establish bank on behalf Of
,s.ahd for tho benefit of the Stato,' and all
aacts and parts of acts which render tho bills
of said corporation receivable in payment
Of taxes aud all other debts due tho State
be, and the same are hereby, repealed" aud
under said act 81 ,260, 1915 Of the bills of
the said bank were funded, and bonds of the
Stuto issued therefor, and tho bills so funded
were, by joint resolution Of tho General
Assembly, ordered to be burnt and destroyed
and thc,e ia reason to believe that said bills
were not burut or destroyed, but have since
been fraudulcntly uttered; and whoreus the
plates from which tho bills Of the bank
were originally printed arc not in the cus--
tody Of tho State, but orc and have been for
years past beyond the limits of tho State
and in the custody of irresponsible parties,
and there is reason to believe that forged
bills Of the said bank have boon fraudu.
lently printed and utlcred; and whereas q
large amount of the bills of tho said bank
we're, in the years 1861 and 1862, loaned to
the government of the Confederate States,
nnd the payment Of said bills by the State
is prohibited 5y the constitution of tho
State aud Of the United States; now, for
the protection of the State against bills Of
the Bunk Of the State which arc not gcnu-
iuc, or the payment Of which is prohibited
by tho constitution, or which have been
alreany funded by tho State aud havo been
fraudulcntly uttered.
SEcTloN 1. BE 1t enacted by the Senate
apdsHouse Of Representatives Of the State
: 81 South Caro- oline, ,{now met and sitting ia
GclIeral Assembly And by The authority Of
the same, That the T,casurers Of the several
counties in tho State shall not receive in
payment of taxes to the State any bills of
the corporation known as tho President and
Directors of the. Bank Of tho State Of South
Carolina, which arc not genuine and valid,
or the payment Of which is prohibited by
the constitution Of the State and of tho
/ United States, or which have been funded
by The State end since f:apda!crt!y sit:srsd.
And all bills Of said corporation which shall
bo rendered in payment Of any taxes and
y ehall not be received as payment, shall be
S enclosed 10 package, sealed and signed by
the party rendering tbe said bills, and by
the Treasurerlto whom said tender is made;
and said packsge shall be- deposited by tho
Treasurer with the Clork of the Court Of
Common Pleos for the county, who shall
give duplicate certificates of she said deposit,
ono to the party rendering said bills, and
tho other to tho Treasurer, to abide the
decision of the court in any proceedings
which may be iustitutedd On regard to said
bills; and that in all tho proceedings by
n'd,'dun,us or otherwise to compel the
reception Of bills Of tho said corporation as
legal tenderfof taxes to tho State and
refused, an issue shall be framed undor the
the direction of the Judge, and at regular
term Of the lJopft)of Qommon Pleas for the
county wherein said bills ore rendered, shall
be submitted to jury to inquire, and do
tormine by their verdict If the bills SC
tendered in payment for taxes arc genuine
and valid bills Of tho said corporation, and
havo not been funded by tho State, and
since e;fraudulently uttered, and arc bills the
payment Of which is not prohibited by the
constitutions of tho State and Of tho United
6tates' }.And upon tho trial of said issue the
burden Of proof shall bo upon tho person
tendoripg said bills to establish that the said
bills are the genuine and valid bills of the
said cpfpbtation, and have not been funded
by tho State aud since .frauducntIy uttered
and ,tbat,saidshills ore bills tho payment Of
which Is not piohibited by the constitution
ofthe State and of tho United States. And
it, jury shall by their verdict establish
tia. tho, bills so rendered arc genuine and
valid bills Of the corporation, and havo no,
been funded by tho State and since fraudu
lently uttered, and arc bills tho payment Of
which is not prohibited by tho constitution
of tho State, aad. Of the United States, then
tho Treasurer Of tho county shall receive
such bills ,ip payment Of all taxes duo the
State. And If the jury shall By their yer
dict establish that tho bills SO tondercd arc
not genuine or valid bills of tho said cor