The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-07-05
Acts Passed by tho General Assembly
ct the Extra Session Of 1877.

ACtS EGSSe0 Dy Inc Generaf Assembly
ct the Extra Session Of 1877.
AN ACT to raise supplies for the fiscal
year commencing November l, 1876.
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 tax of Z
mills upon every dollar of tho value of
all taxable property Of this State be, and
the same is hereby, levied for the follow
ing purposes, to wit: To meet appropri-
ations-First, to defray tEo current ex-
penscs of the government for the fiscal
year ending 3lst October, 1877; second,
to pay the interest due the first OF Janu-
ary, 1877, and the first of July, 1877,
upon the consolidated bonds and certifi-
Gates of stock which have been issued
under the "Act TO reduce the volume of
the public debt, and provide for the pay
ment of the same," approved December
%, 1873, which shall be found TO be valid
and bona .fdc by the commission to in
vestigate the same, and be approved by
the General Assembly at tho next regu-
lar session thereof; and, third, to pay
such other Indebtedness of the State rs
may be reported to be valid by the said
commission, and to which it may be ap-
piled by the General Assembly at its
next regular session. Should the pro-
ceeds of said tax be insufficient TO meet
all the payments provided for in this act,
the Governor is hereby authorized to
borrow, on the credit of the State such
sum, not exceeding 100000, as may be
necessary to meet such deficiency.
SEC. 2. That n tax not to exceed 9
mills upon every dollar Of the value of
oil taxable property in each of the sew
eral counties in this State be, and the
same is hereby, levied for county purpo-
ses, for the fiscal year commencing No
yember l, 1876, except the counties of
Charleston and Union, in which o tax
not to exceed mills shall be levied the
rate to be fixed by the County Commits
sioners in and for each county, and by
them certified to the respective County
Auditors Of the said several counties, ex-
cept as to the county of Horny, in which
the County Commissioners shall levy an
additional tax of 2 mills, to pay the past
Indebtedness for 1875 and 1876; except
the County of Union, in which the
County Commissioners shall le. IN ad-
diticnal tax mill for the pa, ment of
past due indebtedness, and except the
County of Lancaster, in which the Coun-
ty Commissioners shall levy tax of 2
rs Is on the dollar to pay the past due
inG~ badness Of said county, she proceeds
Of which snail be paid pro rata, and also
except the County Of Aiken, in which
the County Commissioners shall levy an
additional tax Of ! mill to pay the past
Indebtedness of said county for the years
1875 and 1876; and except the County
Of Marlboro, where the County Commits
sioners be, and they are hereby, author.
lied and required to levy ,ecial tax of
j mill, if so much be necessary, for the
purpose of repairing the court house and
Jail; also, the County of Beaufort, where
the County Commissioners shall levy a
tax cf mill, pursuant TO the provisions
of joint resolution, approved March "a,
1876: Provided, That nothing contained
In this section shall be construed so as
to prevent the County Commissioners of
Pickens: Sumter, Newberry, Marion.
Williamsburg and Richland, collecting
q special tax heretofore provided by law,
to pay the past Indebtedness of said
counties, nor the counties Of Orangeburg
or Clarendon from collecting the special
tax heretofore authorized for the compile
ton of the court house; nor the County
Commissioners of Kershaw from lcvyiny
and collecting n special tax authorized
and directed to bo levied and collected
by an act'of tho General Assembly, en-
titled "An act to authorize the erection
of certain bridge over the Wateree
River" approved February Is, 1872; ex-
cept that the County Commissioners of
Srartanburg County be, and they are
hereby, authorized and required TO apply
! of ! mill of the regular levy of mills
to the payment of bridge contracts for
the fiscal year ending 1st November, 1876,
if SO much be necessary; end they are
Furthermore authorized and empowered
to levy an additional tax, over aud above
the regular levy of 8 mills, of J of l
mill, to be applied to the past Indebted
ness of said county and they IRE also
authorized to apply any balance that
may be on hand at the close of the pres
ent fiscal year, ending November1, 1877,
TO past indebtedness, paying off such
claims as were audited prior to 1st No
yember, 1875: Prouiaed, Nothing shall
be paid for probating accounts And
Procided, That mill of the tax thus
levied for the County of Orangeburg
shall be devoted to the navmnnt nf TIC
past indebtedness of said county.
SEC: 3. That all the proceeds Of the
taxes levied for end on account of the
State, as specified herein, shall be deposit
ted and kept by the State Treasurer in
such bank or banks in the cities Of Co
lumbia and Charleston as, in the judg-
ment or discretion of the Financial Board
of the State, can afford sufficient protec-
ton to the interests of the State and
the State Treasurer shall publish in one
or more of the newspapers published in
the cities of Columbia and Charleston n
monthly statement Of all the moneys re-
ceiyed by him and the amount paid out,
and to whom, and on account Of what
appropriation paid, as we'll as the bal
ance Of moneys on hand.
SEC. 4. That, the County Auditors and
County Treasurers OF the several counties
of this State are hereby required, under
the iifcct:G:i anti 5upeTT;aiun OF the
Comptro!ler General, to make the collec-
ton Of taxes levied under and pursuant
to the provisions OF this act in the man
ner aud at the time and under tho condi-,
tions hereinafter to be provided; and
they are hereby forbidden to collect any
other tax, except tho taxes to meet the
interest and retire the bonds issued by
counties In aid or railroads, whatAoevef,
for the fiscal year, unless herein express.
y, anthotized SO % do; and sny State or
county officer who shall fail to comply
With or eysdo or attempt 10 eTade the
R.oyisions of this act shall DO deemed
guilty of q felony, and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be punished by n fine OF
not less than 81 900, nor more than So, ,000,