The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-07-05

lures could not have noticed the slightest
change, save perhaps slight blanching
on the part of Stevens, and an inyolun-
tary sickly smile on the part OF Pearce.
The prisoners were then handcuffed to.
gether, and under strong guard were
recommitted to Jail to await the execu-
tion of the terrible sentence Charleston
Neaps and Courier.
Acts Passed by the General Assembly
at the Extra Session Of 1877.
AN ACT to raise supplies for the fiscal
year commencing November l, 1876.
SECTION l. Be it 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 the 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 the current ex-
penses of the government for the fiscal
year ending 31st 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 fde by the commission to in
vestigate the same, and be approved by
the General Assembly at the next regu-
lar session thereof; and, third, to pay
such other indebtedness of the State as
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. 3. That q tax not to exceed 8
mills upon every dollar of the value of
all 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.
vember l, 1876, except the counties OF
Charleston and Union, in which 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 levy an ad-
ditional tax l mill for the payment of
past due Indebtedness, and except the
County of Lancaster, in which the Coun-
ty Commissioners shall levy tax of 2
mills on the dollar to pay the past due
Indebtedness of said county, the proceeds
of which shall be paid pro rata, and also
except the County of Aiken, in which
the County Commissioners shall levy an
additional tax of l mill to pay the past
indebtedness of said county for the years
1875 and 1876; and except the County
of Marlboro, where the County Commis-
sioners be, and they are hereby, author
lied and required to levy a special tax of
l 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 of l mill, pursuant to the provisions
of a 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 levying
and collecting a special tax authorized
and directed to be levied and collected
by an act of the General Assembly, en-
titled can act to authorize the erection
Of certain bridge over the Wateree
River" approved February IS, 1872; ex.
cept that the County Commissioners of
Spartanburg County be, and they are
hereby, authorized and required to apply
J 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; and they are
Furthermore authorized and empowered
to levy an additional tax, over and above
the regular levy of 3 mills, of of l
mill, to be applied to the past indebted
ness of said county; and they are also
authorized to apply any balance that
may be on hand at the close of the pres
ent fiscal year, ending November, 1877,
to past Indebtedness, paying off such
claims as were audited prior to 1st No
vember, 1875: Provided, Nothing shall
be paid for probating accounts: And
Provided, That } mill of the tax thus
levied for the County of Orangeburg
shall be devoted to the payment of the
past Indebtedness of said county.
Sec. 8. That all the proceeds OF the
State, as specified herein, shall be deposi-
ted and kept by the 0tace treasurer ID
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-
tion 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 a
monthly statement of all the moneys re-
ceived 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 direction and supervision of the
Comptroller General, to make the collec-
tion of taxes levied under and pursuant