Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1880-02-17
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ToC 'lic amount ~ caSn received by !
laid clork lie shall write his receipt n,
L.e foot of said tabular statement, and !
shall forward duplicate OF such state
ment and receipt to the Auditor. The |
clerk shall immediately pay over the
sum so received by him to the 1reasur-
er upon his rendering said receipt. III
he fails So to do it shall be the duty of
the Treasurer TO move against him
and his seCuritics forth
with upon his bond in the court having
cognizance Of such motions, and to noti-
fy the Auditor Of his default. 1t shall
be the duty of TIE courts to whom said
temporary loan books are transmitted
by tie Auditor, on the lst Of July next
Following their receipt, to return the
same TO the Auditor, together with the
receipts Of the Treasurer, for vcrifca-
ton. The amount Of subscription to
said loan received in any county (or
city, shall in no case exceed the aggre-
gate OF revenue from taxes on land and
personal property due the Common
wealth for the current fiscal year by
more than 10 per cent, and preferences
shall he given to the land and property
owners of each county and city receiving
subscriptions to said loan. Any clerk
who shall falsely and fraudulently issue
any temporary loan certificates author
lied by this act without receiving the
cash therefor at the time il Issues, shall
be deemed guilty Of n felony, and upon
conviction thereof shall be confined In
the Penitentiary not less than one nor
more than five years. The county and
city treasurers of this State shall receive
ut par In payment Of taxes on land and
personal property assessed In their coun-
ties or cities, which are not delinquent,
the certificates aforesaid issued by the
clerks Of their county or corporation
when the same are presented by the per-
agent, IN payment Of his taxes on real or
personal property, Said treasurer shall
arrange all such certificates redeemed by
him according to their serial numbers
and return the same, with his accounts,
to the Treasurer of the State. The
Treasurer Of the State shall receive ut
par, In payment Of any taxes assessed
on or after February /, 1881, due to the
commonwealth which are payable to
him directly by law, whether such taxes
be delinquent or not, temporary-lo
certificates issued by the Auditor as
hercinbefore provided.
PrOridcd, HoWCrsr, That the aggregate
of temporNry-loan certificates issued di-
rrctly from the Office of The Auditor for
subscriptions to the Treasurer Of the
State under this act shall not exceed
81 0O0.000, Any Treasurer who shall
fail TO move IN the proper court against
any clerk who is delinquent for ten days
IN paying over on the first Of the month
the amount Of temporary loan subscribed
for the previous month shall be deemed
guilty OF mlademcanOr, and on convic-
ton thereof shall be fined not less than
800 nor more than $500; and he aud his
securities upon hla official bond shall tc
liable TOR the amount due by said CLERK;
and the county and city treasurers OF
this State and their securities shall forth
with appear before the court which took
their bonds and 81 alter the same as TO
make them embrace their liability un-
der this Sct, sud they shall forward 10
the Auditor certificate OF Tho clerk that
aid bonds have been 80 allarrd. The
clerk receiving said subscriptions shall
he entitled to n commission Of PEI
cent. Oh all subscriptions received by
him under this net, AMI may deduct the
me from such recciptB In accounting
with the rrcaeurcr.
~. Al necessary expenses incurred
IN the execution Of this net shall be pnd
ont " the moneys IN the rlsasuss not
otherwise appropriated on the warrant
OF the Author Of the public accounts
drawn upon the Treasury on the order
Of the Board Of Sinkmg-Fund Commits
slOntrH.
II. II shall he tho duty Of Tie oillcc
conducting the election At the several
places for hCldipy elections IN the State,
rs provided by law, on the Tuesday af
ter the first Monday In November nest
to prepare separate ballot hos, In
which .hall lp deposited the ballots Of
the qualified voteie Of the State who
shall desire 10 yote upon this act Bal
lots shall be- respectively "a follows; for
The net" "against the act," Tho bal
lots 50 east smll be taken as vote for
or against this act All persons entitled
~ vote for inciNhyrs Of the General A.
mmbly shall have the right to vote "for"
or against" ihcact.
Tho manner Of receiving and can.
wasting the ballots Mt such election on
the question of the adoption aud rciec-
tiou Of thi, net, and making returns and
abstracts of the result, thereof, ahalcon-
foim In N icsI cts TO ilc regulations
pc.chbo by the general election laws
If tll, state, except that the certificate,