The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1880-01-21
Miscellanesms.
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TAXAT1ON. STATE AND COUE-
TT FOR 1850.

T.AXAT3ON. STATE AND COUE-
TT FOR 1850.
The Supply Act as passed by
the General Assembly and ap-
proved by the Governor, is pub
lished today. It is printed from
a copy which has been carefully
compared with the Act in the
office Of the Secretary Of State,
and we believe it to be strictIy y
accurate. AS telcgraphed to The
NeWs and Courier on Monday,
there were some errors in COM
pleting the Act for ratification.
The effect Of these is to make the
State tax Il Nails instead Of y
mills. to leave Marion without any
special county tax, and to give the
Charleston militia $4,000 for the
cnrrent fiscal year. The Act is a
law as it stahds, and State and
County officers are governed by
its provisions as they are. 1t is
annoying, Of course, that the peo-
pie in general should be called On
to pay a higher State tax than
was necessary, but the additional
amount is only $4,000, which
will lie over to tie credit Of The
succeeding year. The apPropria-
tion for the Charleston militia is
exceedingly welcome. 1t is amaz-
ing that the Charleston delegation
in the House should have opposed
the making OF the appropriation,
but we presume that tAey will not
regret that the Senate amendment
has become q law without their
consent. Marion will not, we hope,
be seriously Inconvenience by
the omission Of the provision
for special tax for that county.
The general State tax is A
mills, with 2 mills additional for
the Public Schools, and an Or
dinary 3 mill tax for County pur-
poses. Last year the general
State tax was only p mills, but
provision was not then made for
the payment Of the full interest
On the whole public debt. 1t is
expected that each mill oftax will
produce 100000 Of revenue, and
the general tax will give, there
fore, s475,O00. Of this amount
s32i,372 are appropriated to the
payment Of the interest for 1880
on the Consolidation deot, and
s34, 1000 for the payment Of the in
forest on the Deficiency bonds OF
the State. South Carolina, tread
ing bravely the paths Of public
honor and private credit: gives her
creditors S355,O00, and applies
$4,000 to her own needs. This
is not all. Out Of the l74,G00 COL
lccted in previous years andin the
State Treasury, the sum Of sl44.-
375 is appropriated to complete
the payment Of the interest for
1879 on the Consolidation debt.
South Carolina will pay in in
terest to her creditors next year
fire hundred AMI t0ur thousand d0I-
lars. Besides the outlay for in
terest, there is o tax Of 2 mills,
yielding 100000, and the poll tax
yielding 100000, which are ap-
piled exclusively to the support
of the public schools. The public
creditors and the public schools in
1880 will receive the equivalent of
the proceeds Of % tax Of s mills, or
sSOO.0OO. For every other State
expense a tax Of ! mill, with the
phosphate royalty, will suffice. NO
other State in the Union can make
a better showing than this. And
South Carolina is "solid!y" Dem
ocratic. Such facts aud figures 90
long way to explain, aud justify,
irregularities" in elections,
The largcncss OF the tax IN some
Of the Counties will naturally ex
cite remark, outside OF the State.
These special taxes, over ard
above the ordinary 3 mill County
tax, are to provide for the indebt-
cdness contracted before the Dem
ocrats obtained control, which in
debtedncss has been ascertalned
bv local commissioners, and Is IN
process of adjustment. The peo-
pie arc replacing what their tor
mer rulers stole
There is no special change in
tia ,,annnr Of r0lInctinG the taxes.