Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-01-11

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ten of collecting taxes that prevailed IN
this State from 1888 to 1868, and viii IN
sure prompt collections from defaulters
by seizure by the sheriff of the personal
or real estate of the defaulter. The exc
cution is issued by the treasurer OF the
county and is in the nature OF a distress
warrant, by which the sheriff takes eTclt-
size possession of personally, and II suftl'
Gent of that cannot be found, fAseR of redt-
tn. and advertises it for the Usual time,
and sells it on sales-day at the Court
House, and makes titles to the purchaser
and puts him in possession. The sherlH's
deed is to be prima tacia evidence of title,
and the defaulting taxpayer is barred IN
two years from bringing any action TOR
recovery of property so sold. In case the
alleged defaulting taxpayer has paid his
taxes or they are unjustly assessed against
him, he can, by paying the amount claim.
ed to the sheriff, accompanied by his al
fdavit that the taxes are not due, procure
a suspension of the sale until he can OBJ
tain relief from the Comptroller General.
If, however, he allows the sale to proceed
after this seizure, then he shall be deemed,
in law, to have waived all Irregularities
in the assessment and sale. 1t iGi,'.er
provides that all forfeited lands in the
State be placed on the tax duplicate and
subjected to this process for the taxes OF 1887
and 1888, like other delinquent lands; and
when land is brought to sale for taxes,
the Sinking Fund Commission is author
lied to buy it for the State and take a
deed for it in case the bid for it does not
equal the taxes due. The Sinking Fund
Commission is further authorized to be-
gin action against persons in possession OF
forfeited lands for all taxes due and IN
arrear for the years 1886 and prior thereto,
and they have a discretionary power to
compound for all taxes now due on for
feited land at one-half, if paid within one
year to hear and decide cases in which 1t
is alleged that taxes have been PAID IN
full or in part, and to employ agents IN the
counties where forfeited land lies, to take
possession of it, lease it or otherwise man
age it for the State. This act takes effect
from its approval, and the comptroller
General is required to have it printed IN
pamphlet form and copies sent to each
County Auditor and Treasurer in the state.
The great necessity for some Legislation on
this subject is apparent when we recall the
fact that there are over one mllllon OF
acres of forfeited lands now in the State
that are not paying taxes, and upon when
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past due taxes. These lands are princi-
pally in the lower section of the State.
There is not a single acre of forfeited and
in York county.
An Act to declare the law relating to the sepa-
rate estates of married women.
This act provides that all conveyances,
mortgages and like formal instruments
of writing affecting her separate estate,
executed by a married woman, shall be
efectual to convey or charge her separate
estate, whenever the intention so TO con-
vey or charge such separate estate is de
clared in such conveyance, mortgage or
other instruments of writing, and that all
the earnings and income of a married Wo-
man shall be her own separate estate,
and shall be governed by the same provis-
ions of law as apply to her other separate
estate.
An Act to repeal an Act to prohibit the sale
of spirituous or intoxicating liquors in the
town Of Lancaster.
This repeats the law prohibiting the
sale of liquor in the town of Lancaster,
but provides that the town council shall
not grant license for less than five hundred
dollars per annum.
An Act to amend Section 2435 of the General
Statutes relating to fees ofProbate Judges.
This Act adds to the end of said Section
the following: "Swearing and taking tes-
timony of each witness, 25 cents; each Off
cial certificate under seal of Court, 81
cents hearing and filing petition for tina!
settlement and order, $l.OO; hearing and
filing petition and order in any case, Sl.O0;
copying all orders, per copy sheet Of ninety
words, 9 cents; signing and sealing COM
missions to take testimony, S1.00; signing
and sealing summons (subp9na WRIT and
filing complaint and answers, same fees as
allowed clerks Of courts; making and GER
tifying any order, $500. In all cases, not
herein specified, fees are the same as al
lowed to clerks of courts. The cost of at
torneys in the probate courts shall be the
same as in similar cases in the circuit
courts.
An Act to authorize and empower the Charles
ton, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad Compa-
nv to construct and operate telegraph and
telephone lines in this State.
The caption of this Act fully explains its
object.
An Act to repeal Section 2 of an Act entitled
an Act to regulate appeals in criminal cases.
This act makes it unlawful for any
Judge of any Court of this State to grant
bail to any person who shall have been
convicted of any offense the punishment
of which is death, or imprisonment for
life, or for any term exceeding ten years.
An Act to incorporate the Board of Trustees OF
the Columbia Canal, to transfer to the said
Board the Columbia Canal and to develop the
same.
This Act transfers all the right, title and
interest of the State to the property known
as the Columbia canal to the board of trus-
tees for the use and benefit of the city of Co
lumbia, subject to certain limitations and
restrictions, among which are the follow
ing: That the canal be 50 enlarged as to car
ry a body of water one hundred and fifty
feet wide at the top of the water, and one
hundred and ten feet wide at the bottom,
and shall develop at least 10, 600 horse pow
er, and shall provide suitable fish-ways
for the free passage of fish over any dams
they may construct. 1t also provides for
free navigation of the canal, and shall fur
nish 500 horse W of water to the State
for penitentiary and other uses, and if the
city shall fail to complete the canal in
seven years, the canal and all improve
ments shall revert to and become the prop
erty of the State. Thus the State has dis
posed of a scheme that was originated and
kept up in the interest of the city Of Co.
lumbia at a considerable cost to the tax
payers of the State, and which, if COM
pleted by the State, would have probably
cost one quarter of a million dollars more.
This is only another illustration of the
assertion that whenever a State or a nation
goes outside of the legitimate functions of
government and enters upon internal i'm
provements, or any scheme which in
wolves the taxation of the people for any
other purpose than to defray the actual
and unavoidable expenses of the admins
tration of the government, that they then
pass the line of safety, and are liable to
shipwreck and ruin. The only legitimate
objects for which the peoples money can
be spent are those objects which tend to
the peoples good, and not to the promo