The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-13
SOME KN0TTY QUESTIONS.
How Are the Sherids to be Paid for
the Great Amount OF Work Which
They are Expected to Do ?...If His
Costs Come Out of the County,
Hadn't we Better to 60 Slow?

Costs come OuL Oh inc SOunty
Hadn't we Better to 60 Slow?
Circular No. 8, third series, from the Comp
trOller Generals office to Sherifts and Count!
Treasurers its as to how Sherifs were to b.
paid their nulla bona costs and mileage
The Com ptroller General decides under thu
opinion OF the Attorney General, as we un
derstand 1t, that Sherifs can retain sufficien
nulla bona costs and mileage, and If such col
| lections from tax executions Is not sut1cien
to pay said nulla bona costs and mileage, an!
balance will become claim to be submitted
| to the General Assembly.
Then under this circular Sherifs are allow
ed TO decide what are nulla bona executions
Suppose Sherlffs decide that all execution
turned over to them by Treasurers, and un
collected, for the various reasons that arise II y
tax cases, aud pay themselves for same j
will take all the delinquent collections anC
much more to pay their costs. Under thes.
circumstances the question would oe ASKED
| what are nulla bona EXECUTIONS? Are nor
ests nulla bona's: Are double entries nulls
| bona's? In the case OF executions against taa
PAYERS where tux has been paid, but INT
Treasurer by inadvertence or mistake omit
ted to credit the duplicate. are they nulla DO
mas? Are executions against poll TAX, WheTt
| the tax payer proves over or under age, nullf
bona?
Suppose q case Of double entry. Joe Cor.
don lives In 9Th township. The land owner II
required oD back Of his tax returns to MAKE
list OF all persons liable for taxes living or
his land. He returns Joe Gordon 9th town
ship. Joe makes his return as j. w. GORDON
9Th township Joe Gordon pays ms msrdan .aX; TX
this case Of nulla bona?
Another case. jim Armstrong makes re-
turn Of poll tax. After making return move. move.
to Anderson county. The Sheriff makes
search and travels forty miles. He sends ex
ecution to Sheriff of Anderson county, who
fails to find him. Can the Sheriff OF Aooe
Vile claim nuIla bona, and pay himself, and
can the Sheriff OF Anderson county do the
same?
Again, execution Is issued against jim
Thomas Said Thomas returned for taxation
two dogs, valued at Sl0 and household iurni
ture, $40. The Sheriff levies on property
brings it to the Court House. advertises 1t fol
thirty days, sells it and is allowed, IT appears
under the law, 50 for conveyance, 81 for serv'
Ing warrant, and mileage say 81. .5O, adVertis'
ing SOC. and Treasurer's costs 81. Now, we
RIn% that te sod d0nse ns auston Say
Costs, say 81, leaving n deficiency or say u
which the Sheriff would retain out OF similar
executions; besides, in case OF live STOCK, ne
would certainly be entitled to expense OF ieed.
ing same for thirty days, and for expense ol
transporting dogs and other property 10 the
Court House.
II seems to US that IL was not the intention
Of the law to require that personal proper.
ty should be sold ut the Court House except
in case where personal and real estate are COW
cred by the same execution.
Again, as to pay OF SherlH s nulla oona
costs, How can the Sheriff retain taxes and
penalties when the amended act relating to
delinquent lands and collection of taxes dis
tinctly says:
SEC. Q. at is hereby made the duty OF the
said Sheritfs, respectively, TO make return OF
the said sales, and to pay over To the Treas.
urers OF their respective counties all tdres ana
penalties collected By them. within sixty days
from the date Of said collection"
II Is estimated that it will take all the mon
cy which may bc collected from delinquent
tax payers IN this county, and st1 hundred DOL
lars, to pay the expense Of trying TO collect de-
linquent taxes.
The excessive costs of collecting Will neces-
sarily stop the Auditor from entering any
poll or other taxes on the information or 9TH
ers We presume under the new law the
polls Of Abbeville county will naturally get
down 10 n lev el with the polls OF Charleston.
Heretofore AbbeVille county, with o popuia-
tIon Of 10000, has paid over 5000 polls; Char
lesion, with a population OF 6O,OOO, pays, we
believe about 600 polls.