Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-01-30
Two New Laws.


County Treasurers for County
and School Taxes, and to require
the Comptroller General to pre-
scribe the Form Upon Which Said
Settlements are Made and the
System of Bookkeeping in Said
Offices.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the State Of South Carolina,
now met and sitting in General As
scmbly, and by the authority of the
same, That on and after the pas
sage of this Act the County Com
missioners and County School Com
missioners of the several counties of
the State shall report to the Com
ptroller General quarterly from the
beginning of each fiscal year the
number, character and amount of
each claim audited, allowed, and or
dercd paid by them, the numbers
and amounts actually puid, the
,amcs of the person or persons in
whose favor the claim is allowed,
and the person to whom paid, upon
form to be prescribed and furnished
by the Comptroller General
Section 2. That when the County
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shall have distributed all the county
and School funds of each fiscal year,
and arc ready to make their settle
ments with their respective County
Auditors for the county and school
taxes charged against them upon the
Trcasurcr's tax duplicates, they shall
so notify the County Auditors,
whcreupon the County Auditors
shall notify the County Commission
crs ana School Commissioners of
their respective counties of the day
of such settlement, and the said
County Commissioners and School
Commissioners are hereby required
to produce, in the office of the Aud
itor of their respective counties, the
claims allowed and ordered paid by
them, and vouch thereby each
amount presented by the County
Treasurer for credit in his settle
mcnt with the Auditor for the
amount OF county and school taxes
which are charged against him on
the Treasurcr's duplicate for each
year.
Section 3. That at the close of
each fiscal year, to facilitate said
settlements, the Comptroller Gene
raj shall prepare from the quarterly
reports made to him by the County
and School Commissioners, as re-
qu,.ed in the first section of this
Act, statements for each county,
showing the number and amount Of
claims audited by the County and
School Commissioners, as reported
to him, and the namcs of the per-
sons in whose favor allowed and to
whom paid, which statement shall
be sent by the Comptroller General
to the County Auditor of the county
where said claims were allowed and
paid, to be used in the settlement
with the Treasurer.
Section q. That it shall be the
duty of the County Auditor of each
county to notify the Foreman of the
Grand Jury thereof and the Comp
troller General of the day upon
which said settlement is to be made,
and the Comptroller General, or
some one duly authorized by him,
and the Foreman of the Grand jury
of each county arc hereby required
to be present and witness said set
Elements.
Section s., That when said settle
mcnts shall have been completed,
the settlement sheets shall be signed
ny the County Commissioners and
County Trcasurers, the County
School Commissioners and County
Trcasurers in duplicate, and certified
by the County Auditors, one copy
of which shall be filled in the County
Auditors Offices and the other mail
ed to the Comptroller General, to be
by him reported to the General AS
sembly.
Section 6. That it shall be the
duty of the Comptroller General to
mail each year q copy of his report
containing such settlements to the
Clerk of the Court, County Commits
sioners, County School Commission
crs and County Auditors of each
county of this State, to be filed and
kept by said officers in their several
offices.
Section Z. That the Comptroller
General shall prescribe the system of
bookkeeping to be used in thc offices