Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-02-25
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Three Senate Bills Passed by The Recent ses.
sion Of The General Assembly

The following are the three bills passed
by the General Assembly of special in
terest to the people of Oconee:
a joint resolution TO require the Board
OF County Commissioners TO pay to j..
X Kay, treasurer Of Oconee county,
$125.O0, as commissions for disbnrsing
the court house and Jail fund.
Be 1t resolved by the General Assembly
OF the State of South Carolina: Section
/. That the County Board of Commis-
sioners of Oconee county are hereby
authorized and required to draw war
rant in favor of j. r. Kay, County
Treasurer of Oconee county, for the sum
of $i25.O0, and to pay the same out of
the ordinary county funds of Oconee
county, as compensation to him for dis
bursting the Jail and court house fund.
A bill to enable the Commissioners of
the Sinking Fund to lend funds to the
County Board of Commissioners of Oco-
nee county to pay the past indebtedness
of said county, and to authorize the said
County Board of Commissioners to
pledge the special tax levy herein pro-
vided for to secure the same.
BE it enacted by the General Assembly
OF the State of South Carolina: Section 1.
That the Commissioners of the Sinking
Fund of the State of South Carolina are
hereby authorized to lend to the County
Board of Commissioners of Oconee
county, out of the funds in their hands,
an amount not exceeding the sum of
eighteen thousand eight hundred and
fifty dollars, to be used to pay the past
Indebtedness of said county.
Section2. That said loan shall be for the
space of eight years, and shall bear in
terest at rate not exceeding five per
cent. per annum, payable annually; and
there is hereby levied a especial tax of one
mill on the dollar on all taxable property
in the county of Oconee for the said
period of eight years, or until said loan
is paid, for the purpose of repaying said
loan. That the proceeds of said levy of
one mill shall be paid each year on said
loan until the eighth year, in which year
the balance remaining due on said loan
shall be paid, and the balance of said
special levy. if any remains, shall be
turned into the county treasury for ordi
nary county purposes.
Section 8. That the Treasurer and Su-
pervisor of said county of Oconee are
hereby authorized to execute note or
notes to the said Commissioners Of the
Sinking Fund for the amount of said
loan, and the special tax of one mill
herein provided for shall be pledged by
the County Board of Commissioners to
secure the payment of said note or notes.
Section 4. That Immediately after the
of Commissioners of Oconee county shall
proceed to procure said sum of not ex-
ceeding $18,S50 from the Commissioners
of the Sinking Fund in the manner pro-
vided in this act, and that said sum so
lent shall be receipted for by the CouhSy
Treasurer. of Oconee county, and the
balance of said money shall be held by
paying current expenses of said county
during the year 1908, and his official
bond shall be liable therefor, as in case
of other funds in his hands.
Section 5. This act shall go into effect
Immediately upon its approval.
Section @. That all acts and parts of
acts inconsistent with this act be, and
the same are hereby, repealed.
A bill relating to the State and county
taxes due by the Blue Ridge Railroad
Company for the fiscal year commencing
Novem Der 1st, 1872, to and including the
year commencing November 1st, 1851.
Whereas, upon the written request of
the attorneys representing the counties
interested in the tax claim, and because
the commission deemed it for the best
interest of the State to take such action,
the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund
received from B. l.. Abney, representing
the owners of the Blue Ridge Railroad
Company, So, ,754.O6, and on the oath day
OF September, 1902, by resolution of the
Commission, caused receipt to be issued
to said B. l.. Abney, representing the
owners of said railroad com pany, de-
claring that said money bc "received in
settlement of the old tax claim against
the Blue Ridge Railroad Company on
account of taxes accruing thereon for
years commencing Noveunber 1st 1872,
to and including years commencing No
vember 1st, 1881, as fully described in
detailed settlement, subject to the APP
proval of the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, and if not ap-
proved by the General Assembly, said
money to be refunded by the Sinking
Fund Commission
"Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly, of the State of South Carolina:
Section l. That said settlement of said
tax claim against the Blue Ridge Rail
road for said years. made by the com
missioners of the Sinking Fund, be np-
proved.
Section 2. That said Commission
shall apply said money as provided by
law after first paying therefrom the
attorneys fees and other expenses Incl.
dent to the collection of same on ap-
proval of the Attorney General
The amount Oconee will receive from
the Blue Ridge back taxes is in round
numbers $l,350. The exact figures are
not known, but this is approximately
correct.