The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-03-06
THE TAX LEVY
In the Different Counties as Fix
ed by Legislature.
STATE TAX REDUCED.

Ranges From Two Mills in Orange
burg and Charleston to Eleven
| Mills In Lexington. Change in
Dispensary Law Cause Several
| Counties to Make Special Prori-
sions in Levy.
Below is published the principal
details Of the annual supply bill
passed By the1907 general Assem- bly,.
Being in the main mass Of figures,
the average reader will be inclined
to study alone the figures relating
to the levy in his particular county,
yet a careful study Of the entire
measure, particularly of the special
levies made by the various counties,
will prove interesting.
The State levy Is fixed at AZ
mills. IL mill less than last year. To
this is added in every county
throghout the State the constitution
al mill school tax.
The county levy ranges from 2
mills in Charleston and Orangeburg
to II mills in Lexington, the ex-
tremely high levy in the latter coun-
ty being on account Of large
amount Of interest to be paid each
year on bonds given in aid Of the
Columbia Newberry and Laurens
railroad.
The following counties make
special levy for good roads: Claren-
don, Cherokee, Chesterfield, Collie
ton, Florence, Greenville, Kershaw,.
Laurens. Oconee, Pickens, Spartan
burg aud Union. .
Union enjoys the unique and COM
| mendable distinction of being the
| single county in the State which
makes a direct appropriation for its
Confederate veterans. In addition to
getting their pro rata Of the $780,
900 appropriated by the State, the
veterans Of Union receive the bene-
ft OF a levy of. one-fourth mill on
all the taxable property Of that
| county. Charleston likewise occu-
pies an equally unique position in
that tax of one-eighth Of l mill Is
levied for the militia Of that county.
The proceeds of this one-eishth mill
tax is paid to the board Of officers
Of the State volunteer troops In the
city of Charleston.
Levy for 1907.
BY counties the levy for county
purposes Is as follows:
Abbeville-Ordinary 2 1-2 mills,
debt due sinking fund commission l
mill, for paying interest and princi-
pal on debt for new court house l
mill.
Aiken-Ordinary 8 mills.
Apderson-Ordinar 8 ~ mills.
BAN mberg-Ordinary 8 mills.
Barnwell-Ordipary 3 y mills.
Beaufort-Ordinary q mills.
Berkeley-Ordinary 3 mills.
special tax is levied on all stock
within the territory exempted from
the operation Of the general stock
law, as follows: Three cents per
head on all sheep. goats and hogs
and cents per head on all COWS.
Observation-Disclosures "a mills
road tax H mill.
Charleston-For the militia Of the
county, the various local companies
of the State volunteer troops, 70
mill; for other purposes ! IS mills;
for support Of the schools OF the city
of Charleston mill, special. on all
property within the city and an ad-
ditional levy of X mill On city prop
erty for school building fu3d.
Cheroke mills. road
tax l mill, sinking fund, Limestone,
White and Morgan townships. 4
mill; railroad bonds, same town
ships, y mill; sinking fuad.Grow-
deysYille, Cherokee and DraytonVllle
townships, l mill; Cor interest on
railroad bonds, same townships, l
mill. :,
Chester-ordinary 31s mills. in
terest on railroad bonds and sinking
fund l mill.
Chesterfeld-Ordinary 8 y mills,
special road tax l mill, interest on
railroad bonds and for sinking rund
2A mills.
Colleton-Ordinary 4 mills, road
tax / mill.
4 OdTlluS ~ LILA AAA<'-'
court house, ordinary mills. -
Dorchester-Ordinary AZ mills.
interest on county bonds mill
sinking fund y mill. Golfers
township mills for road purposes
Edgefeld-Ordinary 5 mills; the
county commissioners are author
lied to make special levy on proper
lty in Johnston. Pine Grove. Pickens
| wise and Show townships to pay
coupons on valid railroad bonds.
/ Fairfeld-Ordinary and past IN.
|debtedness ~ mills, for payment
first installment on $4,000 due
sinking fund commission one mill.
Florence-Ordinary 2 mills, spe
cial road tax mill.
Georsetown-Ordina 2's mills
| for the purpose Of creating funf
With which to pay principal and IN
terest or loan of $4,000 from com.
Inlssioners of sinking fund to be USED
in erecting, equipping and furnish
inp annex to court house q mill
for sinking fund Winyah 1ndia1
school district mills.
Creenville- 3 mills, TO-
convicts, roads and bridges p
mills interest on railroad and past
indebtedness bonds. for payment te
commissioners sinking fund on &C,
count loan 1I2 mill. ,
Greenwood-Ordinary 81: mills
mast Indebtedness l mill. Ninety Sly
| township %. mills, CokesbuTy town,
shin 2 mills. Cooper township :
mills. ~. s.
Hampton-Ordinary 9 mills past
Indebtedness l mill.
Horrv-Ordinary 5 mills. court
| .o;J ho,6c mill railroad