Year: 1877

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same are hereby, repealed;" and un4'
der said act 81 ,26O, ,13475 Of the bills
OF the said bank we're funded, and
bonds OF the State issued therefor, aud
the bills so funded were by Joint re-
solution of the General Assembly, or,
dered to be burnt and destroyed, and
there is reason to believe that said
bills were not burnt or destroyed, but
have since been fraudulently uttered;
and whereas the plates from which
the bills of the bank were originally
printed are not in the custody of the
State, but are and have been for
years past beyond the limits of the
State and in the custody of irrespon-
sible parties, and there is reason to
believe that forged bills of the said
bank have been fraudulently printed
and uttered; and whereas large
amount of the bills of the said bank
were, in the yearssr 1861 and 1862,
loaned to the government of the Con
fedorate States, and the payment of
said bills by the State is prohibited
by the constitution Of the State and
Of the United States; now, for the
protection of the State against bills
Of the Bank of the State which are
not genuine, or the"payment of which
is prohibited by tho constitution, or
which have already been funded by
the State aud have been fraudulently
uttered.


SECTION /. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the State Of South Carolina, now
met and sitting in General Assembly,
and by the authority of the same,
That the Trcasurors of tie Several
Counties in tho State shall not re-
ceivo in payment of taxes to the
State any bills of the corporation
known as tho President and Dircc-
tors Of tho Bank of the State Of South
Carolina, which arc not genuine and
valid, or the payment Of which is
prohibited by tho constitution of the
State and Of the United States, or
which have been funded by the State
and since fraudulently uttered. And
all bills Of said corporation which
shall be tondered in payment Of any
taxes, and shall not be received as
payment, shall be enclosed IN pack
age, sealed and signed by the party
rendering the said bills, and by the
Treasurer to whom said tender is
made, and said package shall be de-
posted by tho Treasurer with the
Clerk of the Count of Camnaon- Pleas
for tho county, who shall give dupli>
cato certificates of tho SAID deposit,
one to the party rendering said bills,
and the other to the Treasurer, to
abide the decision of the court in any
proceedings which may be instituted
in regard to said bills; and that in all
proceedings, by mandamus or other
wise to compel the reception of bills
OF the said corporation as legal ten
der for taxes to the State and refused,
an issuc shall be framed under the
direction OF the Judge, and at a re-
gular term of the Court of Common
Pleas for the county whcroin said
bills are rendered, shall DO submitted
to a jury to inquire, and determine
by their verdict, if the bills 80 ten
dercd in payment for taxes are gen
uine and valid bills Of the said COR
poration, and have not been funded
by the State, and since traudulently
uttered, and are bile, the payment
Of which is not prohibited by tho
constitution of the State and Of the
United States. And upon the trial
Of said issue the burden of proof shall


be upon the person rendering said
bills to establish that the said bills
arc tho genuine and valid bills Of the
said corporation, and have not been
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