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itftt i lit it v r ?' TWO DObLAIIS PBtt ANNUM. } GOD AND OXJrttcOUISrTTlY. h JHT aorria?fi3<IJJIY k.;> _i_L -W ytiocftjgsj niro vtirf ? Ml;. fiiil= ff ^ ALWAYS IJL ADVANC VOLUME 5. SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 10, 1871. 0 !.?!??? - ? im tjii bowh ntnA L'ifr/r r.lttlH TBE ORANGES CJRG NEWS Kt*cV\v SAtttPtlay Xorniug. ?V Ttlfc ^?AS??S??tt KSWS COMPANY , '? OP ???SCRIPTJON. bntj CKpy to* v?Hc year. $2.00 $ 4* 8ix Months. 1.00 _ MB sending TEN DOLLARS, far a ffltik of New Subscribers, will receive an fcXTRA COPY for ONE YEAR, free of ?karge. Any one sending FIVE DOLLARS, for a Club of New Subscribers, will receive an KXTH A COPY for SIX MONTHS, free of ?karge. HATES OF ADVERTISING. 1 Sq?*re 1st Insertion...... $1.50 ?? ?? 2d ??. 1.00 A Square consists of 10 lines Brevier or on* inek tf Advertising space. Adrainiitrator'a Notices,.So 00 .Notices of Dismissal of Guardians, Ad ministrators, Executory, &c.$9 00 Contract Advertisements inserted upon the raoat liberal terms. MARRIAGE and FUNERAL NOTICES, rial exceeding one Square, inserted without ekarge. *?!b:? t&r Tarms Cash in Advance. "?a SE?BR00K, BROWNING, MEYERS, ATT?KN K YS AT LAW, office at Oriinj{ebnrs nud Brancltvlllc. S ? c>. Mr. MEYERS or RUOWNIN? will be At Branehvillo every Monduy. U. B. SKA IS ROOK, Actttog Solicitor 1st Circuit. MALCOLM I. BROWNING. J. FELDER MEYERS, Trial Justice. ja? 7 may 14 ly XN0WLT0N & BULL, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS ORAXGEBVIlil, S. C. AUGUSTUS R. KNOWLTON; CHARLES S. RULL. Mr. Knowllon will be at Lewisville EVERY SATURDAY, and at Fort Motto on the 2d and 4th FRIDAYS of every month. july 2?f tf COOKIE <fc COOKE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, O R A X G K ? U R G, S. C. Will attend to BUSINESS in any of the STATE and tho U. S. COURTS for the District of South Carolina. T. H. COOKE. II. P. COOKE. T. II. COOKE, Trial Justice, will 1TTKND PROMPTLY to all BUSINESS ontrusUrt to his care. II. P. COOKE, Trial Justice, Lew xdl le, S. C, june25 tf F. It WANNAMAKER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, WT11 b? at ORANGEHUEO, on Monday?, Fridays and Saturdays. A* LETTISVILLE on the other days of the Week. feh 12 tf w. Xj. w. siley TRIAL JUSTICE, Residence In Fork or Edisto, ALL BUSINESS ENTRUSTED will be promptly and carefully attended to. july 23 ly REEDER & DAVIS, rfiTTov VA.rTons AND 4?cncrul Coir mission Mercliants, Aihja's Wharfs CHARLESTON, S. C. oswki.L RkKDKB. ZoiMKllMAN i>AVIH. ocl I? Cm Ai J. SALINAS, FACTOR AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, CHARLESTON S. C. Liberal advances made on Cotton. RarRttRKCBs?First National Hank. Peo le's National Dank, Messrs. Jno. Eraser & Charleston, S. C. july 81?ly ple'i Co., E. L. HALSEY, LUMBER A\I> TIMBER COMMISSION MERCHANT, l?hnrr, West End Monfaguc-St, CHARLESTON, S. C. a tig 27 ly F Harness. Also two FINE HORSES at W. A. MERONEY k CO S. I) RIED APPLES and PEACHES, very Sao at Wf. A. ML'itO.Vry L CO. OEFICIAIL,. Acts aud Joint Resolution* Panned by (lie I.OKlHiatnro? SewHion 1870 and 1871. An Act to Vrotcct the Interest* of the. State tcheneoer Payment of InttreU JVoie Due Remain* Unpaid oh Bunds Issued by any Railroad Company, and whereon the Guaranty of the State is Rndorscd. Section 1. Be. it ?nodal by the I Somite and House of Representatives of tho State of Soutb Carolina, now met nnd sitting in Gcucral Assembly, nud by tho authority of the same, That the Attorney-General bo, and he is hereby, required and authomed to cause to be instituted immediately Jaftcr tho expira lion of thirty days after tho final passage uf this act, for, on behalf of, 1 and in tV.e name of this Stute, an action, suit or other legal proceeding in any court of this Stato. or of ihc United States, agpinst ench. Railroad company ! which has, also, oguinst all Railroad companies which have heretofore issued 1 b'ouds upon which the guaranty of tho State is endorsed, and on which interest is now due and unpaid, unless, within thirty d nys after the final passage of this act, such Railrood company or Railroad, companies shull fully pay aud discharge such interest; for the purpose of enfor cing the puymcnt of nil interest due on tho bonds of such Railroad company, aud protecting and securing the State against loss or damage by reason of said guaranty, and to this end, to ouforce the rights of the Stato by virtue of the statutory or other lieu or mortgage held by the State, or held to secure the pay ment of said bond or bonds, on all or any of the property, assets or effects of such company or companies. Sec. 2. That the attorney-general be, and he is hereby, authorized to appear tor. *>.i behalf of, i.nd in the name of I this State, in any acliou, suit or proceed ing on behalf of any other party or par ties, against tiny such Railroad company or Railroad companies, and to bind the State id such action, suit or proceeding) ; and to protect the ititcscst of this Plate therein. Sec. 3. That if the property iuiluded in the statutory or other lien or mortgage held to secure the payment of the bond or bonds named in the tir>t section of this act. shall "not realize enough upon any sale or sales of nil the piopcrty, ' assets and effects, under aud iu pursu ance of any order, judgment or decree, in such action, suit or proceeding, to pay the principal nud interest of such bond or bonds, the deficiency shall be, and is hereby, made a debt of this State, nnd .-Lull be. and is made, payable as such. Skc. 4. That such deficiency mention ed in the last preccdings section may at the option of the bidder of the whole or any portion thereof, be funded into coupon bonds of this State, of amounts not le.-> than one hnndrcd dollars each, t bearing interest at the rato of six per cent, per year, payable scmi-anually. tvb ich said bouds shall be payable within twenty years after the final pnsago of this net, and upon the request of the owner or owners of such deficiency, the treasurer of this State shall issue such bond or bonds. Sec 5. That an anual tax, in addition to nil other taxe?, shall be levied upon the property of the State sufficient to pay 1 the intrnst noon the bond or bonds here inbefore authorized, and upon the indeb tedness nrrising out of such a foremen tioncd doiiCtoncy at the times when such interest shall fail due. Sec. C. That the attorney -genera] be, and he in hereby, authorized to employ such counsel as ho may doom best for the interest of the State, to as??t him in performing the duties imposed by this act, nnd to pay therefor such compensa tion ns he shall deem' just, which shall ! bo paid by the State Treasurer upon the certificate of the attorney general. Skc. 7. All acts nud parts of acts in consistent with this act, arc hereby re pealed. j Approved March 7,1871. An Act to Incorporate the Breircr Gold Mining Company, of Seitnh Carolina. Skgtion. 1. Bo it enacted by the Senate and' House of Representatives of the ?State of South Carolina, new mot aud sittiug in General Assembly, and by tho authority of the bamc, That Tbonur. S Covcfldcr. Ciharle J Andel! air.' J.obI iu Cleodeuon, and such persons as now arc. or hcneafter may be, associated with them, their successors and assigns, bo, nn l they aro hereby, constituted a body corporate and politic, by the name and style of the Brewer Gold Miuing Com pany, by which name and style thoy arc hereby inado capable in law to have, hold; purchase, rcccivo, work, sell mort gage, lease, enjoy nnd retain to them, thoir successors and assigns, lands, tene ments, mines of all characters, and chat tels of whatsoever kind,, thoy may dectn conductive to the objoct and interest of the said corporation, which aro mining anc working for gold and other minerals, and inanufacturiug the same, iu Chester field County, and other parts ol South Caroliua, and of cending the Eume to market. Sec. 2. That the said corporation, by their name and style aforesaid, may sue and bei sued, plead aud be imploaded, in any court of this State, make and use a common seal, nnd alter and chango the same at thoir pleasure, aud make and establish such by-laws and regulations, and such alterations, and amendments thereof, not in conflict wilt the Constitu tion or laws of this State, or of the United States, as they shall deem proper. Sec. 3. That the capital stock of the said corporation shall be twenty thousand ddlnrs with the right to increase the same by the vote of a majority of the directors, to any sum not exceeding one million dollars; that the said corporation j shall commence business within sixty days after its capital stock shall have been subscribed , aud t\p stock may bo paid either in money, real estate, mining leases, machinery, or any other kind of property, the same to bo divided into such number of shares as the s.iid cor porntion may determine, and the shares to be assignable and negotiable under such rules ns the said corporation may prescribe. 8kg. 4. That there shall bo annual meetings of the stockholders, at such time nnd place as they may design ito, for the purpose of choosing a board of I dircctars, to consist of not less than three nor moro than nine, each of whom shall be a stockholder, and a president and other officers of the said corporation, who may be mom! ors of the said board of directors, to manage their affairs. Skc. f). That the said corporation shall keep an oiheo at their principal mine iu Chesterfield County, which, tor all judicial purposscs, shall be deemed t'tcir location ; and a bo one in Philadel phia or New York, if they choose; and a'l meetings of the stockholders and directors may be held at such places, in or out. of the State, as may be directed by the by-laws of the s.iid corporation. Skc G. That the said corporation shall have all the rights at d privileges granted by law to othor gold mining companies in this State, nnd all the property, real and personal, of the said corporation, shall be liadle fur their debts, and the private property of the stockholders shall be liable for the debts, ol" the said corporation to the amount of stock subscribed by them respectively, and not actually paid in money or in property, at the time of the Commence ment of the suit against tin m. Skc. 7. That the said corporation shall have a legal existence from the time of the passage of this act, and this act shall continue iu force fur the term of ?.!:":????? years from and aftor the time of its pass'lge, and the pr:vilo;_-s and franchises grouted by this act shall not Approved March 7, 1871. .l/i Ac< to A'* base the Lien of the State upon a lot (?/ loud in thr City of Charleston, otcned hy the South Con/ Una Institute, fur the Promotion of art Mechanical Ingenuity and Industry, and tain: a similar Lien upon thr new Hall erected hy xaiil South Carolina Institute. SECTION 1. He it enacted by (he Scu ato aud House of Representatives f the State of South Carolina, now met and silting iu Geuerui Assembly, and by the hority of the same, That the lien of the State of South Carolina upon tho sum of ten thousand dollars appropriated by the Act of tho gcuerul assembly entitled "no act to make appr ipriations for the year commencing in October, ono thousand eight hundred and tifty-two," ratified on 10th of December, 1852, be, and the same is hereby; relea?ed, and the comp troller gcucral is hereby directed to enter Bftfirfaerb*>o tipod Wie mortgage or* tho J-r of land situate ou the cost sido of meet ing street, in the ciry ^Charleston,exe cuted by the South Carolina Institut?? for the promotion of arb^.inechanicil iu genuity and industry, to "William Lnvnl, Troasurcr of the lower mvision of the State of South Carolinr, to secure the said appropriation: Pruned, however, that the city council of'vliorleaton shall release its claim ng.iiust jhe South Coro-j liuu Institute ior (be phmiotioo of art, | mechanical ingenuity ayef industry: pro-1 vided, further, that the said lot be sold nt public auction, after^bn days' notice, published io the daily papers of Charier ton, and the pro?.ccds thereof appropria ted ta the payment of tho cost of the new hall rcceutly erected on the washing* ton rnco course by the said South Caro lina Institute: provided, further, that the Stutc of South Carolina shull have the same lien aud claim, to?jhe'esteut of the money realized from the said ;alo, upou the taid Dew ball oreetpB as sff/.'esaid, that has heretofore existed npcu the said lot of land. Approved Mulch 7. 1871 An Act to amend an Set Bntdied '-An Act t<> fncorpuratij?iJie [Ivmcsteod Building, Planting und Loan Associa tion, of Unittf- flaroliria. He it enacted by "the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met aud sitting in General Assembly, and by the au thority of the same. That the said act bo SO amended, in section 1. as to read, between the words '?planting'' and ' loan." 1 dime savings." and in section 2 to read "twenty five dollars"' instead of "two thousand." Approved March 7. 1S71. .?1m Act to Further Amrnd on Act Kutitltd" An Act l^p?riding for the Assessment nnd Tu afiun of I'rimertv." SurTTON 1. _lL.^k*Z**ii!'-f.-'.! by the senate nnd bouse "Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and fitting in General Assembly, and ! by tho authority of the same. That the net entitled ?? An act providing for the assessment and taxation of property", bo, and is hereby, further amended as follows: Strike out from section 3, paragraph 1(!. the word 'September.' and insert ?.July;' also, in paragraph 17. the word i ?November.' and insert 'August.' j Strike out, from section 7. tho words j 'September' and 'October.' in lines two and three, and insert'July'nml 'Au gust;' ills"1, in lines six and nine, strike out 'September,'and insert'July;'also, in line five of section 7. between the words 'oath' and 'of,' 'insert 'of all the real estate which has l*ccii sold or trans fi rred since the last listmcnt of property, for which he was responsible, and to ; whom, and." Strike, out. from section S, the "v.ird 'September,' and insert 'July.' Strikeout, from section 0, the word 'September,' and insert 'July.' J Strike out. from sections 10. 11 and \ 12, the words 'September'nnd October,' I and insert 'duly' and 'Augnrt.' Strike out, from pection 17, the word 'November' and insert 'September.' Strike out from section iO, the word ?October' and insert'August, j Ptrikc out, from section 20, the words i 'September' and 'October,' and insert 'July' and !A.ugtist.' Strike out. from .secjhm 21, wherever I it appears, the word 'October,' an 1 insert I c l ...-..-..? ?1.- ? \ a.(i , ? c> ' "' : i ".* ?""4 insert ?duly;' also, the word ?November.' and insert 'September.' Strike out. from sections 23 and 31, the words 'September' and 'October, and in-crt -July' and 'August.' Strike out, from section .",.". the u nd September.' and insert July.' Strike out. from section .'17. tho words 'September' and 'October,' and insert 'J uly and 'A ugtist.' Strike out. from section 3S. t' e word 'August,' and insert 'June.' Strike out, from section 41, the words 'September' and 'October,' and insert ?July' and 'August.' Strike out, from section 50, the words ?Monday of September, and second Mon day in October,' in the fouith line, nud iusort 'the second Monday of July,' and 'Second Monday in August;' also, in line live, strike out 'September.' and insert ?July;' also; in lines fourteen aud twenty one, strike out 'October,' and insert \\u rvifaf O Strike out, from tectiou 51. the word 'September/ nnd insert 'July ' Strike ' uf rV'iu sVtioo 5>. rhe ?r-rri 'October,' aud insert 'August;' nlso, in lino five, between the words 'listed and,' and insert 'giving tho first Christian nnmn of the several persoun. ?Strike om, from sections 8C, 57 nnd 59, the word 'September,'' and insert ?Ju'y.' Strike out, from section G3, all after tho word 'the,' in line one, to 'eighteen,' in linn two, nnd insert 'September first.' Strike out, from section 65, the words 'second Monday of December,' aud insert 'last Monday in Angusl.' Strike out, from section Gti, all after the word 'the,' in line one, to 'one,' iu Hue two, and insert 'thirtieth of Sep tember;' ulso, between 'Stato' aud 'ho,' on the. fourth line, iusert 'and the couu- ', ty commissioner*;' also, strike out, from J section b'O, lino two, the words 'sixty- j eight,' and insert '-eventy-onc.'' Strike out, from section G7, till after tho word 'od.' in the fifteenth line, to j the wo.-d :oz.b,' iu the sixteenth line, and 1 inserc for before the &ih of October;' illsOj strike out the words 'sirty-fc^ght' wherever they occur in the section, and insert 'seventy three.' i Ku ike out, from section C3 all alter the won! 'the,' in the tilth line, tj an. i nunliy,' in the sixth line, and insert 'so I eoud Monday of September.' i Strike out. from section ?7,nll after tho word 'county,' on fifth line, to the word 'and.' on sixth line, aud insert 'on the first Monday in September.' Strike ?>ut. from section 72. all after the word 'tin*,' iu the sixteenth line, to 'annually,' in the same line, and insert 'November 15th.' Strike out from section 75, line twen : ty, the word '.January,' aud insett 'No ? vcmbcr.' Strike out, from section 7'.'. the words '?the first day of March," and insert 'the ' fifteenth d.i\ of January ;' also, strike the word 'April' and insert 'Pobruary;' also, the words 'twentieth day of May' aud iu-orl 'the s>uoud Tuesday in March.' Strike out, from section SO the word ?March' and insert 'January.' Strike out, from section SO. the words I'the 10th of November, nnd insert'the 10;h of September.' Amend section 00 by adding: 'And provided, further, That each count)- au ditor shall keep a record of all ta'es of conveyances of real property made in : his county, in which he shall enter, iu columns, the names of the purchaser aud seller, tho quality of land eouveyed, the ; location and price of the same, and there . from correct the county duplicates an nually ; and for the purpose of carrying out this provision, the clerks of courts ond registers of mcsne conveyance of each comity are hereby required to have the endorsement of the county auditor on each and every deed of conveyance for real property, that the same is on record i.i his office, before the same can be plac. d on record in tho ofiices of said clerks of courts or registers of mcsnc cnnvcyanccs, and the said county auditor shall be entitled to collect a lee of twen ty live cents, for his own use, for making such entry and endorsement." Nrrke out. from section 01, the words j "the fifteenth day of Jauuary'aud insert j ?November twentieth.' Strike out, from section 02. the words ?first Tuesday in May,' and insert '15th of J unuary.' ?S'trike out, from section 01, the words ?first week in September' and insert 'the second wer!; in June ;' also, the words ?the first, in sivh v;.^ . last..' St l ike out, from section 05, the words, i 'the first day of Match' and insert 'the 15th of January.' Strike out, from .section 9(i, all from the word "taxes' in s icoud line, and iu j sort 'from November 20th to March I 20th.' Strike out. from section 07, the words 'first da} of March,' and insert '-fif I tecuth ol' January ;" also, strike out 'the 20lh day of May,' and insert 'the fif. tecuth of February.' Strike out, from section 101, the word duly,' and insert 'April.' Strike out, from section 105, the word dune,' and insert 'March.' Strike out. from section 100. the words 'the twentieth day of May,' and insert 'the fifteenth of February.' Strike out, from section 107. the words the tweutieth day of May,' and the se tond Tuesday in June,' and iuserl 'the tenth of February' and the first Monday in March;' als-o, on the twelfth line strike out Juno,' an I iuscrt Maroh.' Strilc- outj t'r-m section 108,th*. rordt s 'conil Tuesduy iu Julie/ and iusert 'first Motidny in March.' bst Strike out, from section 112, tho word ?July,' and insert 'April.' Strike out, from section 132, the-words 'twentieth day of October,' und insert 'the last day of August,' Add td section 145 the following words:. 'The State auditor is hereby author ised t'i have the city of Charleston sur veyed and numbered, aud to place the numbers in a conspi uous place in front of the buildings or lots. Aud it shall be a penal offenoo ior the Jondlord, agent or tenant, to remove the same/ j Strike out, from section 117, nil after '147,' aud insert 'the pay of assessors shall in no instance be more than three dollars poi day lor euch day actually and necessarily employed in the performance of the duties enjoined upon tiic::i in this act.' Sec. 2 Ail acts or parts o! acts in coca* r? et. wifth tfcif ftflfc are h?r ??by re pealed. Sec 3. This act shall take effect on aud after the tax levy shall bo mrado for the fiscal year of 1871. Approved March 8, 1871. .?In Act t<> AtiiettH and Extend the Char ter of the Vhrntcrtt' aud Mechanics Hank of South Qm'olina, ami for OUicr Vutjtotts Tha mm Named., Whereas the capital of the planters' and mechanics' bank of South ('arolina bus been reduced, by losses, from one million of dollars to ouo hundred thou sand dollars, whereby the shares, origi nally worth twenty live dollar's each, arc. I at the present time, worth, in reality, ' but two dollars mid fifty cents each; and J the President and directors of the saiu : bank have petit Lined for loavo to con solidate their said shares at that rate, so j as to bring them up to their original par value : Section 1. licit enacted by-the Son late and House of I'eprcsciitutiws of the ' State of South Carolina, now met and . sitting in General Assembly, and by the ' authority of tho same, That the board of ' directors of the said bank be. aud they are hereby, authorised to consolidate tho shares of the^said bank, by calliug iu their said shares, and issuing oriC fdiore ' of the par value of twenty livo dollars 1 for every ten of their present shares, so that the number of shares shall be re ? duccd from forty thousand to four thun , sand : Provide^, however, That the said bank shall, at tho request of stockhol ders now holding less than ton shares, redeem the sa>d shares at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents per share. Sec. 1. That the board of directors, before reducing and consolidating the ! said shares, shall give at least thirty { dajs' public notice, in one or more of the ! newspapers of the city of Charleston, of I their intention so to consolidate, reduce j and redeem the stock of the said bank; and, from and after the day fixed and so < publickly notified for the said consoli dation, reduction ami redemption of the said shares, no one shail be considered or held to be n stockholder of the said bank who has not received a new certi J ficate for the consolidated shares at twen ty five dollars per share : Provided, al | ways. That the holder of any number of original shares under ten shall bo at liberty to sell nnd assign tho same to whomsoever he may choose, by endorse ment upon the certificate held by him. which endorsement shall, without trans fer at the bank, entitle the assignee to , demand the redemption of tho said shares or the consolidation of them, I whenever he has acquired or holds ten or more shares, at the prica or rate as iu ; tho first section of this act provided. SEC. Th<! said board of directors are hereby further authorised and empowcr , cd, from time to time, to incrca e the number of shares and the capital of the said bank at any time after thirty ('ays' notice of their intention so to do, pub" , lished in one or more of ?he newspapers of the city of Charleston, to a number not exceeding in tho whole twenty thou sand shares, eaoh share to be of the par value of twenry-fivo dollars, and to open books of subscriptions for tuch additon al shares, under such regulations as they shall prescribe: Provided, always That the stockholders shall have prcforeDSC in subscription to the increased stock, in proportion to the aimunt then held by them. Sec. 4 Tho said bank is hereby fur ther authorised to receive deposits, in suob luoif, and at tuch times, as. tho i ' .ri of directors may :V.to, by gubliO advertisement, and piy the same, with a stipulated rite of interest upon them, Ot Stilled periodsf4|je1iri*ire?<; (6 be peUTiu money, or to be placed at the-' ertfdit 'e* said depositors, upon the same tor ins arid? concttiots os :ne original deposit*. Sf.C. 5. Tho pmcot ohafte* -ef vrfW bank is hereby mlored and1 emead'atfyVtS in the nroviona section of this act if?Se* vidcVI, and in all other resTJe^&e snldY charter is hereby confirmed aslf > these. provision?; had beta vti&Qi\]y MHm&t* ted in the saht charter, and tho .'said charter is also extended for a pwipdygf twejty-one yours beyond it- present ter mination. I \ )ittflf ai Sec. 6. That nil other' pTWcts-hcfeisi conferred npon the board of director* of the planters' and mechanics1 back' *bey acd the same are hereby,'eonfesied xxpom the board of director* of tha rniok kaottb as the unioa bank, of South'? Os^eMs?; which charter i3 also hereby amended and extended in the same manner, ma? that they shtll have ta& same ' po-tfer-r, as are herein conferred.' jh a A ntm om Sec. 7. That the ^hartwy!Ctolt?irj plca' bank of Sooth Carolina be, sjfWf'Wfc same i? hereby, renewed fbr Win oT twenty-one yonrs from and afler the six teenth Jay of Derember, which shaHlio in the year of our Lord one thbuaatYd eight hundred and seventy-tlrfeev See. ft. That the said bank, during said term of twenty-one years, shalf tin joy all. the privileges, rights, powern, immunities and benefits which it now enjoys under the existing ehurkr of said \ i Mi V- .< K alt? b mk. "r ? ni i 'fi-?'"?w4 ? 'd-* , Sec. 9. That this act shall he deemed a public net. Sec. 10. That this act shall not be' constructed to exempt any or tho banks; - named from State or municipal taxation. Approved December 9, 1S?0. An Ant to AmcH,?.... mi eiUi/dctV "An ' Act Vrorilifip /us the Assestnent and Taxation of YropeYty," Pa&W &tp? ti-nih-c 15, lftliS, ami all AtU Amen* ? ? rei ; RXf^-.iivf* datory thereto. T- -.ua tcMfert** Section 1. He it enacted by the Senate and House of UepresentWes of the State of South Cnrolinn, now rtet" and sitting in General Assembly, and by he authority of the same, That so much of an act entitled ' an act providing for tho assessment and taxation of property," approved 15th ot September, 18b8, and? all acts amendatory thereto, as provides for the appointment and pay- of district assessors, and nFsistunts, be. nnd tho s imo nro hereby, repealed; and hereafter it shall he tho duty of thb county nudi tris? to receive) the returns-and make tho assessments provided for in said act, within the times prescribed py law,' and for this purpose the offices of tho county auditors shall be kept open to receive the ' returns of tax payers during such times as now. or u.ay be hereafter.- fixed ^by law. , ..... ?/f Sec. 2. That the various ixninty audi tors be, and they ate hereby, authori zed to appoint a sufficient number of assistants to enable them to complete the * said assessmont, within the time fixed by ' law. and, to defray the expense of ma king said assessment, the said auditors shall draw their Warrants anuunlly upon < the caunty treasurers, to be approved'by tho county commissioners, for such sums ? an may be nocessary, but uot to ercccd the following, to wit: tnw "vdif^r c-f Charleston county, two thousand dollars; the auditors of Iliohland, Orangebutg, Edgcfiem, Beaufort, BarnwcH, Colloton and Abbeville counties, one thousand' dollars: the auditors of Chester, TJarlfng ton, Farfiield, GrocnVitle, Marion, Sum tcr aud York counties, eight hundred dollars; the auditors of Georgetown, Kcr shaw, Laurcus, Lexington Nowberry, Spartanburg and Union counties, seven hundred dollars; the auditors of Chester field, Clarendon, Marlboro and Williams burg caunties, six hundred dollars; the. Auditors of Anderson, Horry. tiancaatcr, Oconco and I'ickeus oountics, five huu drcd dollars each. ? ? mii n% .i Sec. .1 That whenever any tax payer shall fail to make returns to the auditor , . . v* MMln , . ot his eouoty within tho tune prescridca by law, it ?hall be the duty of ihecoonty j auditor to enter on the tax duplicate, j agaiust such t.t\ payer; the property charged to him the previous year, with 1 fifty per coot penalty added thereta, ex ! cept in eases of sicknesi, or absence from the county, when the true amount of property only shall be charged. Appro ??1 Maren j, 1E71