exceeding one thousand dollars to supplement the fund now on hand for ordinary County purposes; which loans shall be paid out of the first proceeds of said levy for all County purposes. A. D. 1892. Repayment. Beaufort 5 mills. liquor license. For the County of Beaufort, for ordinary County purposes, three and one-fourth (31) mills; for past indebtedness, one (1) mill; for roads and bridges, three-fourths () of one mill; and the proceeds derived from the issuing of liquor licenses shall Proceeds of be applied first, to the payment of the Court expenses (General Sessions and Common Pleas), and the remainder, if any, to the fund for ordinary County purposes. That the residue, if any, of the proceeds derived from liquor licenses during the last fiscal year, now in the hands of the County Treasurer, shall be applied to the payment of the ordinary County expenses for the last fiscal year, ending October the 31st, 1892. Berkeley 434 Loan by Coun ers. For the County of Berkeley, for ordinary County purposes, er two and three-eighths (2) mills; for Court expenses, one and three-eighths (18) mills; for poor house and poor, three-fourths (4) of one mill; for bonds and interest, one-fourth (4) of one mill. And the County Commissioners are hereby authorized to borrow a sum of money not exceeding fifteen thousand (15,000) ty Commissiondollars, and to pledge the first collection of taxes for ordinary County purposes for the payment of the sum so borrowed and the interest thereon, said money so borrowed to be applied first, Application of to the payment of jurors. witnesses and Constables and Court expenses, and the balance to general County purposes, and to apply any surplus to the payment of the past indebtedness of said County. loan. Charleston 11⁄2 mills. For the County of Charleston, in which it shall be one and onehalf (1) mills. That the proceeds of one-eighth of one mill of said levy shall be set apart and applied to the use of the militia Militia. in said County, in accordance with the special Act thereto relating. That the remainder of said levy shall be applied as follows: The sum of five thousand dollars is hereby appropriated to meet the cost of continuing the construction of the stone roadway leading from the city of Charleston towards the County line, such sum to be expended entirely and directly in such work and repairs on said road, and not in the payment of salaries of any officials connected with such road. And the remainder of the Stone roadway. General Coun proceeds of said levy shall be used for general County purposes, ty purposes. including therein Court and jail expenses, also one hundred dollars to the Superintendent of Highways at McClellanville, to ent of Highways pay his salary for the year 1893, and the cost of necessary repairs 3-A Superintend A. D. 1892. bonds. bonds. fund. Deficiency. of stone roadway. to roads and bridges; also the sum of eleven thousand and eight hundred dollars to pay the interest to mature during the fiscal Interest on year commencing November the 1st, 1892, on the six per cent. bonds issued by said County, and also the installment of the Payment of principal of said bonds which will mature during said year. That Liquor license out of the proceeds of the liquor license fund there shall be paid the amount of the installment of the County bonds which mature in the year 1893, with interest thereon, and also such sums as may be necessary to pay in full whatever balance may remain due and unpaid on the notes of the County Treasurer, given by him under authority of law, or any deficiency caused by the payment of such notes out of any other funds; the sum of one hunW. P. Cantwell. dred and eighteen and dollars to pay the amount due W. P. Cantwell for services rendered as Supervisor of Registration; the sum of one hundred and twenty dollars, to pay the amount due S. E. Singleton. Samuel E. Singleton, for services rendered Board of Commissioners of Registration; and the sum of eighty dollars, C. M. Rivers. amount due C. M. Rivers for services rendered as Coroner from July 4th to July 19th. After which may be paid out of said proContinuation ceeds the amount herein before appropriated for continuing the construction of the stone roadway; and next, for election expenses Election ex- to State Commissioners, four hundred and nineteen 1 dollars, to Federal Commissioners four hundred and sixty dollars, for Repairs to repairs to bridges, avenues and culverts along the State road five hundred dollars. The balance of the liquor license fund shall be held by the County Treasurer and paid out by him proportionally towards salaries due by the said County for the fiscal year 1892-93 in the manner hereinafter provided and without preference. Balance to That all other funds and balances in the hands of, or to the credit of, the County Commissioners not otherwise appropriated, or herein appropriated and not required, are hereby appropriated to Tax by City general County purposes. That the City Treasurer of the city of Charleston shall levy and collect, when the first installment of the city tax is paid, in addition to the one mill tax now provided by law, an additional tax of one mill, to be accounted for and paid over by the said City Treasurer as the said one mill tax is now accounted for and paid, and the proceeds thereof to be used in support of the public schools of said city. That the sum of five hundred dollars of the public school fund appropriated to the support of the public schools in the city of Charleston shall be used in aid of the Art School in the city of Charleston, in consideration that the instructor of such school shall give to the penses. bridges, &c. Salaries. County purposes. Treasurer for schools. Art School. 69 A. D. 1892. Loan by County Treasurer. Limit and pur poses. pupils of the city public schools such instruction in drawing as the Board of Commissioners of the public schools of the city of Charleston may require. That the County Treasurer of Charleston County be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to borrow, from time to time, and as the same may be required, on his official note as County Treasurer, or other similar official evidences of indebtedness, a sum or sums not exceeding in all thirty-two thousand dollars, at a rate of interest not exceeding seven per cent. per annum, for the purpose of paying the salaries and commissions of all County officials whose salaries and commissions are fixed by law, also to pay the Court expenses; also to pay the installment and interest on the County debt to mature in 1893, should there be any deficiency therein after the payment herein above directed from the liquor license fund; and also such expenditures for ordinary County purposes as require immediate payment, said sum so borrowed to be repaid, with Pledge of taxes. interest thereon, by the said County Treasurer from the taxes levied upon and to be collected in the said County for the present fiscal year as soon as the same may be collected, and to constitute a valid claim against said County and a prior lien on all of the County taxes levied, except the school tax and the tax for the Exceptions. use of the militia in the said County, for the present and future fiscal years, until the same are paid and discharged in full, such amounts, if so borrowed, to be paid on such salaries and claims without any preference whatsoever. That all claims against the How payments County, except the salaries and commissions of County officers whose salaries and commissions are fixed by law and the County Treasurer's notes herein above provided, shall be paid upon the warrants of the County Commissioners as now provided by law, the salaries and commissions of such officers whose salaries and commissions are fixed by law to be paid by the County Treasurer monthly, on the receipt of such officers; and said County Commissioners are hereby required to audit all claims, except such Audit of claims. salaries and Treasurer's notes, presented to them, within ten days from the date of such presentation, and forthwith to draw their warrant on the County Treasurer for the amount so found due: Provided, The money to meet the same is in the hands of the County Treasurer: Provided, further, That if by reason of any legislation enacted at this session of the General Assembly no liquor licenses shall be collectible by or payable to the said County mills if no liquor of Charleston, or the County Commissioners of said County, for or during the year A. D. 1893, that in such event, but in no are to be made. Warrants. Proviso. Tax to be 21 licenses. A. D. 1892. Chester 64 mills. mills. other, the general levy in and for the said County of Charleston shall be two and one-half mills instead of one and one-half mills as herein before provided. For the County of Chester, for ordinary County purposes, three and one-half (34) mills; for retiring and paying interest on County bonds, two and three-fourths (23) mills. Chesterfield 7 For the County of Chesterfield, for ordinary County purposes, five (5) mills; for building of new jail two (2) mills. Clarendon 234 mills. Application. Colleton 5% mills. fund. For the County of Clarendon, for ordinary County purposes, two and three-fourths (24) mills; to be distributed as follows: for Auditor, Treasurer's commissions, Clerk of Court, Jury Commissioners, Board of Equalization, one thousand one hundred and twenty-five (1,125) dollars; for Sheriff, one thousand (1,000) dollars; for Trial Justices and their Constables, twelve hundred (1200) dollars; for County Commissioners and their Clerk, eight hundred and fifty (850) dollars; for the Poor House, five hundred (500) dollars; for books, stationery and printing, two hundred dollars (200); for repairs of bridges, five hundred (500) dollars; for jurors, witnesses and Constables, twelve hundred (1200) dollars; for Coroner, one hundred (100) dollars; for lunacy, one hundred dollars; for contingent funds, one hundred dollars; for past indebtedness, if any, four hundred and forty-one dollars. For the County of Colleton, there shall be levied upon the taxable property in the County of Colleton the following: for ordinary County purposes, three (3) mills; for roads and bridges, one (1) mill; for poor house and poor, three-eighths (3) of one mill; for interest on railroad bonds, one-half (4) of one mill; for money borrowed and unpaid, one-half (4) of one mill, the surplus, if any, to go to ordinary County expenses; for all other indebtedness of the County, the moneys derived and to be derived Liquor license from liquor licenses: Provided, That claims against the fund arising from said liquor licenses shall be paid in the following order: first, all claims known as "past indebtedness;" second, all unpaid claims for the fiscal year of 1890-91; third, all unpaid claims for the fiscal year of 1891-92. Any surplus remaining after the payment of the aforesaid claims shall be applied to ordinary County purposes; for court house, jail, and repairs on Public build- public buildings, one-eighth () of one mill: Provided, further, That the County Commissioners of said Connty are hereby auLoan by Coun- thorized and empowered to borrow such amounts of money as may be necessary to pay all Court expenses, including the per ings. ty Commission ers. diem and mileage of jurors and witnesses, dieting prisoners, and to pay the interest on railroad bonds issued by said County, the interest to be paid for said borrowed money not exceed seven per cent.; and the said Commissioners are authorized to pledge, as security for said borrowed money, the tax herein levied for ordinary County expenses and interest on railroad bonds. A. D. 1892. Pledge of taxes. Darlington 3% ty Commission For the County of Darlington, for ordinary County purposes, mills. three (3) mills; and for jail debt, one-half (1) of one mill, and the County Commissioners of Darlington County are hereby authorized and empowered to borrow money at a rate of interest Loan by Counallowed by law, to an amount not exceeding the total taxes ers. assessed in said County for County purposes, and pledge the Pledge of taxes. taxes of said County for such money as may be borrowed by them from time to time for the actual needs of said County, and the interest thereon. mills. bv ty Commission For the County of Edgefield, for ordinary County purposes, Edgefield 3% one and seven-eighths (13) mills; for jurors, witnesses and Constables, three-eighths (3) of one mill; for repairs on roads and bridges, seven-eighths (3) of one mill. And the County Com- Loan by Counmissioners of Edgefield County are hereby authorized to borrow ers. money for the purpose of paying any of the claims arising under this levy for the purposes herein named, and to pledge for the Pledge of taxes. payment of same the proceeds of three and one-eighth (31) mills herein authorized to be levied, provided the said County Commissioners can borrow the money at a reasonable rate of interest. For the County of Fairfield, for ordinary County purposes, three and one-half (3) mills; for past indebtedness, one (1) mill. The County Commissioners are hereby authorized and empowered to borrow money upon such terms as to them may ty commissionseem reasonable for the purpose of paying in cash the Court ex- ers. penses for and during the year 1893. For the County of Florence, for ordinary purposes, three and one-half (34) mills. Fairfield 4 mills. Loan by Coun Florence 31⁄2 mills. 51⁄2 mills. For the County of Georgetown, for all County purposes, five Georgetown and one-half (5) mills. Greenville 6 For the County of Greenville, for ordinary County purposes, mil three (3) mills; for past indebtedness, three-fourths (3) of one mill; for retiring Air Line Railroad bonds, one (1) mill; for interest on Air Line Railroad bonds, one and one-fourth (14) mills; for interest on Greenville and Laurens Railroad bonds, one-half (1) of one mill. Hampton 4% For the County of Hampton, for ordinary County purposes, mills. |