summoned as aforesaid, (unless prevented by sickness, or some reasonable excuse to be made upon oath to the satisfaction of such magistrate,) then, and in such case, every such person so neglecting to attend when summoned as aforesaid, and without such sufficient excuse as aforesaid, shall forfeit and pay the sum of ten pounds per day for every such neglect or refusal. In the Senate House, the eleventh day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand JOHN LLOYD, President of the Senate. A.D. 1786. Penalty for nonattendance. AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED " An Act to establish a Medium of No. 1307. Circulation, by way of Loan, and to secure its Credit and utility." WHEREAS, it is necessary to explain and amend the Act establishing a medium of circulation, and to provide for the expense of impressing and issuing the same: Preamble. I. Be it therefore enacted, by the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the au- Borrowers to thority of the same, That the commissioners of the loan office shall be Pay one per et. in advance paid in advance of interest one per cent. by the borrower on the principal of interest. sum borrowed, which shall be deducted from the interest to be paid at the time the same becomes due by law, and shall be appropriated by the commissioners for defraying the expense of making the paper, copperplates, and other incidental charges, including the building a small office in some convenient part of the arsenal yard, the expense of which shall not exceed Salaries to be paid half yearly one hundred pounds; and the said commissioners shall receive their salaries half-yearly, from the commissioners of the public treasury, out of any moneys coming into the treasury from the aforesaid fund. bills receivable II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all debts, duties, and taxes, now due or hereafter to become due to the treasury of Loan office this State, may be discharged by loan office bank bills, for and during the in taxes. said term of five years, limited by the said before recited Act, and may on demand be issued out of the said treasury in payment of the civil list, and all other contingent charges of government, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That where the commissioners shall have good reason to believe that the valuation of Land not truly land made in the manner and form prescribed in the proviso of the second valued, to be refused as seclause of the before recited Act, hath been dishonestly and untruly made curity. and certified, the said commissioners shall have power to refuse the security, any thing in the before recited Act to the contrary notwithstanding. IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the proviso in the seventh clause of the said before recited Act, be, and the same Repeal of the is hereby, repealed; and every person shall have a right to tender property of the former at three-fourths the real value, although the creditor shall demand pay-act. seventh clause A. D. 1786. ment in the said loan office bank bills, until the first day of January one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven. In the Senate House, the eleventh day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand JOHN LLOYD, President of the Senate. No. 1308. AN ACT TO ENCOURAGE THE DESTROYING BEASTS OF PREY. WHEREAS, it is found necessary to give some encouragement to the Preamble. destroying beasts of prey, which of late have been very mischievous to some of the interior parts of the State; Rewards for killing beasts of prey. ing. I. Be it therefore enacted, by the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That all and every person and persons whatever, who shall hereafter kill in this State any of the beasts of prey hereinafter mentioned, shall have the following rewards, that is, for a panther or tiger, ten shillings; for a wolf, ten shillings; for a wildcat, five shillings; which rewards shall be discountable for the public taxes of this State with the collector thereof. II. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That every person killMode of proving any of the beasts of prey above mentioned, within this State, and entitled to the reward for the same, shall carry the scalp with the two ears of such beasts of prey fresh, and shall give sufficient proof to any one justice of the peace within this State, that such beast was killed within this State; such magistrate first destroying the ears, shall give such person a certificate of the same, gratis. Limitation. III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this Act shall continue in force for the space of five years from the passing thereof, and from thence to the end of the next sitting of General Assembly, and no longer. In the Senate House, the eleventh day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand JOHN LLOYD, President of the Senate. No. 1309. AN ACT for altering the time of holding the Courts of General Sessions and Common Pleas in Charleston district. (Passed March 11, 1786. See last volume.) A. D. 1786. AN ACT TO PRECLUDE ALL FURTHER ACCOUNTS DUE PREVIOUS TO THE No. 1310. EVACUATION OF CHARLESTON, FROM BEING BROUGHT IN AGAINST THIS STATE, OR AGAINST PERSONS WHOSE ESTATES HAVE BEEN CONFISCATED, AFTER THE TIME THEREIN MENTIONED. I. Be it enacted, by the honorable the Senate and House of Repre sentatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority Limitation. of the same, That it shall and may be lawful for all and every person and persons having demands against this State, or against any person or persons whose estates have been confiscated, to deliver in the same to the auditor at any time within three months after the passing of this Act, who is hereby ordered to receive and audit the same; and that after the time before mentioned, no accounts shall be received on any pretence what soever. In the Senate House, the eleventh day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand JOHN LLOYD, President of the Senate. AN ACT TO ALTER AND AMEND AN ACT FOR THE MORE EFFECTUAL No. 1311. RELIEF OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS. WHEREAS, the benefits of an Act for the more effectual relief of insolvent debtors, are limited to such persons as shall surrender themselves prisoners within ten days after they are arrested, and be confined from that time in a common gaol of the State, and shall also have exhibited a schedule of their effects, with their petition, within one month from their confinement, praying for the benefits of the said Act; and whereas, many persons have been induced to give bail to actions commenced against them, and otherwise to avoid an immediate confinement, from an expectation of being able to satisfy their creditors, without an imprisonment of their persons; Preamble. tended. I. Be it therefore enacted, by the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, now sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority Benefits of the of the same, That the benefits of the said recited Act shall be, and the former act exsame are hereby, extended to all persons who now are, or hereafter shall be, in confinement for debt, notwithstanding the said persons shall not have complied with the requisite therein contained, and herein recited: provided, that the justices of the court from whence the process issued Proviso. against the said persons, shall be satisfied that they have rendered a just A. D. 1786. and true account of their estates, according to the true intent and meaning of the said Act. In the Senate House, the eleventh day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand JOHN LLOYD, President of the Senate. No. 1312. AN ACT FOR RAISING SUPPLIES FOR THE YEAR ONE THOUSAND SEVEN Preamble. tion on lands. HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SIX. WHEREAS, we, the Representatives of the free and independent State of South Carolina, in General Assembly met, have thought it expedient and necessary that a tax, for the sums and in manner hereinafter mentioned, should be assessed and paid into the public treasury of this State, for the use and service thereof: 1. Be it therefore enacted, by the honorable the Senate and the honorable the 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 sum of one per centum ad valorem shall be, and is hereby, imposed on all lands granted within this State, and in the manner and under the several Rate of taxa- regulations hereinafter set forth and expressed, that is to say: No. 1. All tide swamp, not generally affected by the salts or freshes, of the first quality, shall stand rated at six pounds per acre; all tide swamp of the second quality, four pounds per acre; of the third quality, two pounds per acre; all pine barren lands, adjoining such swamp, or contiguous thereto with respect to the benefit of water carriage, at ten shillings per acre; all prime inland swamp, cultivated and uncultivated, at an average of three pounds per acre; second quality ditto, two pounds per acre; third quality ditto, one pound per acre; pine barren lands, adjoining or contiguous thereto, at five shillings per acre; salt marsh, or inland swamp, clearly proved to the assessors to be incapable of cultivation, five shillings per acre.— No. 2. High river swamp, or low grounds, cultivated and uncultivated, including such as are commonly called second low grounds, lying above the flowing of the tides, and as high up the country as Snow Hill, on Savannah river, the fork of Broad and Saludy river, on the Congarees, Graves's Ford, on the Wateree, and the boundary line on Pedee, the first quality at three pounds per acre; the second quality at two pounds per acre; third quality at one pound per acre; except such as lie so low as to be clearly proved to the assessors to be incapable of immediate cultivatien, which shall be assessed at five shillings per acre. No. 3. All high river swamp, or low grounds, lying above Snow Hill, the fork of Broad and Saludy rivers, Graves's ford, and the old Indian boundary line, fifteen shillings per acre. No. 4. All high lands without the limits of St. Philip's and St. Michael's parishes, on Johns Island and James Island, and on the main, within twenty miles of Charleston, at one pound per acre. No. 5. All lands on the Sea Islands, Slann's Island included, or lying on or contiguous to the seashore, usually cultivated, or capable of cultivation, in corn or indigo, and not within the limits prescribed in class No. 4, one pound per acre. No. 6. All oak and hickory high lands, lying below Snow A.D. 1786. Hill, the fork of Broad and Saludy rivers, Graves's Ford, or the boundary line on Pedee, and not included in the limits or description of the two preceding classes, No. 4 and 5, at fifteen shillings per acre. No. 7. All pine barren lands, not included in classes No. 1, 4 and 5, to be assessed at one shilling per acre. No. 8. All oak and hickory high lands, lying above Snow Hill, the fork of Broad and Saludy river, and Graves's Ford, the first quality, eight shillings per acre; the second quality, five shillings per acre; the third quality, two shillings per acre. No. 9. All oak and hickory high lands, above the old Indian boundary line, the first quality, six shillings per acre; the second quality, three shillings per acre; the third quality, one shilling per acre. That all lands within the parishes of St. Philip and St. Michael, shall be assessed upon the same principles as houses and lots in Charleston, and in a relative proportion to the lands in the country. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of nine shillings and four pence shall be levied on all negroes and other Rate of taxing slaves, &c. slaves whatsoever, within the limits of the State; and the sum of one per cent. on every hundred pounds value of every lot, wharf, or other lands, and on all buildings within the limits of any town, village, or borough, in this State; and the sum of nine shillings and four pence upon each wheel of every carriage; and the sum of nine shillings and four pence upon all free negroes, mulattoes and mustizoes, from sixteen to fifty years of age, and ten shillings per head on all free white men, neither lame or otherwise disabled, from twenty-one to fifty years of age, who pay no other part of the taxes imposed by this Act; and the sum of one per cent. on every hundred pounds of every person's stock in trade, of persons in trade, shopkeepers and others; and the like sum of one per centum on the profits of faculties and professions, (clergymen, schoolmasters and schoolmistresses excepted,) and factorage employments throughout this State; to be ascertained and rated by the several assessors and collectors hereinafter named, according to the best of their knowledge and information. III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That to facili- Special indents tate the payment of the taxes hereby imposed, immediately after the to be emitted. passing of this Act special indents to the amount of eighty-three thousand one hundred and eighty-four pounds, be emitted, in the following words: "Pursuant to the Act for raising supplies for the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six, this special indent of shall be received in payment of taxes for the years one thousand seven hundred and eightyfour, and one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, and one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six, indiscriminately; which special indents are to be of the following denominations, viz: Two thousand of twenty pounds, forty thousand pounds; Two thousand of five pounds, ten thousand pounds: Two thousand of three pounds, six thousand pounds; Two thousand of one pound ten shillings, three thousand pounds; Two thousand of one pound, two thousand pounds; Two thousand of ten shillings, one thousand pounds; Three thousand seven hundred and thirty-six of five shillings, nine hunhundred and thirty-four pounds; Two thousand of two shillings and sixpence, two hundred and fifty pounds; Eighty-three thousand one hundred and eighty-four pounds sterling: |