A. D. 1810. shall be the duty of the attorney-general or solicitor, as the case may be, to sue for and recover the penalties to which they have been heretofore declared liable; excepting the commissioners of St. Philip's and St. Michael's parishes, who shall account to the City Council of Charleston as heretofore.

ment to the

XXIV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That each Tax collectors and every tax collector shall pay to the commissioners of the poor, on the to make pay- first Monday of August in every year, all the monies which have been or commissioners may be collected by them for the use of the poor, the said commissioners or their treasurer, except where such monies have been otherwise appropriated by law, under the penalty of the forfeiture of ten dollars for every day they may fail in so doing; to be recovered in any court having competent jurisdiction, to go to the use of the poor of the said district or parish wherein said default shall be committed.

of the poor.

Names of all persons who pay tax to be transmitted to the clerks of

courts.

XXV. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall, be and is hereby declared to, be the duty of the comptroller general, as speedily as the same can be done, to make out, from the returns of the tax collectors, and transmit to the clerks of the several courts in the several districts of this State, the names of all persons who shall have made returns for the year 1809, together with the tax paid by the said persons, to the end that the persons paying such tax may have an opportunity of comparing their receipts with the same. And it shall be the duty of the clerks of the said courts, on application of any person for an inspection of the said statement so transmitted to him by the comptroller general, to produce the same; and in case any clerk shall neglect or refuse, without reasonable excuse, to exhibit the same, when demanded in office hours, by any person or persons paying a tax in the said district, he shall be subject to a penalty of ten dollars, to be recovered in any court having competent jurisdiction; half to the informer, the other half to the treasury of this State. And the comptroller general, for this service thus required of him, shall receive the sum of two hundred dollars.

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XXVI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be Amount of tax the duty of every tax collector to specify in words, at length, the sum paid paid to be specified in words. by every person for his general tax; distinguishing what every person may pay for poor, or bridge tax, in the receipts to be given by every tax collector to those persons who may pay a tax to him.

tors to account to the comptroller.

XXVII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall Attorney-gene. be the duty of the attorney-general, and each of the solicitors of the difral and solici- ferent circuits, to certify to the comptroller-general, on or before the first Monday in October in every year, the fines and forfeitures which have been had or inflicted by the courts upon his circuit, within the year next preceding the day aforesaid; and that it shall be the duty of each of the clerks of the several circuit court districts, to return to the comptroller-general, on or before the same day in every year, an account, upon oath, of all the fines and forfeitures which have been inflicted, had, or received within his district court, of the manner how appropriated or remitted, and to pay over to the treasurer of the State the balance in hands on that day; that in case of failure of any clerk to render such account, he shall forfeit and pay the sum of two hundred dollars, to be recovered in any court having competent jurisdiction; and it shall be the duty of the comptroller general to direct the attorney-general or solicitors, as the case may be, to sue for and recover the aforesaid sum, of such clerk as shall fail to render such account.

Penalty for not performing said duty.

XXVIII. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That should the said attorney-general or solicitors not perform the duty required by

the aforesaid clause, they shall be subject to a penalty of one hundred A.D. 1810. dollars, to be recovered in any court having competent jurisdiction.

Part of a former

XXIX. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That so much of an Act entitled "An Act to raise supplies for the year one thousand eight hundred and nine, and for other purposes therein mentioned," as Act repealed. prevents the underwriting any policy of insurance in this State, by the agent or agents of any foreign insurance company, or inflicts any penalty on any person for underwriting or effecting any such policy, be, and the same is hereby, repealed.

XXX. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passing of this Act the clerk of every circuit court in this State shall be authorized, and he is hereby required, to draw an order on and send an express to the treasurer at Columbia or Charleston, which ever place may be nearest to the court house of said district, for so many copies of the Acts of the Legislature as the said district may be entitled to by law; and the said clerk shall deliver, upon application, to each person in said district who may be entitled to the same, one copy of said Acts; the person who rides the said express shall receive three dollars for every forty miles he shall ride in going to or returning upon the said service.

The Acts of

Assembly to be sent for by the clerks of

courts.

15th of Februa

XXXI. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the printer for the State, on or before the 15th of February, in each and every Acts to be year hereafter, and the clerk of every district court shall draw the afore-printed by the said order on the treasurer as aforesaid, and have the said Acts in his ry. possession for distribution on or before the tenth day of March in each and every year hereafter.

XXXII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the parish of Christ Church shall be, and the same is hereby, added to the collection district of St. Thomas and St. Dennis; and that the tax collector for St. Thomas and Dennis shall be, and he is hereby, authorized to collect the taxes of the parish of Christ Church.

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rates on St.

how to be dis

posed of.

XXXIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the tax collector for the parish of St. Helena be, and he is hereby, required to pay over to the commissioners of the poor for the Island of St. Helena ceived on acand Lady's Island, all the money which by him may in future be collected count of poor from the inhabitants of said Islands on account of poor rates. And Helena and the tax collectors of St. Helena are hereby required to pay over to said Lady's island commissioners all the money which may have heretofore been collected on the said Islands on account of poor rates, and which may have been paid to the said town council; provided, however, that the town council of Beaufort be, and they are hereby, authorized to deduct from such money all sums which may have been paid to the poor of the said Islands of St. Helena and Lady's Island; and also be authorized to return to the said Islands any poor who may have removed from them to the town of Beaufort, or the Island of Port Royal, since the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and four.

In the Senate House, the twentieth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ten, and in the thirty-fifth year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America.

SAMUEL WARREN, President of the Senate.

JOHN GEDDES, Speaker of the House of Representatives

VOL. V.-SO.

A. D. 1810.

No. 1979. AN ACT TO MAKE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE YEAR ONE THOUSAND EIGHT

Appropriations

HUNDRED AND TEN.

I. Be it enacted, by the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That the following sums be respectively appropriated for the salaries of public officers, and other expenses of government.

For the salary of the Governor, two thousand five hundred and seventytwo dollars.

For the salary of the Secretary of the Governor, four hundred and thirty dollars.

For the salaries of six Judges of the courts of common pleas, each two thousand five hundred and seventy two dollars-in the whole, fifteen thousand four hundred and thirty-two dollars.

For the salaries of five Judges of the Court of Equity, eleven thousand five hundred and seventy-six dollars.

For the salary of the Attorney General, for giving advice to the Governor and other public officers, in matters of public concern, as a full recompense for the discharge of all public duties incident to his office, as Attorney General, one thousand dollars.

For the salaries of four Circuit Solicitors, each, in lieu of all charges against the State, for the performance of every public duty appertaining to their respective offices, each five hundred dollars.

For the salary of the Comptroller-general, two thousand five hundred dollars.

For the salaries of the Comptroller-general's clerks, and the stationary requisite for his office, one thousand six hundred dollars.

For the salary of the Treasurer of Charleston, as Treasurer, and for transacting the business of the Loan Office, two thousand six hundred and fifty-eight dollars.

For the salary of the Treasurer in Columbia, including clerks, two thousand dollars.

For the salary of the Clerk of the Senate, and the Clerk's salary of the House of Representatives, each twelve hundred and thirty dollars; in the whole, two thousand four hundred and sixty dollars.

As a compensation to the commissioner in equity, for his attendance on the appeal court in equity at Columbia, one hundred dollars.

As a compensation for the Clerk of the Court at Columbia, one hundred and forty dollars.

As a compensation for the Clerk of the Court of Charleston, for attending the Constitutional Court of Charleston, one hundred and forty dollars.

As a compensation for the Sheriff of Richland district, for attending the Constitutional Court and the Court of Equity at Columbia, one hundred dollars.

As a compensation for the Sheriff of Charleston district, for attending the Constitutional Court and the Court of Appeals at Charleston, one hundred and fifty dollars.

For the keeper of the State House at Columbia, one hundred and thirty dollars.

For the salary of the Adjutant General, fifteen hundred dollars.

For the salaries of nine Brigade Inspectors, each two hundred and six

teen dollars in the whole, one thousand nine hundred and forty-five A.D. 1810.

dollars.

As a compensation for the Arsenal keeper and powder receiver, in the city of Charleston, three hundred dollars.

For the salary of the Port Physician of Charleston, for boat hire and all other expenses appertaining to said office, one thousand dollars.

As a compensation for the Arsenal keepers and powder receivers for Abbeville, Camden, Georgetown and Beaufort, each fifty dollars-in the whole, two hundred dollars.

For the contracts of the State Printer, a sum not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars.

As a compensation for the pilot of the bar and harbor of Beaufort, three hundred and twenty-two dollars.

For Lyon Levi, while he continues clerk in the treasury office, in addition to such salary as shall be allowed him by the treasurer, four hundred dollars.

As a compensation for the Pilot of the bar and harbour of Georgetown, three hundred and twenty-two dollars.

For Annuities, seven thousand dollars.

For the Transient Poor, payable to the City Council of Charleston, four thousand two hundred and eighty dollars.

For the salary for the keeper of the Lazaretto of the port of Charleston, five hundred dollars.

As a contingent fund subject to the Governor's draft, he submitting an annual account of the expenditure thereof, six thousand dollars.

To defray the expenses of the quota of Militia of this State, if called for and ordered to be encamped for training, seven thousand dollars.

For the expenses of the Members of the Legislature at their present session, and pay of the Solicitors for their attendance, thirteen thousand five hundred dollars—if so much be necessary.

As a compensation for two Doorkeepers to the Legislature, each two hundred and sixteen dollars—in the whole, four hundred and thirty-two dollars.

As a compensation for two Messengers, each two hundred and sixteen dollars in the whole, four hundred and thirty-two dollars; to be paid at the adjournment of the legislature.

For the rent of the Governor's house at Columbia, two hundred and fifty dollars.

For aid in supporting the transient poor in Georgetown, the sum of five hundred dollars, to be paid to the commissioners of the poor of Prince George, Winyaw, to be laid out and expended by them for the use of the transient poor; the said commissioners to publish annually, in the Georgetown Gazette, the names of all such transient poor, and the sum laid out for each, as may have been relieved by this fund; an account on oath to be returned to the comptroller, and by him submitted to the legislature.

For the discharge of the contingent expenses of the upper division, a sum not exceeding six thousand two hundred and eighty-three dollars, thirty-one cents.

For the discharge of the contingent expenses of the lower division, a sum not exceeding five thousand five hundred and seventy-five dollars, forty-three cents.

II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the pay hereinafter to be provided for the support and maintenance of the maga- Magazine zine guard, shall be restricted to that of an officer, sergeant and six men; guard. and that the sum of two thousand two hundred dollars be appropriated

A. D. 1810. for the payment of the said guard, under the direction of the comptroller general.

Paper medium to be burnt

Treasurer to give two receipts.

Salaries of two tutors in the college.

Members in Congress to solicit a change

of stock.

III. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the treasurer of the lower division of the treasury, under the direction of the comptroller general, and in his presence and in the presence of the Governor, President of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and any three of the Judges of the Courts of Law or Equity, or in the presence of a majority of the persons above mentioned, shall, as soon as convenient after the passing of this Act, cause all the paper medium of this State, now in the treasury, or that may be received previous to the next sitting of the Legislature, provided the same shall not exceed the sum of two thousand and sixty-one dollars, to be burnt; and to report to the Legislature the amount of the medium which may be burnt.

IV. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the treasurer on receiving any monies from the tax collector, or any other person, shall give him or her two receipts for the same; and in case any treasurer shall neglect to furnish such person with two receipts as aforesaid, he shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars, nor less than fifty dollars, to be recovered, in any court having jurisdiction thereof, by the comptroller general.

V. And be it further enacted, That the sum of twelve hundred dollars be appropriated for salaries of two tutors in the South Carolina College. For John Parr, for repairs and alterations to Senate committee rooms," book case, &c. one thousand four hundred and thirty-six dollars.

VI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the members in Congress from this State be, and they are hereby, required to solicit, from the government of the United States, an exchange of their stock which is now held by thi· State, for an equal amount of their stock of a transferable nature.

VII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,, That so much of the money in the treasury as is unappropriated by law, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated for the purchase of the debt of this State.

VIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That so much of the debt of this State as shall remain unpaid (after the payments directed in the next preceding clause shall have been made) shall be, and the same is hereby directed to be, paid and extinguished with so much of the transferable stock of the United States as shall be necessary therefor, and which shall or may be obtained in exchange for the stock of the United States which is now held by this State.

IX. Aud be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the comptroller general be, and he is hereby, directed to carry into effect the three next preceding clauses of this Act.

X. And be it further enacted, That the sum of sixteen hundred dollars is hereby appropriated for the support of a professor of chemistry and natural philosophy in the South Carolina College, subject to the disposition of the trustees of the said college.

For the repairing and fitting up an office for the clerk of the court in the court house at Georgetown, one hundred and seventy dollars.

For Thomas Perkins, formerly tax collector for Cheraw district, for costs expended in and about defending a suit brought against him in equity, by John Lewis Gervais, in behalf of the State, the sum of seventy-five dollars.

The sum of two hundred dollars for repairing the court house in Marlborough district; and that Drury Robertson, Robertson Carloss, Tristam Thomas, Thomas Evans and J. R. Irvine, be, and are hereby appointed, commissioners to superintend the repairing of the same.