other to the treasury of this State. And the comptroller general, for this A.D. 1811. service thus required of him, shall receive the sum of two hundred dollars.

Amount of tax

XXVI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of every tax collector to specify in words, at full length, the paid to be spesum paid by every person for his general tax, distinguishing what every cified in words. 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.

ral and solici

troller.

XXVII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the attorney-general, and each of the solicitors of the dif- Attorney-geneferent circuits, to certify to the comptroller-general, on or before the first tors to account Monday in October in every year, the fines and forfeitures which have been to the comphad 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 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.

XXVIII. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That should Penalty for not the said attorney-general or solicitors not perform the duty required by performing said duty. the aforesaid clause, they shall be subject to the penalty of one hundred dollars, to be recovered in any court having competent jurisdiction. XXIX. 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 is hereby required, to draw an order on The Acts of and send an express to the treasurer at Columbia or Charleston, which Assembly to be ever place may be nearest to the court house of said district, for so many clerks of sent for by the copies of the Acts of the Legislature as the said district may be entitled to courts. 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 and returning upon the said service.

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XXX. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the printer for the State to have the said Acts printed on or before the Acts to be fifteenth of February, in each and every year hereafter, and the clerk printed by the of every district court shall draw the aforesaid order on the treasurer as aforesaid, and have the said Acts in his possession for distribution on or before the tenth day of March in each and every year hereafter. XXXI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no commissioners of the poor or of the roads shall be liable to any forfeiture by from forfeiture. Exemption reason of their not having made their returns at the time heretofore prescribed by law, provided they have made their returns at any subsequent time in each year.

XXXII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the comptroller general be, and he is hereby, directed to stay proceedings Proceedings against William H. Wigg, as executor of his father's estate. Provided, W. H. Wigg stayed against William H. Wigg, as executor of his said father, shall give full and ample security for the payment of the amount of the judgment against him, as executor aforesaid; and provided also, this indulgence be not so construed as to destroy the lien of the judgment, and of the execution or executions

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F. Bumar and

others.

Proceedings stayed against

E. G. Jourdon and S. Baldy.

issued against the property of the said father of the said William H. Wigg, or against the property of the said William H. Wigg, as executor of his father; and that the comptroller general be, and he is hereby, authorized to extend the same indulgence to Francis Bumar, and the other securities of Daniel Doyley, late treasurer of the State.

XXXIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the comptroller general be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to suspend all proceedings at law or otherwise against Elias G. Jourdon and Stephen Baldy, securities of Thomas Hamilton, late a collector of taxes for the parish of St. Peter's. Provided, that the said Elias G. Jourdon and Stephen Baldy shall, within two months from the passing of this Act, make and execute a bond, with security to be approved of by the said comptroller, payable to the treasurers of the State, for the use of the State, for such balance as may appear to be due by the said Thomas Hamilton, by two equal annual instalments, to commence on the first day of Febru ary, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirteen.

XXXIV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the comptroller-general be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to susRichard Winn. pend all further proceedings at law against Gen. Richard Winn: Provided the said Richard Winn shall, within six months after the passing of this Act, make and execute a bond, with security to be approved of by the said comptroller-general, payable to the treasurer of the lower division as commissioner of the loan office, for the amount of the judgement lately obtained against the said Richard Winn; one moiety whereof to be paid on the first day of June next, and the residue on the first day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, with interest thereon from the date of the said bond.

And Hugh
Milling.

XXXV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the comptroller-general be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to suspend the proceedings against Hugh Milling: and that the said Hugh Milling be permitted to pay his debt to the State by two equal annual instalments, to commence on the first day of January in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirteen: Provided, that an execution upon the said judgement be lodged in the sheriff's office of Fairfield district.

In the Senate House, the twenty-first of December, in the year of our Lord one thou sand eight hundred and eleven, and in the thirty sixth year of the Independence of the United States of America.

SAMUEL WARREN, President of the Senate.

JOHN GEDDES, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

No. 2002. AN ACT TO MAKE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE YEAR ONE thousand EIGHT

Appropriations

HUNDRED AND ELEVEN.

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 the public officers, and other expenses and purposes of govern

ment.

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 thir- A.D. 1811. ty 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 twenty-eight dollars.

For the salaries of five Judges of the Courts of Equity, twelve thousand 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, in lieu of all charges against the State, for the performance of every public duty appertaining to their respective offices, each five hundred dollars; in the whole two thousand 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, and for transacting the business of the loan office, and clerks, two thousand six hundred and fiftyeight dollars.

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

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

As a compensation to the commissioner in equity, for his attendance on the Court of Appeals in equity at Columbia, one hundred dollars.

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

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

As a compensation to the Sheriff of Charleston district, for attending the Constitutional Court and 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 sixteen dollars; in the whole, one thousand nine hundred and forty-four 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.

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Magazine guard.

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

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

As a compensation for the Pilot of the bar and harbor of Beaufort, 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 of 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.

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 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 dollars.

For the discharge of the contingent expenses of the lower division, a sum not exceeding six thousand dollars.

II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the pay hereinafter to be provided for the support and maintenance of the magazine guard shall be restricted to that of an officer, sergeant, and six men ; and that the sum of two thousand two hundred dollars be appropriated for the payment of the said guard, under the direction of the comptroller general.

For building a house or houses for the accommodation of the professors of the South Carolina college, eight thousand five hundred dollars; the said sum to be subject to the draught of the board of trustees.

III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the treasurer Paper medium of the lower division of the treasury, under the direction of the comptroller to be burnt. 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 named, 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 that the same shall not exceed 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,

Treasurer to

IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the A. D. 1811. treasurers, on receiving any monies from the tax collectors, or any other persons, shall give him or her two receipts for the same; and in case any trea- give two resurer shall neglect to furnish such persons with two receipts as aforesaid, ceipts. 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 by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars be, and is hereby, appropriated as a compensation to D. & J. J. Faust, for printing extracts of the journals of the Senate.

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.

As a compensation to the Rev. Doctor Mills and the Rev. Mr. Judge, for performing divine service during the present session of the Legislature, two hundred dollars.

VI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the súm of twelve hundred dollars be, and is hereby, appropriated for the salaries Salaries of two of two tutors in the South Carolina College; and that the sum of sixteen tutors in the college. hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated as a salary for the professor of chemistry and natural philosophy in the said college.

State to be

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; Debt of this and that the President of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representa- purchased. tives, John Johnson, Jr., Thomas Bennett, Jr., Edmund M. Phelon and James Carson, be, and they are hereby appointed, commissioners, who, with the comptroller-general, they, or a majority of them, are hereby authorized and directed to carry the same into effect.

VIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the aforesaid commissioners are hereby directed and required to advertise in one or more of the Gazettes in the city of Charleston, the authorities so vested in them for the purchase of such funded debt of this State.

IX. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in case any of the holders of the public stock of this State shall refuse, on application of the comptroller-general, to sell the same to the State at par, it shall, and is hereby declared to, be the duty of the comptroller-general, and he is hereby authorized and empowered, to cause the amount of such stock, with the interest calculated thereon, to be tendered to the said stock holders; and in case the said stockholders shall refuse to sell or suffer the same to be redeemed at par, then and in that case, the interest shall cease from the day the said tender was made.

X. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of thirty-seven dollars and twelve cents be, and the same is hereby, appropriated as a compensation to John Lewis, for attending Beaufort court as a witness.

As a compensation to Samuel Wilson, for a negro drowned in clearing out obstructions in the navigation of Black river, four hundred dollars. As a compensation to James Gibson, for a negro executed, one hundred and twenty-two dollars, and forty-two cents.

As a compensation to Sergeant John Bowen and four men, for guarding Abbeville gaol, in the year one thousand eight hundred, thirty dollars.

As a compensation to Harrison Brandon, for carrying an express from the managers of election of Union district, twelve dollars.

As a compensation to John Lide, executor of Andrew Smith, late sheriff