S01TII CAROLINA. 



199 



2. i- .irirs at th,- f.iil terms of tli< 



. tor tho iMixt ti-rni of tlio said 



>lmll tm drawn frnin tlio lists of all 



luivr puiil taxi-s t'"r tlm eurrciit Y*Tt 



iiiul in tln< nii.imi'l- i>rr>'-nln il }>y tlm laws Of tlio 



and to tin- rlnl tllilt. till' ritfllt Ot' rlialli-Mir" 



sdiall < . lli" slu-rilf iif t-ai-li district will 



i with ii list ot'iv/istervd voters al'tiT tlio 



in eoiit'.inaity with tho 



ivs.s of July 19, 1867. 



1, 1868, subject only to tho lawgof the State 

 and the United States. 



Paragraphs and 7 of General Order No. 

 82 were also revoked, mid UK- power to grant 

 licenses fur the sale of intoxicatiru' liquors re- 

 mitted tn tin- proper local authorities, M. 

 to tin- following conditions: 



1. That tin- authorities shall be answerable 

 for the responsible character of persons licensed 



Owing to various complaints of oppressive and their sureties, and that tho bond given 



and illogul taxation, an order was issued, in shall bo a lien on personal property, subjecting 



September, suspending the collection of taxes it to seizure in case of default. 

 \\ hciicvi T they were "imposed otherwise than 2. Drunkenness or disorderly conduct shall 



under the authority of the United States," and cause forfeiture of license with enforcement of 



were by the act imposing the same, or by the the penalty of the bond. 



action of public authorities thereunder, levied 3. Owners of bar-rooms shall be principals in 



on any property or right parted with, or any all actions for damages growing out of any dis- 



transactiou made and completed prior to the order on the premises. 



adoption of the act authorizing the same." 4. All bar-rooms, saloons, etc., shall be closed 



The chief complaint was made of the operation for twelve hours preceding the opening and 



of a legislative act, of December, I860, imposing following the close of the polls on any election 



a tax upon sales for the year then expiring. day, and sheriffs and chiefs of police shall have 



The la-t provision made by tho Legislature, power to close them on other occasions when 



for the expenses of the State, ceased to have in their judgment necessary in preserving or- 



effect after the 30th of September, and the der. 



appropriations for the various departments of 5. Proceeds of licenses, forfeitures, and fines 

 the government, for the new fiscal year, were shall be devoted to the support of the poor. 

 all made, by a general order, issued by the 6. Penalties may be enforced in any civil or 

 commander of the military district. In order military court, which may award to informers 

 to provide the funds to support these appropri- a sum not exceeding 50 per cent, of the for- 

 ations, an order was promulgated on the 1st of feiture or fine; and it is made the duty of 

 December, continuing in force the act of the sheriffs, police-officers, etc., to enforce the pro- 

 last Legislature, " to raise supplies for the visions of the order. 



. commencing October, 1866," with various The registration in South Carolina was com- 



modifications given in detail in the general pleted before the middle of October, with the 



orders. The tax on real estate, on manufac- following result in the several districts : 



tured articles, and on commissions and sales, 



was materially reduced. " For the privilege of DISTRICTS. whu. BIIU. 



selling lotterv tickets, within the limits of this 



State, five hundred dollars per month are to be Abb , ]- 7 -; 



i_ r . , 11 rr, Anderson 1,801 1. -.'.'> 



paid monthly or quarterly in ad\ mce." The Barnwell 1^902 s'c95 



general effect of the order was to reduce taxa- Beaufort 927 6,278 



tion. Berkeley Ml 8,964 



An order published December 31st makes Charleston :'..;.^ 



several important modifications in orders pre- \ igterfleld :;~ 



viously in force. The provision of Order No. Clarendon... ....... \54 1,552 



10, prohibiting executions against property on Colleton ].:;:<> 3*870 



cause-; arising between December 19, 1860, and Darlington 2,910 



May 15, 1803, was continued in force, with a d . g fi f i d 4 - : ," ; 



change of the later date to April 29, 1865. G^rgetown '. ! 489 ^725 



The paragraph of the same order suspending Greenville ............... 2,077 1J485 



sales upon execution for liabilities contracted Horrv 1,065 466 



prior to December 19, I860, is continued in Kershaw 1,765 



force and made applicable to all executions or : j J* ., T:. 1 , 



processes under any judgment of the Confed- Lexington... li-i'-'i *975 



erate States, or of the State, between Decem- Marion l|887 1,737 



ber 19, I860, and June 30, 180-"); and the re- Marlborough wi 



striction to twelve calendar months for such gewberry 



suspension was removed. Paragraph 5 is so p[ckens >Ur i'!'''::> 



changed as to suspend the recovery of money Richland.. "...... ".'.'.'.'.'.'. IJMfl 8,81S 



on contracts i',>r the purchase of slaves entered Spartanburg 2,690 



into subsequent to January 1, 1863, the date of !^ r 



the Emancipation Proclamation. Other less Union "* 1 22 



important clia:iL'es were made in the same York... ...... - -'.'' 



order. General Order No. 25 was revoked, and 



tho distillation of liquors allowed after January Total 46.346 



