indents.

And be printed in the presence and under the directions of, and be signed by, James Ballantine, Jacob Deveaux and James Kennedy, or any two of them, and with such devices as they, or any of them, shall direct; and they shall receive the sum of forty pounds each for their said services. And Directions to the said special indents shall be countersigned by one of the commission- be observed in ers of the treasury, and delivered to the holders of indents, their agents, issuing said or attorneys, any time after their said interest shall become due and payable, as aforesaid; and on the payment of these special indents, a receipt shall be endorsed on the principal indents respectively, for the interest so received; and the said special indents shall be received by the collectors and treasurers in payment of taxes, when they shall be crossed with a pen and filed: provided, that no special indent shall be issued to any person or his order, who shall be indebted to this State on indent, and which debt, or the interest thereon, shall be due at the time of application for such special indent, until the person or his agent shall have first discharged such debt or demand so due to this State.

to be received

IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the spe- Special indents cial indents for the years 1784, 1785, 1786, and 1787, be indiscriminately in payment of received in payment of the taxes imposed by this Act or the Acts impos- taxes. ing taxes for the years 1784, 1785, 1786 and 1787.

V. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the monies arising from specie, notes and bonds in the treasury, for duties, Appropriation for the foreign taxes and amercements, be appropriated to the payment of interest on the debt. foreign debt.

VI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the monies which shall arise from duties and the vendue tax from the first day of January, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, to the first day of January, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, be appropriated, first, to the payment of all persons described and entitled to pensions, in and by virtue of the Resolution of the Legislature passed for their relief the fifteenth day of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six; and secondly, to the payment of the civil list: next, of the contingent expenses of Government; and lastly of the interest on the foreign debt.

Further appro

priations.

Death to coun

VII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whosoever shall erase or counterfeit, or utter any erased or counterfeited special Dea indents, to be emitted as aforesaid, or shall pass, or offer to pass, any of them, knowing them to be altered, erased, or counterfeited, shall, on conviction thereof, suffer death without benefit of clergy.

A. D. 1788.

Assessors and collectors appointed.

Collectors to

be also assessors and enquirers.

Their compensation.

VIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the following persons shall be, and are hereby appointed, collectors and assessors for the parishes and counties, as hereinafter mentioned, that is to say: For the parishes of St. Philip and St. Michael, Charleston, one for each parish, Edward Trescot and William Roper; for the parish of Christ Church, Clement Brown; for the parish of St. John, Berkley county, Keating Simons; for the parish of St. Andrew, James Island excepted, Captain Abraham Ladson; and for James Island, William Rivers, Jr.; for the parish of St. George, Dorchester, Morton Waring; for the parish of St. James, Goose Creek, Henry Gray; for the parish of St. Thomas and St. Dennis, Thomas Harwon; for the parish of St. Paul, that is to say, for the south side of Cacaw swamp, as far as Colonel Skirving's, and along the main road to Jacksonborough, Pon Pon, Wiltown, and Togodo, Thomas Farr, Jr.; and for the north side of the Swamp, Beech Hill, and Horse Savannah, in the said parish, Robert Miles; for the parish of St. Bartholomew, Colonel Peter Youngblood; for the islands in the parish of St. Helena, except Lincoln county, William Joyner; and for that part of the parish situate on the main, James Garvey; for the parish of St. James, Santee, Charles Gaillard; for the parish of Prince George, Winyah, Thomas Dunbar; for the parish of All Saints, John Morrall; for the parish of Prince Frederick, John Thompson Greene; for the parish of St. John, Colleton county, that is to say, for Wadmelaw and John's Island, Thomas Hanscombe; for Edisto Island, Thomas Whaly; for the parish of St. Peter, Lincoln county excepted, Peter Porcher; for Lincoln county, John Paisley; for the parish of Prince William, John Lightwood; for the parish of St. Stephen, Captain John Palmer; for Clarendon county, Camden district, William McConnico; for Richland county, John Hopkins; for Fairfield county, Robert Craig; for Clairmont county, William Murrell and John Huggins; for Lancaster county, Eleazar Alexander; for York county, Alexander Moore; for Chester county, John Mills, Jr.; for Abbeville county, Ninety-Six district, Patrick Calhoun, and above the ancient boundary line, Captain John Wilson; for Edgefield county, ditto, William Anderson; for Newbury county, ditto, Philemon Waters; for Laurens county, ditto, Jonathan Johnson; for Spartanburgh county, ditto, William Benson; for Union county, ditto, John Blasingame; for Greenville county, ditto, Robert Maxwell; for Lewisburgh county, Orangeburgh district, William Heatly; for Orange county, ditto, Lewis Lestergette; for Lexington county, ditto, John Bynum; for Winton county, ditto, Colonel William Davis; for Marlborough county, Cheraw district, Josiah Evans; for Chesterfield county, ditto, Captain Calvin Spencer; for Darlington county, ditto, John McCall.

IX. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the persons so appointed collectors shall also discharge the duty and office of enquirers and assessors for their respective parishes and counties.

X. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the persons appointed enquirers, assessors and collectors, shall, for their service in the discharge of their duties, receive, on closing their accounts with the commissioners of the treasury, four per centum, except for the parishes of St. Philip and St. Michael in Charleston, who shall receive two per centum, on the amount of the taxes by them collected, to be paid to the several collectors aforesaid out of any moneys in the treasury.

XI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no member of the Legislature, while he continues such, shall be a tax collector. XII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when all the collectors that were appointed for any parish or county are dead, and

to be made.

the tax returns not closed with the treasurers, the ensuing collector be di- A.D. 1788. rected, and he is hereby directed and ordered, to demand receipts, or to administer an oath, or to procure other satisfactory proofs from the per- Returns of sons of the county or parish, that he has paid his taxes for the preceding former taxes years, in order to discover the taxes still due, and to enable the public to ascertain what sums of money are due by the estates of the deceased collector; and should the executors or administrators of the deceased collector refuse to produce the accounts of the deceased, or give information on the subject, the commissioners of the treasury are hereby ordered to put the law in force against the estates of the deceased collectors.

assessors and

XIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said assessors and collectors shall do and perform all and singular the duties Duty of the appertaining to their office, as described in an Act entitled "An Act for collectors. declaring the powers and duties of the enquirers, assessors and collectors of the taxes, and other persons concerned therein."

furnish copies

XIV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the commissioners of the treasury are hereby directed to furnish copies of this Treasurers to Act to each of the assessors and collectors hereby appointed, within three of this Act. months after the passing of this Act, and their reasonable expenses incurred thereby shall be reimbursed.

XV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the commissioners of the treasury are hereby directed to call upon the collectors Returns to be made by former of the tax for the years 1783, 1784, 1785, 1786, and 1787, and that the collectors. said collectors shall make a return upon oath of all the monies which they have received for taxes, and shall be obliged to make out a just and true account of all the defaulters in their several parishes or districts, to the present collectors, who shall hereby be authorised and empowered to collect and receive the same.

ESTIMATE

Of supplies wanted for the support of Government, for the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight.

His Excellency the Governor's salary,

Four Judges of the General Sessions and Common Pleas, at £500 each,

Attorney General,

Three delegates to Congress at £600 each,

Secretary to the Governor and Clerk to the Privy Council,

Auditor of public accounts,

Two Commissioners of the Treasury,

And for their extra services, and clerks,

And for one other clerk,

Clerk of the Senate,

Clerk of the House of Representatives,

Two messengers, one to each house, at £70 each,

Two doorkeepers, ditto, at fifty pounds each,

Powder Inspector and Arsenal keeper,

Three Judges of the Court of Chancery, at £500 each,
Collector of the Customs for the Port of Charleston,
Collector of the Customs for the Port of Georgetown,
Collector of the customs for the port of Beaufort,

Searcher of the customs for the port of Charleston,

Two Waiters of the customs for the port of Charleston, at £100 each,

Waiter of the customs for the port of Georgetown,

Waiter of the customs for the port of Beaufort,

For the transient poor,

Interest of the domestic debt,

Provision for Congress, to be paid in facilities, $108,996

Interest due to foreign creditors, to Jan. 1st, 1788,
Amount of Pensions, Annuities, &c. &c.

For the maintenance of the post of Fort Johnson,

For the payment of Resolutions of the General Assembly,

For building Court Houses and Gaols,

Contingent fund, to remain subject to the Governor's drafts,

Clerk to the Commissioner of Accounts,

Resolutions of the Legislature, to be paid his Excellency the Governor,

$2,000, for Indian affairs,

In the Senate, Wednesday, the twenty-seventh day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, and in the twelfth year of the Independence of the United States of America.

JOHN LLOYD, President of the Senate.

JOHN J. PRINGLE, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

No. 1385. AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED "An Act for establishing a Market in the Town of Georgetown."

Preamble.

WHEREAS, by an Act passed the twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, it is enacted that the public market place in the town of Georgetown, shall thereafter be and continue in the centre of Front or Bay street, at the end of Broad street; and whereas, the inhabitants of the said town have prayed, by their petition to the Legislature, that the place aforesaid may be altered, and that the place hereinafter mentioned may be established instead thereof, for the purpose aforesaid;

I. Be it therefore enacted, by the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the Market place authority of the same, That the public market place in the town of Georgetown aforesaid, shall hereafter be and continue at the end of Screven street, on Front or Bay street, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

altered.

In the Senate House, the twenty-seventh day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, and in the twelfth year of the Independence of the United States of America.

JOHN LLOYD, President of the Senate.

JOHN J. PRINGLE, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

No. 1386. AN ACT To ALTER THE PLACE OF HOLDING THE ELECTIONS FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE AND PARISH OFFICERS, FOR THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN, COLLETON COUNTY.

WHEREAS, the holding of the elections for the members of the Legislature and parish officers for the parish of St. John, Colleton county,

are inconvenient and partial, inasmuch as the said parish church is not centrically situated;

A. D. 1788.

altered.

I. Be it therefore enacted, by the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the Place for holdauthority of the same, That all elections in future for members of the ing elections Legislature and parish officers, which shall hereafter be held in the parish of St. John, Colleton county, shall be at the Rock Landing, at the end of the public road, on Wadmelaw Island.

II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the commissioners of the high roads shall have full power, and are hereby authorised, A small building to he erectto erect a small building at the end of the public road at the Rock Land- ed for holding ing, on Wadmelaw Island, for the purpose of holding the said elections; elections. the expense of which to be defrayed by the voluntary subscription of the inhabitants of the said parish.

In the Senate House, the twenty-seventh day of February, in the year of our Lord onə thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, and in the twelfth year of the Independence of the United States of America.

JOHN LLOYD, President of the Senate.

JOHN J. PRINGLE, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

AN ACT authorising Justices of the Peace, where there are no County No. 1387. Courts established, to issue Attachments against the property of per

sons who are about to abscond, or remove privately out of the State or District.

(Passed February 27, 1788. See last volume.)

AN ACT TO IMPOWER PHILIP PORCHER TO PAY HIS AMERCEMENT BY No. 1388. A DISCOUNT ON THE GENERAL INDENTS PAID TO HIM BY THIS STATE

FOR MONIES LENT BY HIM TO THE PUBLIC.

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 from and after the passing of this Act, it shall and may be lawful for Philip Porcher to pay the amount of his amercement by a discount from the general indent given to him for monies lent by him to this State; and the commissioners of the treasury are hereby authorised and directed to receive the same in discount, as full payment from Philip Porcher, for his amercement.

In the Senate House, the twenty-seventh day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, and in the twelfth year of the Independence of the United States of America.

JOHN LLOYD, President of the Senate.

JOHN J. PRINGLE, Speaker of the House of Representatives.