A. D. 1912. of books of the Sec. 741. The Comptroller-General shall keep a set of Must keep oks, exhibiting the separate transactions of the Treasury duplicate epartment, which set of books shall be a transcript of the Treasurer, oks of the Treasury, constituting a complete check upon balance sheet at office; and the Comptroller shall, in addition to the eral Assem and report to the bly. Gen xhibits of cash transactions of the Treasury, annually Civ. '02, § eport to the General Assembly a balance sheet of the books 678. foresaid, setting forth as well by whom debts are due to he State as the amount of those debts. be entered in Civ. '02, § 679. a record. } Sec. 742. The Comptroller-General shall enter the Abstract to bstract for settlement with the several County Treasurers book. of this State in a book to be kept by him for such purpose, nd shall enter all settlements made by such Treasurers herein as to all taxes-State, school, County and special- And kept as ind the same shall be a part of the records of his office. Sec. 743. He shall prepare and present to the General Must report Assembly, at an early period in every session, a correct and detailed statement of all the taxes, real and personal, for which each of the Counties of the State shall be liable under 680. the Tax Acts of each year. He shall, at the same time, report the amount of the local taxes collected in each County. to General As sembly of County taxes. Civ. '02. § He cannot be compelled by mandamus to levy a tax to pay "Revenue Bond To report to Assembly all moneys due the State. Civ. '02, 8 Sec. 744. He shall lay before the General Assembly, with his annual report, a statement of all moneys due to the 681. State. report on ac Sec. 745. He shall examine and annually report to the Examine and General Assembly on the accounts of all persons having the counts of perdistribution of public money. sons having distribution of public Sec. 746. He shall make an annual report to the General money. Assembly of the names of the pensioners of the State. Civ. '02, § 682. Report names Sec. 747. The Comptroller-General shall report, annually, to the General Assembly, his transactions in regard to of pensioners. unappropriated funds in the Treasury. Sec. 748. The books necessary for the office of Comptroller-General shall be paid for out of the Treasury of the State. Sec. 749. The Comptroller-General shall immediately commence and pursue, against all County Treasurers 683. Civ. '02, § A. D. 1912. Civ. '02, § 685. for Treasurer. reported by the Treasurer as being in default in making Shall annu- their returns, such legal measures as will be best calculated ally report undistributed to compel an immediate compliance with the duty imposed funds. upon them in regard to such returns, and shall enforce the performance of their duty generally by all legal means. The Procure books Attorney-General and the Solicitor of the Circuit in which such default may occur shall conduct such legal proceedings when called upon to do so by the Comptroller-General. Pursue de- Sec. 750. He shall enter in books, kept for that purpose, County Treas such a statement of the accounts of persons having the disney-General tribution of public money, (directed by law to be rendered of the Circuit to him,) as will enable him, at any time, to show how said proceed-accounts stand between the parties respectively. Civ. '02, § 686. faulting urers. Attor and Solicitor to conduct the ings. Civ. '02, 687. books a c Sec. 751. The Comptroller-General shall collate the various statements in the monthly returns made to him by the Enter in his banks, so as to present a comparative view of all the items counts of all thereof, and shall publish the same in some public newstributing pub- paper, for general information. Every bank failing to make lic money. such return shall forfeit to the use of the State, to be recov ered by the Comptroller by action, twenty-five dollars for each and every day's neglect. persons dis Civ. '02, § 688. monthly re banks. Shall collate Sec. 752. The Comptroller-General shall, at least once in turns of the every month, collect the accounts of the weekly state of their circulation and specie, rendered by the several banks of issue, in conformity with law, and publish the same, so collected, in some newspaper, in the following form: Civ. '02, § 689. Shall publish Weekly Statement of Circulation and Specie of Banks of returns of banks, form of return. Issue in South Carolina, from the.....day of.....to the And any banks, the officers whereof shall neglect to transmit to the Comptroller-General any such accounts aforesaid, shall forfeit one hundred dollars for each and every day during which the same shall be neglected, to be recovered by action, at the suit of the State. A. D. 1912. defaulting 690. Sec. 753. It shall be the duty of the Comptroller-Gen- Shall direct ral, whenever it appears that any bank, or any officer of a prosecution of ank, has incurred any forfeiture for any official miscon- banks. uct, to cause suit to be brought against such bank or officer, Clv. '02, § y the Attorney-General or the Solicitor of the Circuit in which such bank is situated, for the recovery of the same. And in case he shall, at any time, have cause to suspect that false or incorrect account has been rendered to him by any bank, he shall have authority, and it shall be his duty, to nake a personal examination of the books of such bank, in order to ascertain the truth. Sec. 754. The Comptroller-General Comptroller-General shall, annually, Shall insure insure against fire the buildings of the University of South the Universi Carolina. ty buildings. Civ. '02, § office room cers. Sec. 755. The Comptroller-General of the State is 691. authorized and directed, upon his receipt of a written appli- Shall furnish cation from any officer of the State Executive Department, to State offito provide and furnish an office for the use of said officer, Civ. '02, § and the expense thereof shall be paid by the State Treas- 692. urer, out of the contingent fund of the State, on the warrant of the Comptroller-General. the time for and collection Sec. 756. The Comptroller-General, with the approval of May extend the Governor, may extend the time for the performance of assessment the duties imposed upon the County officers or for the assess- of taxes. ment and collection of taxes; and when such assessment and Civ. '02, § collection of taxes are necessarily delayed, the ComptrollerGeneral may postpone the time within which the penalties imposed by law would attach. 693. County Audi 694. Sec. 757. The Comptroller-General should not issue to When to pay any Auditor his warrant for the salary of such Auditor, tors. until all abstracts and reports due from or by such Auditor Civ. '02, § have been filed in the office of the Comptroller-General. Sec. 758. The Comptroller-General shall furnish to the Shall furnish State Printer, for publication in the Reports and Resolu- copies of all tions of the General Assembly, copies of all reports passed publication at each session and filed in his office. State Printer reports for from his office. Civ. '02, § 695. 372 A. D. 1912. Salary and of clerks. of, his 759. Salary of; and of his clerks. 760. Bond. 761. Office hours. 762. How payments by are made. 764. How lost checks replaced. 766. Coupons in Treasurer's hands 767. Coupons to be paid in Charleston also. 768. Monthly report to Comptroller of cash transactions, etc. 769. To make monthly reports of Dispensary funds to State Board of Control. 770. Warrant against defaulting County Treasurer; proceedings on. 771. Additional penalty. 772. Further duties as to defaulting County Treasurers. 773. Certain appropriations not to be drawn until contract lodged. 774. Same; how paid. 775. To open account in books for each appropriation. 776. Copies from books of, evidence. 777. To issue triplicate receipts for money paid him; how disposed of; penalties. 778. To report disbursements to Comptroller daily. 779. To write off checks two years old. 780. May keep safe in bank for deposit of moneys. 781. Must deposit other moneys in bank; in what banks, etc. 782. Banks to make quarterly statements. 783. Quarterly statement posits. of de 784. Banks to make monthly state ments of receipts and payments; to whom. SEC 785. Treasurer books; when and to whom 786. Examination of warrants is Joint Committee of General 787. Majority may act. 794. To whom payment to be made. 795. Governor's contingent fund. 796. Militia. 797. Attorney-General. 798. Railroad Commission. 799. State House. 800. Public buildings. 801. Prizes for farmers. 802. South Carolina Association. Live Stock 803. Eradication of cattle tick. 804. South Carolina Agricultural Society. 805. Unused moneys to remain in Treasury. 806. Supreme Court. 807. Board of Fisheries. 808. Health Department. 809. University of South Carolina. 810. Catawba Indians. 811. State Hospital for Insane. 812. Penitentiary. 813. Pensions. 814. Election notices. 815. Public printing. 816. Clemson College. 817. Historical Commission. 818. General Assembly. 819. Where no direction given; how paid. 820. Certain officers may borrow. Section 759. The Treasurer of the State shall receive a Civ. 02. salary at the rate of nineteen hundred dollars per annum. 696. 8 And he shall employ a Chief Clerk at a salary of fifteen indred dollars per annum; and two bookkeepers, the saly of each to be at the rate of thirteen hundred and fifty ollars per annum. A. D. 1912. Civ. '02, § 697. Sec. 760. The Treasurer shall, before entering on the Bond of. uties of his office, give bond, with two or more good and ufficient sureties, to be approved by the Governor, with a ondition for the faithful discharge of his official duties, nd in the penal sum of ninety thousand dollars. of. Sec. 761. The Treasurer shall keep open and attend in Office hours his office from nine o'clock in the morning until two in the Civ. '02, § ifternoon on every day, Sundays, public holidays, and the 698. wo succeeding days to Christmas excepted. made. Sec. 762. All payments by the Treasurer of the State, How payexcept for interest on the public debt and the pay of mem- ments by are bers, officers and employes of the General Assembly, shall Civ. '02, § be made on warrants drawn by the Comptroller-General, 699. and the vouchers for the claims shall be filed in his office. The said warrants in the hands of the Treasurer, properly endorsed, shall be sufficient vouchers for the payment of the same. How interest Civ. '02, § Sec. 763. The Treasurer shall pay the semi-annual interest upon all recognized Brown Consol or Blue four and one- on State stock is to be paid. half per cent. or Brown four per cent. stock of this State inmanner following, that is to say: To every person or persons 700. in whose names certificates of such stock are held, whose postoffice address is furnished to the said Treasurer, or which he is able to obtain, he shall send by mail at least two days before the first days of January and July, respectively, in every year, checks drawn payable to the order of such person or persons, as the case may be, for the amount of interest due to him or them respectively. Such checks shall be payable at some bank or other financial agency, either in Columbia, Charleston or other financial point, to be selected by the said State Treasurer upon consultation with the Governor and Comptroller-General, according as either of the said cities or other financial points may be nearest to the postoffice address of such person or persons to whom such checks may be sent. And such checks, when returned to the Treasurer duly endorsed by the person or persons to whom the same were made payable, shall be taken and considered |