Bratcher v. Ashley

Taylor, Chief Justice.

By this action plaintiffs challenge the constitutionality of Act No. 1141 of 1964, 53 Stat. at L., p. 2550, which authorizes the County of Anderson to borrow from the State Sinking Fund $225,000.00 “for county purposes”. In order to secure the repayment of that sum, “the full faith, credit and taxing power of Anderson County are irrevocably pledged”. The Act also provides that “The Auditor of Anderson County is directed to levy, and the Treasurer of Anderson County to collect, an annual tax upon all of the taxable property of the county sufficient to retire the loan and…