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S.C. Sheriff Told To Stop Giving Tax Aid To Churches.

A South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures


Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15.
 sheriff who had been awarding federal funds Federal Funds

Funds deposited to regional Federal Reserve Banks by commercial banks, including funds in excess of reserve requirements.

Notes:
These non-interest bearing deposits are lent out at the Fed funds rate to other banks unable to meet overnight reserve
 to a local church has been stripped of control over his budget after county council members learned of his spending activities.

Since July 1999, Dorchester County Dorchester County is the name of several counties in the United States:
  • Dorchester County, Maryland
  • Dorchester County, South Carolina
 Sheriff Ray Nash has paid $29,938 to Crossroads Community Church, just over 10 percent of the $290,386 his office received from the U.S. Marshall's Service to defray de·fray  
tr.v. de·frayed, de·fray·ing, de·frays
To undertake the payment of (costs or expenses); pay.



[French défrayer, from Old French desfrayer : des-,
 the costs of housing federal prisoners. On July 10, the county council voted to 6 to 1 to take control over the sheriff's budget away from Nash.

"I pay my tithes TITHES, Eng. law. A right to the tenth part of the produce of, lands, the stocks upon lands, and the personal industry of the inhabitants. These tithes are raised for the support of the clergy.
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 every week, but I don't ask the taxpayers to do it," Councilman Randy Scott said after challenging Nash's church expenditure.

Nash told the council that the money paid for a chaplain program for prisoners.

Since assuming office in 1996, Nash has been a lightning rod for controversy. Shortly after getting elected, Nash announced "character guidelines" for his employees, which included a prohibition on unmarried employees living with someone of the opposite sex.
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Title Annotation:South Carolina
Publication:Church & State
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1U5SC
Date:Sep 1, 2000
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