The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-10-22


Board of County Commissioners
passed in pursuance of the proyin;onss,
OF this Act shall be signed by the
Chairman and Clerk of the Board.
and berecorded in the book of mis-.
cellaneens record Of the County.
XVIII. Each Board of County
Commissioners shall appoint some
proper person to be their Clerk.
whenever necessary, and may remove
him at pleasure, whose duties it shall
be:
l. To record in book to be p-o
vided for the purpose allproceedings
by the Board. ~
2. To make regular entries of all
the resolutions or decisions on all
questions concerning the raising or
payment of moneys. ~. -,
3. Io record the vote of each Com
missioner on any question submitted
to the Board, if required by any
member present; and,
4. To preserve and file all the ac-
counts acted upon by the Board.
Said Clerk shall take the oath pre-
scribed by the Constitution. He
shall receive reasonable compensa-
ton for his services, to be fixed by
the Board, not to exceed three dol
lars per day for the time actually and
necessarily employed.
XIX. The Board of County Com
missioners of any County may adopt
seal, and, when SO adopted, the
Clerk of such Board shall cause
description thereof, together with an
impression therefrom, to be fled in
the office of the Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas and General Sessions
of said County, and in the Office of
the Secretary of State. and the same
shall thereupon be the seal of the
Board OF County Commissioners for
such County. Isl
Xxx. Copies of all papers duIyfl
in the Office of the Clerk of the Board
of County Commissioners of any
County, and transcripts from the
books of record kept therein, certi-,
fled by such Clerk, with the seal Of
office affixed, shall be evidence in all
Courts and places, in like manner rs
If the original were produced. i
XXI. No account shall be audited
by any Board of County Commits
sloners for any services or disburse-
ments, unless such account shall be
made out in items and accompanied
with an affidavit attached to, and to
be filed with such account, made by
the person presenting or claiming
the same, that the items of such
account are correct, and that the dis
bursements and services charged
therin have been in fact made or r
rendered, and stating that NO part
thereof has been paid or satisfied:
Prooitled, Nothing in this Section
shall be construed to prevent any
Board from disallowing any account,
in whole or in part, when so orendered
and verified, nor from requiring any
other or further evidence of the
truth and propriety thereof, as such
Board may think proper. No allow
ance or payment beyond legal claims
shall ever be allowed. .t-I "-
XXI. All fees and accounts of
Magistrates, Justices Of the Peace
and other officers for criminal pro-
ceedings, including cases of vagran-
cy, when not recovered from the
defendant or party complaining,
shall be paid by the County wherein
the offence shall have been commit
ted; and al! accounts rendered for
such proceedings shall state when
such offence was committed. And
the fines imposed and collected in
such cases shall be credited and paid
to the County Treasurer by the
Magistrate, Justice of the Peace, or
other officer imposing and collecting
the same. And whenever any crimi-
nal warrant or process shall be issued
by any Magistrate, Justice of the
Peace, or other officer residing out of
the County wherein the offence shall
have been committed, it shall author
ize the officer executing the same to
carry the person charged with the
offence before any Magistrate or
Justice of the Peace resident and
being in the County wherein such
offence shall have been committed,
to be proceeded against according to
law; and such officers shall not be
allowed any compensation for any
further proceedings ih any such case
beyond issuing such warrant Or pro-
cess. lcFtt
XXIII. No travelling fees shall be
allowed for subpenaing witness
beyond the limits of the Comfy in
which the subpoena was issnad, OF Of