The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1869-03-17
xxxv. The Selectmen shall be

iorIy eiSnC nourS next preceding
all meetings for the election of the
officers provided tor, in this Act,
and to be elected at any general
election, for the purpose of receiv-
ing evidence of the qualifications
OF persons claiming a right to
vote in such elections and of cor
recting the lists of voters. Such
session shall be holden one hour
before the opening of the meeting
on the day of election /; and notice
of the time and place of holding
sessions shall be given by the Se-
lectmen on the lists posted up as
aforesaid. .-... 49,
XXXVI. In every place where
the number of qualified voters ex.
ceeds one thousand, n like session
OF the Selectmen shall be holden
immediately OH the day preceding
the meeting, and for as much lon
ger time previous to said day as
they judge necessary for the pur-
pose aforesaid. -"
XXXVII. The Selectmen shall
enter on such lists the name of any
person known to them to be quail
itied to vote, and shall erase there,
from the name of any person
known to them not to be qualified
to vote. -. .." .... s. -. q.
XXXvITT. The Selcctmen before
entering upon the lists the name
of a naturalized citizen, shall re.
quire him to produce for their in.
spection his papers of naturaliza.
ton and be satisfied that he has
been legally naturalized but they
neednot require the production of
such papers after they have once
examined and passed upon them.
XXXlX. Whoever gives false
namc or a false answer to the Se-
lectmen when in session for the
purposes aforesaid, shall forfeit the
sum OF twenty dollars for each Of
fence. ...
XII. A town officer who neslects
or refuses to perform any duty re
CURED of him under the provis-
ions Of this Act shall for every
such offence, forfeit the sum of
, two hundred dollars.
XII. The Selectmen shall have
the general supervision of the con-
Germs of the town, and shall cause
all duties required by law of
towns, and not committed to any
particular Office, to DC duly per-
formed and executed.
XIII. The Selcctmen shall, on
or before the first day of january
in each year, obtain from the
County Auditor of heir respec-
tive counties certified copy of
the list of persons and taxable
property in their respective towns
as determined by law for the as
sessment of State ani county
taxes and shall, IN pursuance Of
the vote of the town at it's last an.
nual meeting, make out anu deliv.
er to the County Treasurer, on or
before the fifteenth day of Janu-
ary in each year, q tax bill tor the
collection of town taxes.
XLIII. The Selectmen shall an.
dit and in their discretion allow
the claim of any person, agai st the
town, for money paid for services
performed for the town according
10 law, and may draw orders on
the County Treasurer tor sums so
allowed.
Xiv. The Selectmen shall keep
a record of all accounts by them
allowed, and all orders drawn on
the treasury, and shall prescn, to
the annual town meeting a general
statement thereof, and Of tile prop.
erty, finances pecuniary condi.
ton Of the town.
XIV. The Selectmen shall make
out and present to the annual
town meeting estimates of the
amount necessary to be raised to
pay the expenses and liabilities of
the town for the year ensuing, and
of the rate of taxation necessary
to be imposed to raise the same.
&LVI. For the purpose of keep
ing in repnir highways and bridges,
the Selectmen of each town shall
annually, previous to the fifteenth
day of January, assess a tax of
eighteen cents on every hundred
dollars of the lists of snch town to
be paid in money or labor, at the
option Of the tax payer, anu laid
ont in repairing highways and
bridges; and shall annually, on or
before the said fifteenth day of
January, make out a tax bin for