The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-30

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Ways aui h:i' tE, an ,.Htt'.r niii report
Ia t!;r s.lir Tie r"'r.f,on II the ro.y: 10
prepare and rcuuh nuuealy - thc co,.nl.
commissioners r1n!'r,r list al The qualified
voi"is within ii' ioTn.i,i. nom v;iicii list
ilcy Shall se'ce; MOI exec, ...H,; ore ior cvr,y
ten. nor less han ore ~ every iwcr;y ri
sail voicvs IN ;hc iowns,ip respectively. wlo
s!ni. in their opinion, hc qualified legally ,u
,erNc - jurors. in accoriaucc with Tie aci
passed thr 2iih dag III September iS,S, cmii-
lied "Nn ;ct 10 regulate In. manner of draw
in" jurors; The first r...irialon after The pro-
posed act To be Inc basis ri computation. and
| " new computation 10 Gc-rN-+ic after each new
registration; thai he bc ct,iircd To summon
all persons between The aces of eighteen and
lihy 10 work The public rt..,,s within their r,-
specify" townships tnr moi ! * tii;ln six days
each year, ii so much be r: 2cmcd necessary
antl nj! dclaul,cr1. after bcin:: duly summoned.
shall hc subject On = p;'m;;y of double tie
number of t.:ys.
The memorial .lIi'ihvr represents that ihc
several county commissioners should b. obi
gated in AMI Tor Tie p2Hat. .un, "a three ih0I.-
sand dollars. conditioned upon the lawful per
iornancc Of his duties; lie Charleston County
Commissioners 10 be-, WIN ik" condition,
obligated in and vr the penal sum OF len
thousand doilars; tina; all work ordered Ivy
the county commits ;ionrrs- be given on, hy
contract To the lowest bidder, in their rcspcc-
tive counties. with real estate security for the
faithful performance OF ihc contract when thc
amount Of Il exceeds one Hundred dollars.
Tie conference, in their report ar.,lc that
ii the State Containing $1,000 square milcsl
be divided as the law directs. il will contain
seven hundred aud forty townships, each OF
which will require seven officers. The law
allows onr dollar ana fifty cents; per diem for
each officer when Oh duty. Each officer. per-
haps will be OIL duty one -tnndrcd and my
days i'll year, making the pay OF the officers
| for one township for one year. fifteen hum
drch and srventy-!iyc ($l575j dollars, and the
pay of I'LL the officers for all tllc townships. Tor
one year. one million one hundred and sixty
i've tii'nW"ntl and live hundred ($l.lGJ.500)
dollars.
This enormous expense shocks, as il should.
the county commissioners, md they suggest
plans 10 reduce the expense l.y recommending
The suspension uf the act for ten years but al
ihe same time they cli!i- somewhat TO the ica-
iurca OF The act. They first request tl,a, the
Tim" for holding an election for county com
missOners ba extended 50 -; TO correspond
with the Stat" election, claiming that thereby
II stTn" OF n ltas, twenty thousand dollars
par annnm 10 The State will be effected; then
they recommend 81 special commissioner .ov
c:tc! township, ia"hing seven hundred, anil
forty of these officers Tor ll,c state IL is e.:
iinaicl that each officer Will be- ON duty
about forty days IN the yaar--malilnss each
o!'icers pay eighty dollars tsSDl per annum.
and for M! line officers, for ai;is} townships
Tor Inc year, hity-ninc tho,is&'a. tJ,ao hundrel
(So',2oo) do.iafs IL IS ir'"lna- th'S is 8 con-
Siderable redueti"n' hut why should they nave
amy spcclal commissioners "hal is wanted
oi '''em Is IL seems |" me- exactly whaI 'hc
coah'y commissioners 'Fe iHi'" 10 do. i'esi"e'
no" "huc" "oor Is 10 nc 'Nl"c'eo ol ni'"
WIG sc'h o''iy e'ah'! uo'''''S year i"s 's
sn''''i sum- 'h' one 'or WHICH, 10 use l''c
argument oi thc report. I'LL regard 10 Tue one
dollar aN" Il sait per day l'1id i"F services ol
"'''.ers 'inuer INC "c', mo e"hPe',n' i'''''
i'c hohca'iy aisc"arSe HIS "ut!, WON" oe WILL
ii'S !" Sho MS Aei'iccs' 10 W W. nopeu
'h'tt tHe p'ii to a"oi'sh iile township ACT VIII
F'ss' "'iu mus t'u '''c n'"'c o' VIII" Is ho'
oh's IN h'aoicfa''e nuisance out 10 support
Which "'S" requires "i' ehoriho"9 expenditure
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