Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-04-01


a tax bill for the collection of town taxes under the
directions of the town meeting before the 18th OF
January of each year. They shall audit and allow
claims for services rendered the town, and may
draw orders on the County Treasurer for sums 30
allowed, of all which matters they shall keep q
strict account and present the. same to the town
meetings, together with statement of all town
property. The seectmen shall, once in every year,
prepare list of such persons as they think well
qualified to serve jurors, which list shall be post
ed up in the town ten days, at least before its re-
vision and acceptance, and shall then be laid be-
fore town meeting, which may alter it.: Select
men shall be overseers of the poor in towns where
persons are not chosen for that Office. -." .-
TOWN CLERK. ..,,. .....
He presides during the election of moderator
be makes out the list of persons elected to Office,
and issues warrant to the Constable requiring
him within three days to summon said officers to
appear within seven days and be qualified; be
shall record all votes passed at any meeting; be
shall administer oaths to all town officers and make
record thereof. Clerks pro tenn: may be elected,
where there is vacancy in the Office.
SURVEYORS.
These officers perform the duties of warmers and
overseers of road work. All moneys paid in lieu
of road work, are received and dsbursed by the Sur
veyors 1t is their duty to see that the highways
are kept in good condition, and they shall forfeit
ten dollars and costs for every neglect, without good
cause, to repair highways or remove distractions
within ten hours after application made to them
for that purpose
PENALTIES
Every Constable elected to Office must forthwith
declare his acceptance or refusal All other officers
elect are compelled to serve, or pay fine Of five
dollars. A town officer, having accepted, who af.
terwards neglects or refuses to perform any duty
fence, forfeit the sum of two hundred dollars.
ExEMPTs.
No person shall be obliged to serve in the same
town Office two years sucessively and no person
in commission for any Office of this State or Of the
United States, or who is a Minister ofthe Gospel
or member of the Senate or House Of Repre-
sentatives, or who has been Constable Of town
within seven years next preceding, shall be oblig
ed to accept the Office of Constable. r.
MODE OF ELECTING.
The election of Town Clerks, Selectmen, Con.
tables and the moderator of the meetings held fol
the choice of town officers shall be by written bal
lots and the election of all other town officers in
such mode as the meeting determines, except in
cases otherwise provided by law. q.
WORK ON ROADS &c.
Selectmen shall lay tax of eighteen cents on
every hundred dollars of assessed property, and
such additional tax as Town meeting may order,
for the purpose of keeping up roads and bridges.
Every person taxed may pay his taxes in money,
or in work at ten cents an hour; or in wagons,
teams and tools at sum to be fixed by the town
meeting. All regular work shall be done between
January Is and May /, and September and No.
vember l.. Every person who refuses to turn out
and work in repairing bridges or roads, after six
hours notice, shall forfeit the sum of three dollars.
IF any person receive injury to himself vehicles
If the vehicle does not exceed in weight six tons
through defect or want of repair in road OF
bridge, he may recover the amount of damages
sustained thereby, of the town required to repair
the same, if said town had reasonable notice Of
such want of repair or if such defect had existed
for twenty-four hours previous.
COMPENSATION.
Selectmen shall receive one dollar and half pei
day for services performed; Surveyors, fifteen
cents an hour and Town Clerks, one dollar and
fifty cents per day for attending town meetings,
and for recording, the same fees now allowed Reg.
listers of Mesne Conveyance. 80