The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-08-16

rcN'seu ~ y um 80 y,.. ." 80. ur,n,n .,
June, one to be furnished to the county
treasurer by which 20 collect the tax, one to
be kept on file in the Office Of the county
commissioner. And when The county treas
urcr reports to the commissioners n lust of
dcl'nqucnts they should have authority and
| should be required Ivy law TO arrest said dc.
| linqu"nt and deliver him to The supervisor.
TO be worked with his squad in Tie same
manner and under the same regulations as
his hired lnborcrs, for the space Of three
dnys, and for failure to comply with these
| regulations while so engaged should bo lia
n'e to indictment IN for misdcmcanor on
| the nihdhVit OF the supervisor or county
commissioners, or either of them, and pun
| ishcd accordingly. IL seems to me TINT this
would give the public officers power enough
TO enforce the provisions of such laws as |
suggest, and the penalties nrc not harsh o,
unreasonable. Or course there would he
found some cOntumacious persons upon
whom they would appear to henr hard but
no man who wants to do his duty TO the
public would complain.
Ii this plan can be carried out as n SUD
plemcnt to existing law, how much money
would II raise? IL am right in my estimate
ol the number of persons in the State liable
to road duty. il would give $4,000 annu.
county TO he expended in that county.
Let ny take Edgctield as an example. We
have about 5000 voters; say we have 1000
road hands. Assuming that the full Tux of
81 hcnd should be collected, We would
nave $1,000 annually. Ofthis sum, pcrhaps
SZ'OO would be expended the first year in
an ouiht and wages, &C.. leaving $4,000 10
oe laid out on the roads. (Just here should
llkc to have the number of miles of public
highways in this coun,y, 80 that could
make some calculation as to how far this
money would go in its relation to the whole
number Of miles, but regret to say the in
formation is moi at handy
IL ~ safe TO sny, however, that with an
average expenditure oftweniy dollars mile
the roads can be put i'll first rate order:
some sections costing perhaps fifty or seventy
dollars, others not more than five or ten
dollars per mile, 80 that the So 900 would
improve 200 miles of road. The second year,
having an outfit, there would be larger
fund available for the roads, and in five
years time every road in Edgefeld County
would he in good condition, and after thai
easily Kept up at slight cost.
Perhaps in arranging the details Of this
measure II would he necessary in the larper
counties to provide for more than one super.
VISOR ana other changes might be found
ADVISABLE TO mnke it conform harmoniouslv
with the present law, but these arc matters
ior the Legislators, who win be informed os
TO the exigcncics of their respective con-
stituencics. Snperintcndents Of hiehwo,
districts nnd overseers could be REQUIRED to
cooperate with the supervisor, &C., &c but
as have snid, these are matters Of detail
mat shall not attempt TO settle here bu,
may formulate as an amendment to the road
law II the suggestion me ots with favor
Two sections, l should say, wonld be annie
10 embrace everything suggested in the fore.
gong when II has been put in proper form
IT. Wili' perhaps, be asked why | a,lont
t"e iorh OF personal or head taxi For rho
reason among others, that il is uniform. Tho
hret essential in the imposition Of nnv ,,x
II is moderate and not oppressive. II nei,h"r
dscriminates in faver Of o or eo,;ns, "e''ner n%'
GLASS or persons. II is easily colIrc,nS o "
not collected, the penalties con no r1oI;,.. u !,
applied. IL reaches all classes and y c",'h?y
lions, and makes all alike contribute 'Vn''> y"
common purpose in which nll are oo".u'' Z"
interested. IL is fair. II is just, is IL rHnSnn
able; and after canvassing every plan tba,
suggested itself or was suggested by otbera
| have hit upon. this as the best and mos,
! just