The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-12-09
COUN II COVER NMEN rs.
AN IMPORTANT MEASURE NOW BE
FORE THE LEGISLATURE.

Th. Ofic. OF County Commissioner to be
Abolish ed and the Office of County SUI
2aryiseI to be Created-Fuli Text of tho
Hill.
COLUMBIA. S. c.. Dec. 4.-The fol
lowing bill. which was introduced i'll tho
House last Monday. is ROW before the
Legislature, and the chances seems tC
pc that il will become law substan-
lis..I in its present form:
Section l. All Acts relating 10 the
election, duties, powers ard rights ot
County Commissioners are repealed.
Sec ton 2. There shall be an election
hcld at the next general election fol
State officers in the several Counties o.
the State for one County supervisor.
and at every general election thereafter.
whose term OF office shall be two years.
provided that immediately after the pas.
sage Of this Act the Governor shall ad'
point one discreet freeholder in each Of
the several Counties to act as supervis.
or until the election shall have been held;
Section 3. The bond Of the County
supervisor shall be in the penal sum o
$1,000.
Section 4. The County supervisor
shall have general Jurisdiction over all
public Highways, roads, bridges and fer.
ries, and over tie paupers, and IN all
matters relating 10 taxes, and dlsburse
ment of public funds for County purpos'
es and in any other case that may be
necessary for the internal Improvement
and local concerns Of the County; be
shall have power to administer oaths in
reference to matters pertaining to his
Office.
Section 5. The Governor shall appoint
one discreet freeholder in each township
N the several Counties, who shall be
known as the township read commits
sioner: whose term CT offce shall be
cotermine! with that Of the Governor
wio appoints him. Ia case Of the re-
iusal Of any person So appointed to
serve az commissioner he shall forfeit
to the County $50, to be applied to the
County read fund; provided that 10 per.
so2 shall be required to serve more than
once III every iour years, ard SAID COM
missloners shall, during the term OF bis
office, be exempt from all road and jury
d0tY.
Section G. The County supervisor and
the commissioner OF roads shall consti'
tute the beard of road commissioners,
the supervisor to be chairman.
Section I. The township commission
ers and the County supervisor shall Or
ganize as soon as practicable and shall
meet thereafter on the first Monday in
January, April, July aud October OF
each year at the County court house, to
transact business. The chairman may
call extra meetings, and shall be re-
quired TO do SO, upon the writtea re-
quest of three members Of the board.
Section s. The supervisor and the
commissioners shall lay OF the roads,
bridges ard ferries OF tue several town
ships OF their respective Counties into
convenient sections, which shall be
numbered, for the purpose OF letting out
the same to be worked under contract.
Section 9. The County supervisor
shall advertise in a newspaper in his
County once a week for three weeks and
by posted notices for bids for operating
tie several sections Of highways, ETC.,
the lowest bid made by responsible
person TO be accepted.
Section 10. The contractor shall enter
into bond double the amount Of his bid.
Section II. In case of failure to per-
form cenGltions OF bond the board shall
declare the same forfeited, and the So.
licitor shall enter suit for the penalty
thereof, the money re covered to become
a part Of the County road fund.
Section ~. The board shall have
power to remove defaulting contractors
and to relet the contract.
Section l3 The Couaty Treasurers
are authorized and empowered to receive
from persons liable to road duty tie
sum of $3.50 as a communication tax in
lieu of all road duty, and all money so
paid shall be set apart and known as
the County road .und. This tax shall
be paid on or before March l OF each
year, or when the State and County
taxes are paid.
section II. The County Treasurer
shall furnish the supervisor list OF
those who have paid their coromutation
tax, and the township commissioners
shall furnish the supervisor list OF
those LA BILE To road duty, and the super
V scr shall check off the names Of all
persons reported on the list of the Coun.
ty Treasurer as having paid their COM
mutation tax, and all persons named on
the list go checked shall be require tc
pertorra road duty not exceeding eight
days.
Section Is. The contractor shall al
low the &oard Ofroad commissioners not
less than 50 cents per diem for the labor
Of any person assigned to him under
Section II, and said sum shall be 1red.
tied upon the amount due said contrac.
tor by tie board.
Section 16. In case of refusal to pay
communication tax or to perform road
duty. person shall be deemed guilty OF
a mi.demeanor, and upon conviction
shall be iined $40 and costs or imprison-
ment Tor twenty days; provided that II
he neglect to pay the tax The County
Treasurer is auterized to receive the
same, with a penalty OF 50 per cent.
added, if the SAME be rendered within
fifteen days.
Section II. Al. claims against the
COUNTY ter operating roafs shall be pre-.
aentsd 70 tie board OF commissioners,
and the supervisor shall draw his war.
raot on the County Treasurer, who shall
pay the same out Of the road fund.
Section Is. The board shall at the last
term of The court make report TO the
presiding Judge, to be by him submlited d
to TIE grand jury, of all their actlnss and
dolags and the condition Of the roads for
the fiscal year.
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