The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1894-01-10

Oue Oh any TecOSuiIauceS given lOI tue
maintenance of auy illegitimate child
or children, if such child or children
shall be bound out to service, shall be
paid to and received by the supervisor,
to be invested and expended by him
under the order of the Probate Court
for the benefit of such illegitimate
child.
Section "a. The county board of COM
missioners shall have power to make
all contracts in reference to supplying
the poor house and inmates thereof,
repairing buildings and other neces-
sary expenses incident to the care AID
maintenance of said poor house and
farm. Where any contract shall exceed
the sum of twenty dollars they shall
advertise and receive bids for same, and
shall accept the lowest bid from re-
sponsible person.
Section IS. All accounts, claims and
demands of whatever nature against
the county in reference to the poor
house or farm for the maintenance and
support of paupers shall be presented,
duly attested, to the board Of county
commissioners and be by them audited,
allowed or rejected, and for the amount
of any claim so audited and allowed
the county supervisor shall drnw bis
warrant, under the seal of the board,
upon the county treasurer, counter
signed by the secretary Of the board,
who shall pay the same out of the
pauper fund of the county.
Section Sc. The county board of COM
missioners shall, at the last term of the
Court OF General Sessions in eacz year,
make report to the presiding 7dge,
to be by him submitted to the Grand
jury, OF all their actings and dol 8 for
the fiscal year, containing an itemized
statement of all amounts ordered TO be
paid by them, with list of inmates
and the condition Of the poor house,
farm and inmates.
Section 81. The county supervisor
shall procure and adopt seal, and
when so ado pied shall cause descrip-
ton tnereor., with an impression there
from, to be filed in the Office of the
clerk of Court and of the sheriff, treas
urer and Secretary of State, and the
same shall thereupon be the seal of the
supervisor, and all orders or other
papers signed by said commissioner
shall be authenticatedI the official
seal.
Section 3s. EacF dnty shall pay:
{. The fees of che gi4nd and petit jurors
while in attendance upon the Circuit
Court. 2. Witnesses fees in the State
cases for actual attendance upon the
Circuit Courts as provided by law. 8.
Fees of physicians and surgeons testi-
flying as experts before the Circuit
Court. 4. Fees of sherifs and clerk
of Court as provided by law. 5. Fees
Of county coroners as allowed by law.
6. Fees or salaries of trial justices and
constables. Z. The salaries of auditor,
treasurer and county supervisor as pro-
vided by law.
Section 39. That the fees allowed
jurors, constables and witnesses shall
be paid by the treasurers of the coun-
ties, on the presentation to them of GER
tifcates signed by the presiding Judge
and countersigned by the clerk of the
Court, or be received by him in the
payment of all county taxes, when duly
approved by the county supervisor.
Section 20. That the accounts of the
coroner and sheriff and supervisor and
physicians or surgeons fees for post
mortem, shall be approved by county
board of commissioners, and the super
visor, on their approval, shall draw an
order upon the county treasurer for the
payment of the same, countersigned by
the secretary Of the board.
Section Al. Sheriffs, deputy sherifs,
coroners and constables shall execute
all legal orders to them directed by the
boards herein provided for, or the chair
man thereof, and shall receive therefor
the same fees and costs allowed in
other cases.
Section AZ. That the reports Of the
county treasurer and other officers now
required by law to be made to the
board of county commissioners shall,
after the passage Of this Act, be made
to the county supervisor, and all settle
ments by any of the county officers
now be required to be made with
the board Of county commissioners
or its chairman shall be made with
the county supervisor.
Section 43. The county board of COM
missioners shall prepare an estimate of
the amount of money necessary to pay
the expenses incurred by said boards
and for ordinary county expenses and
report the same to the Comptroller
General Of the State, on or before the
18th day of November of each year, to
be by him. submitted to the General
Assembly in order to provide the
necessary taxation for county purposes.
Section A. In case of the failure of
the county supervisor to faithfully per-
form the duties of bis office or the con-
ditions of his bond, it shall be the
duty of the solicitor of the circuit in
which such supervisor shall reside to
bring an action upon the bond of said
supervisor in the name of the county,
and any amount realized from said suit
shall be deposited in the treasury to
the credit of the road fund, and shall
receive therefor such fees as the Court
shall designate.
Section As. That the salaries of the
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