Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-10-31

to the County Supervisor, and by
him opened and submitted to the
County Board Of Commissioners,
and it shall be the duty Of said
board to accept the lowest bid
made by responsible person or
party: Provided, The County Board
of Commissioners shall have power
to reject any or all bids.
Sec. 12. When any bid shall
have been accepted by the County
Board of Commissioners they shall
require the person or party whose
bid shall have been accepted sto
enter into bond double the amount
of said bid, and with good and
sufficient surety, payable to said
board and their successors IN Office,
for the use of the county, which
bond shall specify the nature5of
the work required, conditioned8or
the faithful performance of the
same. M.
Sec. 13. In case of the failure,of
any contractor to perform the con
ditions Of his bond, the Boardsof
County Road Commissioners shall
declare the same forfeited, and;fhe
Circuit Solicitor shall enter suit
in the name of said board upon
said bond for the penalty thereof,
and any sum of money recovered
in such action shall be paid into
the county treasury and becomeSa
part of the county road fund.
Sec. IA. The County Board$ $of
Commissioners shall have power
to remove any and all defaultlnng
and to relet the section
or sections Of highways, roads,
bridges, or ferries SO let to himto
some other responsible person 8or
party.
Sec. Is. The County Treasurers
of the several counties are hereby
and empowered to re
ceive from any and all persons ia-
BILE to road duty in the several
counties the SUM of two dollarssas
a Communication tax in lieu of all
road duty required by law, and all
money so paid shall be set apart
and known as the County Road
Fund: Provided, That saidac9ms
mutationstax bepaid Between The
first day of November and the first
day of March in each year for that
fiscal year, or when State and
county taxes are paid, and that the
County Treasurer shall furnish a
receipt to the person SO paying the
same.
Sec. 16. The County Treasurer
shall furnish the County Super
visor a list containing the names
of all persons who have paid their
communication tax, and the Chair
of the Township Board of
Commissioners shall also prepare
and furnish to the Supervisor a
list of all persons liable to road
duty in their respective townships,
and the said Supervisor shall
check off the names of all such
persons reported on the list of the
County Treasurer as having paid
their Communication tax, and all
pers ons whose names shall remain
on the list so checked shall be re-
quired to perform road duty, not
exceeding in the aggregate of six
days; said persons shall not be re-
quired to work more than three
days in any one week, and shall
be assigned to such duty by the
County Supervisor under one of
the contractors in the township
having under control the section
or sections nearest the residence of
such person or persons: Provided,
That in those counties where the
contract system is not adopted,
said persons shall perform the
work under road overseers, to be
by the Township Board
Of Commissioners for each town.
ship, under the provisions of ex-
isting laws.
Sec. II. 1t shall be the duty of
the contractor of any section to re-
ceive such person or persons as
signed to him, under Section 16,
by the County Supervisor, and he
shall allow to the County Board of
Commissioners a sum not less than
fifty cents per diem for the labor
of any such person or persons, and
said sum shall be credited upon
the amount due or to become due
such said contractor by the said
board.
Sec 1S Tn case of the refusal