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


The New Laws Enacted by the Recent
Lesislature-A Measure that Needs
the Careful Attention OF
Every Citizen.
a bill to provide system of county
government for the several counties
of the State,
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House OF Representatives ofthe State
of Soath Carolina, now met and sitting
In General Assembly, and by authority
of the same:
Section l. That from and after the
Ist OF January, 1895, all Acts, parts o!
Acts or sections of the General Statute
relating to the election, duties, powers
and rights of county commissioners be,
and the same are hereby, repealed, e1-
eept such special Acts, parts Of Acts OF
sections of the General Statutes as have
heretofore conferred special powers and
privileges upon the county commits
sioners Of any county, which said dutiea
are devolved upon the county super
visor and county board Of road COM
missioners as hereinafter provided.
Section2. There shall be an election
held at next general election for State
officers in the several counties Of the
State for one county supervisor, and at
every general election thereafter, whose
term of Office shall be two years, and
until his successor shall have 6een
elected and qualified.
Section 8. The county supervisor so
elected shall, before entering upon the
duties OF his Office, execute bond for
the use Of the county, with three or
more sufficient sureties, for the faithful
performance of his duties, in the penal
sum OF five thousand dollars, said bond
TO be approved in manner the same as
now proc;ded for bondsof county audi
tors and treasurers.
Section 4. The county supervisor
shall have general Jurisdiction over all
public highways, roads, bridges and
ferries, and over the paupers, and in all
matters relating to taxes and disburse-
ments of public funds for county pur-
poses in their respective counties, and
in aRy other case thatmay be necessary
for the internal Improvement and local
concerns of the respective counties; said
supervisor shap I've power and au-
thority to administer oaths to any per-
son in reference to matters appertain-
ing to his Office.
Section 5. That the Governor shall
appoint, upon the recommendation Of
the Senator and members of the House
of Representatives from the respective
COUNTIES three discreet freeP sders in
each township in the seye 3 counties
of the State, who shall b 0own IS the
township road commits oners, whose
term of Office shall be coterminal with
that Of the Governor by whom such
scommissioner shall have been ap-
pointed, aud until their successors ere
appointed and qualified. In case of a
vacancy or in case ofthe refusal of any
person so appointed to serve as such
commissioner, the Governor shall fill
the same as hereinbefore provided:
Provided, that no person shall be re-
CURED to serve more than once in every
four years, and said commissioner shall,
during the term of his Office, be exempt
from ali road and jury duty.
Il Section S. That all the duties, powers
and privileges now devolved upon the
township board Of assessors be, and the
same aHe hereby, devolved upon the
township board of commissioners, and
township boards of assessors are hereby
abolished. -
Section Z. That ali the duties, powers
and privileges now devolved upon eoun-
ty boards of equalization be, and the
same are hereby, devolyed upon the
.couaty. board of commissioners, and
said county board of equalization is
hereby abolished. And the members
of said board, while performing the
duties now deyolyed upon tae county
board of equalization, shall receive the
same compensation as such boards now
Ieive.
Section 8. That the county super
visor, together with the chairman Of
the township boards Of commissioners
In the several townships appointed by
the Governor, shall constitute the coun-
sty board of commissioners, of which
said board the county supervisor shall
be chairman.
Section 9. That Immediately after
the appointment of the several boards
of township commissioners, and the
election and qualification of the county
supervisors, or as soon thereafter as may
be practicable, the said supervisor shall
call a meeting Of the county board of
commissioners for the purpo of Or
ganization. And the said board shall
meet thereafter on the first Monday in
January. Aprit, July and October Of
each year at the county Court House,
for the transaction of business, and a
majority of said board shall constitute
q quorum: Provided, that the chairman
Of said board may call an extra meeting
at any time, and shall be required 70
do SC upon the written request Of three
members of the board. That at the first
meeting Of said board they shall elect
one Of their number who shall be a
member of the, State board of eAuiliza-
tion and who shall perform all the
functions ofsaid Office as now provided
by law.
Section 10. That it shall be the duty
of Ia forrcfhor NTH