The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-10-08

John LYON.
'Ihc report WAS adopted uud the
committee discharged.
The committee of nine county 81
perrisors, charged with the prepura-
ton Of amendments to the county
government law to be submitted to the
Legislature, through its chairman.
Mr. Scott, reported as follows:
Your committee IN amendments t"
the new county government law beg
leave to report that VIC recommend th~
following specific amendments to tue
original act and also submit for your
consideration some general au9gca-
tiouS. We also recommend that q:
permanent committee on Legislation,
to consist Of five members with the
president Of the congress iis chairman.
be provided who shall lie charged with
the presentation Of these resolutions
to the proper authorities and that
these resolutions receive the cndurEc-
ucnt OF this congress.
Strike out section ) and Insert i'll
lieu thereof, SO that :lc same shall
read That one competent and dis
Greet ireeholdcr III each township III
the several counties OF the State sh il
be elected by the qualified voters Of
such township at each general election,
who shall be known us the township
commissioner for such township,
Shose term OF office shall he co termi-
nal with that of the county supervisor
ior the said county elected ut such
General election and until his successor
shall be elected and qualified. In case
# Il vacancy Or in case OF refusal Of
my person SO electedto serve us such
commissioner, the vacancy shall be I'LL
ed by appointment of the governor upon
the recommendation Of the county
uourtl Of commissioners .: said county.
Provided, the said commissioner shall,
,turing the term of his Office, be exempt
rom all road and jury duties and he
shall! receive such compensation as
shall be provided by Law, not 20 exceed
twenty l20) days in any one year, at
$3.50 per day, without mileage
Strike out section & and insert il
lieu thereof, the following, viz:
THAT township boards Of assessors
arc hereby re-establishcd and the
township commissioner provided for
IL sectiou ; shall be the chairman Of
the said township board Of assessors,
and the two additional members al
said township board shall be appointed
py the county auditor, and the same
chairman stlail also be q member of
tie county board Of equalizatlon.*
Strike out eection and insert in
lieu thereof: That county boards cf
equalization shall hereafter be COM
posed Of the township commissioner
provided Ior in section 5, of which
board she supervisor shall be chairman
and the county auditor the clerk.
Strike out sections s and 9 and i'll
sert in lieu thereof: THAT the sail
township commi:sioncrsand the county
supervisor shall constitute the county
board Of commissioners, Of which
board the supervisor shall be the chair.
man. That the county board Of COM
missioners shall meet hereafter on the
first Monday III January, April, July
and October of each year at the county
court house for the transaction Of br'c-
mess and the majority Of said board
shall constitute quorum. Provided,
that the chairman may call in extra
meeting at any time. That at the first
meeting Of said board they shall clccS
one OF their number who shall be 1t
member of the State board OF cqualiza-
ton, and who shall perform al the
functions Of said office, us now provl-
dcd by law.
Insert ut section IL: "Provitlcd,
That the county board Of commission
crs shall have the right to employ
uycrseers or furcMcu to 5upcrlntcnd
the working Of the highways, whether
the contract system be adopted or not,
and provided, further, that the colrll-
tv supervisor shall have the right t.
employ and use convict labor, as he
may deem best, whether the coplruct
system be adopted or not.
.tddto end OF section l5: "Frovl,icd,
That all Communication taxes shall b.:
paid us herein provided. during 1he
collection of the State and county
taxes immediately preceding the year
in which it is intended TO commute.
That ii is the Sense Of this congress
that the ucw county government act
be 80 revised and amended III every
particular is to cmbody the aIncn'I.
mcnts suggested by this congress: -
rs TO relieve the confusion as to t!l;
official designation oftbe county board,
and to correct ull the grammatical "f-
ros appearing in the balance ofthc act,
caused by reason Of tic proposed
amendments, it being the sense uf THIS
congress that the official designation
of the-county board as provided for
sbull be the county board Of commls-
sioners. and that provision shonlI ''c
made for all lands and rights of way
to l,e conveyed to the county SUPER
visor and his successors in office.
We request the Legislature to define
in such terms as shall be clear III nn
mi,tukablc what shall constitute III
abl..-hodicd male citizen, and @eiggsc>t
that the age for road duty bc liked Il
from lG to 10 years. That VIC lcl'c'"
all r.rsons not student. and teaclt:a
Of schools and colleges in actual II
tendance thereon, and who arc n"i
psurerS, or who aIe not suffering from
loss rf limb or limbs. should be r.
uuircd to work the public reads, g.