Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-05-15
Aulitiea Sueial, Asritultural and Commercial Snte
S.. @, SATURDAY, MAY Is, 1897

roads and highways Of Barnwell county,"
The roads, bridges and highways OF the coun-
ties adopting the contract system shall be
worked as hereinafter provided.
Section Is. That II the county board OF COM
missioners conclude to adopt the contract
system for working, maintaining and operat-
ing the several sections ofthe highways, roads,
bridges and ferries in the several townships
In their respective counties, or any part there
OF, the county supervisor, as soon as practical
BILE thereafter, may advertise in the newspaper
published in the county, once O week for three
weeks, and by notices posted in two or more
conspicuous places in the several townships,
or the township to be worked by the contract
system, for bids from responsible persons for
the performance Of the work rs above set forth,
snd shall furnish specifications OF all such
work or contracts as have been advertised.
Any and all bids made shall be in writing,
sealed, and addressed to the county supervisor,
and by him opened in the presence OF and
submitted to the county board Of commission
ers, and 1t shall be the duty of said board to
accept the lowest bid made by q responsible
person or party: Provided, the county board
Of commissioners shall have power to reject
any and oil bids; and said board Is hereby
empowered to hire overseers and laborers,
and have the work performed as In Its Judg-
ment may be most expedient and for the best
interest of the county: Provided. further,
That the county supervisors of the counties Of
this State are hereby authorized and empow-
cred to arrange to work the roads OF their re-
spective counties, with the conv1cts OF their
several counties, or to lease to or from the
county board OF commissioners ofany county,
upon such terms as may be agreed upon by
the respective county boards of commission
ers any convicts sentenced to perform hard
labor upon the public works Of any county,
and said convicts may be worked upon the
roads, highways, bridges or other public works
of the county where convicted, or of the county
to which they have been leased.
Section 26. That the county board OF COM
missoners Of said counties be, and they are
hereby. authorized to levy annually sum not
exceeding one mill on all Of the taxable prop
erty Of the respective counties, which shall
constitute part ofthe county road fund, to be
expended by the said board In the same man.
ner as Is provided by law for the use and ex-
penditure of the Communication tax In lieu OF
road duty; and such tax shall be collected at
the same time and in the same manner as Is
provided by law for the collection Of taxes
levied for ordinary county purposes: Provi-
ded, That the provisions Of this section shall
not apply to Orangeburg county.
Section q. That the county treasurers Of
the counties ofthis State are hereby authorized
and empowered to receive from any and oil
persons liable to road duties as communication
tax: In the counties of Abbeville, - dollars,
to be fixed by the county board Of commission
ers; Aiken, one dollar; Anderson, one dollar;
Barnwell, one dollar; Beaufort, two dollars; /;
Berkeley, one dollar; Chester, two dollars |;
Chesterfield, one dollar; Charleston, two dol
lars; Colleton, two dollars; Clarendon, one
dollar; Darlington, one dollar; Edgefeld, two
dollars Fairfield, two dollars; Florence, two
dollars; Georgetown, two dollars; Greenville,
one dollar; Hampton, one dollar; Horny, two
dollars; Kershaw, one dollar; Lancaster, one
dollar; Laurens, two dollars; Lexington, one
dollar; Newberry. one dollar; Marlboro, one
dollar; Marion, two dollars; Pickens, two dol
lars; Richland, two dollars; Spartanburg, one
dollar; Saluda, two dollars; Sumter, one dol
lar; Union, one dollar; Oconee, one dollar;
Orangeburg, two dollars; Williamsburg, two
dollars York, two dollars; and all moneys so
paid shall be set apart and known as the coun-
ty road fund Provided, That such commuta-
ton tax be paid for the fiscal year 1896, between
the first day Of March and the first day of April
and hereafter said Communication tax shall be
paid for the succeeding year when State and
county taxes are paid, and that the county
treasurers shall furnish a receipt to the person
so paying the same.
Section 2 That the county treasurer ofsaid
counties shall furnish the county supervisor OF
their respective counties a list containing the
names of all persons who have paid their COM
mutation tax, and the chairman OF the town.
ship boards Of commissioners shall also pre-
pare and furnish to the supervisors list OF oil
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 treasurers as having paid
their Communication tax; and all persons whose
names shall remain on the list so checked
shall be required to perform road duty not ex-
ceeding in the aggregate four days, and shall
be assigned to such duty by the county super
visors under one Of the contractors In the
township having under control the section or
sections nearest the residence of such person
or persons. 1t shall be the duty of the con-
tractor Of any section to receive such person
or persons, so assigned to him by the county
supervisor, and he shall allow to the county
board of commissioners such sum per diem
for the labor of any such person or persons as
may be agreed upon by contractors and the
county board of commissioners. and said sum
shall be credited upon the amount due or to
become due said contractor by the said board
as hereinbefore provided. Any person as
signed to work under a contractor as herein
provided and refusing or failing to do so shall
be guilty Of mlsdcmeanor, and fined In a
sum not less than five nor more than twenty
dollars, or Imprisonment in the county jail
for period of not less than ten nor more than
thirty days, or sentenced for the same period
on ckaingang.
Section 29 The county board Of commls-
sioners are hereby authorized to work the
highways in their counties, or any part there
of, by chaingang without regard to the sys-
tenn or systems used in other portions of their
Section 30 All acts or parts Of acts incon-
sistent with this act be, and are hereby, re-
pealed.
Section 81. That this act shall go into effect
OH its approval by the governor.
ADDITIONAL ACTS.
An act of the general assembly approved
February 25, 1897, requires:
|. County treasurers to collect communication
tax during the time in which other taxes are
collected or during the month OF February.
Also to keep separate account by townships
and report the same to the county board OF