The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-10

point County Auditor, q Supervisor Q! Reg
istration, a County Treasurer and Master
for Greenwood County, who shall enter upon
the duties of his office Immediately, and he
shall also appoint commissioners Of election
for said County for State and County offices
and The Supervisors and Registration OF Ab
beville and Edge6eld Counties shall on de
mand deliver to the Supervisors Of Reg istra
books for the voting places embraced In tne
county of Greenwood, which shall become
registration books for use In the special cleo
tion ordered in this Act. Said Supervisors
shall also turn over to the Supervisor o.
Greenwood County the registration books fol
all voting places for which any voters are
registered, who reside In the boundary o.
Auditor OF the County of Abbev.lle aud
Edgened respectively. re shall turn over 10 the
said Auditor of Greenwood County as soon Of
passed upon by their respective Boards o.
Equalization, the tax returns taken by them
tor the fiscal year 1897, for such persons Whc
have property embraced in the County o.
Greenwood. That the County Auditor dc
then make up the tax BOOKS ior the county
Of Greenwood and turn the same over 10 the
County Treasurer when appointed AT the
lime required by law. That the Clerk o
Court Judge of Probate, Sheriff, County SD
pervisor. County Board OF Somnissioneps nj Esn,1
Pleas and Court OF General Sessions, and all
other county officers OF the Counties OF Abbe
Vile and Edgetieid as they stood and were
ty of GREENWOOD shall have full jurisdiction
full power in and over the people ana the
territory embraced within the limits oi
GREENWOOD county until after the oftlcers
shall have been appointed or elected as tne
case may be, and qualified, in the county OF
Greenwood. That the com missioners OF cleo
lion to be appointed by the Governor as
aforesaid, shall Issue notice by publication
once week for three weeks IN some neWspa-
per published In Greenwood calling for a
special election 10 be held In the county OF
Greenwood for all elective offices ior SAID
county TO be held on the 4th day OF May,
1897. And that the county ofiicers elected az az
said special election shall hold their terms OF
office for the uneXpired period TO which they
woul Id have been entitled under the constltu-
ton and laws OF this State had they oeen
elected at the last general election. ThaI salo
officers SD elected shall qualify within 80 days
alter notification of their election, ana snail
enter upon the duties of their offices, and
said county of Greenwood shall be iully e.
tablished In thirty (3O) days after the date OF
said special election. The township boards
of townships and parts Of townships EN-
braced within Greenwood county shall serve
as the tow wnship boards OF said county LOT the
remainder OF the term for which they were
originally appointed, and the Governor snail
by appointment Hi any vacancy of said
Boards occasioned by any reason whatever.
The Governor shall also appoint new TOWN.
ship Boards where 1t may he made necessary
by the formation OF new townships IN the
county OF Greenwood. The chairman OF the
respective Township Boards shall com pose psv
ihe Board of Commissioners. That E. W.
Watson, b. p. Kemp and Il. II. Hughes, oe
and they are hereby appointed commission.
ers and authorized and required TO mark oil,
survey and set up corners and the BOUNDARY
line Of said county of Greenwood, 10 lay on
the county ito school districts, having que
regard to the natural boundaries and ntlSn-
borhood centers. Then TO form the townships
OF the county so as to embrace In each town
ship SO laid off two or more whole schooi uis,
trictS; TO suitably name or numoer Lne salu
school districts and also the said toWnsulps;
the townships to be laid of also with due re-
gard to the present commercial centers; 10
have map showing the result OF their Work,
and the lines and localities and names nXeo,
which shall be the lines, localities ana names
of the townships and school districts OF
Greenwood County until otherwise proVlueu
by law. And the commissioners In THIS sec
ton appointed shall receive comp nsallon
for their services, each, the sum OF I%o DOL
lars (S2) per day for not exceeding ~ DAYS,
provided that In the event OF vacancy or
vacancies in said Board Of Commissioners,
refusal to act, from death or otherwise, lne
Governor is hereby authorized anu empower
ed 10 fill such vacancy OF vacancies Dy ap-
pointment.
BONDS OF COUNTY OFFICERS.
Section 8. That the bonds of the County
officers of the county of Greenwood shall be
in the penal sum as follows. that is 10 say:
The Sheriff In the sum of 81 0o0; Judgeoi PRO
bate, s., ,0OO; Clerk Of Curt Of Common Pleas,
S. 600: Treasurer. $4,000; Supervisor, S3,0Oo; {;
Auditor. 81 900: and the County Superintend-
ent of Education, 81 ,0OO; the Master, 5000
SALARIES OF COUNTY oFFICERs-A LIMIT TO
THEIR PROFITS.
= Section 10. The annual salaries and COM
pensation of the officers OF Greenwood County
shall be as follows, to-wii: The Auditor
shall receive from the State 5000, and from the
County $500; County Supervisor shall receive
$500; County superintendent OF Edueation'
lowed by law for dieting and keeping, prison
ers and in addition all fees allowed by law,
and shall retain thereof not exceeding Sl.OOO
as payment for all services The Treasurer
shall collect the commissions allowed by law
and shall retain thereof not exceeding $500
for all services. The Clerk OF the Court shall
collect all fees allowed by law and retain not
exceeding 81 300 for al services. All fees col,
lected by the sheriff, Treasurer and Clerk OF
the Court above the amount retained for SER
vices shall be turned over 10 the County
purposes.
THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRtCr-SENENrH
JUDICIAL cIRCUIT-DAYs FOR HOLDING
COURT.
Section IL. That the territory embraced In
Greenwood county shall belong to I'd Con-
gressional District and TO the Ith judicial
Circuit, and the regular terms of the Court of
General Sessions shall be held in the towrl OF
Greenwood In the County OF Greenwood on
the Sd Monday OF March and the 4th Monday
July and the 4th Monday of November In
each year. and the Court of Common Pleas at
the same place on the Wednesdays on which
the Court OF General Sessions opens In said
county OF Greenwood. The first term OF the
Court of General Sessions tn be held on the
ith Monday Of November, 1897, and the Mag
istrates shall be located as they now nre IN
the territory covered by the county OF Green
wood unit otherwise provided by law. Pro-
vided, however, that the Magistrates now In
office shall turn over to the Court OF General
Sessions of Greenwood County, such parties
as are required by law to be bound over
where the otIensc ia committed In Greenwood
County as formed by this Act; to the Court
of General Sessions of AbbeVllle county
" here The ofirnse Is committed In Abbeville
county and TO the Court OF General Sessions
for Eugefeld County where the ohense Is
committed In Edgetield county. Said Magis.
trates whose offices are in Greenwood County
shall In like manner be restricted In their OF
fetal functions, powers and duties TO the said
County of Green wood. and until otherwise
provided by law they shall each receive the
same compensation as now Is provided by
law in each respect and they shall have such
powers. duties and jurisdiction In Green.
wood County as is now provided for Magis.
trates in the Comfy of Abbeville by Act oi
the General Assembly, approved December
2, 1855.
TRANSFER OF CASES.
Section l2. That from and after the hrst
day of July A. d.. 1897, ull suils pending In
the Courts OF Abbevile and Edgeheld coun-
ties of which the defendants reside In those
pOrtiOns OF said county now estADllsheQ ae
the County Of Greenwood, and all !ndict'