Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-12-17
aAiseellanenls 8eading.
NEW COUNTY GOVERNMENT LAW.

NEW COUNTY GOVERNMENT Law.
Supervisor and Two Commissioners Ap
pointed by the Governor.
Orangeburg Times-Democrat.
1t may not be generally remembered
that the state will have practically
new county government system next
year. The law providing for the change
of system is not in the statute books.
1t will not be printed in the statutes
until the acts for next year are pub
lished. This happened in this way
The general assembly, at its last ses,
sion, passed the new county govern.
ment bill, and provided that it should
20 into effect in several counties short
ly after its adoption. Representations
were made to Governor Ellerbe that it
would not be we'll for the new system
to 20 into effect during last spring and
last summer in the counties indicated
because of certain work then in prog
ress, which might be jeopardized by a
change of officers. The act was "held
up" and it does not go into effect until
after the assembling of the general as
sembly. 1t has neither been approved
nor disapproved by Governor Ellerbe
but simply goes into effect by the
operations of the constitution, three
days after the session of the general
assembly begins. The act will no
doubt 90 into effect on the 1st of Feb
ruary, when the new commissioners
are to begin their term of office, under
the provisions of the bill. 1t may be
that the machinery can be started be-
fore that time. The act provides:
Section l provides "That the office
of county supervisor, as now provided
by law, shall continue, and the sue.
cessors of the present supervisors shall
be elected by the people at the next
general election, with term of office
for two years, and until their success
sors shall be elected and qualified"
Section provides "That the gov
ernor shall, before the first day of Feb
ruary, 1899, by and with the advice
aud consent of the senate, and before
the first day of February of each sue
ceedlng two years, appoint, upon the
recommendation of the members of
general assembly from the several
counties or a majority of them, two
persons from each county who shall
be known as the commissioners of the
county, aud who shall act with the
supervisor in the governmental matters
of the county, the said supervisors and
commissioners together to constitute a
board to be known as the board of
county commissioners The super
visor shall be chairman of the board of
county commissioners so TO be consti-
tuted."
Section 3 provides "That on the first
day of February, A. D. 1899, the office
of county commissioners and township
com missioners, as now provided TO be
appointed by the governor, shall be
abolished, and the jurisdiction, duties
and powers now devolved by law upon
The appointive boards of county and
township commissioners, are hereby
devolved upon the board of county
commissioners herein provided for, to
consist of county supervisor and two
commissioners"
Section 4. "The board of county
commissioners and township commits
sioners now appointed by the governor
after the appointment and qualifica.
ton of the commissioners provided
for in this act, shall continue in Office
as county boards of equalization and
township boards ofassessors until their
successors shall be appointed, and the
governor of this state is hereby au-
thorized and empowered, on the recon-
meudation of majority of the men,
hers of the general assembly of the
respective counties, every two years, to
appoint such county boards of equali-
cation and township boards of asses
sors as are now provided by law for
the appointment of county commits
sioners and township commissioners"
Section 5. "That sections l and 2
of an act approved March 9, 1896, en-
titled AN act to amend sections 1915,
L
2,376 and 2,4O2, revised statutes of
1892 be-. and the same are hereby, re-
pealed."
Section 6. "The county boards Of
commissioners shall have the same
right and duties with reference TO the
preparation of jury lists as are now
devolved by law upon the present,
county board of commissioners"
| Section 7. That all acts and parts
of acts inconsistent with this act he,
and the same are hereby, repealed" !"
Section 8. 1.-THE provisions of this
act shall not apply to Bamberg, Barn
we'll, Chester, Fairfield, Hampton,
Spartanburg, Kershaw, Charleston and
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