Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-12-22
Now County Government !.a!l. !!aA.
Governor ElIerbe WIN Approve 1t ON
January Ist. B, ID

Governor ElIerbe win Approve 1t on
january Ist. u q
The County Government Bill, which
sion OF the General Assembly, has not
yet been signed by Governor Ellerbe.
However, 1t will be signed and viii be In
force on january 1st. The original bill
was aimed at the Township Boards OF
Ccmnissioners, but tho act as it now
stands is q patchwork Of exemptions.
Governor Ellerbe Is In receipt of inqui-
ries regarding: the new law, and the full
text is herewith subjoined IS IE
@3E,%. THE ACT. <. ..5 N \
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by tho Gene
raj Assembly OF South Carolina, That
tho Office of County Supervisor, as now
provided by law, shall continue, and the
successors of tho present Supervisors
shall be elected by the people at the
noxt general election with q term of
office for two years, and until their sue
cesSeGe shall be elected and qualified,
and such Supervisors shall receive the
pay and execute tho bonds as now pro
vided by law, except in tho Counties of
Barnwell, Greenville, Kershaw, Marl-
boro, Newberry,. Orangeburg, Chester,
rios shall be six hundred dollars. In the
County of Edgef1eld, whore tho salary
shall be four hundred and fifty dollars
in tho County of Sumter, where tho sal
ary shall be five hundred dollars; in the
County Of Greenwood, yghAre the aslary;
shall bo seven hundred dollars: provided,
the Supervisor shall spend his whole
time on the roads and in the county; in
tho County of Chesterfield, where tho
salary shall be six hundred dollars, and
tho board shall have no clerk; that in
Abboville tho board shall have no clerk
in tho County of Horny, whore tho salary
shall DO three hundred dollars; in tho
County of Saluds, whore tho salary of
tho Supervisor shall be four hundred
dollars and tho two commissioners shall
bo allowed three dollars por diem not to
exceed thirty days in ono year; and in
tho County of Lancaster, whore tho
salary of tho Supervisor shall be three
hundred dollars per annum.
SEC. 2. That tho Governor shall be-
fore the lat day of February, A. d. 1890,
upon the recommendation Of tho NOM
bora of tho General Assembly from tho
several counties, or q majority of them,
and beforo tho first day of February Of
each succeeding two years thereafter,
appoint two persons from each county
who shall be known as tho commission
ers of the county, and who shall act
with tho Supervisor in the governmental
matters of tho county, tho said Super
visor and tho commissioners together to
constitute board to bo known as tho
county commissioners. That tho Coun-
tics of Lancaster, Georgetown, Richland
and Berkeley tho appointment of said
commissioners shall be mado on or bo-
fore tho first day of April, A. d. 1S09
Tho Supervisor shall be tho chairman of
bo constituted, and said board ut tho
first meeting for organization may elect
clerk, except in Abbevillo, whore to
board shall have no clerk, who shall re-
coivo such salary rs shall be fixed by
said board at their first meeting, tho
same not to exceed the sum of two hun
drod dollars, except in tho Counties of
Spartanburg, Richland and Charleston,
where his salary shall not exceed thrco
hundred dollars, and in tho County of
Sumter, whore his salary shall be one
hundred and fifty dollars, and in Pickens
and Florence tho clerk shall receive n
sum not exceeding seventy-fi five dollars,
and in Williamsburg not exceeding fifty
dollars, and in Orangoburg, ono hun
drcd dollars. In tho counties of Lancas-
ter, York, Georgetown and Oconee, tho
salary of tho clerk shall not be more
than ono hundred dollars, and in Dor
chester, one hundred and fifty dollars
por annum; each of said commissioners
shall receive the sum of thrce dollars
per day for each day actually in service,
not to exceed twenty-five days in each
year, except in tho county of Spartan
burg, whore tho number of days shall
not exceed forty, except in the county of
Chesterfield, whore they shall receive
two dollars por day and five cents per
milo for each milo travelled in going to
and returning from the meetings of tho
board aS the court house, and in the
county of Lancaster where they shall
receive two dollars a day for their SER
vices; and in the county of Greenville,
said commissioners shall receive two dol
lars per day for not exceeding ono hum
dred days in any ono year, and said COM
missioners shall upon their appointment
qualify as other county officers and re-
ceive their commissions from tho gover-
nor and Secretary of State, without
charge.
SEC. 3. That on the 1st day of Febru-
ary, A. d., 1900. tho office of county
commissioner and township commits
sionor, as now provided by law, to bo
appointed by tho governor shall be
and tho appointivo boards of
county and township commissioners arc
hereby dcvolved upon the boards of
loun " commissioners herein provided
for, to consist of tho county supervisor
and the two commissioners, and all
srall be approved in writing by major
ity of said board and entered upon their
said board so constituted shall
meet at the county scat at least once q
me nth for the transaction of business;
provided, that the provisions of this sec
ion shall go into effect in tho counties
of Lancaster, Georgetown, Richland,
Oconce and Berkeley on the first day of
April, 1893, and in the county of Aiken
on tho first day of July, 1893.
SEC. 4. Tho boards of county COM
missioners and township commissioners
now appointed by tho Governor, aftcr
tho appointment and qualification of tho
commissioners provided for in this act,
shall continue in Office rs county boards
Of equalization and township boards of
assessors until their successors shall be
and tho Governor of this
State is hereby authorized and ompow-
9rcd every two years to appoint such
boards of county assessors and town
ship assessors as are now provided by
aw for tho appointment of county COM
missioners and township commissioners,
such boards shall serve for two years
rom tho time of their appointment and
until their successors arc appointed and
qualified. Their terms to bo co terminal
IS now provided by law. Tho chairman
of tho special boards Of assessors shall
DO cx-oflicio members of tho county
boards of equalization. Nothing con
aimed in this act shall bc construed to
'ifcct the special boards of assessors as
low provided by law: provided, that in
irccnvillo county tho township assessors
provided for in this act shall tr town |
'hip commissioners, rs now constituted |
or Greenville county.
SEC. 5. That Sections 1 and of an |