The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-03-01
THE NEW LAW
Relating 10 the Government Of
the Several Counties.
AS IT FINALLY PASSED.
Some Of the Counties Exempted
from Some Of the Sections
of the New Act.

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acceuniol the limited aEie' FOLLOWING
Is the bii; -.
Stcu"u /: iia' an act entitled IN
act t" provide l?f lNe county govern
meht OF the various c"a"'!eS oI tN'S
STATE, ee, an" the same Is hefeo5, re-
enacted ana aMeh"co 50 as 10 fea" as
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section l. lhas tHereShall De IN eacn
Oh 1he ccuales Q! thlS otate county
board Of commissioners, "hicn shali De
composed OF the county supervisor, VINO
shall be elected and hold office, as now
provided by law and two COMMISSION
ers, Who shall be appointed by the gov
ernor upon the reco nmendatlon OF the
members OF the general assembly from
the several counties, or majority OF
them, aud whose term of once shall be
coterminal with that OF the supervisor
with whom they areappointed TO serve
ano until tnelr successors snail oe ap-
pointed and quallhed: oalo COMMISSION
ers shall De COMMISSIONED Dy the secre-
tary OF state, as other county ohcers,
but without charge tor thelr commls-
SONS: froVloeo, lhaV IN flchenS coun-
ty the supervisor ana ene sa!u coiRmlS-
sloners shall each give Dond mt IN the sum
OF =, ooo after the year l9OV: Fro-
vlded, further, 1hat IN sumter county
SIX commissioners shall be appointed,
as aforesaid, VINO, with the county sup
erVlsor, shall constitute the county
board OF commissioners IN sald county;
Provided, further, lhat IN hlchla1o
county one commissioner shall be elect,
ed IN each to%nsnlp Dy the qu1lineo
electors tnereo1 at the next genera elec-
eio1, suu III III Ia tSo 49, @ f.. 4r-o
suu 'nIs si.a ~ ILL ~. WV
i5otn TieoIiou' snu un'l1 70 'u000''0t'
Shaii os elec'eo anu q4aiiieu
froVloeo' lurIhel, Ii Tue county 81
1orA' tnere shall DC appolnte1 ny 'ne
governor upon the recommenoaVon OF
the delegation IN the genera assembly,
three discreet persons IN eacn township
one OF whom Shan De chairman Oh lnS
5oWnSip ooaro OF co"missiouels' alu 4
ne snail atIeno Ihe meetings ol Tue
county Doaru OF commissioners a' leaS'
quarterly, ana snaii receive i e. 90 per an
nun, pa'aoie 4uli:e5i!, III SUI AZ ~.
ten0anee, anu Tue salo township pGalu
'1ai1 oo 'ne w n9N4p ~ :
respective townships; ana DC palo the
pe1olem ana ml4eage hefeln !, plUEioeu' :,
Sec. Z. lhat salo ooaTo snail meet at
the county seat at stated tlmes' once IN
eacn mon'n' LOT 1ne transaction o! ousl-
ness anu III rnaJoil'y shati ooHoU ~ ~ I, a
quorum. Inc co9lts supervisor snaii
Oe cha1lnaau u saio Uo"iU'
Sec. 5. That SAID county board OF
commissioners shall, In their several
and respective counties, have and exer,
else all the lurlsolctlon, powers anc
duties heretofore devolved oy law upon
the county suerviSors, the county boards
Of commissioners and the township
boards OF commissioners, under
the provisions OF the laws hereto
fore existing, providing Tor a system
Of county government Tor the varl-
'us counties OF the State: Provided
That no claim against the county
shall be paid until it shall have beet
approved in writing by nlajority
"f said board and entered in their mir
u,es.
Sec. 4. That the county supervisors
II the various counties shall recelve
Anuual salaries; payable as now prov'd
d by law. aS follows: Abheville. 1906
per anGum until Jan. lst, 1901, and al
."r that time $500 per annnm; Aiken,
$500; Anderson, $500: Banberg, s6OO;
Baruwell, $500: Beaufort. 5000: B.rke-
ley, $500; Charleston. $1,000: Chero-
kee, $500; Chester. $500: Chesecrf@ Id.
5000; Clarendon. 5000; Colleton, 5000;
Darlington, $500; Dorchester, $500;
Edgefeld, $500: after the lst OF Jan
uary, 1901; Fairfield. $3.50; Elorence
500; Geortown, 800; Greenvl!le, So' y;
Greenwood, 500: Provided, The sup
ervisor shall spend his whole time on
the roads and in the county; Hampton.
$500; Horny, $500; Kershaw, $3.50;
Lancaster, $500; Laurens, 5000; Lex
,.g,on. 5000; Marion. $500; Marlboro.
$500; Newberry, $3.50; Oconee, $500:
Orangeburg. $500; Picke,s, 5000, after
the year 1900; Richland, 5000: Spar