The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-16
County Governments Law .

The following is the county gov.
ernment law for this county after
this year. 1t was introduced 10y
Mr.. @. e. Robinson:
Re it enacted by the Genoral As
sembly of the State of South Car
olina: That an act entitled an
act to provide for tho county gov
ernment Of the vaAious counties of
this State which was passed tho
regular session of the General AS.
sembly of 1898, and which became
low Oh the 12th. day Of January
1899, be amended by adding thors-
20 a section to be known 40 sec
tion 10, which shall read as fol-
lows:
Section 10. That in the county
Of Pickens the Supervisor and tho
two commissioners NOW provided
for by law shall have control over
the governmental affairs Of said
county. They each before entering
upon the discharge Of their duties
shall execute u bond in the sum
of two thousand dollars with sufIi-
cient surety, in the same manner
as now provided for the execution
of bond by tho Supervisor.
The said board Of County Com
missi onors shall have power to APP
point ono Supervisor in each town.
ship, and road ovorseers, if they
shall doom tho came necessary,
and those thus appointed shall be
exempt from road duty. The said
board may also eloct clerk, at q
salary to bo fixed by them, not to
exceed ono hundred dollars year.
That in said county all persons
liable to road duty, as now pro-
vided by law, shall pay annually
a tax Of ono dollar, which shall be
known as the road tax. The coun-
ty treasurer is hereby authorized
and required to collect the same
and givo receipt therefor. And
any person or persons failing or re-
fusing to pay the same one dollar
tax herein provided for shall be re-
quired to labor upon the public
roads, in the township in which
they reside, three days in each
year, undor the supervision ano
direction Of the contractor, or
ovorsser or county commissioners,
and any person failing to perform
the labor herein required shall be
deemed guilty of IL misdemcanor,
and upon conviction shall be fined
not less than two dollars nor moro
than ten dollars, or imprisoned in
tho county chnin-gang not less
than ten days nor moro than
twenty days. Tho iinos when col
iected, to become part Of the
road fund and used as such. And
it ehall be the duty Of The Super
visor to prosecute each and every
person 90 failing to perform road
duty.
That ali convicts sentenced in
said county for terms Of five years
or less shall be required to work up
on the public roads, under the di-
rectiOn Of tho board Of commits
sioners, That in order to better
work and improve tho public roads
in said county, the county COM
missi oners are authorized and re.
quired to appropriate and uso On
said public roads the fines and for
fsits collected from all sources.
and if this, together with the road
tax and tho labor of the chain
gang, herembofors provided for,
be insufficient to keep IN repair
the roads in said county, tho coun-
ty board of misslonors are au-
thorizsd and empowered TO levy
upon the taxable property Of the
county a tax not exceeding one
mill, to be known also as the road
tax for road purposes. That the
county commissioners are author
lied and empowered to adopts tho
contrsct system Of working the
public roads orr TO hire and employ
ovorseors and laborers at such COM
ponsation as the board may fix.