The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-31
COUNTY GOVERN MENr ACT.
Az Act (" Provide for tn {. unty Gov.rn.
M MT or the State Goes into Effect
Feb uary 1s,.

Section |. Be it "nnctcd by the
General Assembly Of tho State of
South Caroliun: 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 poople at the
next general election with q term of
Office 70: two years and until their
successors shall be elected and quail
fled; and such Supervisors shall re-
ceive tho pay and execute the bond
as now provided by law except in tho
counties Of Barnwell, Grccnvillc,
Kershaw, Marlboro, Newberry, Or.
angebnrg, Chester, Marion and Col
Teton where tho salary shall bo six
hundred dollars. In tho County of
F.dgoficld where the sa'a,y shall be
four hundred aud fifty dollars. In
the County Of Greenwood the salary
shall be seven hundred dollars, DO
vlded the Supervisor shall spend his
whole time on the roads, and in the
County Of Chesterfield where tho
salary shall be six hundred dollars
and tho Board shall have no clerk.
That IN Ahbcvilo the Bonrd shall
have no clerk. In the county of
i!orrs, where the salary shall be
three hundred dollars; in the county
of Saluda where the salary of the
Supervisor shall be four hundred,
and the two Commissioners shall be
allowed three dollars por diem, not
to exceed thirty days in any one
year, and in tho county of Lancaster
where the salary Of the Supervisor
shall be three numbered dollars per
annnm.
Sec. 2. That the Governor shall
before the first oay Of February A.
d. 1888, upon the recommendation
Of the members Of tho Gencarl As
sembly from The several counties or
Il majority Of them and before the
first of February Of each succeeding
two years thereafter appoint two
persons from zach county, who
shall be known rs tho Commissioners
Of the county, and who shall act with
the Supervisor in the governmental
matters of the county. The said
Supervisor and Commissioners to
gether to constitute Il board to be
known rs the County Commissioners.
That in the Counties Of Lancaster,
Georgetown, Richland and Berkeley
the appointment of said Commits
siouers s!Iali bn made on or before
the ii'st day Of April 1899. The
Supervisor shall he the Chairman OF
the Board Of County Commissioners
SO to be continucd; and said Board
at their first meeting for organization
may elect clerk, except in Abbevillc
whcro the Board shall have no clerk.
who shall receive such salary as shall
be fixed by said Board, at their first
meeting, the sam" not to exceed the
sum OF two hundred dollars, except
in tho Counties Of Spartanbury,
Rirhland and Charleston, where the
salary shall not exceed three hun
ared dollars, and in the County of
s;umtor where tho salary shall be one
hundred and fifty dollars, and in
Pickens and Florcnce the clerk shall
receive sum not exceeding seventy
five dollars and in Williamsburg not
exceeding fifty do'l,rs, aud in Or
angobury one hundred, ard in the
Counties Of Lancn ter, York, Grorgo-
town and Oconco tl'c SALARY of the
clerk snail not Do more than one
hundred dollars, anil in Dorchester
one hundred and ii'ty dollars per
annum. Each O. said Commissioners
shall receive Tho sum OF three dol.
lars per day Of each day actually in
service, not to exceed twenty five
days in each Year, except in the
County OF Spartanburs, where the
number OF days shall not exceed
forty days. Except in the county of
Chesterfield where they shall receive
two dollars per day and five cents
per mile for each milo Travelled in
going to and returning from tho
meetings Of the Board at the court
house; and in he County of Lancas.