The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-03-08
COU NTY g GOVERNMENT.
llat 4 '|,l Qha1lges fl Wege Made at the Re-
l 3ySS cent Legislative Session.


p0iHted to draw up q gonoral bill. This
me saato was present tod to tho house --
4 md ssnnMk inmed 4 until negt session az
were nearly ali other important gen
Senator Dean introduced a bill to re.
q ,t;iS che oommu alton tax in Groom.
vile sS9a \ "a iom $2 to 81. J. Addition al.
3anleNY enta relating to Use number Of
iday sa for road working wore mado for
I The co9n ties Of Union and Darlington.
The 0ominutation tax for Lsurens aud
I rl6r8nIc 4, was reduoed from 81, 80 to ST.,
end for 81 u II atn pt0nf was increased from.
81. TO th the exception. Of o spe.
DIAL snleasuto for Mallboro,. this was
y tho Only county government act passed.
read b b 81 Is i Il 4 IS sa s 4
Seotlon5 |. That, secti6nA Of an act
entitiSg Nm aot to amend stbtions 3
and AN adt entitled An act to pro.
yido ystom OF county government
fort @5V6ral counties Of tho State, SO
E far ass ikrclates to tho maintaining and
wlofklns of the roads and highways III
E the .State approved 10Th Of February,
AL y.s d s,al 90l0, be amended on line 55, by
inserti ing botWoon the words Fairfield"
and s'G seenwood," the word !. Green.
ville, ehd on line SO by striking out
tho Wofa Greenville;" and by insert
ing aftat Greenwood the words sand
sOhoa tef6eld ,nis and by striking out the
word 81 Arlington" before Tho word
Free 70, and the w6,a /" Union
betYsa on words Lexington" snd
' "W illiamhnrgg,"' and inserting the
word ssI srlingt ton, 3 and BY inserting
be tyyean M hns 4; .ts oraa "day,' end "Dra
sYidod'ht tiiv Bords a Union two days.,'
and By !atSiking out tho word "Hamp-
ton from the proyiso after tho words
lauren lno dollar" and inserting tho
wordI$ssll b ffSapton" botween tho words
"G gorge NSE@np and I" Horny" so that
said SEQ! ~ when so amonded, shall
read aaS 70 lows :siSSS I.
/, y SEQ. .S Mat all male porsons able to
perform tRs labor herein required, be-.
tween y he Il 90 Sof 18 and IS years, ex-.
cept in counties Of Ooonoe and
Pickenss Mere the ages shall bo be-
tween 3 s1dsbb 3yearst and oxcopt in
the g onntipap pf Green good and Ohortor-
field whore sthe age shall BIO between
tho ageB OIL 3 and 80; and exoept in
lAbbeyille Cherokee, Greenville. Hor.
~. UFa5ipab0Eg VI Snartanbnrp and linton
counties, " tIkrsl the ages shall be from
II 20 90, and also except ministers Of
the gospel slaciNal charge ofa congro-
CATION, and 8eraons permanently dis
ablod inS thS3 mil litary Service Of this
State, and ID EaonH who served in the
late way ba esa B ho "A s .ate. ari iii
persona 40 n n d employed .5;n the
qusrantineA sgiiSSaS Sof tho State. shall
DO requiEods ,.Riii1ally . to porfoim, Or
capsol fo " ISL ffosmed d labor, 81, 81 tho
Shig hHaya $ufit III The dirSctions ofGthas
IoV9f8eers lsss syo oada iistriot in swhiahl
lsl III vSs az,
6onnties Sof hYaedI Iss to kei d. al al
iSpartanburg, three d ays j. Ia tho counsS
ties Of AbbeS Sille,s Aiken, Anderson,
BarnWell. Ohefokoo, Chesterfield II air.
field, Greenwood y Kershaw, Lancaster,
Laurens, Lexington, D Darlington, Will
;liamsbprg, and :Ii Y ork, four; days. In
the county Of sFlorence Ave days. in
The counties .yof Bamberg, Chester,
Clarendon, Collector, Dorchester, Edge
fold, Horny, Newberry, Ooono, Saluda.
Orangeburg and Sumter, six days. In
the counties of Beaufort, Berkeley,
Charleston, Georgetown, Hampton and
Marion, eight days; and in tho county
Of lRichland, ton days. Union, two days;
provided, that ton hours labor shall be
held to he q days work; provided, that
tho county. board of commissioners Of
any county msy cause to be levied
road tax not to exceed one mill on all
taxable property Of any township in
their county, when 30 requested by a
written petition, signed by two thirds
of.tho freeholdors Of such township.
auoh tax to be collected as other taxes,
and to be expended on tho roads and
highways Of such townships (excopt in
the county Of Pickens, whore such nc.
tition shall not DO nooessary.l And
! lBamberg county--in Bamborg county
each special school district now or
hereafter established shall be "a road
DISTRICT z and tho county board Of com.
missionerb may cause to bo levied a
road tax not to exceed two mills on all
taxable property within said road dis.
rtriet,sonia petition signed by two. thirds
OF, tho freehold voters owning property
within said road district Sexoopt that
in Denlnh:k road district no petition
'shall,bo necessary, but thore shall be
lowed and collected annually tax of
two miles on all taxable property with
In said district), said to bo collected
as other 4 taxes, and the funds 80 col.
leoted bhall be paid out IN the warrant 4