The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-03-06
COUNTY GOVERNMENT.
What Changes Were Made at the Re-
cent Legislative Session.

measures passed Dy the legislature OF
1901. There was a committee Of 10 ap.
pointed to draw up a general bill. This
measure was presented to the house
and continued until next session as
were nearly all other important gen
eral bills.
Senator Dean in troiuced bill to re
duce the Communication tsx in Green.
Vile county from 50 to 81 Addition al
amendments relating to the number of
days for read working were made for
the counties Of Union and Darlington.
The communication tax for Lsurens aud
Florencs, was reduced from ST so to 81,
and for Hampton was increased from
81 to 81. With the exception Of spe,
cial measure for Msllooro, this vas
the only county government act passed
It reads:
Section /. That section of az aot
entitled ''An act to amend sections 3
and 4 Of an act entitled An act to Iro.
vide a system Of county government
for the several counties Of the State, so
far as it relates to the maintaining and
working Of the roads and highways in
the State" approved 19sh Of February,
A. D., 1900, be amended on line 55, by
inserting between the words Fairfield"
and 'GreenWood," the word Green
ville," and on line SO by striking out
the word, "Greenville;" and by insert
ing after Greenwood the words ''snd
Chesterfield" and by striking out the
word Darlington" before the word
"Greenville," and the word Union
between the words Lexington" and
"Williamburg," and inserting the
word Darlington" ard by inserting
between the words ''day,' and "pro
vided" the words "Union tWo days, "
and by striking out the word "Ramr-
ton" from the proViso after the words
"Lsurens one dollar and inserting the
word Hampton between the words
"GeorgetoWn' and ''Horry," so that
said section, when SO amended, shall
read as follows:
Sec. 4. That ell male persons able to
perform the labor herein required, be-
tween the age Of 18 and 55 years, ex-
cept in the COUNTIES of Oconee and
Pickens. where the ages shall be be.
tween l3 and 55 years; and except in
the c,unties Of Greenwood and Cherter-
field where the age shall be between
the ages of l8 and so; and except 10
Abbeville, Cherokee, Greenville. Hor-
~, Orangeburg, Spartanburg and Union
counties, where the ages shall be from
FL TO SO, and also except ministers Of
the gospel in actual charge Of "a congre-
getion, and persons permanently dis
abled in the military service Of this
State, and persons who served in the
late war between the S;ste, and all
persons actually employed in the
quarantine service Of the State, shall
be required annually to perform, or
cause to be performed, labor on the
highways under the directions Of the
overseer Of the road district in which
he shall reside, as follows: In the
counties Of 5reenville, Pickens s1o
Spartanburg, three days. In the coun-
ties Of AbbevllIe, Aiken, Anderson,
BaInwell, Cherokee, Chesterfield, Fair
field, Greenwood, Kershsw, Lancaster,
Lsurens, Lexington, Darlington, Will
lian,Sburg, and York, four days. In
the county of Florence five days. in
the counties Of Bamberg, Chester,
Clarendon, Colleton, Dorchester, Edge
field, Horny, Newberry, Ozone, Ssluda,
OEangeburg and Sumter, six days. In
the counties of Beaufort, Berkeley,
Charleston, Georgetown, Hampton and
Marion, eight days; and in the county
Of Richland, ten days. Union, two days;
provided, that ten hours labor shall be
held to be days work; provided, that
the county board Of commissioners Of
any county may cause to be levied a
road tax not to exceed one mill on all
taxable property Of any township in
their county, when so requested By a
written petition, signed By two, thirds
OF the freeholders Of such township,
such tax to be collected as other taxes,
and to be expended on the roads and
highways Of such townships Except in
the county of Pickens, where such pe-
tition shall not be necessarily And
Bsuberg county-in Bamberg county
each special school district Row or
hereafter established shall be "a road
district" and the county board Of COM
missioners may cause to be levied a
road tax not to exceed two mills on ali
taxable property within said road dis
trict, on petition signed By two thirds
of the freehold voters owning property
within said road district Except that
in Denmark read district no petition
shall be necessary, but there shall be
levied and collected annually a tax Of
two miles on all taxable property with
in said district), said to be collected
as other taxes, and the funds SO col
lected shall be paid out on the warrant
Of the township commissioners, coun-
tersigned by the supervisor of the
county, said funds to be expended on
the public roads within said road dis
trict where collected. Provided, further
that in lieu Of performing or causing to
be performed the labor of ten hours
per day, as herin named for the sew
eral counties. a conmutation tax may
be paid by the person SO liable on or by
the 1st day of May Of this year, and on
or by the 1st Of February Of each year
hereafter, which in the counties Of
Abbe7ille, AIKEN, Anderson, Cherokee,
Chesterfield, Clarendon, Darlin gton,
Edgefeld, Fairfield, Greenville, Green
wood, Pickens, Richlsnd, Spartanburg,
Sumter, Marlboro and Union, shall be
one dollar; in the counties o. Florence
and Lsurens, one dollar; and in the
counties Of Barnwell, Bambe1g, Beau
fort, Berkeley, Charleston, Chester,
Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown, Hor-
ry, Hampton, Kersbaw, Lancaster,
Lexington, Marion, NeEherry, Orange
burg, Saluda, williamsburg and York,
shall be- two dollars; and in the county
Of Ocouee shall be three dollars. Pro-
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