Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-01-25
STATE FERTILIZER PLANT.
Bill Providing For Public Conduct
of Private Business.

of Private Business.
The following bill, that was introdu-
ced in the senate last Tuesday by Mr..
Mayfield, Is interesting from various
standpoints:
Section /. That from and after the
passage of this act, the directors of the
state penitentiary shall forthwith
erect, equip and maintain one or more
fertilizer plants and suitable ware
houses within this state for the manu-
facture and sale Of commercial fertil-
izers.
Sec. 2. That said plant or plants shall
be located at such points as may be
deemed most advantageous to the In
terests Of the state, and shall be oper-
ated in whole or in part by convict la
Dor, and to this end the said board Of
directors are hereby authorized to sell
all the state farms, save and except the
Lexington farm, for cash, to the high
est bidder, and shall execute title
thereto in the name of the state to the
purchasers.
Sec. 8. That said board Of directors
shall have the right and are hereby
empowered to borrow money, mine
phosphate rock, manufacture and sell
the same to the citizens Of this state
on such terms as may be deemed ad-
visable; to acquire phosphate beds and
to buy and sell or exchange fertilizing
materials, and such other business as
may be necessary for the successful
carrying out Of the provisions Of this
act.
Sec. 4. That the said board Of direc-
tors. are hereby authorized to employ
one head bookkeeper at a salary Of
81, ,SO0 two assistant bookkeepers at a
salary each of $1,000; a business mana
ger with a salary Of $4,000; chemist
at a salary Of $4,000, and such other
help as may be necessary.
Sec. S. That the fertilizers so manu-
factured may be sold in lots from one
tenth Of a ton to 500 tons, put up In
barrels, boxes, bags, or in bulk; ond
the directors are hereby authorized to
issue to the purchaser a certificate
which shall correctly show the quality
Of such goods and the percentages Of
available ammonia, phosphoric acid,
and potash and the sources from which
the said ingredients are obtained.
Sec. 6. That said fertilizers may be
sold for cash or guaranteed note. sat-
isfactory to the board Of directors or
their agents: that the debt so created
shall be a prior lien to all other liens
on the crop or crops grown. by the
purchaser. and shall be demanded.
held and taken to be. debt due to the
state of South Carolina, and as such
no homestead exempted can be claimed
on either real or personal property:
that the profit arising from the sales
after repaying the loans hereinafter
provided for above, be distributed In
the counties Of this state where the
profit was made and applicable to the
current expenses Of the county.
Sec. 7. That for the purposes Of this
act the sum Of 100000 shall be appro-
priated and made available. and
the said board Of directors may draw
their order therefor as needed on the
comptroller general, who shall issue
a proper warrant therefor, the sums
not to exceed said sum Of $300,000 on
the state treasurer, who shall pay the
said warrants for said sum.
Sec. 8. That said board Of directors
are further authorized to borrow Of the
sinking fund commission an amount
not to exceed 100000, and from the
dispensary state school fund the sum
of 100000, said sums to be repaid out
Of the profits arising from the sale Of
fertilizers, and the entire plant, fran
chise and product is hereby hypothe-
Gated and pledged for the repayment
Of the funds borrowed first from the
sinking fund, and then to the state
school fund.
Sec. 9. That the public carriers be
and are hereby required to transport
and deliver all lots Of freights over
their lines, to consignor, which have
or has certificate issued by the board
of directors thereon.
Sec 10. That all acts or parts Of acts
inconsistent with this act be and the
same are hereby repealed.