The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-08-05
The Lexington Dispatch.
Wednesday, August 5, 1903.
York County for Better Roads.

The York county good roads Con-
yention met at York7ille on 29th of
July, with full representation OF the
different townships present. A COM
mittee of one from each township
was appointed to get up a set OF
resolutions to put before the meeting
which was done and they were freely
and intelligently discussed in a most
harmonious manner with the follow
ing result:
We, as repr resentatives Of the peo-
pie of York county, assembled in
convention to deliberate on economi-
cal and practical methods Of improv-
ing the public highways, and recog-
nizing that this subject merits earnest
and effective action by the lawmak-
ing power Of the State, as we'll ss
the encouragement of all its citizens.
do set forth and recommended legis-
lative action as follows:
First. That the county boards Of
commissioners be authorized and
empowered to appoint an engineer,
whose duty it shall be to make sur.
veys Of such highways as the board
may direct, and to furnish estimates
of the cost of any relocating or alter
ing, and the expense Of permanently
improving the same.
Second. That the general assembly
be memorialized to amend the road
law so as to provide for competent,
practical township supervisors OF
roads, for each township, who shall
receive 50 per day, not exceeding 40
days per annunn, and two commits
sioners who shall receive 81 per day
while in actual service, who shall
have special supervision over all OF
the public roads in their respective
townships, appoint all overseers,
prosecute each and every overseer
who fails to put the required number
Of days work on his section, and that
overseers be allowed compensation
to the amount Of 81 per day, and
who shall give bond in the sum Of
5000 and shall be liable to the county
on their official bond for neglect OF
duty.
Third. That the communication tax
be fixed at 81.
Fourth That if deemed necessary
q special levy be made for road pur-
poses, not less than one nor more
than three mills.
Fifth. That the Office of county
commissioners be abolished and the
township supervisors sit with the
county supervisor as the board of
county commissioners.
Sixth. That said board shall apply
the monies raised to those highways
in the townships from which the tax
levies are made.
Seventh. That We memorialize the
legislature to amend the constitution
affecting road work so as to allow
townships or counties to tax them
selves to build or repair roads. Also
to change the poll tax to So instead
of 81 as heretofore, allowing 81 for
road purposes. And should this
section become law, then the So for
road purposes as above mentioned,
be in lieu of the 81 Communication tax
mentioned in section third.
The foregoing resolutions were
acted upon by sections and after con-
siderable discussion upon some of
them, especially the second, fourth
and ffth sections, they were adopted.
Capt. j. W. Ardrey of Fort Mill,
then moved as an addition to she
foregoing resolutions, that our rep
resentatives in the general assembly
be requested to use their endeavors
to have the State farms done away
with and the money expended upon
them be applied to the improvement
fine highways of the State. This
was adopted.
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