Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-04-06
SPECIAL ROAD TAX.
II Can be LEVIED at The Instance Of tho
Qualified Voters.

Qualified Voters.
The-following act of the General
Assembly passed atthe session re-
Gently adjourned, presoribes the
manner in which townships may
order speciallevies for road purposes !:
Section /. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
South Carolina, that on and after the
approval of this act by the Governor,
/ the voters or electors of any town
ship who return real or personal pro-
perty for taxation, are authorized to
levy and collect an annual road tax,
TO supplement any special cor other
funds for like purposes, in the follow
ing manner: Upon the written
petition or request of at least one
fourth of the resident electors of the
township and a like proportion of
the resident freeholders of the age of
twenty-one years, as shown by the
tax books of the county, being filed
with the County Board of Commits
sioners, asking for the same and
stating the rate of the tax levy pro.
posed, which shall not exceed two
mills, the said County Board of Com.
missioners shall order the township
to hold an election at some place
within the township, after giving no
tice of the time and place thereof for
at least two weeks in some newspa.
per published within the county and
by posting notice thereof in at least
three public places within such town
ship, for such length of time, unless
there be no newspaper published
within the county, in which event
the posting the notices shall suffice.
AT which said election only such
electors as return real or personal
property for taxation and who ex-
hibit their tax receipts and rogistra-
tion certificate as required in general
elections, shall be allowed to vote.
For said election the township board
of assessors shall appoint the man
ayers, and the election shall be con-
Quoted as is provided by law for the
conduct of general elections. At
said election each elector favoring
the proposed levy shall cast ballot
containing the word "yes" printed or
written thereon and each elector
opposed to said levy shall cast
ballot containing the word "no"
printed or written thereon. Within
ten days after such election, if the
majority of these voting shall vote
for such levy, the board of assessors
shall furnish the County Auditor with
a statement of the amount so levied,
and the Auditor shall enter the same
in the tax duplicate, and he shall an.
nually for two years only, enter said
amount in the tax duplicates; and
the Comfy Treasurer shall collect
the same as other county and State
taxes. Such levy shall be lien on
the property of such township, which
shall be subject thereto in case of
default of payment. Said tax so COL
lected shall be used for the improve
ment of the public roads of the town
ship, and shall be paid out by the
County Treasurer upon warrants
drawn by the County Board of Com
missioners, countersigned by the
chairman of township board of asses
sors /: Provided, that any surplus of
such levy remaining in the hands of
the, County Treasurer at the expira-
tion of any fiscal year shall be paid
out the next year for the same
purpose.
Section 2. That all acts and parts
of acts inconsistent with this act be
and are hereby repealed.
Approved the 10Th day of Feb
ruary, A. d. 1904.