The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-02-13
COLUMBIA CORRESPONDENCE.
February 9, 1907.

COLUMBIA CORRESPONDENCE.
February 8, 1907.
AS will be remembered the length
of my last letter and the mass OF othel
matter which had TO 60 in the last issue
OF THE TINES crowded out the DILL
introduced and had passed through the
Senate providing for the building OF
new and modern school building at the
county seat, and as I said last week
there will be some objections to TIL:
measure, Just as there would be to any
measure which would necessState tax
The opposition, however, willE see that
I have not taken any undue advantage
because of my position, and reading
of the bill will show that | respected
their wishes by stipulatlng that before
an election is called there must be a
petition of at least one-thlrd OF the free
hold voters, and when the election is
called the law ca mot be put in oper-
attion until a majority Of the qualified
voters assent. l feel that q represen-
tative should never run rough-shod
over any part of his constituency, and
whenever matter of such vital i'm
portance is involved ne should submit
the proposition and be governed by the
will OF the majority. If the people of
school district No. 9, will think of the
great advantage proper school facil-
tiles are to community, they will de-
eide the small amount additional taxa
ton is mere bsgatelle compared to
the benefit. I have not as yet had
time to look the taxable valuation OF
property in the school district, but L
am satisfied the additional tax will not
be as much as the present special tax
for school purposes. am sure, IL
proposition was made to do away with
the present special tax 1t would not
meet with much support, and get some
of the very men who will oppose the
new school building project, were op-
posed to our graded school because it
forced them to pay few dollars TAX.
The bill is as follows:
A Bill to Authorize the Trustees OF the School
District Number Nine () Of Clarendon County
to Issue Bonds for the Purpose OF Erecting
School Building and EQuipping Same, Pur-
chasing c Lot or Lots.
Be it enacted By the General Assembly OF the
State OF South Carolina:
SECTION. /. That the Trustees OF the School
District Number Nine (e), Clarendon County,
are hereby authorized and empowered to issue
and sell coupon bonds OF said School DISTRICT
in an amount not exceeding twenty thousand
for the purpose Of purchasing lot or lots.
erecting or equip ug school building in said
district as SAID ~ tees may deem advisable:
Provided, That ~. question OF issuing the
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the qualified voters Of said School
District at an election to be neld to determine
whether said bonds shall be issued or not as
hereinafter provided.
the issue OF bonds as authorized in Section one
O) Of this ACT, said Trustees shall upon petit
rion signed by not less than one-th1rd OF She
freehold voters OF said school district order an
the School District, on the question OF
whether said bonds shall be issued in which
election only the qualified voters residing ID
said district ehall be allowed TO vote; ana Salo
Trustees shall publish notice OF SAID e!ectloa
once week for at least four weeks IN at least
one OF the papers published in Manning, shall
designate the time and place for voting and ap-
point the managers OF such election and re-
ceive the returns Of the managers and declare
the result.
SEC. 8. That said Trustees shall have print
ed for the use Of the voters in said election two
(2) sets OF ballots q sufficient number OF each
Of which shall be placed at each voting place,
On one set OF which ballots shall be printed
the words 'For the Issuing OF Bonds and on
she other Of which shall I've printed the words
Against the Issuing Of Bonds II majority
Of the votes cast at said election shall be for the
issuing OF bonds the said Trustees may issue
said bonds or such an amount thereof not ex-
ceeding twenty thousand ts20,00o) as they may
deem adylsable for the purposes set forth in
Section one o. Of this Act, payable to bearer,
to run for not less than twenty years nor more
man forty wears from the dase OF ISSUE bearing
interest not exceeding Ave 4) per centum per
annun, payable seniannually. Any bonds not
issued shall be cancelled. Provided, that should
> majority OF the votes against The issue OF
TWO wears order another election under the
provisions Of this Act.
SEC 4. That said bonds Shall be signed by
The Chairman and countersigned By the SecTe-
;ary OF the Board Of Trustees OF said district |
and the seal OF said board attached thereto.
Provided That the signatures OF said officers
nav be Autographed or printed or engraved on
the coupon attached to said bonds such sigma |
lures shall he sufficient signing thereof. |
SEC. s. That it shall be the duty OF the |
County Ofscers of Clarendon County charged
With the assessment and COLLECTION OF taxes, oy
he direction Of the Trustees OF said District, |
.nd personal, within said district. and collect |
;he same as taxes for State, County and school
purposes ore now levied and collected, as VII!
,aise sum sufficient to pay the interest on all |
ANY fund so collected shall be applied by the |
said Trustees and Treasurer OF Clarendon
County solely to the payment Of the interest on
said bonds: Provided, That annual surplus or
SEC. 6 That any balance or surplus arising
from the tax collected from properly in said
School District remaining OF the funds arising
aside as sinking fund for hquidauns said
bonds at maturity; and Provided further, That
said board may safely invest said fund, II they
deem it wise to do so.
SEC. Z. Said bonds shall be exempt from
State County and municipal taxation.
The past week has been busy one
with me. At every spare moment l
could find have been kept busy in the
ensrossing department, looking after
and reading the enrolled acts to pre-
pare them for ratification. This work
is very tedious and is OF a character
that requires the most careful atten-
ton to prevent bunglesome legislation.
Before leaving the department this
afternoon had ready for ratification
every Senate bill that has been enrolled
and the clerk of the Senate informed
me that it is the first time in many
years this work has been done so sys-
which OF course was
gratifying to me.
Scarborough's cation seed meal bill
has at last reached the Senate, and is
down at the foot of the Calendar with
the chances of not being reached at
this session, this depends upon how
long the debate will last on the dis
pensary and lien law bills, if the debate
is prolonged upon these two great
measures, the probability is the Scar
borough bill will be carried over.
Doctor Woods has again spung the
Salem magistrate matter by introduc.,
ing bill only differing with his original
bill in the amount of compensation. In
this bill he makes the pay 5000 instead
of three hundred. He claims that
when the payof the magistrate at Sum-
merton was increased, there was an