Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-19

bridges, there shall be a road tax OF
three dollars on all male citizens in saic
county between the ages of eighteen
and fifty-five years, which road taS
| shall be collected as all other taxes are
collected.
Sec. 5. 1t shall be the duty Of the
county auditor to obtain from the coun-
| ty supervisor, prior to April l. 1908, the
names Of all persons in the county liza
BILE for road duty and to compare the
same with his tax list, and to enter
and levy the said road tax the same as
other taxes are levied and entered.
Sec. 6. The failure to pay said roaC
tax by March 1st. following the veal
for which it was levied, shall be deem
ed a misdemeanor: and a party sc
failing to pay said tax shall, upon con-
victiOn. be punished by a fine not eX.
ceeding one hundred dollars or by i'm
prisonment not exceeding thirty days
Sec. I. All moneys expended by sale
supervisor and county commissioners
for maintenance and improvement OF
roads and building and repair Of
bridges, shall be paid by the county
treasurer Of said county from the FUND
for roads and bridges, which shall be
kept separate by said treasurer from the
ordinary county fund, after the bills fol
such expenditures have been audited
and approved by the supervisor anG
county commissioners, and upon theil
warrant for the same: Provided, That
no claim for work done under con-
tract, on any section of road, shall be
approved unless accompanied by g
certificate from the road engineer ol
supervisor that the work has been done
according to the plans and specitica-
tions under which the contract for said
xlN1. TO,.DN 1n1 ftIN.
ther That payments for contract work
may be made the first Of January an6
July of each year, when said claims
are properly certified to by said road
engineer or supervisor.
Sec 8. The compensation Of the
road engineer, hereinbefore provided
for, shall be fixed by the supervisor an6
county commissioners.
Sec 9. The road engineer shall de-
vote his whole time to the work Of lay
ing out the roads in sections, making
surveys for road Improvement, in
specting the work done under the con-
tracts awarded, and furnishing plans
and specifications for the building anC
repair of bridges, to the supervisor anC
county commissioners. Said road en-
gineer shall give bond in the sum oi
three thousand dollars for the faithful
act, said bond TO be approved by the
clerk of court.
Sec. 10. That this act shall not in
terfere with the present plan of work
ing the roads Of said county during the
year 1908. But the said county board
Of commissioners shall employ sale
engineer and shall, as far as practica-
BILE commence operations under the
provisions Of this act.
Sec. II. The chaingang shall not be
used except on permanent road anc
bridge building.
Sec. r. That should said road engi'
neer or supervisor receive any bridge ol
section of road let out by contract, un'
less the same shall have been complet-
ed according to the plans and specih-
cations thereof, in every particular anc
detail, shall be subject to indictment
for a misdemeanor and, upon convlc'
ton, shall be punished in the discre-
ton of the court.
Sec 13. That all accounts against
the road and bridge fund shall be Ger.
titled by the road engineer: and saic
engineer shall not let contracts ol
make purchases at any time in excess
of the amount belonging to the "roac
account" or bridge account"
Sec IA. That the county treasurer
shall, prior to April 1st, Of each year
make report in duplicate, to the county
commissioner and road engineer, the
total amount of communication tax re-
ceived. and the name of each person
who has paid said tax, together with the
section of road upon which and the
township in which said person resides
as near as practicable the road taH
shall be applied to the roads in the
townships from which such tax Is col
lected.
Sec. Is. All acts and parts Of acts
Inconsistent with this act are hereby
repealed. This act shall go into effect
Immediately upon its approval by the
governor.
Approved the oath day of February
A. D., 1908.