The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-06-22
said valuation to be fixed by the com

! by authorized, empowered, and direct
ed. upon the sale Of the bonds herein
provided for, to use the proceeds Of
said sale in matchmaking or other
wise permanently building the public
roads Of Newberry county; provided,
that before any Of said money is ex-
pended upon the permanent improve
ment Of any road or part thereof such
road shall be surveyed, located and
otherwise laid out and prepared for
permanent improvement as bereinaf-
ter provided. For the purposes Of
this act any highway laid out or des-
ignated by the said commission shall
be deemed a public road.
(Note that roads must be laid out
before they are permanently improv-
ed. This will do away with the hills.)
"Sec. Z. Said commission shall en-
ploy an engineer who shall also be
| skilled in permanent road construc-
ton at such salary as may be fixed
by said commission, payable monthly
from the proceeds Of the sale Of the
bonds herein provided for, and such
assistant engineers with like qualifi-
cations, as they may deem necessary,
whose Salaries shall be fixed and
paid in like manner. It shall be the
duty Of the engineer, under the direc-
ton Of the commission, to survey, To-
cate and relocate where necessary ev-
| cry section Of road before any per-
manent work shall be done thereon,
furnishing complete maps, showing
location, grade, together with COM
plete plans and specifications for the
permanent construction Of said Sec
ton: Provided; that no grade shall
exceed ten per cent. For the pur-
I, poses of relocating any road when
deemed necessary the commission is
hereby empowered to acquire by
grant, purchase or condemnation all
necessary lands; Provided, that where
lands are condemned the damages
shall be fixed as now provided BY
law in like cases.
(No hap-hazard work here. The
engineer must be an expert in this
line Of business.)
"Sec. s. Said commission shall, up
on the completion Of the survey, plans
and specifications for the construc-
tion of any section of road, advertise
for bids for the building of said Sec
tion, according to said plans and spe-
cifcation, and shall let the same to
the lowest responsible bidder, reserv-
ing the right to reject any Or all bids;
Provided, that nothing herein con-
tanned shall prohibit said commission
from building any section Of road
with day laborers or convict labor. -
(Roads must be built according to
detailed plans and specifications. This
will prevent shoddy or imperfect
work.)
"~-;. .. SS22:u commission shall ex-
pend in each tow ns;ip an amount
which shall be not less than seventy
Eve per cent. Of such a sum as shall
bear the same ratio TO S3O0,OOO, the
tot:! bo3l issue, as the taxable value
of the property Of said township
shall bear to the taxable property
| in me County; Provided, that in No.
one township a less proportionate
amount may be exI3nded.' -
(Here we have the rights of each
township safeguarded. Every town.
ship in the county will get more
money than arises from the taxes of
that township, except No. l. No. l
will pay more than 1-3 Of. the taxes
and Ito Of the money will be suffi-
cient to buoild her roads. In other
i words, No. l will provide more than
100000 but will need for her roads
not exceeding $4,000. This means "a
gift of at least $4,000 to the other
townships.)
; "Sec. 10. Said commission shall
cause the work Of permanent improve
nent to be begun in at least three
widely separated sections of the
county at or near the same tine"
: (Note this section we'll. it speaks
for itself.)
"Sec. II. No road that is perma-
nently improved by said commission
shall be less than fourteen feet wide,
and not less than seven feet Of which
shall be Of permanent construction.
(These are minimum figures and it
is likely the commission will never
build road as narrow as that.)