The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-07-28
.Du'nN COUNTY
BONDS VALID.
Supreme Court Says Election
Upon the Question of Is
suing Court HOUSE Bonds
is Valid and Court House
Commission Can Proceed
with the Erection of Build
ings.

supreme court thursday says the
election held in Dillon county on
April 18th. upon the question of is
suing bonds to the amount of $40
600 for the purpose of erecting a
court house and Jail is valid. The
omission of the word county" in
the act authorizing the election.
making the act say that an election
will be held in Dillon" instead of
In DILLON county" raised the ques-
ton of the legality of the election
and the matter was carried before
the supreme court before any effort
was made to dispose of the bonds.
Another paragraph in the act
said that the election should be or
dered by the County Commission
ers,' and that the bonds should be
offered for sale by the said commits
sioners, whereas there were no
commissioners for Dillon county, ex-
cept the New County Commissioners
until afterA pril 18th, when the
County Commissioners were elect
ed at the general election, and it
was held that the bond issue cleo
tfon could not be ordered by the
County Commissioners because there
|as no such body in existence in
Dillon County until after April 18th
when they were commissioned by
the governor. However, the su-
preme court overruled all these
points. taking the position that it
was the purpose of the act to say
That the election should be held at
the voting precincts of the entire
county, instead of at Dillon, and
that the election could be ordered
by the New County Commissioners
who had the power to execute the
duties of the several officers Of the
new county until the regularly elect
ed officers had qualified.
The appeal was taken by T. A.
Dillon, R. p. Stackhouse, ]. H. Da-
Vld, X. S. Moore, j. H. Manning, H.
A. Bethea, R. X. Hayes, r. L. Ivey,
K. P. Hamer,. J. Rich Hayes, T. c.
Sherwood, the New County Commits
sioners, with E. L. Moore, ". ].
Adams, M. S. Britt, ]. w. Rowland
j. E. Henry and w. T. Bethea, the
County Commissioners.
The decision of the supreme court
settles for all time tne question of
the legality of the election and the
validity Of the bonds. This obsta-
Gle having been removed the New
County Commissioners can proceed
to offer the bonds for sale and af-
ter the sale has been made they will
be ready to begin the erection of
the public buildings.
The site for the court house and
jail has not been selected. The $25
600 contributed by the Messrs. Dill
lon carries with it an obligation on
the part of the New County Com
missioners to locate the court house
on the west side of Railroad ave-
nue. the Messrs Dillon reserving the
privilege of contributing free OF cost
cost to the county a site for the pub.
lie buildings. The Commissioners
have under consideration several
sites for the buildings on the west
side of the railroad, but there is
some division among the Commit
tee as to which of the sites should
be accepted. The half bolek own
eFsc,~the Methodist church seems to
r9 with the approval of a major
ity the Committee, but the sub
committee appointed for the pur-
poes of securing options on the
church property and the church
trustees cannot agree on a price for
the property. 1t is understood
that the Committee have offered the
church trustees $4,000 for the prop
erty, but = the church trustees are
holding the property at $4,000. If
an agreement can be reached this
would make an ideal location for
the court house. However, a mem
ber of the New County Committee
said some days ago that the COM
mittee was now ready for prompt
and decisive action and that a site
would be agreed upon within the
next few days.
1t will take at least six months
to complete the court house and
IL work should begin Immediately
1t Is not likely that the building will
be finished before next spring.