The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-12-20

State or Federal government his po-
sition on the board shall be declared
vacant and a successor appointed.
Sec. 2. For the purpose of main
| tanning and improving the public high
ways of Newberry county, there is
hereby levied an annual tax of two
mills on all the real and personal
property in the said county, which
shall be levied and collected in the
same manner and at the same time as
all other taxes, and that said highway
tax when collected shall be set apart
and appropriated to each of the eleven
townships in the county pro rata ac-
cording to the public road mileage of
each township, by the County Good
Roads Commissioners, on the first day
of January Of each year, or as soon
thereafter as practicable. The said
Board of Good Roads Commissioners
shall file their apportionment Of said
tax with the county treasurer, who
shall thereupon credit each township
with its apportionment and keep an
account with each of said townships:
Provided, That before the apportion-
ment herein provided for is made, the
said Board Of Good Roads Commis-
sioners shall set apart sufficient
sum for the maintenance of the county
changing, not exceeding $4,000, and
a separate account of this fund shall
be kept by the county treasurer, and
only warrants for the maintenance OF
the chaingang shall be paid there
from: Provided, Further, That before
the apportionment herein provided for
is made, a. sufficient sum shall be set
aside to pay the salary Of civil en-
gineer and expert road builder here
matter provided for: And, Provided
further, That before the apportion-
ment herein provided for is made, the
salary of the two members of the
Board of Good Roads Commissioners
hereinafter provided for shall be paid.
Sec. 3. That ali male citizens in the
county outside Of incorporated cities
ard towns between the ages OF IL and
so wears, except such as may be, upon
the certificate Of two reputable prac-
ticing physicians, declared unable to
perform labor, shall be required to
pay to the county treasurer Of said
county between the 18th day of Octob-
er and the 31st day of December IN
each and every year, an annual COM
mutation or road tax Of $500 each, in
lieu of performing, or causing to be
performed, labor upon the public high
ways of said county, which commuta-
ton tax shall be held as part OF the
fund provided in Section 2, of this act'
and apportioned in the same manner
and any failure to pay said road tax
shall be a. misdemeanor, and the de-
fendant upon conviction shall be pun
ished by a fine of not less than $500,
and not more than $4,000, or imprls-
oned for not less than thirty days.
Sec. 4. The Board of Good Roads
Commissioners herein provided for
shall employ, in their discretion,
competent man for each township,
and place at his disposal force OF
not less than ten laborers for each
township, who shall be known as the
work gangs for the respective ooWn-
ships, and who shall work the roads
in the respective townships under the
direction of the Board Of Good Roads
Commissioners and the civil engineer
hereinafter provided for and shall be
paid ou; of the fund provided for in
Section 2 of this act; said work to
he done at such times as the Board
of Good Roads Commissioners and the
civil engineer shall deem best, and Tor
such length Of time as may be neces-
sary to keep the roads in good cond1-
ton, or as the money herein provided
for shall warrant.
Sec. 5. The Board OF Good Roads
Commissioners herein provided for
shall employ a civil engineer who shall
be an expert road builder, who, under
the direction of the Board Of Good
Roads Commissioners shall have con-
troll and direction Of the maintenance
of the roads in the several townships
and also Of the work hereinafter pro-
vided for to be done by the chalngang.
Authority is herein given, in the dis
cretion Of the Board of Goods Roads
Commissioners, and under the dlrec-
ton Of the civil engineer, to relocate
widen and grade the public roads OF
the county, provided that no road shall