The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-08-06
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEET.
Submit New Contract For Accept
ance of Warehouse Company-If
Not Accepted Old Contract Will
Be In FOrce-New Road to Be
Opened-COmmend improvements
of Court House Grounds.

rloll lie Idlly Item, aug. d.
The County Board met yesterday
in the Supervisors office. Present:
Supervisor Pitts and all commission
ers.
1t was moved that the city council
be rendered payment for city con-
victs for the year, July 1st 1909 to
June 31st 1910, at the rate of $4.OO
per month for each convict. The mo-
ton was carried.
Col j. r. Muldrow appeared before
the Board, and presented q petition
asking the creation Of a public road
to run as follows: From the Shiloh
Public Road, commencing at a point
near Lawrence Lowrey's house, and
entering the Trinity public road at a
point near Reese Nettle's place. It
was moved that the petition be grant
ed on the following terms:
That the road be put in travelling
condition by the road hands, that 1t
be located as the Supervisor directs,
and that all the property owners, who
signed this petition and whose land
runs throug, grant rights of way to
the county. The motion was carried.
1t was moved that. whereas the
Cotton Warehouse Company desirous
OF changing the present contract be-
tween themselves and the county Of
Sumter; therefore, in lieu Of the
same, the Board has offered the fol-
lowing new contract for their ac-
ceptance and signature, and should
the new contract not be acceptable to
the warehouse company, the Board
Of County Commissioners will con-
slider the contract Of 1906 still in
force. The motion was carried.
The Contract.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
County Of Sumter.
Memorandum Of Agreement made
and entered into this End day of
August, A. D., 1910 by and between
the Sumter Warehouse Company,
party of the first part, and the Board
Of County Commissioners for the
county Of Sumter. party of the Sec
ond part, Witnesseth:
1. That the party Of the first
part, for and in consideration Of the
amounts below stipulated to be paid
to the party of the first part, agrees
to furnish to the Board Of County
Commissioners for the County of
Sumter. platform, (such as requir-
ed by section 3-amendment Of 190s)
Tor the purpose Of having the cotton
weighed for the City Of Sumter by
the public weighers elected by TIE
said board as provided for by t;
Statutes Of this State. for a term of
six years from the date Of this in
strument; to furnish all necessary ap-
pliances, and laborers Tor the proper
and expeditions weighing, handling
and trucking of cotton weighed on
said platform by said weighers and
to allow the said weighers the sum
OF one hundred dollars to be deduct
ed from the amount stipulated to
be paid to the party Of the first
part as compensation. for the use of
said platform and for the furnish
ings Of said appliances and laborers,
the said one hundred dollars to be
used for the employment Of clerks
or secretaries for the said weighers
for such time as may be necessary
for the proper and expeditions hand
ling and weighing Of the cotton to be
weighed upon such platform.
II. The party Of the second part,
In consideration Of the matters and
things set out above, and the sum
or one hundred dollars in hand to
them paid, agrees and binds itself to
require Of its public cotton weighers,
elected for the City Of Sumter to
weigh cotton brought into the mar
ket Of the City of Sumter upon the
said platform and to pay for the
weighing Of the cotton thereon the
sum Of one cent per bale, and the
further sum Of four cents per bale for
the handling and trucking Of said cot
ton and for the sum Of one hundred
dollars agree to be furnished for the
payment Of the secretaries or clerks
as above set out. The party of the
second part further agrees to require
the Public weighers to supervise the
placing Of the cotton weighed upon
said platform so as not to Interfere
with the compression Of cotton or
other uses Of the platform space Of
the party Of the first part not neces-
Sary for the DrOper bapdIinu ond