Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-03-02
4 HE is CAUGHT FOR ONE TIME.
SO Says Representative Mann About
Senator j. IL. Earle.

Editor Keowee Courier: Since
Senator Earle has tried to explain his
beha' Or in the State Senate in refer
ence TO my hill, introduced in the re-
cent Legislature on a system Of coun-
ty government for Oconee county, |
have decided to ask you to publish
the two bills in The Courier, so that
our constituents may know the true
status Of affa:rs-,-first my Bill and
then Senator Earle's substitute bill,
which he says the Senate amended,
yT yT follows; Mr. ,,.n.,x n,u.
Section /. That on and after Jan
uary 1st, nineteen hundred and ele-
ven, the board of County Commits
sioners Of Oconee county shall be
composed of the County Supervisor,
who shall be chairman ex officio,
and one township commissioners from
each OF the townships in said county,
who shall be appointed by the Cover
nor upon the recommendation of the
county. Each Of the commissioners
shall receive a salary Of one hundred
dollars, payable quarterly.
Section 2. The powers and duties
OF said township commissioners shall
be as now provided by law: Pro-
vided, that nothing herein shall affect
the salary, election or term of Office
of the County Supervisor Of said
county.
Section 3. That all acts and parts
|, IF acts inconsistent with this act are
hereby repealed.
Mr.. Earlc'S ''Amcndmcnt."
Section 1. That on and after the
1st Tuesday in January, in The year
of our Lord one thousand nine hun
dred and eleven, the office OF County
Commissioners IN and for the county
of Oconee shall be abolished
Sec 2. The County Supervisor, as
now provided by law, shall have jur-
isdiction over and In respect to all
matters Of contracts for the construc-
tion Of roads and bridges and the re-
pair of bridges and public buildings
when the same amounts to one hun
dred dollrs or more, and the county
chain gang and poor farm.
Sec. 3. On or before the 1st Tues
day In January, 1911, the Governor
shall appoint and commission, upon
the recommendation Of the members
of the General Assembly from Oco-
nee county, three township commits
sioners for each township in said
county, who shall be known as the
Township Board of Commissioners.
Sec. 4. Such Township Commits
sioners shall organize by electing one
OF their number as chairman and
another as secretary. They shall have
jurisdiction over all matters of work
ing, repairing and constructing roads
and bridges under twenty feet in
length, where the contracts shall be
less than one h ndred dollars; they
shall have meetings as often as may
be necessary for the discharge of
their duties; they shall have all the
powers heretofore conferred upon the
County Commissioners, with the lin
itations herein provided; they shall
not make any contracts or spend any
moneys except such as is apportioned
to their respective townships by the
County Supervisor, and any contracts
, made in violation of this provision
shall be void, and such officers shall
be liable for prosecution as provided
by law. They shall approve all claims
within their jurisdiction, keep rec
Old thereof, and the same Shall be au-
dited by the County Supervisor and
paid as all other claims agaist the
county. They shall receive an annual
salary Of fifty dollars each.
Sec. s. The County Supervisor
shall audit all claims within the jur-
isdiction as herein provided, and for
salaries and expenses of county Off
,&ers, magistrates, constables, court
Expenses, and all other claims pro-
perly chargeablc against the county
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