The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-02-09
BILL TO ABOLISH OFFICE OF COUNTY
Commissioner.
100000 BONDS FOR ROADS
County Will be Put on Commission
Form OF Government and Eight
Capable Business Men Will
Administer It's Affairs.

Bill TO Abolish Offices of County
Supervisor and County Commits
sioner in the County of Dillon.
and provide a system OF County
Government for Said County.
Be it enacted by the General As
sembly of the State of South Car
olina:
Section 1. That the offices of
county supervisor and county COM
missioner of and for the county
of Dillon be, and the same are
hereby, abolished.
Sec. 2. That there shall be in
and for said county of Dillon
n county board of commissioners.
composed of Z. l.. Moore and w. J..
Adams, who shall serve for the term
OF two years, and A. S. Manning,
Wade Stackhouse, l.. A. Manning.
and d. Arch McCollum, who shall
serve for four years, and until their
respective successors are appointed
and qualify, as hereinafter provid-
ed; that unon the expiration of the
term of office of said commissioners
respectively, as fixed as aforesaid
their successors, apportioned be-
tween the several townships O fthe
county as nearly equal as practic-
able, shall be appointed by the
Governor, upon the recommendation
OF the delegation, or majority
thereof. of said county of Dillon in
the General Assembly of this State
to serve for the term of four years
from the date of their appointment,
and until their successors are ap-
pointed and qualify.
Sec. 3. That the said county
board of commissioners shall. irnu,g-
diately after qualifying, meet and
organize by electing one of their
number as chairman, and also elect
a clerk, who shall be designated as
clerk of the County Board of Com
aissioners; he shall hold his Of
flee at the will and pleasure of
said board, and receive an annual
salary OF four hundred ($4Oo.OO)
dollars, payable monthly upon the
warrants OF said board: Provided,
however, That said board may. IL
1t see proper. elect one of their
members as clerk. in which case he
Shall perform all the duties and be
entitled to receive the salary OF
said officer as herein provided.
Sec. 4. That said county board of
commissioners shall perform all the
duties. and have and exercise all
the powers, authority and jurisdie-
ion now devolved upon the super
visor and county board of commits
sioners under and by the laws of
this State: Provided, That said
board may designate and appoint n
committee of three of their num-
Ger, to be known as the finance
committee, who shall have power
and authority to audit and approve
and pay by warrant drawn on the
county treasurer, any claims or ac-
count against said county for or
dlnary expenses and salary Of coun-
ty officers with right of appeal to
the whole board in case of rejec-
uon OF any claim; and shall exercise
and perform any other duty or du-
ties which said board may impose
upon them, not inconsistent with
tie constitution and laws of the
State.
Section 5. That in addition to
the other duties performed by them,
said county board of commission
ers may, if they see proper. read
just, reform and fix the lines and
boundaries Of township lines of the
several townships and parts of
townships into which said county
OF Dillon is now divided. so that
said townships may be in as COM
pact form as practical. and conform
as near as possible in area and ter
ritory, and designate the same by
name or by number, and in case of
such readjustment and reformation,
said board shall prepare and keep
In their office description show
ing and indicating clearly and dis
inctly the lines and boundaries of
each such township, file a copy
thereof in the office OF clerk OF the
circuit court in and for said coun-
ty. to be by him entered on the
book OF plats and locations, and
publish the same once in each week
for four successive weeks In a news
paper published in said county.
Sec. G.. That each Of said COM