Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-02-15
APPOINTMENTS FOR oCoNRE.
The, County Government Bill--Elec.
ton on Fourth Saturday in April.

wee courier: Our delegation In the
General Assembly have agreed upon
the following bill that will allow the
people TO change to a township gov
ernment If they SO desire. We hope
that the voters will get busy and
elect the best men in their townships
for commissioners and make an extra
levy Tor road Improvement this year,
The County Government Bill.
Be it enacted by the General AS
sembly Of the State Of South Caro-
lima:
Section I. The county supervisor
for Oconee county shall give notice
OF an election to be held on the
fourth Saturday in April, 1911, be-
tween the hours Of s o'clock in the
forenoon and O'Clock in the after
noon, for the purpose Of determining
whether the township will adopt the
township government as herein pro-
vided, and shall appoint three mana
gers OF election for each voting place
as herein designated, to wit: For
Center township at Oakway, for Sen
eca township at Seneca, for Tugaloo
township at Westminster, for Wage
ner township at Walhalla, for Keo-
wee township at Salem, for White
water township at Little River
church, for Pulaski township at Long
Creek, for Chattooga township at
Mountain Rest; at which all quail
fled electors residing In the respec-
tive townships shall be allowed to
vote. The ballots shall be substan-
TALLY in the following form: "For
-------- Township Commissioners"
and Against Township Commission
ers;' each elector voting for town
snip commissioners shall write in
the blank the number Of township
commissioners he wishes to govern
said township, which shall be not
more than three, and on the same
ballot shall write the name or names
OF one, two or three persons voted
FOR as township commissioners. If q
majority Of the ballots cast at such
election shall be for township COM
missioners, then all of the provisions
Of this act shall apply to such town
ship; and If the greater number Of
votes be for one township commits
sloner, then the person receiving the
highest number of votes shall be the
township commissioner; If the
greater number Of votes be for two
township commissioners, then the two
persons receiving the highest num-
Der Of votes shall be the township
commissioners for such township,
and If the greater number of votes be
for three township commissioners,
then the three persons receiving the
highest number Of votes shall be
township commissioners for said
township. If a majority Of the bal
lots be against township commits
sioners, then the said township shall
operate under the law as now pro-
vided. The managers of elections, If
majority of the ballots be for town
ship commissioner, shall certify the
election to the county supervisor and
Ito the Governor, who shall commits
sion them as such upon their taking
the oath provided by the Constitu-
ton, and who shall enter into bond
in the sum Of five hundred dollars,
to be approved by the county super
visor. No particular kind of paper
or size or form of ballot shall be nee
essary, but if the ballot is such as
to be Ineligible 1t shall be counted.
Sec. 2. The county supervisor shall
file and keep in his office all claims
approved by the township commits
sioners or commissioner, and Shall
audit and pay ,the same and shall
charge the same to the respective
township, and each warrant must
state to which township the same is
to be charged, and the county treas
urer shall pay the same out of the
funds for such township.
Sec. 3. The township commission
ers elected as herein provided shall
hold office until the first Tuesday in
January, 1913, and until their sue
ceSsors have been elected and uuai-
ned; their successors shall be elect
ed at the general election Of 1912,
and the term Of Office shall thereafter
be for two years after the first Tues
day in January after each election
year. Such township commissioners
and the present county commissions
ers and clerk Of the county board OF
commissioners shall be removed by
the Governor upon the rccommenda-
ton or the members of the General
Assembly.
Sec. 4. The township commission
ers or commissioner shall have juris-
diction over all matters Of working.
repairing and constructing and es-
tablishing new roads and changing
location Of roads, and building and
repairing bridges; they shall have
meetings in their respective town
ships as often as may be necessary
for the discharge Of their duties;
they shall have all the powers here
toforc conferred upon the county
commissioner, with the limitations
herein provided. They shall not
make any contracts or expend any
moneys except such as is aDportion-
ed to and levied for 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 prose-
cution as provided by law. They
shall approve all claims within their
keep record thereof,
and the same shall be audited bv
the county SmnerYiSOr and naid 90 III