Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-05
COURT HOUSE BOND ELECTION.

At the general election in November
the qualified voters Of York county will
decide whether or not the county of
York shall be bonded to the amount Of
$4,000 for the purpose Of erecting q
new court house for York county in
Yorkville. The act providing for the
bond election and for the erection OF
osition receives a majority of the votes
cast, is as follows:
Section 1. Be 1t enacted by the gen.
eral assembly Of the state Of South
Carolina, At the next general election
for state and county Offices hereafter,
the question of the issue of seventy
five thousand ($75,000) dollars In
twenty year coupon bonds Of York
county, shall be submitted to the quail
flied electors Of said county, and. for
said purposes the commissioners of
election shall provide a separate box
therefor and double the number of bal
lots as are provided for each county
Office to be voted for at said election; (;
one-half of said ballot shall contain,
plainly written or printed thereon,
For the issue Of bonds" and the other
half, Against the issue of bonds" The
managers shall count the vote, and the
election be declared In the same man
ner as now provided In case Of county
offices.
Sec. 2. In case a majority Of the
votes cast at said election on the ques-
tion Of issuance Of said bonds be in
favor of their issuing Of the said
bonds, the county board Of commits
sioners shall issue coupon bonds of
York county in an amount not to ex-
ceed $4,000, payable twenty years af-
ter date, and bearing rate Of interest
not to exceed Al per centum.
Sec. 3. Said. bonds shall be signed
by the members Of the board Of county
commissioners, and their official seal
thereto affixed, and be in amounts of
$500 each: Provided. That their names
may be autographed on the coupons
Of said bonds.
Sec. 4. The bonds so issued shall be
turned over to the commission herein
proceeds used to erect a court house
for York county in Yorkville.
Sec. 5. That ] s. Brice, John G..
Anderson and w. s. Wilkerson are
hereby made and constituted a COM
mission, to be known as the court
house commission, to employ archi-
tects, adopt plans and specifications,
and to make contracts for the erection
Of said court house. Upon its compile
tion, the said commission shall make
a full and complete itemized report of
their acts and doings as such to the
board Of county commissioners, copy
Of which report shall be filed in the
clerk Of the courts office and made a
permanent record therein: Provided
That If any of the commissioners
named in this section shall, for any
cause refuse or neglect to act, the
county supervisor shall have the power
to appoint a commission or commits
sioners, in place Of the commissioner
or commissioners refusing or neglect
ing to act: Provided further. That
each commissioner shall receive as
compensation for his services, the sum
Of three hundred ($300) dollars.
Sec. 6. For the purpose Of payment
of the interest on the said bonds, and
to provide sinking fund for their re-
demption and retirement in case they
are issued, levy of one mill be. and
the same Is hereby assessed on all tax
able property in said county until said
bonds and interest thereon have been
paid. retired and cancelled.