The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-07-20

tue new railroad. Mr.. Pitts suggest
ed that all doubts and questions
could be settled by referring the whole
Issue to the courts. He said that
friendly suit could he instituted in
the approaching term OF court. fer
the purpose of determining tn. co,,-
stituttonality of the act of the legis-
iature the legality of the payment Of
the money under the act and the re-
spoLslbility assumed by the super.
visor. as bonded officer. Shoull he
pay the money 10 the city as adtnor-
lied To do.
MIR. Clifton directed attention to
the fact that tile act authorized The
payment be made To the city of sum
ter. a solvent. responsible and per-
manent municipality and not to an
individual or irresponsible COM
mittee; that the act had been
so framed by the delegation for the
protection of the county board i'm
the event that the legality of the
Should such an issue be raised i'm the
future and the legality of the pay
ment be attacked the county board
would have recourse against the city
OF sumter, since an Illegal payment
would not hc sustained by the courts
e~d recovery couia be enforced.
Mr.. Manning sEcd ,ie Supervisor
and members of the board IL the only
matter that deferred them from inn
mediate compliance with the terms
of the act was the question Of the
responsibility of the Supervisor rs a
bonded officer? The question being
answered tihrmatively. Mr.. Manning
said b bed a proposition TO submit
that. II accepted. would relieve the
Supervisor of this responsibility. He
proposed to furnish the Supervisor
an acceptable bond In the sum of
s12.oto. indemnifying the Supervisor
oxgiUst ai harm and costs i'm the
cvect that the legality of the ap-
Precipitation should be attacked. The
proposition was accepted. the bond
drawn up by Mr.. l. G.. Strauss, ap-
proved az 10 form by Mr.. j. II. Cliff
ton 0nd accepted by the board. 1t
was signed by twelve or fourteen of
the men present. whose aggregate
fnonciul responsibility satisfied the
board that the bond was good and
SUFFICIENT. The bond Is on file in the
Supervisors Office and can be seen by
those who so desire.
These preliminaries having teen
disposed of the board. on motion of
Commissioners w. J. Young adopted
- unanimous vote resolution that
the Supervisor draw his check for
$4,000 I'm favor Of the city Of sum
ter and that the same be delivered to
tho prorsrly accredited officer of the
ci'y. The check was drawn and de-
hvercd 20 CIty Clerk and Treasurer
g. NJ. iIurs, WHO gave his receipt for
a..
That Is the whole story If The
tehSocbon' 81 TAR as we KNOW ".
In conclusion the following facts
should be briefly stated. so that they
may be separated from the volumln-
uous details Of the above narrative cf
the proceedings:
1. Sumter. the county as well as
the city. needed additional railroad
facilities.
2. The extension of the Seaboard
Air Line from Hartsv!lle southwark
anorded an opportunlty--probably
the only opportunity this county
would have in many years-to OBJ
tain a trunk line connection with one
OF the three great railroad systems of
the South.
3. To secure this railroad for sum
ter county certain conditions prescrib-
ed by the railroad people had TO he
compiled with. viz che guarantee Of
rights OF way from Hartsville to and
through Bishopville and thence 10
and through Sumter and two miles
South. and terminals I'm both Bishop
willie and Sumter.
4. Bishopville guaranteed the
rights of way To that town. n termi-
nal In the town and right Of way two
miles South. on condition that the
road be exended to Sumter. Sumter
having the proposition put up to her
guaranteed the rights of way from
Bishopville To- Sumter. the terminal
In the city and rights of way two
miles South. The building of the
road was dependent upon the accept
sance of the conditions of the rail
road officials by both sumter and