The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-02-25
SUMTER COUNTY LEGISLATION
NUMnlsR on BILLS RELATING TO
COUNTY MATTERS PASSED
BY GENERAL ASSIGN.
BIN.
Annexation Of Portion of Ice County
TO Snmter COunty-Extcnd Term of
Onice Of Superintendent of Educa.
tiOIf-COlIcctiOn Of Roa0 and Poll
Tax ExecutiOns-vOte on Bonds for
Street improvement.

passed by the general assembly at
this session which are more or less
interesting to the people of Sumter
and Sumter county. Some Of these
bills were introduced by the individ-
ual members Of the Sumter County
delegation, while others were intro
duced by the entire delegation.
or interest Is the bill which was in
troduced by Mr.. Epps and which has
passed both houses and gone to the
governor for signature which pro-
vides for the annexation to Sumter
County Of q portion of Lee County
which recently voted 10 re-annex itself
to Sumter County. The bill is com.
plete in its details and makes proper
provision for all OF the necessary
steps which have to be taken in an
nexation of the territory. The tax
returns. where made in Lee County,
are TO be transferred to the Sumter
County tax books and provision is
made to have the auditors. Of both
counties repaid for their labors in
making the transfers. board Of
three. consisting Of the auditors from
the two counties and a third person
to be appointed by the governor, is to
decide what portion OF the indebted.
ness Of Lee county is to be transferred
to Sumter county with the annexation
OF the territory. All other necessary
changes and steps are also provided
for.
Another bill introduced by Mt Epps
and passed by both houses is TO ex-
tend the term of Office OF the county
superintendent of education from two
to four years.
A bill introduced by the delegation
IL to allow the people of Sumter to
vote on whether or not they desire q
constitutional amendment giving the
City OF Sumter the right to pave its
streets by taxing abuttine property
for the improvements. II this amend.
lment 10 voted for by the citisens OF
Sumter. an enabling act will bs passed
granting them the right to vote on
the proposition to increase the city's
bonded indebtedness to fifteen pc,
cent or its assessed valuation. 1t was
decided best by tho members OF the
delegation not to have both acts pass.
ed at the same time.
! Another bill Introduced by Mr.
Epps Is that to require the sheriff
or Sumter County to collect all poll
and communication road executions
through his ONCE. He Is at the end
or 80 daya required TO make q report
to the county treasurer why any taxcr
not collected at the end OF that time
have not been collected.
The bill to grant the people OF
Sumter County the right to vote on
whether they want the dispsnsary OF
prohibition has passed the senate and
one reading in the house This bill
"~S thttOOuCCU III tIc ScIdte ny Ocu-
ator Clifton.
The Clifton bill TO require the rail-
roads entering Sumter to build a
union station on the site Of the pres
ent A. c. l.. station. or at some nearby
site. has passed the senate. but is still
hung up with the committee in the
house.
Mr.. Belser who was sick for the
first two weeks OF the session, has in
troduced number Of bills Of State
wide importance. and has been at
work on others. several of which
have been passed by tho house but
which are now hung up in the senate.
He secured an amendment to the All
tomobile tax bill, providing that in
Sumter county the tax should be used
In securing the services Of compe-
tent road engineer. whenever tho
county board deemed ono necessary.
DR.. Dick, who occupies one Of the
most important, IL not the most i'm
portant position in the house. chair
man Of the ways and means commit
fee haa haon vary h,cv ynOot ~ 1,ic