Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-01-08
NEEDS AS TO LEGISLATION.

The county board OF commissioners
held its annual meeting in the court
house yesterday, and there met with
the board the county delegation in the
general assembly, the various town.
ship supervisors, and number Of cit
liens from different parts Of the coun-
ty, having business with the board and
the delegation. Supervisor Boyd pre-
sided.
The first matter taken up was the
county road law, which was read by
sections, each section being discuss
ed as was seen fit. w. S. Wilkerson
was in favor Of changing such law
so as to make all males between the
ages Of eighteen and fifty, liable for
road duty. There has been a great
deal of misunderstanding as to when
young men, just becoming twenty
one, should be liable for road duty.
On motion the township supervisors
unanimously voted to require all
persons twenty-one years old before
July /, to report for duty.
Supervisor Blankenship of Fort
Mill township, thought there should
be some way Of fixing a uniform rate
as to amount paid hands for road
work. The law says that not more
than 81 per day shall be paid hands.
Some are obtained for rs cents day,
others 80 cents, etc.
1t developed during the session
that the township supervisors had
not been making an itemized account
as to the money expended on roads.
as to the tools purchased, etc.
SnnarUionr WilkarcOn waa nf
opinion that since the matter of
cleansing streams was under town.
ship supervisors Jurisdiction. the
time for which such officials can
draw pay should be increased to at
least seventy-five days.
A complaint was registered at the
meeting as to the condition Of the
Chester road, it being alleged that
the road is not being kept in proper
condition. The supervisors were i'm
pressed with the fact that the law re-
quires that they keep such main
highways in good condition.
tion to amend the road law whereby
he would be allowed to let contracts
up to $50 without submitting the
same to competitive bid The ques-
ton Of the salary Of the county en-
gineer was also mentioned, and de-
veloped the fact that the officer Is
only employed by the day, his serv-
ices during year amounting to
about $500.
The question as to whether fines
collected by magistrates from delin-
quent road tax payers be paid to the
townships in which such money was
collected, was discussed at some
length. 1t developed that there was
No hty xtrhf nnnl6
be used directly in road work.
Mr.. j. T. Crawford advocated a
tax on automobiles and told Of their
destructiveness to the roads of the
county. The delegation promised to
give the matter their consideration.
Mr.. J. S. Rrice advised the delega-
tion to inquire as to the boundaries
of the town of Smyrna, which was in
corporated in 1888. BY the incorpora-
ton, the bounds of the town were
extended one-half a mile each direc-
ton. the constitution Of 1895 provid-
ing that no county line be run
through such boundaries. When
Cherokee county was established in
1895, the lines Of said county were,
however, extended into part Of the in
corporated town of Smyrna, and as
result, about six citizens who belong
to York county, are made to pay their
taxes in Cherokee county. The dele
CATION was asked to take action In
the matter.
The delegation was also asked to
provide for the placing Of a license
of s25 or more upon the sale of
pistol cartridges.
The matter of requiring railroads
operating in York county to build
road crossings, which was mentioned
to last years delegation, was also
mentioned again, and action concern
ing the matter was promised.
]. c. Conner. magistrate Of York
township. asked the delegation for an
increase in his salary. which is now
$3.50 n year.
The principal business that came
up before the delegation at the after
noon session was the amount of the
appropriation to be made for the
furnishing Of the court house. Archi-
tect Edwards was on hand with
specifications as to furniture, and a
number of items were taken up by
Messrs. Cherry and Bradford for con-
sideration.
Mr.. ]. S. Rrice, chairman Of the
court house commission, In reply to