The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1915-02-12

$500 actual damages"
said Commission occur, it shall be
filled by election by the remaining
members of the Commission, with the
consent of majority of the Delega .
ton of the General Assembly. The
Commissioners shall receive no COM
pensatlon for their services, but shall
be reimbursed for actual expenses
incurred in the discharge of their Of
hclal duties. The life of the Com
mission shall be five years; but it
shall expend the funds received from
the sale of the bonds for the con-
struction of the roads within three
years.
Sec. vi. The said Highway Com
mission shall construct by contrac,
main thoroughfares between the fol-
lowing points: one from Carlisle.
through Union and Jonesville, to the
Spartanburg County line; one from
Lockhart, through Union and Cross
Keys, to the Spartanburg County
line; one from the County line near
Whltmire, through Union to Skull
Shoals, and one from Union, through
West Springs, to the Spartanburg
County line. These thoroughfares
shall be thirty feet wide. 1t is es-
tlmated that this will take about
ninety miles of road and that the
funds will permanently improve
from one hundred to one hundred and
twenty-five additional miles of road.
Of these roads the Commission shall
have power to select which shall be
permanently improved, in whole or
In part, to decide the width of Ehe
same, and the material to be EN-.
ployed, regard being had to the pre-
sent condition of said road and the
amount of traffic over same. They
shall further have the right to con-
denim land for the purpose of re-lo-
eating public highways to be i'm
proved. In case the right of way can
not be secured by donation or ag-
reement, the same may be taken for
public road purposes on paying to the
owner, in addition to the benefits
from said road, sum equal to twice
the value of the land so taken, as
valued for purposes of taxation.
Sec. VII. 1t shall be the further
duty of the said Highway Commits
sion to keep the roads constructed
or improved by them in proper re-
pair during the life of the said Com
mission, and for this purpose it shall
receive from the Public Road Tax
twelve dollars ($12.OO) per mile for
each mile of road so constructed or
improved by them for the first year;
ten dollars ($10.00) per mile for the
second year; and eight dollars ($8.OO)
per mile annually thereafter.
Sec. VIII. The said Highway Com
mission shall employ competent high
way engineer who shall have the
recommendation of the proper De-
partment of the United States Gov
ernment, who shall be bonded in the
sum of Ten Thousand Dollars
$10,000.O00) for the faithful per-
T. ,'"n"e of his duties, the premium
to be paid out of the funds in the
hands of the Commission. His du-
ties shall be to locate all roads to be
constructed by the Commission, t,
furnish to the said Commission esti-
mates of the cost of said construction.
to see that the work is properly per-
formed, and that the maintenance of
said roads is properly done during
WIZ eSih VI iilo SliIpiOyIHeHJ. l..
Sec. TX. The said Highway Com
mission shall keep book, open for
public inspection at all reasonable
times, setting forth all contracts
made by it for the construction and
maintenance of said permanent roads
They also shall present annually to
the Circuit Court of Union County
an itemized statement of all funds
received and disbursed by them, and
this shall be a part of the records
of said Court. At the expiration of
the life of said Commission, all its
contracts. papers, and books of ac-
counts, shall be turned over to the
Clerk of Court and filed in his office
Sec. X. All interest accruing on
such funds as are deposited by the
Highway Commission in the banks
of Union County shall be paid bv
said banks to the Treasurer of Union
County every six months, to be COR
puted from the date of the original
deposit, and the interest so received
shall be aDnlied by the County Treas
urer to the payment of the interes,
on the bonds herein authorized. in
so far as it will nay said interest.
Sec.Xl. That this Act shall take
erect immediately upon it's approval