The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-07-18


ply Co., Silver; D. C. Rhame, Sum.
merton.-Adv.
$12,O 100000 to $15,OOO.OO. Unfortunate
ly, while amending the body of the
Act l did not amend the title, as
should have been done. Usually the
title as prepared by the Solicitors
authorizes county officers to borrow
money to pay back indebtedness, but
this bill authorized the county officers
20 borrow $12,000OO to pay back in
lebtedness, so that the bill when final
~ passed had title authorizing the
county officers to borrow $12,000.O0,
and the Act itself authorized the
county to borrow $15,0OOOO. All bills
when passed have to be read by the
Solicitors for errors, and this error
was overlooked by them.
Some of the Bond people, after OBJ
tanning the advice Of their New York
Attorneys on the Act, agreed to buy
the Bonds, but afterwards took the
position that the Act was entirely
void because in violation Of the pro-
vision of the Constitution that an
Act shall refer to but one subject,
and that one expressed in the title.
The error was mine and some Solicit
or's. Needless to say It was greatly
regretted by me, and have made
nffnrt n ho ,>1oonI
out SO far without success.
The Supervisor is forbidden under
the law to use the appropriations of
one year in paying the expenditures
Of another, although it has been the
custom to do so. Of course all of
the taxes for 1916 should go to the
payment of claims for that year, but
in the spring of 1916 $2O,0O0.00 was
borrowed for which the taxes were
pledged, SO that the Supervisor has
had in hand only the difference be-
tween the amount collected and $780,
10000 to pay on these back claims.
Regulation of Supervisors Office.
Under the old law there were four
Commissioners chosen from different
sections Of the county and each man
was given charge of the work in his
section, which naturally resulted in
each one knowing wha, was done in
his own section and getting as much
as he could done there, and not know
ing much of what went on in the rest
of the county. We thought it better
to reduce the number to two men to
take more active interest in the whole
county than for four men to have
only q local interest in his own sec
ton. BY agreement of the Dclcga-
ton l introduced bill reducing the
number of Commissioners from four
70 two, which became law.
Feeling that conditions under which
| large Indebtedness was continually
pilmg up against the county were un-
businesslikc and wrong, and that the
system was more to b:amc than the
officers, the delegation spent great
leal of time in preparing a bill for
the purpose of controlling and regu-
lating county expenditures. This bill
was introduced by me and passed the
Senate, and went to the House three
weeks before adjournment, but did
not pass the House. | suppose it will
be passed at the neXt session. If not
it will not be my fault. For public
information | will give here an ab-
stract Of it's terms.
Abstract of Pending Bill.
When supplies are purchased or
work ordered Supervisor shall issue
a written order for same and file a
| duplicate in his office, and same shall
be considered by the Board at next
meeting and approved or disapproved.
Original shall be attached to claim
fled against county.