The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-02-07
BILL PROVIDES FOR THE ll,i. Fl.
SURVEY OF ENTIRE STATE
Revolutionary Measure, to Solve Tax
alton Problem, Introduced in the
House by Ways aud Means Com
mittee.

mittee.
The ways and means committee of
the house of representatives last week
introduced in the lower body bill
authorizing and empowering the
State tax commission to make a
complete survey Of the State by
State, county, school district and pri-
vate property lines" This is one of
the most revolutionary measures for
the correction of taxation evils that
has ever been drafted in South Caro-
lima, and economists state the fulfill
ment of its purposes will put mil
lions of dollars worth of property
on the tax books that has ESCAPED
taxation for a number Of wears. in
crease the revenues of the State and
eventually lower the annual levy. It
was referred to the ways and means
committee.
The bill provides for the letting of
contracts for the work by the tax
commission by counties under COM
petitive bids, the successful bidder to
be bonded. Pay for the work will
accrue out of the money collected
from back taxes for property that
has escaped taxation.
The following is full text of the
bill:
"A bill to Authorize and REQUIRE the
Tax Commission of South Carolina
to Make Complete Survey of the
State by State, County, School
Dlstriit and Private Property Lines.
BE it enacted by the general as
sembly of the State of South Caro-
lima:
Section 1. That the tax commits
sion of South Carolina be, and they
are hereby, authorized and required,
at as early date as practicable, to
make complete survey of the State
by State, county, school district and
private property lines.
Sec. 2. That the said tax commits
sion shall have said survey made by
counties and shall Immediately upon
the passage of this act determine the
county or counties in which the work
shall be commenced, and from time
to time, according to their discretion,
shall determine the further progress
of the work.
Sec. 3. Upon the selection of the
county or counties for the beginning
of the work and thereafter for the
further progress of the work, the tax
commission shall advertise once a
week for 30 days in newspaper
published at Columbia and in a news
paper published at the county seat Of
the county proposed to be SURVEYED
for sealed proposals for the work to
be done according to specification
prepared by them not inconsistent
with the provisions of this act; and
shall award the contract to the low
est responsible bidder upon his exc
cutlon of bond in some responsible
bonding or guaranty company in a
sum equal to cents per acre for the
estimated area of the county to be
surveyed, conditioned upon the faith
tul performance Of the contract: the
form of the said contract and bond to
be approved by the attorney general.
The tax commission shall reserve the
right to reject any and all bids, each
of which bids shall state the time
within which the work is to be COM
pleted
Sec. 4. The work shall be done
under the following regulations and
specifications: The tax commission
being authorized to supplement the
same at their discretion in any man.
ner not inconsistent with this act.
"(A) The work shall be completed
within such time as may be spcc
Aea IN the contract or within such ad-
dltlonal time as may be cxtencd by
the tax commission on COOL and syf-
ficicnt cause.
"(B) The recor! of the work Shall
be as follows: Each codnty, to be sur
Veyed, shall be mapped in school dis
trict units on a scale of 900 feet per
inch, except when otherwise spcci
fled by the tax commissions; each
school district mapped shall show
each lot, parcel or tract of land there
in contained and it's area, expressed
in acres and decimal parts of an acre
Except such real estate as is not
usually returned for taxation by
area), the school lot by name, all pub
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