The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-01-31

A Bill
To amend an Act, and all Acts
|amendatory thereto, entitled "An
Act to abolish the County Commis-
sioners Of Dillon County and to pro-
vide a system of County Govern
ment for said county," providing for
abolishing the office OF County Sup
ervisor. and to fix Communication Tax
and provide for the working of
roads.
Be it enacted by the General As
sembly of the State of South Caro-
lima:
Section 1.-That an Act, and all
amendatol. acts thereto. entitled
IAN Act to abolish the County Com
missioners of Dillon County and to
provide a system of County Govern
ment for said county, approved the
18th day Of February, 1914, be, and
the same Is amended as follows:
Strike out all Of Section s Of said
Act, and insert in lien thereof the
following to be known as Section s:
Section s. The Office of the Coun-
ty Supervisor for the County of Dill
lon Is hereby abolished and the
duties of said Office are hereby de-
volved upon the County Commits
sioners Of said county, and they
shall have the exercise of the power,
authority and jurisdiction now de-
volved on the Supervisor of said
county under and by the laws Of this
State. The said Commission may
employ a competent man to be
known as Road Supervisor at a
salary of not more than twelve hun
dred dollars Der annum, whose duty
1t shall be to supervise the working
and improvement of the public roads.
to have control of the chain gang and
other force that may be used for this
purpose under the general direction
OF the County Commissioners, and
Perform such other duties as said
County Commissioners may require;
said Road Supervisor shall not be en-
gagged in any other work, but that
provided for in this section, and shall
be subject to removal at any time in
the discretion of said County Com
missioners.. That the said County
Board of Commissioners shall ap-
point for each township, one or more
overseers for the purpose of having
the roads and highways worked, and
shall require said overseers to asser-
tain the names of all persons, living
In his township, who are liable for
road duty, and to file with the County
Commissioners, and alphabetical list
Of the names. The County Commits
al chol hic lot
communication tax list as filed by the
County Treasurer. and shall report to
the overseers, not later than April 1st
each year. the names of all persons in
his township who have not paid the
communication tax and are liable for
road duty for thai year. Each over
seer shall summons out his hands at
such time or times as he thinks most
beneficial to the public service, and
shall work them upon the roads five
days each year. That all persons who
are liable to road duty in Dillon coun-
ty as herein provided, in lieu of per-
forming or causing to be performed
labor upon the public highways of
said county, shall be required to pay
to the county treasurer Of said coun-
ty before the first day OF April in each
and every year as annual commuta-
ton tax of two dollars and fifty cents
per head. which shall be expended
upon the number or joint of public
roads of the county in which it was
collected, and the officers are hereby
empowered to receive this money
and receipt therefor, and the County
Treasurer shall pay the same to said
officer upon demand. >vided that
all persons who are liable to road du-
ty in said county as is now provided
for by law in lieu of paying said COM
mutation tax or road tax may per-
form five days labor of ten hours
each on the highways, four days Of
which shall be performed by or be-
fore October 18th in each and every
year. and any person who shall elect
to perform said work in lieu of pay
ing said Communication tax shall be
furnished by the officer of his road
district a certificate setting forth the
fact that he has worked full time. and
the filling OF said certificate with the
| County Treasurer and the recent of