Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-02-14
HIGHWAYS OF The STATE
LEGISLATURE Considers Means for
Their Construction
STATE COMMISSION TO Be In CHARGE

Work is to Be Commenced Simultane
ousIy In All the Counties and Eact
County is to Receive Attention il
Proportion That the Number Of Miles
of Road in That County Bears tt
the Total Number of Miles in th'
System.
Following is the text Of bill intro
duced In the house a few days ago tt
regulate the working of the roads IL
South Carolina under the supervision
of the state highway commission:
ment for the state of South Carolina
is hereby created and established; same
to consist of a state highway commits
sion and a state highway engineer
The highway commission shall be COM
posed Of the senior professors of civil
engineering Of the University OF South
Carolina, Of Clemson Agricultural COL
lege and the Citadel, the military col
other members, one from each con-
gressional district, who shall be ap-
pointed by the governor for a term OF
three years; provided, however, that
those members of the present highway
commission who have been appointed
by the governor shall serve out their
terms of the new members of the COM
mission shall serve terms to be de-
termined by lot, so that two vacan-
cies shall occurr in the year 1920; two
in the year 1921, and three IN the year
1922. The members Of said highway
commission shall receive for each
monthly meeting attended the sum OF
IS per day for each day Of actual at
tendance, and each member Thereon
shall be allowed his actual and nee
essary expenses incurred in the dis
charge of his duty under the provis-
ions of the act. The commission shall
select its own chairman and secretary
annually.
Section q AS soon as practicable
after the passage of the act, the state
highway commission shall appoint
state highway engineer, who shall be
a competent civil engineer, skilled and
experienced in the highway construc-
tiop and maintenance. and the design
and construction of highway bridges;
the selection Of the said engineer may
be based on q civil service examina-
ton under rules and regulations to be
made and promulgated by the state
highway commission. The state high
way engineer before entering upon the
duties of his office shall file with the
secretary of state bond to the state OF
South Carolina in the sum of $500
conditioned upon the faithful perform
ance of the duties Of his office, said
bond to be approved by the state high
way commission. The said engineer
shall be subject to removal at the dis
cretion of the state highway commits
sion.
Section 8. The state highway engi-
neer shall appoint and employ subject
to confirmation by the state highway
commission, such assistant engineers
and agents as he may deem necessary
for the proper conduct of the highway
department as herein set forth. He
also shall employ such clerks, Ste
nographers and other clerical assist
ance as he may find necessary, sub
iect to confirmation by the state high
way commission.
Section 4. The object and purpose
of the creation of the state highway
department is first to create system
of state highways in the state OF
South Carolina to be laid out, con-
structed, maintained in good condition
and regulated by the said department;
and also to instruct, assist and cooper
ate with the road authorities In the
various counties Of the state IN the
construction and improvement of the
county system of highways. To the
end, the state highway commission
shall under the advice Of the state high
way engineer, lay out a system OF state
highways, connecting every county sea-
in the state and the important high
ways of adjoining states, and covering
such main avenues of travel and traf'
fic as to the said state highway com
mission may seem advisable. 1t shai
have the right to take over such por'
tions Of the public highways ane
bridges Of the state as may be incor'
porated in such system; and the title
to such highways and bridges Is here
by vested In the said state highwa!
commission upon its filing in the Of
fee of the clerk of court of the office o
r. M. C. Of the county in which TIT
roads or bridges shall lie. declara
tion that such roads and bridges haV'
been made q part Of the state system
It shall have the power to acquire sucl
lands and rights of ways as may o'
needed for roads and bridges, by pur
chase or gift, or by condemnation II
the same manner as Is prescribed %.
Section 1888 Of the code of laws o
1912 for the condemnation Of roads b,
county authorities. 1t shall take owe
and extend such parts of the system a
may be laid out as aforesaid, as it ma
find itself in a position to keep in re
pair. 1t shall construct along sal
system Of highways as soon as prac
ticable a hard surfaced road sufficien
to take care Of the traffic which ma
reasonably be expected to develop upo'
it, beginning the construction at al
the county seats simultaneously
nearly as may be found to be practi
cable, and continuing this constructor
simultaneously from said county seat
to functional points. 1t SHALL TO IN
extent of the funds provided, construc
or reconstruct bridges over stream
and rivers lying along said highwa
and keep them in proper condition an
repair. 1t shall mark said hlgh"ay
with suitable directions for travel
shall regulate travel and traffic alon
o,a bipbuays subject to the laws Q