The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-03-19
CHANGES MADE IN THE
COUNTY GOVERNMENT LAW
Twelve Commissioners Take Place of
Supervisor and two Commits
sioners.

The recent legislature made some
very important changes in the county
law as regards Newberry
county. Instead of a supervisor and
two commissioners, after the present
year, the county will elect IL COM
missioners, one from each township,
and this board will elect chairman
from their own number and a secre-
tary, who may not be one of their
number, and they will also elect a
manager who may be civil engineer
who will have charge of the roads and
bridges. of the county.
There are two separate acts in re-
gard to this matter. First the peo-
ple will vote on the issue of bonds
to the amount of 100000 for per-
manent road building, and at the
same time they will vote on one COM
missioner from each township who
will have charge of this fund, if the
bonds carry, from the date of their
election, and at the end of the term
of the supervisor and the two COM
missioners will take over the county
government.
In the event the bond issue should
fail of passage then there is another
act which provides for the election of
IL commissioners, one from each
county who will take over the coun-
ty government on the first of Janu-
airy, 1921. They will also elect a
chairman from their own number and
a clerk and manager who may be a
civil engineer and who will be sub
ject to removal by the commissioners.
To give the words of the act he shall
be charged with administering the
affairs of the county under the di-
rection of the board and shall be sub
ject to removal for any cause which
may seem sufficient by the said
board"
The chairman of the board is to
receive SIS per day for six days and
each of the other commissioners shall
receive a like per diem, provided the
chairman may receive the same per
diem for IA days when performing
the duties of the office between meet
ings of the board. The board is to
meet every other month and the per
diem allowance is for each meeting
making a total of SO days for the
year. They are to hold Office for four
years. The manager or civil engineer
may receive a salary of $4,000 a
year, but not more, the amount to be
fixed by the commissioners.
The election on the bonds will be
held on the gath day of August, the
day for the primary election and only
qualified electors will be allowed to
vote on this question and on the cleo
ton of the commissioners. Each
commissioner will be elected by the
qualified electors of his township.
And if the bond issue should fail
then the commissioners will be elected
in the general election, unless spe-
cial primary should be ordered.
This law will knock the political
bee out of many bonnets, as we un-
derstand that there were more pros
pective candidates for supervisor
than any other Office in the county.
Sample having announced
that he would not be candidate for
reelection.
The Herald and News will endeavor
to get correct copy of the several
acts relating to the county govern
ment and to the several bond issues
and print them as soon as possible.
The main features of the law as
here given were secured from Hon.
George S. Mower, and as he did not
have the acts before him they are
given from memory of the provisions
of the law
The election for the bonds will be
ordered by the commissioners of state
elections as other general elections
and will be held at the same time of
the primary, because it was thought
that at this time it would be possible
to get out the largest vote, and the
commissioners will be elected at the
same time without a primary, unless
one should be ordered before the reg
llar primary.