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Good Roads Law Enactec Last Session of General . sembly For Edgefield County. From conversations with mer of the general assembly and froi trend of legislation in the hou learned early in the present se that if we are going to have any siderable road building in South ' . olnia it will have to be done by county devising its own ways - 'means. There is now under discu in the house a bill looking to the struction of certain main trunk of public roads leading from coi seat to county-seat over the S but this will not meet the needs vast majority ol' the counties tainly not Edgefield. Our greatest need in Edgefie the improvement of the public r leading from the several markel the county back into the rural tricts over which farmers haul 1 fertilizers in the spring and ?which they haul their farm pro< to market. It is well to have cei trunk lines or main thoroughf improved, but we should not there, as is contemplated by the c ty-seat to county-seat project. Having reached the delibe .conclusion that if Edgefield coi and the great masses of our pei .are ever to get out of the mud, must not look beyond the borders the county for relief, but must w out our own salvation, I at once .about to devise a workable plan such an undertaking. I drew the s joined bill and, afi;er submitting il Senator Sheppard and Mr. Wal for their approval introduced it the House in the name of the Ed field delegation. Before it passed second reading, the time when b are usually amended, I submittec printed copy to Attorney Gene \ Wolfe for him to point out the fla and defects, if any existed. He reti ed the bill to me with his unqua fled approval. The Highway Commission, wh the act creates for the purpose selling bonds and expending the m ey in road construction and impro^ ment, will be composed of one pers from each township, thus guaranti ing to every section of the cour the just and impartial considerati to which it is entitled. Some may ask why limit the bo: issue to $300,000? Under the pnr sions of the Constitution, the ma: mum amount of bonds which tl county can issue (8 per cent, of t taxable property of the county) about $36.0,000, and experience h proven that it is unwise to issue tl limit at first. Two years ago McCo mick issued good roads bonds to tl amount of $175,000 and they a now planning by an act of legislatu: to make a second issue of $60,00 A member of the McCormick deleg tion told me to-day that experiem has proven the wisdom of the two i sues instead of one for the maximu: amount. I fixed the time for'holding tr election on the same day as the pr mary election so as to insure a fu expression from our people. An elei tion held in the busy spring seaso would probably result in a compan tirely small ballot. Then, too, wer / the bonds voted earlier, the summe -would not be a desirable time t ; place them on the market. The preliminary work of the com - mission as provided in the act, wi) all be done before the election, mak ing it possible, if the bonds are vo . ;ted, for work on our roads to begii immediately after the primary elec . tion. After the commission shall hav< . completed this preliminary work th? people can vote intelligently upor 'the question of issuing bonds, as thej - -twill know what roads the money will be expended upon. The following is the text of the bill: To provide for a Highway Commis sion for Edgefield County, Defin . ing its Duties, and to Provide for .the Holding of an Election for the .Tlsming of Five Per Cent. Coupon ."Bonds for Public Road Construc tion in Edgefield County ,and to '. Provide a Sinking Fund for Their Retirement. . 'Be it enacted by the General As sembly of the State of South Caro ~\_ .lina: Section 1. Upon the recommenda '? tion of the memhers of the Edgefield IDelegation, the Governor shall ap point a Highway Commission for Edgefield County which shall consist of one man from each township in said county. As soon as practicable after their appointment the members ? of the said Commission shall meet , ' and select one of their number as (chairman. The members of said Com T.iis?ion shall continue in office until ?the proceeds derived from the sale sci the bonds hereinafter provided for shall have , been expended in building and improving the public roads of that county. In case of vacancy on ..said Commission through death ,re signation or otherwise, such vai shall be filled by, appointment b Governor. The Governor shall have the power to remove any ; ber for cause and fill any vacan resulting as above provided for. members of the said Commissior cept the chairman, shall receive pensation of five dollars per da; each day they actually render vice, the aggregate number of not to exceed thirty days for member in any one year. The c man shall be allowed compens; of five dollars per day for not : than sixty days in any one year. Sec. 2. The said Commission have the power to employ an < neer, a clerk and any other assis whose services may be required compensation fixed by the Com sion, all compensation and other penses herein provided for shal paid from the proceeds of the 1 herein provided for: Provided, ' J the Commission shall not emplo; any capacity any person related blood or marriage within the s degree, nor shall any member of said Commission furnish labor or terial for road construction or provement. Sec. 3. The members of said C mission shall each give bond for faithful performance of their dutj the sum of five thousand dollars some bond company authorized to j business in South Carolina, the i mium on said bonds to be paid out the proceeds of the sale of the bor Sec. 4. The duties of the said Cc mission shall be the conduction of sale of bonds herein provided for ? the expenditure of the proceeds building and improving such pul roads in Edgefield county as a n jority of the Commission may deci to improve and in such manner as majority of the Commission m agree upon as being for the best terest of the people of the coun The said Commission shall have t power to condemn . rights of w whenever and wherever such may necessary in relocating public roa( the same authority being vested the Commission by law that is nc vested in the County Commissionei Sec. 5. The said Commission sha as far as possible, let all work be co tracts and notice of the letting of ? contracts shall be advertised in son newspaper published in or out of tl county. Sec. 6. The said Commission sha keep books containing record or sa! or bonds and setting forth all coi tracts made by it for construction c repair of roads, and all books an records of the Commission shall h open to public inspection at all rei sonable times. Sec. 7. The said pommission sha! as soon as practicable after bein constituted, decide what roads ii the county shall be constructed o improved and shall decide upon tb character of the road to be built, es timating as nearly as possible the to tal cost of such work and shall file ii ihe office of the Clerk of Court, i sketch or drawing showing whai roads of the county the proceeds oi the bonds will be first expended up on. A report of the estimate of the total cost of construction and im provement as hereinafter povided foi shall be made to the Supervisor of the county who is hereby empowered and instructed to order an election to be held Tuesday, August 31, A. D. 1920, at the usual voting places in Edgefield county upon the question of issuing five per cent, coupon bonds of the county to the amount of the estimated cost of the work planned and reported to the Supervisor by the members of the Highway Commis sion of Edgefield county: Provided, The total amount of the said bond is <6ue shall not exceed the sum of three hundred thousand dollars. Sec. 8. Commissioners of State and county election for the county of Edgefield shall appoint managers for the said election and receive and tab ulate the returns as in other elec tions. They shall report the result of the said election, in writing, in dupli cate, one copy of which shall be filed in the office of the Supervisor and the other copy shall be filed with the Secretary of State, Columbia, the said duplicate reports shall be kept as perpetual record in said office. No tice of the election hereinv provided for shall be published in three con secutive issues of some newspaper published in Edgefield county, pre ceding the election. Sec. 9. Ballots shall be provided by the Commission of State and county j elections. On one ballot shall be print ed these words : "For permanent I road improvement bonds for Edge field county in the sum of dollars - Yes." And on the other ballot: "For permanent road improve ? ment bonds for Edgefield county in : the sum of- dollars - ? No." The amount of the bond issue ? shall be printed on ballots and must i be the same as that indicated in the * above set forth report of the Com- < mission to the Supervisor. If a ma jority of the ballots cast in said elec tion shall be for the issuing of said bonds, the Highway Commission here provided shall at once take the neces sary steps for issuing and selling the said bonds. Sec. 10. In advance of the sale the bopds the Commission shall havt the authority to borrbw such monej as it may need in prosecuting th? work, the obligation thus made to paid from the proceeds of the bonds when sold: Provided, That the mon ey can be borrowed at a rate of terest not to exceed that which the bonds bear. Sec. ll. The Commission shall of fer said bonds for sale without the payment of commissions and without intervention of agents or bond brok ers acting for said Commission, the highest bidder, after due adver tisement, reserving the right to re ject any and all bids; and shall, far as practicable offer said bonds small denomination to be acquired by citizens as investments of their savings. Said bonds shall be issued partially or entirely ,and of such de nomination as the Commission may determine, as terminal coupon bonds not exceeding 40 years from the date of issue, or partially or entirely as serial bonds, payable annually 1 ?uch series as the Commission may ietermine? Provided: That the Com mission shall have full power, ieemed advisable by it, in the is suance of coupon bonds, to provide :hat the same may be called in after i period of years ,which period of /ears shall be set forth in said bonds Said bonds of either or both classes is aforesaid, shall be signed by the Chairman of the Committee and the Supervisor of the county: Provided That, the signatures may^ be litho rraphed or engraved upon the cou jons of the said bonds: Provided further, The same bear the seal of Edgefield county attached by the Su jervisor. Said bonds are. to be^made payable at such place or places as the Commission shall determine, anjd ?hall be exempt fromState and coun ;y taxation. Sec. 12. In order to pay interest on ?aid bonds and provide a sinking :und for the redemption of the same it maturity the County Audi tor is lereby directed and required to as ;ess and levy, each year during the >eriod of said bonds on all property .eal and personal ,in the county a ;a$ sufficient to pay the interest on he said bonds and. to create a sink ng fund in such amount as may be ?ecessary to produce a fund suffi rent-to retire the said bonds at inp urity. The said taxes shall be annual y collected by the County Treasurer it the time when other State and ?ounty tcxes are due and collectible, ind applied by him to the payment ?f the interest on said bonds as same nay fall due, and he shall deposit the urplus in the banks of Edgefield ounty not less than the current rate if interest paid by the banks in their avings departments, the said surplus o be separate from *)ther county unds and the said surplus shall ac um?late from year to year and be ?reserved as a fund for the payment .nd redemption of said bonds. Sec. 13. The proceeds of the sale if the bonds herein provided for shall ie deposited in the banks of Edge ield county in the name of the Edge leld Highway Commission and the ame is to be checked out as needed o pay for the work undertaken by he Commission upon warrants/or hecks signed by the chairman and wo other members of the Commis ion. Sec. 14. The Commission shall at he close of each fiscal year, make full report of its transactions du ing the year, including an itemized tatement of the money received and isbursed for whatever purpose, said eport to be filed with the Clerk of !ourt of said county and to be sub litted by the Clerk to the circuit udge presiding at the next succeed ig term of court of general sessions or said county, and by him submit ed to the grand jury for investiga tor The . grand jury shall m?*ke an xamination of the books, papers and ccounts, and the work of the said ?ommission, as now required by law o be made of county officers. Sec. 15. All acts or parts of acts a conflict with this act are hereby epealed. Sec. 16. This act shall take effect mmediateiy upon its approval by the iovernor. J. L. MIMS. Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy. Every family should keep this prep iration at hand ready for instant use vhen needed. 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