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ANNEXATION ACT ORDERED
FOR RATIFICATIO
Act Transferring Certain Portions i
Lexington to Newberry Will Be
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or rorce When Approved by
the Governor.
After a fight in. the house the a?
passing a certain, section of Lexingtc
county to Newberry county has pa
sed, and as soon as signed by tjgovernor
the transfer will be of fore
The Herald and News is publishin
the act as it finally passed and we ai
sure that our readers will be glad t
read it. It describes the territory h
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eluded in the transfer and gives th
details of just how the thing is don*
The Newberry delegation will pro!
ably have passed a bill designating th
township, or it will probably be pla<
ed in the Newberry county suppl
"bill, and the township will likely b
called No. 12 and maybe Lexingto
No. 12. The following is the fu
text of the act:
AN ACT
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-..To Provide for the Transfer and At
nexation of a Portion of Lexins
ton County to. Newberry Countj
and to Alter the County Lines c
the .Said Counties so as to Cor
rorm 1 hereto.
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Whereas, At^a^IeJection duly 01
derCd and .held? nvr-accordance wit
the provisions -of the- constitution an
laws of. the'State of South Car<
lina on the question whether th
county lines- of Lexington count
'and Newberry county should be s
altered as to transfer and annex t
Newberry county a certain portio
of Lexington county, more than tw<
thirds of the 'votes cast in the sai
election were in favnr nf ciioli
fer and annexation; and,
Whereas, All the .conditions r<
quired by the constitution and lav
of this State were and have bee
complied with; now, therefore,
.be it enacted by the general a
sembly of the State of South Car<
lina:
Section 1. That the county lin<
of Lexington county and of Newbe:
ry county be, and the same are her*
by, so altered as to cut off froi
said Lexington county and to tram
fer and annex to and incorporat
within said Newberry county all c
that certain territory or portion c
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.LieAnigcun tuuiitj emoracea witni
the following lines and boundarie:
to wit: Beginning at a point i
Broad river on the Fairfield-Lexins
ton county line, about one-fourth o
a mile below Peak; thence south foi
ty degrees west to a point on th
west bank of the Broajl river; thenc
south forty degrees west 1,956 fee
to an oak; thence south forty-six d<
frees and forty minutes west 2,41
feet to a stone on the public roac
thence south forty-one degrees we:
1,143 feet to a stake; thence sout
thirty-two degrees and thirty mii
utes west 9,568 feet to a stake on
branch; thence down the run of ti
branch to a stake; thence south fift;
five degrees west 575 feet to
stake; thence north eighty-six d
grees and thirty minutes west 3,78
feet to a pine; thence south twent;
six degrees and thirty minutes we
3,650 feet to a stake; thence soul
fifty-three degrees and thirty mi:
utes west 4,990 feet to a point c
the Columbia, Newberry & Laurei
railroad; thence south seventy-* hr<
dcrrreos and thirty minutes west .
t>13 feet to a maple, in a branc]
1 hciT'P south sixfy-ei'rht (ley ojs
thi'ty minutes west ~ lr.O ' ;;
sta :c non,p a nor^o ch ?rrh: then
north se rer.ty-seven degrees ai
thirty mine Us w ?t 5.5 "*7 fee", to
stake just west Ca t:.e puLiiC ro.
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near Little Mountain; thence south
N twenty-eight degrees west 20,850
feet to Camping creek, near the
>f mouth of Steven's creek; thence up
the run of Camping creek to the
Newberry-Lexington county line;
j thence in a northeasterly direction
i with the Newberry and Lexington
ct j county line to its terminus in Broad
>n j river to the beginning point. The
s- i metes and bounds and location and
\e ! lines are more accurately set forth
e. : on plat bearing date November 3-7,
ig ; r91D, filed in the office of the secre-e
tary of state. That the territory
;o : taken from Lexington county to be
i- ' added to and to be incorporated into
te Newberry county contains by actual
5. survey twenty-two square miles.
9. That the countv auditor
ie for Lexington county shall segregate
from the tax returns of 11-20 the returns
of all taxable property ar.d
!G polls located in that portion of Lexn
insrton county annexed under this act
;1 j.. n- i__- i i
to ixewDeiry county, aiiu xie siiuii
also prepare copies of the returns of
1919 of all taxpayers in said terri|
tory whose names appear on the tax
duplicates of Lexington county for
i- j 1919, and who have failed or neg.
lected to make returns for 1920;
r, I and that the same shall be turned
i over by the auditor of Lexington
i- county to the auditor of Newberry
county on or before April 1, 1920;
and upon satisfactory performance
r- of the foregoing duties, and,all othh
er necessary duties to carry this act
d into effect, the auditor of Lexington
). county shall be paid the sum of fifty
ie dollars by the county of Newberry,
y That the property and polls located
:o in the proposed annexed territory
;0 shall be returned for taxation for
n the year 1920 to the auditor for
VonrKarvT* cVioll Ko
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d to the same levy as other portions of
s- Newberry county. It shall be the
duty of the county auditor of Newa_
berry county to receive the tax re_s
turns of the taxpayers and polls of
,n'the annexed territory without penalty
until the first day of April,
; 1020, and to enter the same on the
tax books of the county of Newberi
ry in the same way and manner as
' the other 'taxable property and polls
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arc so piaced. Ihe. county auditor
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of Lexington county shall furnish to
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the county auditor of Newberry
: county any information regarding
any bonded indebtedness outstanding
^ against any school district included
' in the territory annexed to Newberry
county under this act, that is to
i be had, and all possible information
s' and lines of the school districts of
such section, and any other informar_
? tion or abstracts required of him by
i the auditor of Newberry county.
e ! Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty
e of the county superintendent of education
of Lexington county to forthwith
furnish to the superintendent
q of education of Newberry county, a
j. statement of amounts and disburse'
ments and balances on hand for each
u ! of the school districts or portions
11 . 1_
thereof in the territory annexed to
a ; Newberry county under this act, tote
gether with such further information
i as may be necessary for the proper
a i continuation of the public schools loe.
j cated in such territory; and the coun12
! ty superintendent of education of
y_; Lexington county shall apportion and
| distribute to the various school disI
tricts or portions thereof in said ter
n_! ritory their lawful share of all school
)n j funds collected, or to be collected.
I1S f from the taxes of the year 1019, and
?,3from any State funds to which they
?_ ;:may now or hereafter be entitled
^ . ' under the law. and as soon as possi'
b!e he shall furnish a duplicate
! .-;t: *n? '\l thereof to the coi>r'v su,c
j pcl*itiU (if eiMi ^r.tion of N^wI?i
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ty to visit the county seat of New- th
berry county for the purpose of ad- j n<
justing any matter or matters re-j th
! ferred to in this section or pertain- or
i ing towards his duties towards the sa
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compensation therefor, for not ex- of
ceeding five days at the rate of five [ of
dollars per day, and his necessary vc
expenses. The superintendent of re
| education of Lexington county shall j vc
i be paid the sum of twenty-five dol-! tu
! lars by Newberry county upon satis- th
! factory compliance with the provis- ty
j ions of this section. j sa
i Sec. 4. The county treasurer of j
Lexington county shall pay over to j
the treasurer of Newberry county!
j any school funds or bonded debtj
funds now or hereafter in his hands j
belonging to any scnocl district, or !
portion thereof, embraced in the tor-! ar
ritory transferred from Lexington j sa
county to Newberry county under!
this act, together with any special
road fund or funds belonging to any
road or roads, or portions thereof. m:
| in said territory, together with such
! commutation tax or taxes as may ^
have been heretofore or may here- e<^
! after be collected from citizens of vo
! the said territory, and have not here- ?
! tofore been expended upon the pub- """
lie roads in the said territory, and
he shall furnish the county treasurer
! of Newberry county a list of such
! commutation taxpayers, and the rej
ceipt of the county treasurer of Newi
berry county shall be his leeral dis
charge for the custody of said funds.
It shall be the duty of the county
treasurer of Newberry county to J
i hold and disburse any funds turned,
i over to him under this section, as I
I now provided by law.
| Sec. 5. That the said territory
j transferred from Lexington county
| to Newberry county, as set out here
j m shall be subject to the same laws
j as are now applicable to Newberry
| count}'.
1 Sec. 6. Where the defendants in i
| any civil action now pending, or
hereafter brought, in the county of
Lexington reside in the territory an
i nexed to Newberry county, under j
this act, or where such actions would j
: J
\ have been brought in Newberry coun- j
! ty after the passing of this act, and i
! all indictments now pending or war- \
j rants issued in Lexington .where the I
! offenses were committed in the ter- j
j ritory annexed under this act, they ,
| shall be transferred to the county of
i Newberry for trial, together with all
| records, orders, commissions and!
i other necessary papers belon^ine;'
i thereto, and for each cjvil case trans- ]
j ferred under the provisions of this i
j section the clerk of court of Lexing-!
! ton county shall receive a fee of fifty
| cents.
! Sec. 7. That any prisoners that
; may be committed to the jail in Lex- <
! ington county, who under Section 6 j
j of this act shall be immediately
j transferred to the jail in Newberry 5
countv, and it is herebv the dutv of t
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! the sheriff of Newberry county* to !
effect the said transfer, and he shall j
receive from Newberry county for
such services the sum of two dollars i
per day and actual expenses incur- j
red in the transfer, provided, he'
shall not be compensated for more
than two days.
Sec. 8. That the county auditor
of Lexington county and the county j
auditor of Newberry county as soon !
as practicable, shall investigate a^d j
| ascertain the total bonded or other:
j indebtedness of the county of Lex- j
j ington and proportion the sane bet
, i i a r i
j tween tne said county or JLoxn^'uH' .
. i and the territory herein amieccd r r-'
!
! cordincr to the taxable values therein:
| Provided, That the said irdebi ""li'csfs;
: shall not include any expenditures, i
jtavtion or indebtedness incurved,;
r?i?de TO'" the VP"" I 1
. .M;d that there shall be levied i;por? j i
- j
f youthful daintiness and pretty
e taxable property of the said ar
;xecj territory a sufficient tax to pa
e said indebtedness so assessed uj
1 the annexed territory, and th
id amount of such indebtednes
iall be paid to the county treasure
f Lexington by the county treasure
iNewDerry county upon prope
>ucher signed by the auditors of th
spective counties, and the sai
>ucher when so paid shall const
te a full and complete receipt t
e said treasurer of Newberry cour
, and a complete discharge of th
id annexed territory from all ot
rations and liabilities to the count
Lexington.
Sec. 9. That the commissioner
pointed to supervise and overloo
e work of the said survey and otimatters
pertaining to the sai
Lr.exation, who reside outside of th
id annexed territory, shall be pa:
r their services according to th
:isting law: Provided, That a dul
?mized and sworn statement b
r> A f\ rt t%/l -Al Arl U +U a rt knnv
ciu^; ciiiu. iiicu witii liic v-uuiaj ukjcil
commissioners of Newberry cour
setting forth the services rendei
; the said statement shall be
ucher to the said county board o
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credit and in
needed.
Mr. Farmer,
The Natic
New!
B. C. MA'H MF.WS,
President.
State, Con:
Memh
I'll 1 mmmmmrn?mm
commisioners, who shall pay the
same as other claims are paid. j
Sec. 10. That all the expenses inI
curred under th? provisions of this
act falling upon the county of New'
beny .-haii le paid cut of such funds
oe orn c\Tir in fliti lionrlc o"T tllO O rmn_
ty treasurer which are now unappropriated.
Sec. 11. That this act shall go into
effect immediately upon its approval
by the governor.
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NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT j
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J We will make a final settlement of
the estate of Jacob Shealy in the
"PvrvKotti Pnm-t fnv Vinvliprrv flniint.v
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f S. C., on Saturday the 20th day of
| March, 1920, at 10 o'clock in the
! forenoon and will immediately there!
after ask for our discharge as
Executors of said estate.
JNO. A. SHEALY,
L. D. SHEALY,
I.. W SHEALY.
Executors. *
| Newberry, S. C. Feb. 20, 1920. '
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NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
I will make a final settlement of the
estate of Elizabeth F. George in the
Probate Court for Newberry County.
S. C., on Saturday the 27ih day of
March, 1920, at 10 o'clock in th<r
forenoon and will immediately there- a
after ask for my disck...iv;e a? Kxccu^Aifl
trix of said estate.
BESSIE M. GEOR'JE,
Executrix. WH
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FINAL SETTLEMENT. V
Take notice that on the 24 th day M
of March I will render a final account
of my acts and doing:; as Executor ofJjjj^H
the estate of Thomas Floyd deceased,
in the office of the Judge of Probate
of Newberry County, at 11 o?clock?
a. m. and on the same day will apply *
for a final discharge from my trusts ^
as such Executor.
Any person indebteded to said estate
is notified aH required to make ^
? o ^ r w? w 4- n f rl r 11 r* />*?(* ,
pa^yiiiciiu UJI tiiat uciL-v, aiIU uix pciouiJi>
having claims against said estate will
present them on or before said date,
duly proven or be forever barred.
A. B. BLAKELY,
Executor of the Estate of Thomas
Floyd, deceased. ML
February 21, 1920.
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