The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, March 05, 1908, Image 6
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' WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY
GOVERNMENT CHANGED.
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SUPERVISOR'S OFFICE ABOLISHED
COUim COMMISSIONER AND ROAD
ENGINEER SUBSTITUTE.
Section 1. That the offices of county
supervisor and county commissioners
of Williamsburg county be, and the
same are hereby abolished
Sec. 2. That in the same manner as
is row provided by law for the
appointment of county auditor and
county treasurer, there shall be
appointed ,a county commiss'.onerof
Williamsburg county, whose
term of office shall be four yeare and
until his successor is elected and qualified,
and he shall be subject to suspen,
aion and removal in the same manner
and for the same causes as are now
provided by la v for the suspension and
removal of county auditor and county
treasurer, and with respect to such ap- 1
pointment, suspension and removal the
governor and the senate are hereby invested
with ail the duties, powers and
authority they now have as to county
auditor and county treasurer.
Sec. .1. That the said county commissioner,
before entering upon the
discharge of the duties of his office,
shall take the constitutional oath required
of all officers and shall enter into
bond, to be approved in the same
manner as now provided for bond of
county auditor, in the sum of two
thousand dollars for the faithful performance
of the duties of his office,
and said bond with two or more sufficient
sureties, and shall be for the use f
of said county; and he shall receive an ?
annual salary of three hundred dol- ?
ilacs. to be paid by said county in month- 1
>ly installments.
Sec. 4. That the said county com- a
txnissieaer i3 hereby clothed and invest- v
-ed with all powers, authorities privi- [
leges and duties of the county supervi- r
sor and county commissioners of said s
county as now provided by law, excep t a
-4ij are herein otherwise expressly dele- |
gate I and provided, and shall be sub- g
ject to the same penalties and punish- a
-metftsas are provided for said supervi- ^
UP?: and h 'shall also perform all the lt
dut es now devolving upon the clerk of 11
the b oard of county ^commissioners of
said countySec
5. That said county commisv
sion r, the Judge of Probate and Auditor
of said county shall constitute the
suditing board of said county, of which
said county commissioner shall be ex
officio chairman, and said county comnrssioner
shall not issue his warrant
for the pay of any claim against the
said county unless the same shall have
been audited and approved by said
board, and said Judge of Probate and
Auditor 3hall each receive compensating
for their services as members of
said board the sum of fifty dollars, to i
be paid by said county.
Sec. That the county delegation
and clerk of court of Williamsburg
county shall appoint a road engineer of
said county for the term of two years
and until his successor is appointed and
qualified and said road engineer shall
be subject to suspension and removal
in the discretion of said delegation and
clerk of court; and before entering upon
the discharge of the duties said engineer
shall enter into bond for the
use -f said county, with three or more
ft?uJH^;e:it sureties, in the sum of five
thousand dollars for the faithful performance
of all duties, said bond to be
approved in same manner as now provided
for bonds of county auditor, and
shall receive a sa'ary of twelve hun
dred dollars per annum, to be paid by
said county in monthly installments at
the end of eac h month.
Sec. 7. That said road engineer
shall be a man versed in bridge engineering
and in road engineering building
and repairing, and shall have general
and exclusive jurisdiction over all public
highways, roads, bridges a 1 ferries,
and thechaingang.of saii cbunty;
and that with respect to said public
highways, roads, bridges aid ferries
and chaingang all the duties, powers,
authority and liabilities now given and
imposed upon the county supervisor
and county commissioners of said county,
are by this act given and imposed
upon said road engineer, except such
changes and alteration as to said powers,
authority and liabilities as are
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m ide by this act, and for failure to J
faithfully perform all the duties of his |
ortlce or the condition of his bond he !
shall be liable and subject to all the !
provisions of section 8 0, of the Civil
Code of 1902, with respect to County
Supervisor.
Sec. b. The said road engineer shall
employ guards for the chaingang and
purchase food for the convicts, and all
necessary tools, implements, work, animals,
wagons and machines for propter
ro id and bridge building, and repairing.
and all accounts for the hire of
said guards and purchases of said articles
and things shall be certified as !
true and correct, in writing, by said j
road enirineer before the same snail be i
approved bv the auditing board.
Sec. 9. That all moneys collected by
the clerk of court for licenses of all
kinds shall go into the general road
and bridge fund in the county.
Sec. 10, That all persons in said
county liable to road duty shall be liable
to perform annually eight days work
in the mann r now provided by law,except
as herein expressly altered and (
changed,and in lieu of said work shall ,
pay commutation tax of two dollars; 1
and at the time each person pays said ,
commutation tax the county treasurer
shall designate upon the receipt there- ,
of and the stub of such receipt the section
<>f road upon which ana the township
in which the person so paying re- {
sides.
Sec. 11. That the county treasurer (
hall, prior to April 1st of each year,
make report in duplicate to the county
:ommissioner and road engineer the
total amount of commutation tax re- I
reived and the name of each person ]
who has paid said tax, together with ,
the section of road upon which and the t
township in which said person resides. k
Sec. 12. That all moneys belonging t
x> the road and bridge fund over ana j
ibove the amount necessary to build
ind maintain all bridges that are built =
ind maintained by contract shall be '
expended upon the roads of the several c
ownships in direct proportion to the g
imount collected from each township
'or said fund, and the commutation tax
ihall be expended upon the section of '
oad nearest to which the person pay- o
ng resides. c
Sec. 13. That at the beginning of t
iach year the road eugineer shall make
i careful estimate of the amount which w
vill be necessary for the building and 1
naintaining of the bridges that are n
milt and maintained by contract and H
nake his report to the county commis- ^
loner; and the county commissioner
hall keep an account of the fund m ti
stimatea separate and distinct from J
he account of the remainder of the v
general road and bridge fund, the first ^
iccount being designated as "Bridge i
Account," and the second as "Road j
Account;" and the said county comnissioner
shall, not later tnan the
;wentieth of each month, report to
he road engineer, the amounts expend- *
fd and the balance oq hand belonging J
;o each said "Bridge Account" ana
Road Account." E
Sec. 14. That of each bridge now f
required by law to be let out dv con:ract,
the said road engineer shall prepare
plans and specifications and es- 1
:imate of cost in duplicate and, after .
ihe contract is let. shall file one of the *
duplicates in the office of the
KAmmiuiAnor which. aKall Ka
jpen to the inspection of the public; *
Bind notice of letting shall be given as
now provided by law.
Sec. 15. That the road engineer
shall divide and mark off the roads in
each township into sections of convenient
size, and designate each section by .
nnmber; and shall make careful plans *
and specifications of the materials and ?
work and manner of using -aid mater- t
ials and performing said work neees- (
nnmr fA r\nf OArtflAn in fTAAi^
sai J vv puv cavil ot^uv" in 5WU vvumi- ?
tion in all respects, including all bridg- 1
es costing not more than ten dollars; 1
and after the contracts a? to said sec- |
tions have been let, shall file a copy of |
said plans, specifications and estimate .
in the county commissioner's office for '
pub ic inspection. 1
Sec. 16. That after the division of
the roads and the preparation of the
plans, specifications and estimates
above mentioned, said road engineer
shall advertise for at lea-jt 15 days, in
some newspaper published insaidcounty,
the time and place in township at which
the contracts for building and repairing
the sections of roads in such township
shall be let; and at said time and
place he shall publicly let the contract
for each section to the lowest respon ible
bidder and furnish to the bidder securing
the contract a copy of the plans
and specifications for said section, but
the estimate shall in no case be divulged
before said contract be let.
Sec. 17. That the person securing
ing the contract mentioned in Section
16 shall, in carrying out his contract
call out and work all the road hands
belonging to his section who do no*
produce at his request receipts for
their commutation tax for the year
when so called out; and the road engineer
when issuing his certificate on
said contract shall deduct from the contract
price at which said contract was
let the sum of two dollars for each road |
hand so worked by said contractor.
Sec. 18. That upon completion of a
contract, let under Section 16, in every <
detail the said road engineer shall re- 1
ceive the same and issue his certificaie <
to the county commissioner, certifying ,
the completion of said contract as aforesaid
and the amount due thereup- '
on, and after the same shall have been 1
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approved the sam<\ tnc county commissioner
shall issue his warrant the
payment thereof upon the counij reasurer,
and shall charge to the "Road
Account" of the township in which
said section is situated the portion of
the amount due on said contract in excess
of the amount belonging to said
section from commutation tax.
Sec. 19. That should said engineer receive
any bridge or section of road let
out bv contract unless the same Jshall
have been completed according to plans
and specifications thereof in every particular
and detail shall be subject to indictment
for a misdemeanor and upon
conviction shall be punished in the discretion
of the court.
Sec. 20. That all accounts against
the road and bridge fund shali be certified
by the road engineer; and said engineer
shall not let contracts or make
purchases at any time in excess of the
amount belonging to the "Road Account"
or "bridge Account."
Sec. 21. The public cotton weighers
of said county shall be elected by the
Auditing Board of said county, instead
of by the county commissioners,as now
provided hyjaw.
Sec. 'il. That all the duties,privileges
and authority now required of and
?iven to the county commissioners as
to the opening andclo3if? ofToads of
laid county, are hereby required of and
riven to the auditing board of said
ounty
Sec. 23. That this act shall go into
iffect January 1.1909.
This is what Hon Jake Moore,
5late Warden of Georgia, says of
Kodol For Dyspepsia: "E C DeSVitt
& Co, Chicago, 111. ? Dtearj
Sirs?I hare suffered more than I
wenty years from indigestion.
I bout eighteen months ago I bad
,rrown so much worse that I could)
iot digest a crust of corn bread and
oulil not retain anything on my
tomach. I lost 25 lbs.; in fact I
nade np my iniod that i could not
lve bat a short time; srben a friend
if mine recommended Kodol. I
onsented to try it to please him and
was belter in one day. I now
reigh more thau I ever did in my
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aany years. Kodcrf did it. I keep
bottle constantly, and write this
lopiog that humanity will be beneted.
Yours very truly, Jake C
doore, Atlanta, August 10, 1904."
told by W L Wallace,.
HoTswperTtHialtHlU.
The public is moat cordially inited
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>igbt, March 13> 1900, to be given
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Highest grade oyster* select from
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Various amusements are planned
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