A. D. 1892. required to pay to T. E. Dudley, Secretary of Marlboro Lodge, No. 88, A. F. M., taking his receipt for same, the sum of fortytwo 5 dollars out of County funds on hand for County taxes improperly paid as stated below: STATEMENT OF TAXES IMPROPERLY PAID. No. 221. AN ACT TO REGULATE THE NUMBER OF TRIAL JUSTICES IN NEWBERRY COUNTY. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That from Number of and after the passage of this Act there shall be nine Trial Justices Trial Justices. in the County of Newberry, and no more, as follows: One located Justice at New Salary to Trial at Newberry Court House, who shall receive an annual salary of berry C. H. one hundred dollars in lieu of all fees in criminal cases. One At Prosperity. located at Prosperity, who shall receive one hundred dollars per annum in lieu of all fees in criminal cases. And one located in In the other each of the following townships, viz.: Number 11, Number 4, Number 5, Number 6, Number 7, Number 8 and Number 10, who shall each receive an annual salary of forty dollars each in lieu of all fees in criminal cases. townships. Existing laws. Repealing clause. SEC. 2. That said Trial Justices shall be subject to, and governed by, all the laws now in force in this State relating to Trial Justices. SEC. 3. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved December 15th, A. D. 1892. A JOINT RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE AND REQUIRE THE TIES TO INVESTIGATE AND PAY FAIR COMPENSATION TO Whereas James M. Henderson and Mrs. Sarah E. T. Chick sustained serious damages by the sinking of a flat on Tyger River, which flat was jointly maintained by the Counties of Newberry and Union. A. D. 1892. No. 222. Preamble. SECTION 1. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Repre- Damages to be investigated. sentatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That the County Commissioners of Newberry and Union Counties are hereby authorized to meet and investigate the damages sustained by the said James M. Henderson and Mrs. Sarah E. T. Chick by the sinking of the flat at Gordon's Ferry, which was maintained by said Counties. fixed. SEC. 2. That when said investigation shall have been made by Amount to be said County Commissioners, they shall fix, if they so determine, the damages, and the County Commissioners of Union County shall draw their warrant on the Treasurer of Union County for How paid. one-half of the damages, and the County Commissioners of Newberry County for one-half, and the Treasurers of Union and Newberry Counties are hereby authorized to pay the same. Approved December 24th, A. D. 1892. AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO ESTAB- No. 223. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That A. A. 1888, an Act entitled "An Act to establish two new school districts in 20 Stat., 201, amended. A. D. 1892. a portion of No. 11 and No. 2 and in No. 11 Townships in the County of Newberry, and to authorize the levy and collection of a school tax therein," approved December 22nd, 1888, be, and Section added. the same is hereby, amended by adding thereto another Section te be known as Section 13, as follows: to owners. SECTION 13. That in case the Board of School Trustees of any district created under the provisions of this Act cannot obtain otherwise suitable sites for the locations of school houses, then the Condemnation Board of Trustees of such district is hereby authorized to condemn of school site. a lot of land for the location of both white and colored schools, if the same be necessary, neither lot to exceed in area one acre : Provided, That the owner or owners of such lot or lots of land Compensation thereby condemned shall receive a just compensation therefor, to be paid out of the funds of the school district, the amount of said How deter- compensation to be determined by three freeholders of the school district, the first of whom shall be selected by the Board of Trustees of the school district, the second by the owner or owners of the lot or lots of land condemned, and the third by the two already selected: Provided, That the owner or owners of such land shall have the right of appeal, as provided by law, in cases of condemnation of lands for public purposes. Approved December 22nd, A. D. 1892. mined. Appeal. No. 224. AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF NEWBERRY COUNTY TO SUBMIT TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF TOWNSHIPS 10 AND 11 OF SAID COUNTY THE QUESTION OF AN ADDITIONAL SPECIAL TAX FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES THEREIN MENTIONED.’ A. A. 1891, 81, 20 Stat., 1428, amended. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That Section 1 of an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the County Commissioners of Newberry County to submit to the qualified voters of Townships 10 and 11 of said County the question of an additional special tax for certain purposes therein mentioned" be amended by striking out in line six the words "within sixty days from the approval of this Act," and inserting in lieu thereof the Election to be following words: "on the 1st day of April, 1893." So that said A. D. 1892. Section when amended shall read as follows: That the County Commissioners of Newberry County are hereby authorized and ordered. required to order an election in Townships 10 and 11 of said County on the 1st day of April, 1893, at which election they Date. shall submit the question of "special tax" or "no special tax" to the qualified voters of said townships: Provided, That a majority of the real estate owners resident in said townships Prior petition. petition for the same before March 1st, 1893. Approved December 15th, A. D. 1892. AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A NEW SCHOOL DISTRICT TO EMBRACE No. 225. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That for the purpose of maintaining a public school or schools in the school district town of Little Mountain, in Newberry County, a school district is hereby established to embrace the area included within the corporate limits of the said town. established. tees. SEC. 2. That J. B. Lathan, A. N. Boland and W. C. Shealy Board of Trusbe, and they are, made a Board of Trustees for said school district, who shall hold their offices for two years, and until their successors are elected. There shall be an election for Trustees of Elections. said school district by the qualified electors of said district every two years. Trustees. SEC. 3. That said Trustees shall have the power and perform Powers of the duties following: 1st. To select suitable sites for schools in said district, and discharge all the duties and have all the rights that are now exercised by, or may hereafter be given to, School Trustees. 2nd. To elect and dismiss the teachers, and fix their Teachers. salaries; to prescribe their duties and term of office, and make rules for the government of the schools, and make an annual Annual Report. report to the State Superintendent of Education on or before the first day of October in each year, to be forwarded through the School Commissioner of Newberry County. 3d. To take charge A. D. 1892. Property. Officers. Board. of and keep in repair all buildings and other property belonging to said school district. SEC. 4. That the Board of Trustees at their first meeting shall from their number elect a Chairman and Secretary thereof. SEC. 5. That the Chairman of said Board of Trustees shall Meetings of call meetings of the said Board of Trustees whenever in his judgment it is necessary, or whenever a majority of the Board shall request him in writing to do so. Local school tax ing of tax-pay given. SEC. 6. That said school district is hereby authorized and empowered to levy on all personal and real property returned in said school district a local tax not exceeding (2) two mills in any one year to supplement the general tax for the support of schools in the mode following: The said Board of Trustees shall on or before the 15th of January, 1893, and on or before the said day in each succeeding year, call a meeting in Annual meet- said school district of all the legal voters living in said ing voters. school district and returning real or personal property therein, Notice to be or both, providing that publication thereof shall be given, specifying the time, object and place of said meeting, at least ten (10) days before such meeting, by posting the same in three conspicuous places in said district and publishing the same in a newspaper published in Newberry County and in a newspaper Powers of published in Lexington County. The persons answering the above designation when assembled shall choose a Chairman and Secretary and decide what additional tax, if any, shall be levied. The Chairman of said meeting shall within one week Notification, afterwards notify the Chairman of the said Board of Trustees and collection of tax the County Auditor of Newberry and Lexington Counties. respectively, of the amount of taxes levied. And the County Auditor of each of said Counties shall at once assess such taxes on the real and personal property returned in that part of said school district lying within each of said Counties, respectively, and each of the County Treasurers of said Counties shall collect the said tax with the other taxes of the same year, and such taxes shall be collected by like process and the non-payment thereof subject to like penalties as in case of non-payment of County or State taxes. meeting. Tax. assessment and County Trea moneys. SEC. 7. The County Treasurer of Newberry and Lexington surers to hold Counties shall each hold all moneys arising from the school taxes which said school district shall be entitled to under the general Subject to war- provisions of law, and under the provisions of this Act, subject to the warrant of the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of said rant. |