A. D. 1911 Declared a corporation with certain rights, etc. Sections 1926 and 1927 of the Code of Laws of 1902 and Acts amendatory thereof. SEC. 7. That said Augusta and Columbia Railway Company is hereby declared to be an electric railroad corporation possessing all and every of the rights, powers, privileges and franchises enumerated in its charter granted by the Secretary of State of South Carolina on the 12th day of March, 1906, and the successive amendments thereto and in this Act or in any of the same. SEC. 8. This Act shall take effect immediately upon its approval. Approved the 13th day of February, A. D. 1911. No. 106. AN ACT TO AMEND "AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE CANCELLATION OF ALL REAL ESTATE AND CHATTEL MORTGAGES AND JUDGMENTS IN the Different COUNTIES OF THE STATE TO BE ENTERED UPON THE MARGIN OF THE INDEXES THEREOF," APPROVED THE 15TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1910. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Act of 1910, State of South Carolina, That said Act be amended by striking out Section 2 and placing in lieu thereof the following: 26 Stats., 587, amended. Section 2. Any clerk or other officer wilfully violating this Act shall, on conviction, be fined not more than one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned not more than thirty days, in the discretion of the court, and it shall be the duty of the Solicitor of each Circuit to see that the law is complied with or to forthwith prosecute the violators. Also by adding the following: Section 3. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. SEC. 4. This Act shall go into effect on the first day of July, 1911. Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911. No. 107. AN ACT RELATING TO COMMUTATION TAX IN EDGEFIELD COUNTY. A. D. 1911 tax for Edge SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, That in the county of Edgefield, in Commutation lieu of performing the labor of ten hours per day, as required field County. for the several counties, a commutation tax of not less than one dollar nor more than three doliars, as may be fixed by the County Board of Commissioners, may be paid annually by the person so liable on or before the first of April of each year: Provided, That a person liable to road duty shall have the right Proviso. to furnish a competent substitute to labor in his stead; said substitute not to be less than eighteen nor more than fifty years of age. All commutation tax collected shall be expended by the Board of County Commissioners upon the public roads in the townships where the commutation tax is collected; and any failure to pay said road tax, furnish a substitute, or perform labor as required by law, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and the offender, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not less than five dollars and not exceeding fifty dollars, or imprisonment for not less than ten days and not exceeding thirty days. SEC. 2. That all Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911. No. 108. AN ACT TO CREATE A HIGHWAY COMMISSION FOR COLLETON COUNTY. Commission to SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, That a Highway Commission for be appointed. Colleton county is hereby created for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act. Said commission shall be composed of three members to be appointed and commissioned by the Governor, upon the recommendation of a majority of the members of the General Assembly from Colleton county. Their term of office shall be for two years and until their suc A. D. 1911 cessors have qualified, unless sooner removed by the Governor upon the recommendation of a majority of the members of the General Assembly of Colleton county. SEC. 2. The said commission shail, as soon as appointed and Bond required. qualified, elect one of their number as chairman and one as clerk. Each member of said commission shall give bond in the sum of one thousand ($1,000) dollars, to be approved by the Clerk of Court for Colleton county. Overseers. Power of commission. Townships. SEC. 3. The said commission shall at once arrange for the systematic work on the roads and bridges in the several townships of the county. Said commission shall appoint one or more overseers in each township, whose duty shall be to superintend and work the roads and build and repair bridges in their several townships by the approval of County Highway Commission. Said overseer or overseers shall not work less than eight men in each gang and shall pay not over one ($1.00) dollar per day for ten hours' work. All work must be done to the satisfaction of the Highway Commission. SEC. 4. The said Highway Commission shall have the same power as that now possessed and exercised by the Supervisor and County Board of Commissioners over the public highways and bridges in each township of the county. The said commission shall have the exclusive management of the chain gang, teams and all of the equipment of the county now being used by the Supervisor for working upon the public highways and bridges of the county, and the said Supervisor and County Board of Commissioners are hereby authorized and directed to audit, approve and pay any and all claims presented to them for payment by the said Highway Commission. SEC. 5. All moneys that are derived by taxation from the three-mill special road tax and the commutation tax for the building and repair of public highways and bridges shall be expended in the township from which the same is derived, except that the funds derived from taxation on railroads for such purpose shall be paid equally to each township for roads and bridges. SEC. 6. All funds derived from three-mill road tax for the building of public highways and bridges in municipal corporations shall be paid over by the County Treasurer to the Town Treasurer from which the same was derived, and by such A. D. 1911 municipal corporation expended on the public streets of said town. SEC. 7. The said Highway Commission shall be required to make such itemized reports as is now required under the law. by the Supervisor and County Board of Commissioners of Colleton county. SEC. 8. The Treasurer of Colleton county shall keep an accurate account of the taxes for road purposes in each of the townships of the county, and said taxes shall go to pay for work done on the roads and bridges in the respective townships, subject to the order of the Highway Commission hereinbefore provided. SEC. 9. The chairman of the Highway Commission shall receive five ($5.00) dollars per day as compensation for his services not to exceed seventy-five (75) days in any one year, and the member selected as clerk of said commission shall receive four ($4.00) dollars per day not to exceed seventy-five (75) days in any one year, and the other member shall receive four ($4.00) dollars per day not to exceed fifty (50) days in one year. SEC. 10. The Supervisor is hereby authorized and directed to pay said salaries as provided in Section 9 of this Act, as well as all expenses of the chain gang and its equipment, out of the ordinary fund in Colleton county. SEC. 11. The Supervisor and County Board of Commissioners shall continue to perform all other duties required of them by law except as herein provided. SEC. 12. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. SEC. 13. This Act shall take effect immediately upon its approval by the Governor. Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911. Reports. Compensation. A. D. 1911 Act of 1910, No. 109. AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO PROVIDE SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the 26 Stats., 705, State of South Carolina, That Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of an amended. Road supervisor to be employed. Civil engineer. tax. Act entitled "An Act to provide for the improvement of the highways and public roads in Fairfield county and provide a road tax therefor," approved 25th February, 1910, be, and the same are hereby, stricken out and the following inserted in lieu thereof, to be Sections 1 and 2 of said Act, to wit: Section 1. That for the purpose of working and improving the public roads and highways in Fairfield county, the County or District Commissioners of said county shall, as soon as practicable after the passage of this Act, employ a competent man to be known as road supervisor, at a salary of not more than eight hundred dollars per annum, whose duty it shall be to supervise the working and improvement of the public roads, to have control of the chain gang and other forces that may be used for this purpose, under the general direction of the County Commissioners and perform such other duties as said County Commissioners may require. SEC. 2. That whenever in the judgment of County Commissioners it is necessary, they may employ a civil engineer whose fees and expenses shall not exceed three hundred dollars per annum. SEC. 3. That Section 7 of said Act be numbered Section 3 and amended to read as follows: Section 3. That in order to provide funds for working and Commutation maintaining the public roads, and building and repairing the bridges of said county, there shall be levied on all able-bodied male citizens of said county, between the age of twenty-one and fifty-five years, the sum of two dollars per annum, said |