eighty-four ($84) dollars, if so much be necessary; for main- A. D. 1911 tenance of jail and dieting of prisoners, one thousand two hundred ($1,200) dollars; for maintenance of jail and dieting of prisoners the Sheriff shall render an itemized statement to the Board of County Commissioners of the number of prisoners and of days they are confined and fed; for the Supervisor of Public Roads, if so much be necessary, eight hundred ($800) dollars; for the Civil Engineer, if so much be necessary, four hundred ($400) dollars; for the premiums on official bonds of the Board of County Commissioners, sixty three ($63) dollars. The Board of County Commissioners are hereby authorized to borrow not in excess of $25,000, to be borrowed in installments as needed, and to be applied to county expenses for the current year, the interest thereon not to exceed seven (7) per centum per annum. The Board of County Commissioners are hereby authorized and empowered to pledge the county tax levy now laid for the purpose of security for the said sum so borrowed. For the interest due upon advances amounting to $1,823.41 by the Bank of Fairfield to meet the expenses of holding court terms in 1910, if so much be necessary, $150. The Board of County Commissioners may increase the above amounts up to the levy herein provided, but in no case shall they exceed the levy by contract, expenditure or otherwise. All county claims past due and not presented for payment to the said board before the first day of April, 1911, are hereby declared to be null and void, and the said board or subsequent board, is hereby forbidden to pay the same, or any of them. All claims hereafter due by the county shall be presented within thirty days from the date on which they arise, or they shall likewise be null and void, and the payment of the same is hereby barred and forbidden. All claims shall be approved by a majority of record of the whole board, or shall not be deemed valid and payable. All meetings of the board shall be open to the public, unless by unanimous consent of the members present, it is deemed prejudicial to the county's interest. Claims arising in the month of December shall be presented for approval at the first regular meeting of the board in the month of January following. A commutation road tax of two dollars shall be due and payable at the same time as other county taxes A. D. 1911 by all able-bodied male citizens of the county living outside the incorporated towns therein, between the ages of twenty-one and fifty-five years, any provisions to the contrary notwithstanding. The penalty for failure to pay the said commutation road tax shall be enforced as now provided. Interest accruing upon deposits in bank or held unused shall inure to the benefit of the county, and not become a perquisite of any public official in whose charge any public fund may lie. Any balance of the several county funds on hand at end of current fiscal year may be used in liquidation of caims now past due. Florence Georgetown Greenville Florence County.-For ordinary county purposes, one mill; special road tax, one mill. Georgetown County.-For ordinary county purposes, five (5) mills; for the purpose of paying interest upon and establishing a sinking fund for the retirement of certain bonds of Winyah Indigo School District, issued under Act of February 19, 1904, one and one-fourth (14) mills, upon ali of the taxable real and personal property in said school district. Special school tax for Rosemary School District for the purpose of paying interest upon and establishing a sinking fund for the retirement of certain bonds of Rosemary School District, which have been issued under “An Act to provide for the issuing of bonds in public school districts in South Carolina," approved 19th February, 1907, and Acts amendatory thereof, six (6) mills, upon all of the taxable real and personal property in said school district. Georgetown Rifle Guards, three hundred ($300) dollars, to apply on liquidating debt on new armory, and for no other purpose. The County Board of Commissioners are hereby authorized and instructed to draw their pay certificate for, and the County Treasurer to pay H. C. Tallevast, auditor, one hundred ($100) dollars in addition to his salary, as special compensation, and from and after the approval of this Act the County Supervisor shall publish monthly in a newspaper published in the county of Georgetown, an itemized statement of all claims approved and contracts made by said board, or by him, showing for whom approved and with whom made, and the nature and amounts thereof. Greenville County. For the county of Greenville, for all county purposes, 91⁄2 mills, and including the one (1) mill road tax authorized by law, to be expended as follows, if so much be necessary: Item 1. Cross-country roads, $10,000.00; Item 2. For erection of sign boards at cross roads, $500.00; Item 3. For paying county's part of paving debt where property abuts on street, $750.00; Item 4. Roads and bridges, $28,692.64; Item 5. Maintenance of convicts and road-working organization, $19,192.37; Item 5. (a) For building a road from Merrettsville, $2,000.00; Item 6. Public buildings and offices, $1,300.00; Item 7. Jail expenses, $2,500.00; Item 8. Poorhouse and poor, $2,500.00; Item 9. Court expenses, $8,500.00; Item 10. Books, stationery and printing, $1,000.00; Item 11. Post mortems and lunacy, $1,500.00; Item 12. Inquests, $100.00; Item 13. Board of Education, $150.00; Item 14. Board of Equalization, $500.00; Item 15. Insurance, $90.00; Item 16. Interest on loans in anticipation of taxes, including unpaid interest on loans of 1910 accruing after January 1, 1911, $2,500.00; Item 17. Contingent expenses, $500.00; Total, $87,390.00. Item 18. Salaries: (a) Clerk of Court, $1,600.00; (b) Sheriff, $2,200.00; (c) Treasurer, $600.00; (d) Auditor, $600.00; (e) Superintendent of Education, $900.00; (f) Supervisor, $1,320.00; (g) Commissioners, $480.00; (h) Clerk of Board, $600,00; (i) Magistrates and Constables, $4,590.00; (j) Register Mesne Conveyances, $2,400.00; (k) Coroner, $400.00; (1) Attorney, $500.00; (m) Physician, $500.00; (n) Janitor of courthouse, $300.00; Total, $16,990.00. Item 19. For payment of interest due July 1, 1911, Oct. 1, 1911, Jan. 1, 1912, and April 1, 1912, upon county bonds (the total amount of bonds outstanding Jan. 1, 1911, being $260,000.00) as per schedule of bonds and interest set forth in Acts, 1910, page 817, $11,990.00; For sinking fund under proposed Act of 1910, to retire bonds, $3,000.00; Total, $14,990.00. Item 20. Sinking Fund Commission (total amount unpaid Jan. 1, 1911, upon all loans is $42,238.15 after applying proceeds of 1910 taxes): (a) Principal (in part) and interest on note to Sinking Fund Commission, dated April 22, 1908, $33,000.00, 5 per cent. interest; balance unpaid Jan. 1, 1911, $7,938.15 upon principal, $6,600, and upon interest to Jan. 1, 1912, $396.90; leaving balance unpaid Jan. 1, 1912, $1,338.15; Total, $6,996.90. (b) Principal (in part) and interest on note to Sinking Fund Commission, A. D. 1911 A. D. 1911 dated Dec. 21, 1908, $6,500, 5 per cent. interest; balance unpaid Greenwood Jan. 1, 1911, $3,900; upon principal, $1,300, and upon interest Greenwood County.-For ordinary county purposes, two (2) mills; for past indebtedness, two (2) mills; for roads and bridges, three (3) mills; for interest on railroad bonds: Ninety-Six township, one (1) mill; Cooper township, three (3) mills, to be expended in the following manner: For County Auditor, four hundred ($400) dollars; for County Supervisor, Commissioners and Clerk's salaries, one thousand seven hundred ($1,700) dollars; for County Treasurer's salary, five hundred ($500) dollars; for County Board of A. D. 1911 Equalization, four hundred and seventy ($170) dollars; for jury, witnesses and constables' tickets, four thousand five hundred ($4,500) dollars; for Clerk of Court, three hundred and fifty ($350) dollars; for Sheriff, one thousand four hundred ($1,400) dollars; for Magistrates, Constables and Rural Police, five thousand ($5,000) dollars; for Coroner, two hundred ($200) dollars; for poorhouse and poor, one thousand ($1,000) dollars; for repairs on roads and bridges, eighteen thousand ($18,000) dollars; for repairs on public buildings ($1,000) dollars; for books, stationery and printing, nine hundred ($900) dollars; for contingent expenses, two thousand ($2,000) dollars; for post mortems, examining lunatics and conveying, seven hundred ($700) dollars; for Jury Commissioners and insurance, two hundred ($200) dollars; for jail and repairs, twenty-two hundred ($2,200) dollars: Provided, The Jailer shall be allowed thirty-five cents per day for each prisoner for dieting prisoners; for interest on railroad bonds, four thousand two hundred ($4,200) dollars; for public officers, twelve hundred and fifty ($1,250) dollars; for Physician's and Attorney's fees, two hundred ($200) dollars; for past in debtedness, twelve thousand ($12,000) dollars; for Superintendent of Education, nine hundred ($900) dollars: Provided, That out of the amount raised for ordinary county purposes as above set forth, the County Board of Commissioners shall be authorized and empowered to pay to the auditor the sum of two hundred and fifty ($250) dollars for clerk hire. Hampton Hampton County-For ordinary county purposes, four (4) mills; for improvement and construction of public roads, to County. be used in the township where levied by contract or otherwise as may be considered best by the Supervisor and County Commissioners, four (4) mills; for contingent school fund, one (1) mill. Horry County.-For ordinary county purposes, roads and bridges, five and one-half (52) mills; for courthouse and jail bonds, one (1) mill; to complete bridges across Waccamaw River, one-half (2) mill, the one-half mill to be turned over to and be subject to the order of the building commissioners of the said county. Horry County. |