Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-10-12
Roads and Bridges.

nel III "htcn our ROADS ana bridges are to be
kept in repair.
Those on whom this labor dcvolyes must
now perform it or take the consequences, and
we are glad to see that these are sufficient
" serious to ensure either ''pay or work"
The attention of the Commissioners through
nut the State should be promptly directed to
this matter, and the co operation of the prop.
cr authorities be Immediately sought in dis
charging long neglected duty:
IlEApo'Es 2D MILITARY DIsrn1cr,
Charleston. Sept &c, 1867.
Gr"rrnl Or1cs, No 95.1
Numerous official representations bayin,,
been made to these Headquarters that the
roads, bridges, and causcwnys in both States
arc III rulnous and unsafe condition, and that
the assistance of the military authorities is
required by the civil officers chargrd with the
! rcparatlon thereof to enable them to secure
obedience to their lawful requirements in the
prrmis,s-it is ordered that the Command
ing Officers Of Posts have authority, to enforce
the performance of labor for the aforesaid
purpose, Whenever in their judgments ne.
cessity exists therefor, reporting their action
promptly to these Headquarters
Tue following rules will he observed in all
cases arising under the pre-. ling paragraph:
| FIRST Comnanding Officers shall inform,
themselves hy che reports of the public OH
GERS charged with the rcparntipn Of roads and
bridges, and by other means subject to their
contiol. of the nature and extent of work re-
quIred. III order TO render the. important thor
oughtarcs, causeways and bridges in their
Posts. conveniently pnsSnblc and safe to life
aud property. and will announce in orders such
rr,n ,bo n,;l;t,rv ,,,,,,e 49, al"
Seco,a Snoh Un,m,,'",'S; IA. -
obtain from the nrou"r eS i"l W"eess WI
,f ,h,, .,,o,,,t re- >. 49, c'''i''','
works resncct;yclv nna an s" .s.as., 't' st.., .,
labor REQUIRED for lint nmrnnsc hmt ,'ot !, NV
ting forth tho name Of cach norson assessed
tic work for which assessed, and the number
9t !eS DAYS OF work required of such
sons shall cohnlthte Work ahdN Ndpon ber'is'
Ivy 'n". ] ;uiI' eSs,r'.a n,, n.u assess1"e" -
ni,iu,s the rcrso,, therein named to ncrcorm
the respective amounts of work at tile time
and place therein assessed, such estimates aud
assessment lists to be open for public iuspcc-
ton and to be corrected from tine to time
when the same shall appear to be unequal or
unjust
Third That any person ncglcctng or re.
fusing to perform the work required of him,
shall be arrested and tried before the Post
Court, and if convicted shall be sentenced to
pay fine of two dollars (s2) for each days
work required of him and not performed
through his fault and for default Of paying
such fine. such person to be sentenced to hard
labor OF. some nublic road or thorou.hfarc, net
to exceed two DAYS for eycrv dnys's work re.
n,ircd of him by the local laws and not per-
for,pcd.
By command Of Bryt. Maior-Cencral ED.
r. S. CANDY.
LOUIS Y. CAZIARC.
Aide-dc-Camp, A. A. \, G.
~, n.no. r,,n, 49,, 1oee o. w.
Soi.os ''A'r ~" looo
have received from the oti'ce OF the Com
mcrcisl and Financial Chronicle" at New
York, a statement Of the cotton crop Of the
u,;tod statos f,r thc vesr erd;,o Srntemhor
,oc7
J. loo'' II says
We are now now able to give otr lsures show (
W. the total crop ana movement OF cotton IN
the unl,ed States ior the year ending sep
tender l. loo'. ihc receipts, rs VIII DC
seem very nearly approximate those 0, last
year. me t"tal re'chine 2.oi''2i ! oaies'
against W. ,oS' bales Tor the previous Twelve
this year of o"ly l74,!l6 bales 1t would be
Impossible to state with accuracy what ,ro
portion OF this aggregate was the prodIct OF