The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-03-25

ouire the whole amount Of the tax accru-
ing from the list of the highway districts
to be expended within its limits, it shall
! be appropriated in any part. O. such dis
trict where the Seectmen shall direct:
L. The surveyors of the several dis
tricts, after receiving their several tax
bills and warrants; shall proceed to givo
notice to the several persons liable TO pay
taxes in their districts of. the, amount of
their taxes, androt the time and place in
which; and teams, carriages and toolswith
which, they are required to pay their
: 4taxes-in labor; but no person shall be
liable to furnish any team, carriage or
tool of which he is not the owner, except
hoes, shovels or spades. -. :,
Ii. Such notice may be given to all
persons resident in the town, either per-
sonaIly or by written notice left at their
usual residence. and to non-residents by 4
written notice left with, or at the resi-
dence of, their tenants, agents OF other
persons having the care oftheir property;
all of which notices shall be atleast three
DAYS, andin case of persons residing out
of the town atrleast ten days before the
time appointed for them to commence
their work 8 and if such non-residents
shall have no tenant oragcnt in the town,
notice may be posted up in some public or
conspicuous place in the district; and the
SURVEYORS shall make and keep u minute
of the time and manner in which the no
tice shall be. given :. go. i..-.
LII. ANY. person, after he has com
m1enlced working in payment of lis high
way tax, shall be subject to the surveyor,
as to the times when and the places where
his tax shall be paid and laid outin labor.
LII. At least three fourths ofthe high
way tax in any town payable in labor,
shall be collected and laid out between the
fifteenth day of January and the first day
of Nav. and the remainder between the
6rst'day !of September, and the 6rstrday
Novemberin each year, except as herein
after provided o.. ~, -. ,s az ~.
1LIV.. On. any extraordinary occasion,
when any bridge or highway shall be de-
stroyed or impaired so as to require i'm
mediate repairs, or shall be obstructed SO
as to require immediate labor 10 remove
the obstruction, it shall be the duty of the
surveyor forthwith to cause the highway
or bridge to be repaired or the obstruc.
tion removed and he may for that pur.
pose call upon and notify any inhabitant
Of the district to afford him tho necessary
aid or may hire other laborcrs. or employ
other means to open or repair the hIgh'
way and bridges and in such case the
notice shall be deemed sufficient to any
person owing taxes payable in the dis
trict. in order to make him liable tor
neglect to- pay his tax money, if such no
tico shall be given hours previous to the
time when. heis required to appear and
labor. If any person shall in such case
perform labor more than sufficient to pay
| the taxes due from him, or if q person
not indebted for taxes shall perform labor
the amount of such labor, or the balance
may be. credited to such person towards
his highway tax the succeeding year. .
Nv. If in such case any surveyor shall
for, the spacc of twelve hours after appLi
cation made to him for that purpose, neg
! feet to call upon the inhabitants OF his
district, or use other proper measures te
repair or open the highway or bridge
which may be out of repair or obstructed
he shall forfeit and pay TO tie Selectmer
of the town, to be expended in repairing
highways in such district, the sum of ten
dollars. with costs, to be collected in. the
name of the town, unless such surveyor
shall show sufficient reaSen tor ouch neg
iect. al. .a Ia =. s.' .,e,.p-.:.r, H.. aes:.;
| .LyI. If,in. such case any inhabltant o.
any district, whose name shall be on the
lictr inf IL n
shall be due from him or not, shall Tor the
SPACE Of six hours after being called on
or notified, by the surveyor for that pur
pose, without sufficient reason, neglect to
turn ont and assist in repairing or open
ing such highway or bridge rs he shall be
required, he shall forfeit and pay to the
SeIectmen of the town the sum OF three
dollars, TO be collected and expended as
providedin the preceding Section: q.
.sLVII.rIf any person agalnst whom
surrey yor shall have e. tax payable labor
shall neglect after being notified, as pro,
vided in this Act, to work out. his tax,
shall be liable To pay his tax in money
and the surveyor sha.l proceed to: collect
the same, and shall have all the power
which the County Treasurer has by law
to collect State taxes; and shall proceed ~
the same manner in the collection, and
shall have the same fees. ,..
LVIII. 1t shall be the duty of each
surveyor to lay out, in such manncras he
NAV think beneficial, in making and re,
pairing highways in his district, sll mon,
eys collected by him in his tax bill, or
received in any other way for that pur
pose. ,
LIX. Each surveyor shall keep fair and
regular accounts of all labor performed
and all moneys received and expended in
his district, and CT the labor that may
have been performed by any persons over
and above their taxes, and make return
OF his accounts TO the Selectmcn annually
in the month of December And it shall