The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-03-31

all moneys received and expended in his Dis
trict, and Of the lsbo, that msy have beeI per.
formed by any person over and aboy6 .their
taxes, and make return OF his accounts 10 the
county commissioner, annually, IN the month
R November. And 1t shall be the duty d
each tufJeysr ct highways TO psy over TO the
county commissioners Of the county my
moneys which may remain in his hands unex-
pended; and any moneys which may b. Sosne.
oeiyed hom the surveyor shall be paid oxofI
by the county commissioner to the succeed
ing surveyor to be expended In the same dis
trict. ;. Andwheu amy person shah have over
paid their taxes, In labor or otherwise, the bal-
ance shall. be accredited to such persons on
their tsxss foff a.ttthe succeeding year. Whenl
any surveyor of hislaxyb shall resign or bei
removed from Office, be shall also make such
return 70 the county commissioners, as re-
quired in this section, and turn over oil moneye,i
books and lapsrs pertaining to his ediee TO
the county commissioners or to bis sueeesssr
in Office, as they may direct. ~ "a. -,
SEQ. Il. II any surveyor shall have failed to
collect the taxes sortAined In his tax blH a.
required by Law, or il be shaH fail to pay oMr
any moneys which ho may hare collected and
not expended. the county commissioners shall
proceed sxsinst him upon his oAaeiaf bond.
SIC. 1S.; Usnyperaon receive or suffer bodily,
injury, or damage in his property, through .
defect or want OF rerair Or sufficient railing In
OF upon q highway. csusewss or bridge, henasy
recover. Ia an action, Of the county, BY law
obliged to repair the saua the amount Of dam
age sustained thereby, il sIoh county had rea-
sonable notice Of the defect, want OF repair, or
Of insufficient railing. or Il tho Same bad exist
ed for the space Of twenty -four hours previous
to the occurrence Of the injury or damage; but
no such damage shall be recovered by person
whose csrrisge and wagon load thereon ex-
.ceeds the weight Of six tons.
SEC. IA. II, before the entry OF an acaion
provided for In the preceding section, the
county commissioners tender to the paaintah
the amount which he would be entitled to re-
cover, together with all legal costs, and the
plaintiff does not accept the same, and docs
not recover upon his trial more than the suA
so rendered, the defendant shall recover costa.
$40. is. If a county neglect to repair any Of
the hshwaysoF bridges which, by law. It is
obliged to keep ia repair, or neglected. make
the same safe and convenient, such county
shall be liable to indictment and Ane, as the
court 10 ito discretion may order. The hne
iurp ,sed In auch ease shall be. certified to the
county. commissioners by the clerk Ok the
court, and they sthn proceed to collect the
same from sEe surveyor Or surveyors Of the
highway, distric: o. districts charged by this
act With the duty Of superintending aud keep,
ing said highway or highways in repair; the
sum when coRected shall be laid out in there
pair Of highways, and bridges in the county,
SEQ. 18 Each person who ahall furnish worn
on tho highways in payment Of his highway
tax, assessed BY the county commissioners,
shall be allowed fora good baed at the rate ol
ten cents for each hour. q. It shall be the duty
Of the highway surveyor Of the district te
make such allowance for t,s use Of teams
carriages and tools as shall be equitable and
just. ...s..,r;.
SEQ. II. That ali abletbodied male persons
between the ages OF 10 and 46 years shah bt
liable, annually, to perform On the public high
ways and roads not less than three and MOI
more than five days. labor, under the direction
of the highway surveyor Of their district: Fro
vlded, That il any person. being warned to
work upon the highways, shall lpsy tohhe high.
way surveyor, in the district in which he may
~.l. A.. ,,,~, - <,,>a d,Ilor ror .lov for a nh
day required, the same. shall be received in
lien Of such labor, and shall be applied by the
said highway surveyor to the construction and
repair Of the highways and roads in the dis
trict; and should .sny person refuse either ID
work on the highways and roads, or to pay the
fine imposed as penalty for refusing to werl
upon the highways snd roads according 10 di
reetion. of said commissioners, the ssid persons
shall be deemed guilty Of misdeneanor, and,
on conviction thereof, punished by imprison.
ment in the county jail fox. the same, for q
term not exceeding thirty days.
SEQ. 1s. Each highway surveyor, provided
for in this act. shall receive fifteen cents PEI
hour for the time necessarily employed ia dis
charging the duties required by this act: Pro
:vided, That he shall not receive exceeding fftg
Dollars per 'annum, except in extraordinary
cases, when thecounty commissioners may, in
their discretion, allow agreater sum, snd.in
no event more than eeventy-6ye dollars.
.sha, 10. Phe county commissioners ahsll,
for the ,year 1871, levy no tlx under this act
but that provided for in section II, but shall
set aparta portion OF the tax heretofore an.
thorized TO be raised for county purposes, and
have the same laid out and expended under
the provisions of this act.
SEQ. 2G ALI acts or parts Of acts inconsis-
tent with this act, are hereby repesled.
Approved March 9, A. D. 1871.
An ACT to amend an act entitled San act to
organize the Supreme Court"
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 one Of an act entitled "An sct
to organize the Supreme Court, ratified on the
e;ohteenth day az Sentember. in the year of