The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-04-05

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suceeeadaalS ss When my 4 ss sar1syer Of Rsh.
Nsys shall resikn oe be removed from czace, ha
shall also mats such return To the County Com.
missioners, as required In this Section, sld turn
over all moneys. books and papers pertaining to
his Office to the County Commissioners or to his
successor in Office, ~ they may direct.
sEc u. II any Surveyor shaif hsse failed to col.
lect the taxes contained tn his tax BILL % required
By lsv, Of II be shsll fsi to Pc, over any moneys
which he may haze collected and not expended,
the County cSnmissioners shall proceed against
him upon his pfaaI bond. -
sEo. 1s. ttAny person receive or suffer bodily
injury, or damage IN his property. through de-
feet q want Of repair or sunsisnt railing in or
updf = highway, ssnssHsS OF bridge, be may
rec64sr. IN an sStfo6, Of theconn, y law obliged
10 repair The same, The amouat Of damage srsa
EsAined thereby, fbuch county had reasonable hol
}es Sf sha defect, want OF rspsit 6fof Insufficient
railing, OF II the sane he'd existed for the space
ottsenty.your hours previous to -ths Occurrences
rof fhe injury OF damsse; bus no sa1ch damage
Shall be recovered BY person whose cafriigs saa
load thereon exceeds the weight OF SIX tons. "
sEo. Il. II, before the entry Of an action pro.
vided for in the preceding Section, the County
Commissioners tender TO the plaintiff the amount
which he would be entitled TO recover. together
with al legal costs, and the plainth DOGS aot a-
cent the same and does not recover upon his trial
moro than the sum 60 rendered, Tire defendant
shall recover coats.
Sec, Is. II . county neglect to repsir any OF the
hiehvsys or bridges which, by Law. X is obliged
10 keen in repair, or neglect to'mIke the same
safe and convenient, such county shah be hsbie
10 indictment aud fine, as the Court in its discre-
ton may order. The fine imposed IN such case
shall be certified to the County Commissioners by
the Clerk of.tae Court, and they shall proceed 70
collect the Same from the Surveyor or rsurveyors
Of the highway district or districts charged BY
this Act with the duty Of supetintending and
keeping said highway or highways in repair; the
aum when collected shall be laid out In the repair
Of highways and bridges in the county.
SIC. 16. Each person who shall furnish work on
the highways in payment Of his highway tax,
assessed by the County Commissioners. shall be
allowed for good hand at the rate Of ten ceu.s
for each hour. It shah be the duty ofthe high
way Surveyor o, the district to mako such allow.
,ncs for the uso Of teaina carriages and tools as
shall be equitable and just.
SEC. II. That all sble-bodied male persons be-
tween the ages OF IS and IS years shall be liable an
nually, to perform on the public highways rcads
not less than three and not more than I'VE days Ia
Dor, under the direction ofthe Highway Surveyor OF
their District: Pfocid.d That II any person, being
warned to work upon the highways. shall pay to
che Highway Surveyor, in tho district IN which he
NAV reside. the sum OF one dollar per day for
each day required, the same shalf be received IN
feu of such labor, and shall be applied by the
said Highway Surveyor to the construction and
repair OF the highways and roads in the district;
and should any person refuse either to work on
the highways and roads, or TO pay the fine i'm
posed ~ penalty for refusing to work upon the
highways and roads according to direction OF said
commissioners, the said persons shall be deemed
guilty Of misdemeanoE, and, on conviction there
Of, punished by Imprisonment Id the county Jan
for the same, for 3 term lot exceeding thirty
days.
SEC 1s. Each Highway Surveyor, presided for
in this Act, shall receive fifteen cents per hour fo3
the time necessarily employed in dischargiug inc
duties required by this Act; Provided, That ne
shsll not receive exceeding fly dollars per en-
num, except in extraordinary CASES, when the
County Commissioners may, 10 their discretion,
allow greater sum, AMI in no event mofs than
seventy-ive dolsrs.
SIC. 10. The County Commissioners sheil, fo'
the year 1871, levy no tax under this act but She
provided for In Section II, but Shslf set apart 8
norton OF the tax heretofore authorized to be
raised for county purposes, End have tue same
laid out and expended under the provisions o.
this Act.
SIC. 90. All Acts or parts Of Acts inconsistent
with this Act, are hereby repealed
| Approved, March the 9th, a. D. 1871.
AN ACT To ALTER AND R7SEw THg CHARTER OF
TaE TowE OF DARLINGTON.
SECTION /. Be il enaded by the 'Seaole dne
house Of Representatives.. Of tie etate q Soul
oaro6,sa, nou met AID sitting in General Assem-
| Uy. and Jy the authority, Of The same, That Al
Act entitled sAn Act TO ineorporate certain town:
and Villages" approved on the 2Sth day OF Janu
ary. A. D., one thousand eight hundred and sixty
be. and the Same is hereby altered and amended
Is follows. to wit That from and after the pas
saeo of this Act, ell and every person or persons
who shall have resided In the corporate limits
the village of Darlington for two months, az
hereby declared to be members Of the corporation
hereby to be created.
SEC. 2. That the said persons shall, from AMI
after the passage Of this Act, becoma body poll
tic and corporate, and shall be known and eailet
bv the name Of the town OF Darlington, aud IL
corporate limits shall extend one and one-hal
mile from the Court House, except on the north
east. east and northwest sides. which shall ot
bounded By Swift Creek and Indian Branch.
SIC. 8. That the said town shau be governed b!
m Intendent and four wardens, who ahel hav'
resided in the State for one year, and within th'
limits OF the corporation for sixty dsya immsdi
stey preceding their election. The said Intend
snt and Wardeus shall be elected on the seccnf
Monday Of the mouth OF April in each year, ter
DAYS notice .being previously given, and shai
continue in Office ono year and until the eisct'o'
and qualification Of their successors; and al nai
inhabitants Of the said town who shan have u
tanned the age Of twenty-one years. ant
res;ded therein two months Immediately pre-
eedine the election, shall be entitled TO voe
for said Ipssnasnt and Wardsns.
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