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SEC. IA. If. before the entry of an
action provided for in the preceding
section, the County Commissioners ten
der to the plaintiff the amount which
he would be entitled to recover, to-
sether with all legal COSTS andIhe plain
Tiff does not accept the same; and does
not recover upon his trial more than the
sum so rendered, the defendant shall
recover costs. y ,srs
See. Is. If a. county neglect to repair
any of the highways or bridges, which,
by law, it is obliged to keep in repair,
or neglect to make the same safe and
such county shall be liable
to indictment and fine, as the Court in
its discretion may order. The fine i'm
posed i'll such case shall be certified to
the County Commissioners by the Clerk
Of the Court, and they shah proceed to
collect the same from the Surveyor or
Surveyors Of the highway district or dis
tricts charged by this Act with the duty
of experimenting and keeping said
highway or highways i'll repair; the
sum when collected shall be laid out in
repair of highways and. bridges in the
county. ~
SEC. 1G. Each person who shall fur
nish work on the highways in payment
of his highwoy tax, assessed by the
Commissioners, shall be allowed for o
good hand at the rate of ten cents for
each hour. ItshalI be duty of-the high
way Surveyor of the district to make
such allowance for the use of teams.
and tools as shall be equitable
and just. %! .g,L
SIC. II. That all able bodied male
persons between the ages OF rl8 and 45
Years shall be liable, annually to per-
1orm on the public highways and roads
not less than three and hot more han
five days labor, under the direction
of the Highway Surveyor; of their Dis
trict: Provided, Thatif any person, be-
lug warned to work upon the highways,
shall pay to the Highway Surveyor, in
the district in which he may reside, The
sum of one dollar per day Tor. each day
required, the same sh all be received IN
lieu of such labor, and shall be applied
by the said Highway Surveyor to the
construction and repair Of the roads in
the district; aud should any person re- ]
fuse to work upon the highways and
roads according to direction OF. said COM
missioners, the said persons. shall be-
deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and,
on conviction thereof, punished by im-s
prisonment in the county Jail for the
same, for term not exceeding thirty
days. lrst4 ~ ~
SEC. 1S. Each Highway Surveyor, pro-
vided for in this ACT, shall receive fifteen
cents per hour for the time necessarily
employed in discharging the duties re-
CURED by this Act; Provided, that he
shall not receive exceeding fifty, dollars
per annum, except in: extraordinary
cases, when the County Commissioner
may, in their discretion, allow q greater
sum, and in no event more than seventy
five dollars. .:14c4
SEC. 49,. The County Commissioners
shall, for the year 1871, levy no tax un-
der this Act but that provided for In
Section II, but shall set apart aSportion
OF the tax heretofore authorized to be
raised for county purposes, aud have
the same laid out and expended under,
the provisions of this Act.
SEC. 20. All acts or parts Of acts
inconsistent with this act, are hereby
repealed.
Approved March the 9th, A.D. 1871.
AN ACT to Provide for the Redemption
= of certain Lands sold under the oroter Of
General Ed. II. S. CANDY Jor. 1d1es.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives Of the State Of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in Gener-
al Assembly, and by the authority of tho
same: f. rte..-.,;,
That all lands bought in by tho
Sheriff the State, sold under provis.
ions of an order from Gen. Ed. R s.
Cauby, dated 4 harleston, S. c., De-
eemter Sd, 1867, to provide for the
support Of the Provisional Govern
ment of South Carolina, tor the year
commencing. the first day of October,
1867, &c. the same being done under
General Orders No. 139, be-, and the
same are hereby, entitled to be re-
deemed within a period Of six months
after the passage of this Act, upon the
payment Of the tax, interest and cost
thereof, to the Sheriff Of the County
in which said lands were sold by vir-
tue If said order.
SEc.2. All Acts or parts of Acts.
Inconsistent with this Act are hereby.
repealed. at ce..
Approved MarchI9, 1871. 80
AN ACT To Authorize Circuit :Judges
to Hold Courts in other Cfrcasfts than
their oaUn. ~ - 70 :-.t -:
SECTION /. Be in enacted by tho
Senate end House of Representatives
of the State OF South Carolina, now
mot and sitting in General Assembly,
and by the authority of the same:
That Circuit J udge of any Circuit
shall have power to hold any stated
or special term of the Circuit Court in
any. other Circuit, upon the written
request of the Circuit Judge,of that
Circuit. = ~ t-,st2aS
Approved the 2sth day Of; Febru-
ary, 1871. ~. .--e.,g..-" > {, .
AN ACT to Amend an. act entitled ian
Act to organize tie Supreme Court"
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives OF the State OF South
Carolina, now met anu sitting IN Gener-
al Assembly, and by the authority OF
the same: .' = -"
That Section one Of an Act entitled
"An Act to organize the Supreme
Court" ratified on the eighteenth day
of September. in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight. hundred
and sixty-eight, be, and the same is
hereby, so amended as to. read, tho
the third Tuesday of April, in the
place of the first Tuesday Of tho same
month. :s;-.< ..sr-...s. ada
Approved March 9, 1871.
JOINT RESOLUTION making an
Appropriation Of Forty-Se0es :7Ao"-
sand Dollars, for the Completion Of
.a,bo S,,n 1v,ot;c Asylum nn1 f,-