The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-09-30
NUMBER 33

renee of the injury or damage; but no
such damage shall be recovered bya
person whose carriage and load thereon
exceeds the weight of siz tons
SEC. IA. If before the entry of an
action provided for in tho preceding
Section, the County Commissioners ten.
der to the plaintiff the amount which he
would be entitled to recover, together
with all legal costs and the plaintiff
docs not accept the same, and does mot
recover upon his trial more than the sum
30 rendered, the defendant shall recover
costs.
SEC Is. II a county neglect TO repair
auy of the highways or bridges which,
by law, it is obliged to keep in repair, or
neglect to make the same safe and con.
venient, such County shall be liable to
Indictment and fine, as the Court in its
discretion may order. The fine imposed
in such case shall be certified to the
County Commissioners by the Clerk of
the Court. and they shall proceed to col.
lect the same from the Surveyor or Sur
veyors of the highway district or districts
charged by this Act with the duty of
experimenting and keeping said high
way or highways in repair; the sum,
when collected, shall be laid out in the
repair of highways and bridges in the
County. 49,,
SEC. 16. Each person who shall furn.
ish 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 cents for
each hour. 1t shall be the duty of the
Highway Surveyor of the district to
make such allowance for the use of teams.
carriages and tools, as shall be equitable
and just.
SEC. II. That ali able-bodied male
persons between the ages of eighteen
and forty-tive years shall be liable. an.
nnally, to perform on the public high
ways and roads, not less than three,
and not more than FIVE days labor,
under the direction of the highway sur.
reyor of their district: Provided, That
ifany person, being warned to work
upon the highways, shall pay to tho
highway surveyr, in the district in
which he may reside, the sum of one
dollar per day for each day required,
the same shall be received in lieu 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 imposed as
penalty for refusing to work upon the
highways and roads, according to the
direction of said commissioners. the said
persons shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and, on conviction thereof
punished by Imprisonment in the cour-
ty Jail for the same, for term not ex-
cecdins thirty days.
SEC. 19. Each highway surveyor pro.
| vided for in this act shall receive fifteen
ceuts per hour for the time NECESSARILY
employed in dscharsing the duties re.
quired by this act: Provided, That he
shall not receive exceeding fifty dollars
per annum, except in extraordinary
cases, when the County Commissioners
may, III THAR discretion, allow a greater
sum, ard, in no event, more than seven.
ty-fivc dollars.
SEC, 10. The County Commissioners
shall, for the year 1871, levy no tax
sections Z, but sfpl set apart portion
OF the tax heretofore authorized to be
raised Tor coai'y purposes, aud nave the
same laid out aud expended under the
provisions of this act.
SEC. 20 All acts and parts of acts
inconsistent with this act, are hereby
repealed.
Approved March 0, iS7i.
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