The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-10-07


wentyiiour hours previous to tho occur
renee of the Injury or damage; but no
saoh damage shall bo recovered by a
person whose carriage aud load thereon
exceeds the weight of six tons.
Sec II. If, before the entry of an
action provided for in tho preceding
Section, the County Commissioners teu-
der TO the pluintiff the amount which he
would be entitled to recover, together
with all legal costs, and the plaintiff
docs not accept the same, and does not
recover upon his trial more than the sum
SO rendered, the defendant shall recover
costs.
SEC. IS. i acounty neglect to repair
any of tho highways or bridges watch,
by law, it is obliged to keep in repair, or
neglect to maSa the same safe and con.
Nenient, 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
CountysCommssioners by the Clerk of
the Court, and they shall proceed to col
lcct the same from the Surveyor or Sur
yeyors 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 sun,
when collected, shall be laid out in the
repair of highways and bridges in the
County.
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 all able-boded male
persons between the ages of eighteen
and forty-five years shall be liable, an
nually, 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.
yeyor OF their district: Provided, That
ifany person, being warned to work
upon the highways, shall pay to the
highway surveyr, in the district in
which he may reside, the sum of one
dollar per day for each day required,
the same shall he 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 pcrson
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 mis-
demcanor, and, on conviction thereof,
punished by imprisonment in the coun.
ty Jail for the same, for term not ex
cecding thirty days.
Sec. 1s. Each highway surveyor pro.
vided' for in this act shall receive fifteen
cents per hour for the time nccessaily
employed in distharging 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. in THAR discretion, allow a greater
aum, and. in no event, more than seven.
ty-fye dollars.
SEC 10. The County Commissioners
shall, for the year 1871, levy no tax
under this act but that provided for in
sections Z, bat shall set apart n portion
of the tax heretofore authorized to be
raised for county purposes, and have the
same laid out and 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, 1871.
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