The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1874-05-02
HIGHWAYS AND BIsHDaEs i.

Title IL, Part of The. General
Statutes, Relating to..hs Repairs of
Highways.and Bridges
Be IL enacted by the.Ssenato and
House Of Representatives. u the State Of
South Carolina, now met bpd si,tiug in
6 s,s.r.i en-. .,1. ASSEMBLY, 'ad sySA' authority
SEC. /. That Chapter Xiv, Of Title
II, Part 1, Of the General Statutes, be,
and tho same is hereby, repealed, aud
the following substituted as such chap
tor: ,%,3
SIC. 2. The County IGommissiouer.
Of the several couatiea Of this State
shall divide their resHee.ive counties
into highway districts, leach distrio. to
contain not less than Two. miles of pub
lie highways, nor more than thirty
miles, to be conveninnt for repairing
highways, and from rane to time to
alter the same.
SEC. 3. That for tho>furpose of keep
ing in repair highways, the County
Commissioners of each county shall
divide the poraons li35le to road duty
in each highway district into convention.
companies, and appoint an overs ser Of
roads in each highway district, whose
duty it shall bo to have tho persons be.
fore named warned out to work the said
roads whenever he may deem it necess-
ary to repair the same. He shall de
termine the number of days for working
at each warning: Provided, That no,
more than six days are required in
year. When the Commissioners having
overnight of such sections gives ordora
tho orerseer to work the road, and he
neglects to do the same, ho shall be
guilty of misdcmeanor, and upon con.
viction thereof in Trial Justices
Court, shall be. fired in sam not less
than five nor more than ten dollars.
SEC. 4. Any person liable to roal
duty, who shall have been duly warmed
two days before. tho day fixed in his
notice for such working, stating tho
hour and place of working, shall bc
subject to tho direction Of the everseer
in charge. IF any person Of the legal
age refuse to hSk-p5or the highway :
and roads (haviug no justiiable excuse },
according to the direction of the ovor
seer, he shall be deemed guilty of
miademeanor, and, upon conviction
hereof in Jrial Justices Court, shall
DO fined in a sun not loss than hye
dollars, nor moro than ten dollars, or b,
imprisoned in the county jail for
period of NOT less than Ave nor more
Than twcuty days.'
SEC. 5. That on any cxra"r linary
occasion, whom, any highway shall b.
suddenly obstrncted bv storm or ether.
wise, so as to require immediate lab IT
10 remove such obstruction, it shall be
:ho duty Of the oversocr in whose dis
trict such obstruction occurs to proceed
forthwith to have such obstruction
removed, and for this purpose shal
summon to his aid sulfi ci.nt nunbe
Of workmen to open and repair such
highway. If any person shall n such
case perform moro days labor than is
required by law for the year, hs shall be
paid for any such oscrplus at tho rate
Of one dollar per day by tho Comfy
upon the Certificate O.
the ovcrscer showing that such over
plus labor Was performed If on any
such extraordinary occasion tho ovor.
seer shall, for the space of day, after
application made to him for such pur-
pose by any citizen rcsidin, in his dis
trict, neglect to call out sufficient nun
Der of persons to speedily open aud
repair such highway, he shall forfeit
and pay to the County missioners
of his county, to bo extended in the
repair Of highways when and where
necessary in his district, the sum Of
fifteen (slO dollars, unloss the over
seer shall show sufficient reason for suoh
neglect; the said fftoen dollars to be
collected by an action for debt in the
name ofsuoh County Com missioners rs
plaintiffs before any Trial Justice in
said county. If on any suoh extraordin
ary occasion any person liable to work
on highways, after being summoned for
the purpose of removing such obstruc-
tions by tho order OF the overseer, shall