The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1874-05-02
HIGHWAYS AND fBIsHDaEs ;.
An Act, to Anend Ghapier xiv. of

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HIGHWAYS ANBfBIsHDaEs /.
An Act, to Anena Chapter xiv, ;of
Title IL, Part 1, of the:s General
Statutes; Relating to. ths. Repairs Of
Highvayu:and Bridges,
BE Il enacted BY the. .Ssenats and
House Of Representatives d the State Of
soutb Carolina, now met End sitting in
6 e.s.'., ,ss .,z. ASSEMBLY and sysh' authority
sKo. l.. That Chapter XIV, Of Title
II, Part 1, Of The, General Statutes, be,
and the same is hereby repealed, and
tho following substituted 10 such chap
tor:
SEC. 2. The County Commissioner.
Of tho several csuntieI Of this State
shall divide their respective counties
into highway din,riots, each district to
contain not less than Two, miles of pub
lie highways, nor more than thirty
miles, to be conveniant for repairing
highways, apd from ssna to time to
alter the same. 4
SEC. 8. That for The. purpose of keep
ing in repair highways, tho County
Commissioners of eacI, county shall
divide the persens li$5le to road duty
in each highway district into convenient
companies, and appoint an overs ,er of
roads in each highway district, whose
duty it shall bo to have the persons be
fore named warned cut to work the said
roads whenever he may deem it necess.
ary to repair the same. He nhall de
termine the number of days for working
at each warning: Provided, That no,
more than si1 days are required in
year. When the Commissioners having
overnight Of such sections givos ordora
tho orerseer to work the road, and he
neglects to do the samo, he shall be
guilty Of misdcmeanor, and upon con
viction thereof in Trial Justice's q
Court, shall be. ined in a s1m not loss
than five nor more than ten dollars:
SEC. 4. Any person liable to roa'l
duty, who shall have beer duly warned
two days before. tho day fixed in his
notice for such working, stating the
hour and place of working, shall be
subject to tho direction of the evsrseer
in charge. IF any person Of the loyal
age refuse to TihSk-p5o the hifjgal~ ays'
and roads (having no justifiable excuse },
according to the direction of the ovor
seer, he shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and, upon conviction
thereof in Jrial Justices Court, shall
bo fined in q sun not loss than fYc
dollars, nor moro thun ten dollars, or bs
imprisoned in the county jail for
period of noe less than Ave nor more
than twcuty daJs.f
Sec. 5. That on am ex' 'raor lnary
occasion, whom any highway shall b.
suddenly obs.rnoted by storm or ether.
winc, so MS to require immediate lab ,r
to remove such obstruction, it shall be
the duty Of the oversocr in whose dis
trict such obstruction occurs to proceed
forthwith to have suah obstruction
removed, and for this purpose shal
summon to his aid sufficient uunbc r
of uorkmen to open and repair such
highway. If any person shall in such
case perform moro days labor than is
required by law for the year, hs shall be
paid for any such ovcrplus at tho rat 0
of one dollar per day by tho County
Commissioners, upsu the certificate O.
the ovcrseer showing that such over.
plus labor was performed. If on any
such extraordinary occasion the ovor.
seer shall, for tho space of q day, after
application made to him for such pur-
pose by any citizen rcsidin, in his dis.
trict, neglect to caA out sufficient nun
bor of persons to speedily open aud
repair such highway, he shall forfeit
and pay to the County Commissioners
of his county, to be extended in the
repair Of highways when and where
necessary in his district, the sum of
fifteen (sl5) dollars, unless the over
seer shall show sufficient reason for suob
neglect the said fifteen dollars to be
collected by an action. for debt in the
name of fsuch County Commissioners as
plaintiffs before any Trial Justice 10
said county. If on any such extraordin
ary occasion any person liable to work