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

refuse to accept tho sano, and does not
recover upon subsequent trial sum
lager than the amounts 30 rendered, tho
defendant shall recover costs, aud the
plaintiff be entitled to tho results of no
verdict. IF tho Commissioners of any
county neglect to have repaird any Of
tho highways and bridges which by
Law are required to bo kept in repair,
they shall be deemed guilty of misdo-
meahor, and upon conviction thereof
shall be fined in sum not loss than one
hundred nor moro than Eve hundred
dollars, in the discretion Of the Court.
The County Commissioners shall author,
ize the overseer Of any district to allow
q man working ono day, and also furnish.
ing horse, plough or cart, two days
labor aud one working himself for one
day, furnishing wagon aad two horses,
mules or oxen, three days labor.
SEC. s. All able bodied male persons
hetweon the ages of eighteen and forty
Eve years shall DO liable annually to
work on tho public highways and roads
not less three nor moro than six days,
un der tho direction Of the ovorseer of
tho district in which they may reside.
In warning men to work upoL the pub
lie roads, the ovorseer shall make vut
list for the warner, requiring him to
give notice to each person the kind of
teol he shall use in working upon the
highway and roads
SEC. 8. That if any peraon, havi ng
beeu notified or warned, as hereinhefore
provided, shall pay to the County
Treasurer Of tho county in which he
may reside the sum of one dollar per
day for each days work required, the
same shall DC received in lieu of such
labor, and shall bo applied by the Com
missioncrs of such county TO tho con-
structi.n and repair of tho highways in
the districts to which they belong.
SEC 10. Tho ovcrscers in !heir re.
spcctivo districts shall havn full pswer
to cut down and Nuke uao Oh any timber,
wood, earth or stnne in or near tho road,
bridges or causcway for the purpose of
repairing the same. ss to them shall
aeem uorrssary. making just compensa.
ton thereto, shnul the same bolde->
manded Oversecrs shall not authorize
the cutting doHn Of any timber trees
reserved by the owner in clearing his
land, or planted for tho purpose Of shade
or ornament, either i, the fields around
the springs, or about the dwelling ouse,
or ap?ur' cn1nc's, n,r tn. cutting Of any
rail timber, when nth.r timber may be
procured, Mt or near the place, or take
stone or earth from thin the grounds
Of any Iers"n enclosed for cultivation,
without the consent OF the ownor of the
same. 1fany person or persons shall by
any mcaus hind"r torbi.l or oppose tbs
said ovcrs'crs, or either Of them, fro u
cutting down aud making use If any
timber, WOOL s'one or earth III any or
near said roads ar rau.ew,ys, for slight
rep,irs Of brid .cs, FIR the purpose of
making or repairing the sam,, or shall
in any manner ohstruct the passage Of
said road, causcway or bridges by gate 6,
fences, bitches, or any other obstructions,
exccdt where authorized by law, or
shall hinder, forbid or threaten any
traveller from travelling any pubic roa
and evcry person for such offcnse shall
be deemed guilty Of a misdomennor, nd
and upon conviction thereof in Trial
Justices Court, shall be 6nd 10 a sum
not less than five nor more than to
dollars.
SEC. IL. If amy parson liable to per.
form such labor shall remove frcm one
county to another, who had prior to
such removal performed the whole or
any part Of it, orin any other way has
paid the whole, or any part Of the
amount afores,id in lieu OF such labor
and shall pr"dicc certificate or receipt
Of the same from the overseer of the
district FROM which such porso ns have
removed, such certificate or receipt shall
operate as complete discharge for the
amount therein specified. The residence
of any person who has family shall DO
held to be where his family resides, and
the residence of any other person shall
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