Orangeburg news and times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1875-1877, 1877-06-23
Fence Law Bill.

To authorize County Commission.
crs to submit. to the qualified electors
of their several Counties a PROPOSE
tion to alter the Fence Laws, and to
provide for elfectuating the same.
BE it enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives Of the State
Of South Carolina, now met and sit
ting in General Assembly, and by the
authority of the same:
SECTION l. That upon the written
application of flfty ofthc taxpayers Of
any township in any County of this
State, who may desire to substitute
the fencing Of stock in lieu of fencing
the fields, it shall be the duty of the
Commissioners Of said County to
ord>r an election in said township be-
tween the 10th and 2Olh of August or
the 10Th and Goth Of December in
any year, sixty days notice thereof
being given in one or moro of the
newspapers published in said County,
specifying the time and place or pur-
pose Of such election, aud the form Of
ballot to be used at such election, and
to appoint three managers of election,
who shall, without compensation, hold
and conduct it; and Immediately upon
the close thereof make return thereof
to the Commissioners of the County,
who shall declare and publish the re
suit IF said election in one or more of
the newspapers published in said
County; and ifa majority Of the quail
fed electors ofsaid township voting at
said election shall have voted for the
adoption Of this Act, then the same
shall be and become of force in said
township; OIL the first day of January
next succeeding such election, and
from and after that date. all laws now
existing in regard to the election and
maintenance Of fences in said town
ship shall be null and void and it
shall not be lawful for the owner or
manager of any horse, mule, ass, gen
net, swine, sheep, goat or neat cattle
of any description to permit the said
animals, or any Of them, 10 run at
large beyond the limits oftheir own
lands i'll said township.
SEC. 2. That upon the written ap.
plication offitty tax pa, crs in ceach
township in any County in the State,
it shall be duty of the Commissioners
Of the the County to order an election
to be held i'll each township in the
county on the same day, in the man
ner, and under the regulations of the
foregoing Section; and if majority
Of the townships i'll said county shall
adopt this Act, then the same shall be
of force i'll said county on the first
day Of January next succeeding said
claction, and MI the provisions Of this
Act, applicable to townships, shall
apply to the county; but if majority
Of the townships shall not adopt the
Act, then the same shall be Of force
i'll the townships in which tile same
shall be adopted by majority of the
votes cast at said election in said
township.
SEC. 3. Ifany Of the animals emu
mcratcd ill foregoing Section shall
hereafter be found at large, or upon
the lands Of any person ortEcr than
ahe owner, in said township, the man
ager or owner Of said animals shall,
if he be citizen of said township, be
liable for all damage done by the
said animals to the owners Of tn g
crops OH the lands upon which they
trespass.
SEC. 4. In case of trcspass, rs oforo.
said, the aggrievcd party may make
complaint to Il Trial Justice, or Jus.
ticc Of the Peace, of the county in
which the trespass was committed
who shall issue his warrant immedi
ately, rcturnablc within FIVE days from
the date thereof, and at the time and
place named in the warrant the case
will be tried and the amount Of dam M.
ages sustained by the complaint bt