Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-06-14
Actst Passed by the GeneraI AS
scIMbl S'slt the Extra Session sof
1877. &. x. q: IIf

An Acet0 t>authorize County Commissioners
to Babg,Itto the qualified electors s6f !heir,
| sovorei counties o proposition to altor tho
tenco iaws,sand to provide for calculating:
tho samo.
SECTION l. Bo 1t enacted, by tho Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
OF South Carolina, now met and sitting in
in Gcneral Assembly, aud by tho authority
OF tho same, That upon tho written applioa-
tion ofseyenty fvo of tho tax payers of any
| township in any county Of this State who
may desire to substitute tho fonoing of stock
in lieu of fencing the fields, it shall be tho
duty Of the said Commissioners Of said county
to order an election in said township between
tho 10th and Goth of August. or the 10th and
Goth Of December, in any your, thirty days.
notioo thereof boing given in ono or moro Of
the newspapers published in said county,
| specifying tho time and place or purpose Of
such election: and the form of ballot to be
used at suoh election, and to appoint three
managers Of election, who shall, without COM
pensation, hold and conduct said election, and
Immediately upon the CLOSE thereof make
ceturn thereof 10 tho commissioners of the
| county, who shall declare and publish tho
| result of said election in one or more of tho
newspaper published in said county: Provided,
ho,ceUeS. That tho place of voting designated
by the County Commissioners shall be rs noar
tho geographical centre of tho townships rs
| circumstances will admit; and if q majority of
tho qualified electors Of said township voting
at said election shall have voted for tho adop.
| ton of this not, thon tho same shall be and
become of force in said township, on the
| fret dny Of january next, succeeding such
election; aud from and after that date all laws
now existing in regard to tho erection and
| maintenance of fonces in said township shall
be null and void; and it shall not bo lawful
| for the owner Or manager of any horse, mule,
| ass, Jeannette, swine, sheep, goat or neat
cattle of any description to permit the said
animals or any of them, to run at l,rge be-
yond tho limits Of their own lands, in said
| township.
Sec. @ That upon tho written application
of seyentysfve tax payers in cach township
in any county in tho State, it shall bo the duty
of the commissioners Of the county for said
county to order on election to be hold in each
| township in the county on tho samo day, in
the manner and under the regulations Of tho
in said county shall adopt this act, then the
same shall be offorce in said county on the first
duy Of Januury next succeeding said election,
| and all the provisions of this net, applicable
! to townships, shall apply to tho county; but if
| nll Of tho townships shall not adopt tho act
then the same shall be of force in the town
i ships in which tho samo shall bo adopted by
majority oftho votes cast at said election in
said townships.
| Sec. g.. If any of tho animals enumerated
! in the first section shall hereafter be found at
largo, or upon tho lands Of any person othor
thun the owner, in said township, tho mapager
hor owner, of sn6 animals shall be liable for ali
damage dono by the snid animals to the own
| ers Of the crops or tho lands upon which they
| trespass.
Sec. 4. In case of trcspass, as aforesaid
| the agGrievcd party may make complaint to IL
| Trial Justice or Justice Of tho Poace of the
county in which the trcspass was committed,
who shall issue his warrant Immediately,
| roturnablo within five days from the date !
| tnoreof, and at tho same time md place
named in the warrant the case will be tried
and the amount Of damages sustained by tho
complainant bo asc 'rnned, and Judgment
given tor the same with legal COSTS as in the |
case of other warrants
SEC. b. Whenever any township or countI |
shall adopt tho act, and it shall become nee
essary to protect tho lands in said township
or county from the incarsion Of stock or cattle
from any adjoining township or county, tho
commissioners of tho county are authorized to
erect fences along such lines Of the township
or county as are exposed to such incursions,
and tor that purpose to enter upon tho lands
OF any person in said township and to erect
such fence thereon, without being guilty of
any trcspass whatever. And the said com
missioners shall have the power and authority
to construct fences across any public or pri.
vate road: Provided, That proper gates arc
established on such public or private roads;
and to levy and collect Tux upon tho props
erty OF said township or county to dcfrnY the
expenses of erecting and maintaining said
fences, said tax to bo collected ut the same
time and in the same manner as other State
and county taxes are levied and collected. |
And the County Commissioners arc author
lied and empowered to make such Grrange-
mcnts with the owners of property contigue
GUS to and on either side Of the township or
county lines as may accomplish tho object of
protecting tho county or township from the
incursion Of cattle or stock. .i
t. Sec. 6. The laws now of forco in regard to
the erection and maintenance of fencos shall
apply to any fence erected in pursuance
OF tho foregoing section; and all persons dis
turbing or injuring said fences shall DO pun
ishabl as provided in said laws.
Sec. 7.lt shall DO the duty of any porson or
persons driving stock, such as cattlo, horses.
mules, sheep. or hogs, through the public
| roads of any county, to 80 herd and drive tho
same that they shall not be allowed to enter
upon or work injury to tho lands or crops of
tho citizens Of said county
| SEC. 8. 1t shall be tho duty of each and
every employer in any county or township
which shall adopt tho provisions Of this net
to furnish caoh and every employee hired by
him with pasturago for rs many bead of stock
owned by such employee rs may be agreed
upon, not exceeding two head of cattle to cvory
Held hand in amount Provided, That suob
employee shall porforn, his proportionate
amount of labor to keep up tho enclosure of
such pasture.
SEC. 9. That mono Of tho provisions of this
act shall apply to tho counties Of Horny Coll.
lotion, Beaufort. Charleston, williamsburg, or
Georgetown. t
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