The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-03-21

~, making Just compensation therefor,
should the same be demanded; cverseers
shall not authorize sthe cutting down of
any timber trees reserved by the owner
in clearing his land or planted for the
purpose of shade or ornament, either in
the fields, around the springs or about
the dwelling houses or appurtenances,
nor the cutting down of any rail timber
when other timber may be procured at
or near the place, or take stone or earth
from within the grounds of any person
enclosed for cultivation, without the con-
sent of the owner of the same. If any
person or persons shall by any means
hinder, forbid or oppose the said over
seers, or either of them, from cutting
down and making use of any timber,
wood, stone or earth in any Oh near said
roads or causeways, for slight repairs of
bridges, for the purpose of making or
repairing the same, or shall in any man
ner obstruct the passage of said road,
causeways or bridges, by gates, fences,
bitches or any other Instructions, except
where authorized by law, or shall hinder,
forbid or threaten any traveller from trav-
cling any public road, and every person
for such offense shall be deemed guilty
of misdemeanor, and, upon conviction
thereof in Trial Justices Court, shall
be fined in sum not less than i've nor
more than ten dollars.
SEC. II. IF any person liable to per-
form such labor shall remove from one
County to another who had, prior to such
removal, performed the whole or any part
of it, or in any other way has paid the
whole or any part of the amount afore-.
said in lieu of such labor, and shall pro-
duce certificate or receipt of the same
from the oyerseer of the district from
which such persons have removed, such
certificate or receipt shall operate as q
complete discharge for the amount there
in specified. The residence of any per-
son who has family shall be held to be
where his family resides, and the resi-
dence of any other person shall be held
to be where he boards in any County of
this State.
Sec. II. That the County Commission
ers in this State are hereby authorized
and empowered to have special superyis-
ion of the building of new bridges over
the rivers and creeks of this State; also
of extra and expensive repairs of old
bridges. When the work is to be accom-
plished, the Commissioners shall give
fifteen days notice in the County paper
and in writing duly posted in the neigh
borhood in which such work is to be per-
formed. giving notice that the Commis-
sioners of the section in which such work
is to be performed will be at such q place,
on such o day and hour, with suitable
specifications to let out such work to the
lowest bidder, and to take from the sue
cessful bidder sufficient bond for the
: faithful performance of his duty. When
tie work is done it shall be inspected by
the Commissioner letting it out, whose
duty it shall be to report the result of his
investigation to the full Board, who shall
accept or reject the same accordingly as
they may determine, whether or not the
constructor has or has not complied with
the terms of his contract. If any. bridge
over waters of this State which constitute
boundary line between Counties shall
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shall be the duty of the Commissioners
of such Counties to cause the same to be
erected or repaired in the manner afore-
said, each County bearing an equal share
of the expense so incurred. And when
any such bridge already exists, or shall
hereafter be built, it shall be the duty Of
said Commissioners to divide the same,
by measurement from the centre; and
each Board shall be responsible for the
good condition of the half next adjoin-
ing the County in which they exercise
the functions of Office. And when it be-
comes necessary to build q new bridge, or
to entirely replace an old one which has
been carried away or destroyed, it shall
be the duty of the Boards of the two
Counties to do the same as aforesaid.
Sec. 19. That all Acts or parts of Acts
inconsistent with this Act be, and the
same are hereby, repealed.
Approved March l9, 1874.