The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-03-10
Road LAWS.

INV " A"s
in repair highways, the County
Commissioners of each County shall,
divide the persons liable to road duty in
each highway district into convenient
companies. andappoint an overseer ol
roads in each highway district. Whose
duty 1t shall be to have the persons before
NAMED warned out to work the said
roads whenever he rnt-y deem it nee
essery TO repair the same He shnll
determine the number OF uays for
working at cBrh warning
PlvUided, That not more THAT twelve
days arc required i'll a year, When the
Commissioners having oversight of such
sections gives orders to the overseer to
work the road and, he neglects to do the
same, he shall be deemed guilty Of a mis-,
delncanur, and upon conviction thereof
in a Trial Justice Court shall be fined
in a sum not less than five nor more
than ten dollars.
SEC. 4. And person liable to road duty
who shall have been duly warned two
days before the day fixed in his notice
for such working stating the hour and
place of working, shall be subject TO the
direction Of the overseer in charge. II
any person of the legal age refuse to
work upon highways and roads (havinG
no j%ustifiable eXcuse) according to the
direction of the overseer, he shall be
deemed guilty ofa misdemeanor, and,
upon conviction thereof in a Trial
Justice S Court, shall be fined in a sum
not less thantive dollars, nor more than
ten dollars, or be imprisoned in the
County Jail for a period of not less than
five nor more than twenty days.
SEC. s.. That on any extraordinary oc-
casion when any highway shall be sud-
denly INSTRUCTED by storm or otherwise,
SO Us to require immediate labor to re-
move such obstruction, it shan be the
duty of the overseer in whose district
such obstruction occur to proceed forth
with to have such obstruction removed
and for this purpose shall m to his
aid sufficient number of wOrkmen 10
open and repair such highway. If any
person shall, in such case perform more
day labor than is required by law for
the year, he shall be paid for any such
o%verplus. at the rate of n dollar pei
day, by the County Commissioners, upon
the certificate tof the overseer showing
that such overplus Of labor was perform
ed. If on any such extraordinary occas-
ion the overscer shall, for the. space of q
day after application made to him for
such purpose by any citizen residing in
his district, neglect to call out a sufficient
number of persons tospeedily open and
repair such highway, he shall forfeit and
pay to the County Commissioners Of bis
County, to be expended in the repair OF
highway, when and where necessary In
his district, the sum of fifteen (l5) dollars
unless the overseer shall show sufficient
reason for sucn neglect the said fifteen
dollars T. be collected by an action tor
debt, in the name Of such County Com
missioners, as plaintiffs, before any Trial
Justice in said County. If on any such
extraordinary occasion any person Liable
to work on highways, after being sum
moned for the purpose of removing such
obstruction by the o%verseer, shall neglect
to turn out and assist in opening and
repairing suck highway, he shall be deem
ed guilty of a misdelneapor, and, upon
conviction thereof in any Trial Justice
Court, shall be fined three dollars per
day, said fine to be collected and eSPened
as hereinbefore provided in the matter
Of forfeitures of overseers. SEC. Z. The
County Commissioners shall authorize
the .overseer of any district to allow q
man, working one day, and also furnish
ing a horse, plow or cart, two days labor
and one working himself for n day
and furnishing a wagon and two horses,
mules or oxen, three days labor.
SEC. 8. All able-bodied male persons be-
tween the ages Of seventeen and nifty
years shall be liable annually to work on
the public highway and roads not less
than three nor more than twelve days,
under the direction Of the overseer of the
district in which they may reside. In
warning men to work upon the public
roads, the oyerseer shall make out q list
for the warner, requiring him to give no
tice to each person the Kind Of tool he
shall use in working upon the highways
and roads. And it shall be the duty OF
n employer to furnish the overseer a
list containing the names Of all persons
in his employment liable to road duty
whenever the sam shall be required OF
him by said overseer upon the failure OF
n employer to comply with such de-
mand he shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
and upon conviction thereof
before any Trial Justice, shall pay a fine
of ten dollars or ten days Imprisonment
for every such offence.
SEC. 10. The overseers in their respec-
tive districts shall have full power to cut
down and make use ofany timber, wood,
earth or stone in or near the road,
bridges or causeway, for the purpose OF
repairing the same, a. to them shall seem
necessary, making just compensation
therefor, should the same be demanded;
overseers shall not authorize the 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 AXE stone or earth from
within the grounds of any. person en-
for cultivation, without the on
sent of the owner Of the same. If any
person or persons shall by any means
hinder forbid or oppose the said 0verseers,
either of them, from cutting down and
making use of any timber, wood, stone
or earth in any or near said roads or
c~auseways, for slight repairs of bridges
for the purpose of making or repairing
the same, or shall in any manner obstruct
the passage of said road, causeways or
bridges, by gates, fences, bitches or any
other distractions, except where author
lied by law. or shall hinder, forbid or
threaten any traveller from travelling
any public roads, and every person for
such offense shall be deemed guilty of
misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereofin a Trial Justices Court. shall be
fined in a sun not less than five nor nor
than ten dollars. Each overseer will be
held responsible for his division of road.