Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-03-31
, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 81, 1881.


ACT to furnish each aud evcry employer
hired by hin, with pasturago for az many
head Of stock owned by such employee as
may DO agreed upon, not exoeediug two
head Of cpttle to every field haud iu amount:
irouided, Such employee shall perform his
Proportlonate omonnt Of labor to keep up
the enclosure Of such pasture. .a
SEC. 0 That none of the provisions Of
this Act shall apply to the Couutics Of
Horny, CoIleton. Beaufort, Charleston, vii.
lianlsburg or Georgetown. lfg
Approved juno Z, 1877.
AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED
GAN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS TO SUBMIT TO THE
4 QUALIFIED ELEcrons OF THEIR SEVERAL,
CoUNTfEs A PROPOSITION TO ALTER
THE FENCE LAWS AND TO Provide FOR
EFrEcruArtNa THE SAME" APPROVED
ON THE TIN OF JUNE, 1877.
SECTION /. Be 1t enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives Of tho State
OF South Carolina, now met and sitting in
General Assembly, and by the authority of
tho same, That in the several COUNTIES and
townships in this State where tho electors
have already or shall hereafter adopt the
provisions of the above cutitled ACT, com.
monty known as the fence law, tile bound
ary liues Of The lands of the inbabitants
within tn territory SO adopting tho same
shall be decmcd und tnkcn to be lawful
enclosure thereof, and the owner or uana-
ger OF any horse, mule, ass, genet, swine,
sheep, sont, or neat cattle Of any description
who shaIl willfully, knowingly and unluw
fully or negligently permit the soid animals
or my of them to go upon the lands of any
owner or occupant situated in any such
county or township shall be deemed guilty
Of misdemeanor, and on conviction in any
cnurt Ut competent jurisdiction, shall be
dned in sum not exceeding thirty dollars
or Imprisonment for not moro than thirty
days, or both, in the discretion of the
court.
SEC 2. That the owner or manager of
the live stock aforesaid, in addition to the
penalties provided in the first Section Of
this Act, shal! be liable to tho owner or
occapier of any of the lnnds situntod as
aforesaid for all damages he or sho NAV
have sustained by the depredations of apy
such stock, to be recovered by action of
debt in any court having competent juris
dictlon, and the stock that caused the
damage shall Le held liable to psy the same
in preference to all other liens, epcum.
brnnces or claims against the same: Pro
Uiaeft, That it the owner or munger of tho
stock shall show to tho satisfaction of the
court that the damages were committed
without fault or negligence on his or her
part, suoh showing shall be held sufficient
defense.
SEQ. 3. Any persons other than their
owners or their ngents 30 moving or de-
stroylng any part or tho whole of any
fenco intended to enclose nuimals Of nny
klnd shall be deemed guilty of misdc.
meanor, ond, upon CONVICTION thereof, shall
be punished by fine or imprisonment, or
both, at the discretion of the court.
SEC ( Tho. the couutica of Anderson
and Chester, where a minority of the town
ships hnvo adopted or shall hereafter adopt
the professions Of the fence law, it shall be
lawful for the County Commissioners to
erect fences on the county lines instead Of
on tho lines Of townships, aud tor that pur-
pose they arc Invested with all the powers
conferred on theu in cases where the on
tire County shall have adopted tho fence
law.
SEC, s. That it shall bo tic duty of the
County Commissioners of any county which
has adopted or may adopt the provisions of
the above eptitlcd Act to erect substantial
and convenient gutes in fences at the cross
ings OF all public highways and neghbor.
hood roads; uud when the Inhabitants or any
OF them shall desire crossing on their own
lands they shall be permitted 10 erect and
keep up such gates at their own expense;
and any person who shall willfuIly and un-
lawfully leave open ony of the said gates,
or do any willfnl damage to tho gates and
fences erected for the purposes aforesaid,
shalI be deemed guilty of mtsdemoan
and, on conviction ia any court having
competent Jurisdiction, shall DO Gned in
sum not exceeding twenty dollars or inn
pris"ned not more than tweoty days.
SEC. g. That It shall be misdemeanor
for any person to wiIlfnIly ride, drive or
allow his team to travel outside of tho road
on tho cultivated lnnds of private parties,
and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined
not less thnD five or more than twenty dol
lars, or be Imprisoned not less than five nor
m"re than twenty days: Prouidel, That in
case any poison charged with misdemcanor
be brought before or reported to Trial
Justice, he may discharge himself from any
further proceedings thereon by paying suoh
fine within tho above limits as the Trial
Justice may iaposc.
Apnrnund Muroh 1879