The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-03-17


other, be may be relieved by producing
a certificate from the oyerseer of the
highway district in which he performed
said labor, showing the number of days
he has worked during the year, or the
amount of money paid to the Treasurer.
This shall be discharge for the amount
specified in the certificate. The resi-
dence of any person. who has family
shall be held to be where his family re-
sides, and the residence of any other
person shall be held to be .whero he
boards in any county Of this State. 10Th
Statutes, Page 787, Section IL, Act OF
March 18th, 1874.
CITIZENS MAY ERECT GATES.
It shall be lawful for any citizen of
this State, over whose land any road may
pass, other than public Highway, to
erect gates thereon, and any person own.
ing or erecting such gates shall be liable
to be indicted for nuisance if they fail
to keep them in good order. In case any
person shall interfere with, injure, de-
stroy or willfully leave open any such
gates. such person shall be liable to an
Indictment as for misdemeanor. Sections
8 and 9, Chapter A, Revised Statutes.
The Commissioners by Act of February
the l4th, 1878, have power to permit the
erection of gates upoaapplication of any
citizen whenever they think 1t proper.
Page 361, Act of 1878.
Inhabitants Of this State may cut
bitches, &c., across public highways.
Any inhabitant of this State shall have
power, for the purpose of draining his or
her lands, to cut ditch or bitches, canal
or canals, across any public highway in
this State; Pro,aded, such person shall be
bound to bridge such canal or ditch
under the direction of the County Com
missioners, and keep the same in good
repair for one year, after which time the
County Commissioners shall take charge
of such bitches or canals and keep them
in repair. Section 10, Chapter a, Re.
yised Statutes.
PENALTIES FOR INJURING AND OBJ.
STRUGGLING HIGHWAYS, &C.
Persons wilfnlly ipjuring any highway
or any part thereof shall, upon convic-
ton, be imprisoned not more than three
months nor less than, one month, and pay;
a fine not exceeding FIVE hundred dollars
nor less than. twenty dollars, a. the dis
cretion of the Judge before whom con-
victed. He shall also bear the expense
of repairing the same. Any one OBJ
structing the highway and refusing to
remove the obstruction when. requested
so to do, shall be deemed guilty! of q
nuisance, and, upon conviction, shall be
fined not more than ten nor less than two
dollars, and shall pay the expenses of
removing the said nuisance. Sections Is
and 16, Chapter AZ, of the Revised
Statutes.
Employers of laborers are required,
when requested. to give the overseers a
list of the persons in his employ liable
to road daty. Any refusal to comply
with such request of the overseer is o
misdemeanor, and the person 80 offend.
ing, upon conviction before q Trial JUS
tice, shall pay 81 fine of ten dollars or be
imprisoned ten days. Act of March
18th, 1878, Page SIG.
DUTIES OF SOLICITORS.
On information Of any two persons
that any highway has been diverted from
its original course, without authority of
law, the Solicitor shall commence suit
against such person or persons who have
altered the highway, in order to compel
the parties offending to restore at their
own expense the high road to its original
course. Section ii, Chapter a, Revised