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

tho same, That 10 the Counties of Abbe.
bevile, Union, Newberry and Laurens il
shall not be lawful for tho owuer or mana.
ger of any horse, mule, ass, genet, swine,
ton to permit the said animals or any oi
them, to run at large beyond the limits ol
their own land. f.
SEQ. 2. That in said Counties, whonevel
nny Of the said stock shalt bo found upon
the lands of Guy other person then the
owner, the owner Of such stock shall be
liable for all damages sustained, to. bo re-
covered by action Of dobt in any Court OF
competent jurisdiction, and the stock caus-
ing the damsge shall be held liable 70,
the same in preference to oil other liens,
claims or encumbranccs against the same.
SEC. 3. Any person who shall mali,
cidusly, uulawfully or ncgligently permit
any of said stock to go upon tho fa6ds Of
other parties shall be deemed guilty of q
misdemoanor, and, upon conviction thereof
10 competent Court, shall be fined 10 q
sum not exceeding thirty dollars or i'm
prIsoument for not moro than thirty days,
in the discretion of the Court
SEQ. 4. That the County Commissioners
OF sud Counties, respectively, arc directed
to erect lawful fence on tile limits of said
counties to protect the lands of said coup..
ties from all iDcuraion Of stock or cattle
from adjacent counties, and for that pur.
pose enter the lands of any person in said
counties and erect fences thereon without
being guilty of any trespass whatever; and
tho sald Commissioners shall have power to
construct fences acroas any public or pri-
vate road and erect gates on all rouds; and
the County Commissioners ore hereby au-
thorized aud empowered to mako such ar
rangements with the owners of property
contiguous on either side of said county
lines as may accomplish the object of pro.
tccting the counties from the inoursious Of
cattle aud stock.
SEC. .. That any person who shall vii.
fully or unawiuIly loavo open any of the
aforesaid gates or do any willful damage to
the gutcs OF fences erected for tho purposes
aforesaid shall be deemed guilty of mis-
demeanor, aod, on conviction in auy court
of competent jurisdiction, shall be fined in
a SUN not exceeding twenty dollars or
imprisoned not more than twenty (2O)
days.
SEC. 6. Any person other than their
owner or their agents moving or destroying
any portion Of any fence intended to en-
close animals of any kind shall bo deemed
guilty of misdemcanor, ond, upon con-
vic.on thereof, shall be punished by fine
or imprisonment, or both, OF the discretion
of the court.
SEC. 7. Thot it shall be a misdemn can nor
for any person wi|lfully to walk, ride, drive
or allow his team to travel outside of the
road on the cultivated lands of private par
tics, aud upon conviction thereof shall be
fined not less than five nor moro than
twenty dollars or be imprisoned not less
than five nor more than twenty days:
lrovntcd, That 10 case any person charged
with this misdemeapor be brought before
or reported to Trial Justice, ho NAV dis
charge himself from any further proceed
iogs therein BY paying such fiuo withn
the above limits as tho Trial Justice may
impose.
SEC. 8. That the County Commissioners
OF said Counties, respectively, shall be au-
thorlzed and instructed to levy aud COLLECT
tax upon the property of said county to
dctray the expenses of erecting aud main
tanning said fences, said taxes to bo collected
at the samo time and in the same manner
os the State and county taxes arc levied and
collected.
SEC. 8. This Act to take effect imme-
dlatcly and tho fences required to be com-
p'cted by the fourth (4tb) day of March
next.
SEQ. 10. That oil Acts aud parts of Acts
Inconsistent with this Act be, and the same
are hereby, repealed.
Approved December ID, 1878.
AN II CT to Amend an Act Entitled "dn
Actto I'ratect The Lands and Crops of
the Citizens of AJbeuille, Union, Mep
berry, Laurens Counties from, Trespass
by Stoch," and Afahe the Same Appy
to Spartan6arg County and a Portion
off, the County Of Oconec.
SEcTIoN /. BE 1t enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
OF South Carolina, now met and sitting In
General Assembly, and by the authority of
the same, That on Act entitled "An ACT to
protect the lands and crops Of the oitizens
of Abbevilc, Uniop, Newborry aud Lau-
rens Counties from trespass by stock" ap.
proved December Ii, 1878, be, and tho
same is hereby, extended and mado to
embrace the County of Spertanburg.
SEC. 2. That the County Commissioners
of Spsrtanburg County shall be authorized
and instructed TO levy and COLLECT tax upon
the taxable property Of said County to
defray the expenses of erecting aud main
tanning the fences necessary for tho purposes