The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-04-13

are llaOie 10 ROAD QulI, except
the trustees and the County Board
of Examiners Of Public Schools,
members Of board of assessors
Act 1878, Volume Is, Page 592,
Section 43, School Act ; Act De.
cembcr II. 1878, Section 4, AS
SCISSORS Act; Volume Is, Page
IT'S; Act amcndatoly to the Act
Of March 19, 1874, which amends
Chapter 45' Of Revised Statutes.
Volume Is, Page 257.
In Edge6ed and Chester coun-
ties the persons liable to road
duty are those between the ages
Of sixteen and sixty-fve. Act
1878. Page 1856. Students in Due
West College aud Theological Sem
mary are exempt from road duty.
Act March 18th, 1878, Page
494. hnG, also, teachers employ
ed in the New wberry College and
tue students in attendance upon
the exercises Of the same rs pu-
| pills. Volume II, Page At, Ac,
Of December p, 1880.
Persons duly warned are subject to
the direction Of the overseer III charge.
Failure to work according to direction
Of said overseer subjects the person St
failing to fne or Imprisonment, Of not
less than FIVE Tor more than ten dol.
lars, or not less than five nor more
than twenty days, upon conviction
thereof, before Trial Justice. 18th
Statutes, Page 7S4, Section j., Act OF
March 10Th, 1874.
Any road hand, after being duly
summoned, who shall neglect to assist
in removing distractions frOu public
roads: shall pay three dollars per day
for every day the ovcrseer is engaged
in removing the obstruction for which
the person was summoned to assist il
removing. 18th Statute, Page 78+,
Section 5, Act Of 10Th Of March,
1874.
Persons liable to road duty may be
relieved Of such work by paying:
before the time for such working. to
the County Treasurer one dollar per
day for every day he is required to
wvra Oh tie pubic roads. 18th Stat.
ute, Page 1856, SestioO 9. Act Of 18Th
of March, 1871. The amount so
paid is to be applied BY County Com,
uissioners to the repair of the roads
iu the district in which such person
resides. 18th Statute, Page 664,
Section 8, Act of March 10Th, 1874.
Any one having performed road
duty, who shall remove from one
county to another, may be relieved
BY producing a certificate from the
overseer of the highway district III
which he performed said labor, show
ing the number of days he has worked
during the year, or the amount Of
mouey paid to the Treasurer. This
shall be a discharge for the amount
specified III the certificate The resi-
dence Of any person who has faulty
shall be held 10 be where his family
resides, and the residence Of any other
person shall be held to be where he
boards iu any county Of this State. 18th
Statutes, Page 1877, Section II, Acs
Of March 18th, 1874
CITIZENS NAY ERECT GATES.
It shall be lawful for any citizen of
this State, over whose lard any road
may pass, other than public high
way, to erect gates thereon, and any
person owning Or erecting such gates
shall be liable to be indicted for a
nuisance if they fail to keep them in
good order. In case any person shall
interfere with, injure, destroy or will
fully leave open any such gates, such
person shall be liable to aD indict-
ment as for misdeneanor. Sections
s and 8, Chapter II, Revised Stat
utes.
The Com missioners by Act Of Feb
ruary the 18th, 1878, have power to
permit lie erection Of gates across
public highways upon application Of
any citizen whenever they think it
proper. Page SCI, Act Of 1878.
Inhabitants of this State may cut