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

who shall remove from one county to an.
q 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 tho Treasurer
This shall be discharge for the amount
specified in the certificate. The resi.
dencs of any person who has q family
shall be held 60 be where his family re-.
| sides, and the residence of any otheu
person :. Ill be held to he whero he
boards any county of this State. 18th
Statutes, Page 787, Section IL, Act OF
March 18th, 1874.
CITIZENS MAY ERECT GATES.
1t shall be lawful for any citizen OF
this State, over whose land auy road may
pass, other than q public Highway, Ia
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 10 good Jrder. In case any
person ahall Interfere with, injure, de-
stroy or willfully leave open any such
gates, such person shall be liable to an
indictment as for misdemeenor. Sections
8 and 8. Chapter a, Revised Statutes.
The Commissioners by Act of February
the l4th, 1873, have power to permit the
erection of gates upon application of any
citizen Whenever they think it proper.
Page 36i, Act Of 1878. ,,i.
Inhabitants Of this State may cut
ditehes, &c, gcr0ss public highways.
Any ihhabitant Of this State shall have
power, for the purpose of draining his OF
her lands, to cut ditch or ditches, canal
or canals, across any public highway in
this State; Provided, 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.
vised Statutes.
PENALTIES FOR INJURIEG AND OD.
STRUGGLING HIGHWAYS, &C.
Persons wilfnlly ipjuring any highway
or any part thereof shall, upon conyic.
ton, be imprisoned not nlore than three
months nor less than one month, and pay
a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars
nor less than. twenty dcllaTs, O. the dis
oretion of the Judge before whom con-
victed. de shall alao bear the expense
of repairing the came. Any ,one OBJ
structing the highway and refusing Ia
remove the obstruction when requested
so TO do, shall be deemed guilty of a
| nuisance. and, upon conviction, shall be
fined not more than ten nor less than two
dollars, and shsll 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 overscers q
list OF the persons il his employ liable
to road daty. Any refusal to comply
with such request Of The overseer is q
misdemeanor, and the person SO offend
ing, upon conviction before Trial Jus
tice, shall pay o fine OF ten dollars nr be
imprisoned ten daye. 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 theiI
own expense the high road to its original
course. Section II, Chapter A Revised
| Statutes. ~