The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-03-15

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the space of day, after application
made by any citizen, shall, unless
he has sufficient excuse therefor:
forfeit $15, to be collected in an
action in the name of the County
Commissioners. Any person liable
! to work on highways and neglecting
to turn out, on sgsh extraordinary
occasions and in opening
and repairing pa highways, after
being summoned, shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor and upon
conviction shall be fined So per
day. If any person shall perform
more days labor than is required
by law, he shall be paid 81 per day
for the overplus,
All able bodied male persons, be-
tween the ages of sixteen and fifty
years, are liable to road duty, ex-
cept members of State and County
Boards of Examiners, School Trus-
tees, members of Boards of Asses.
sors, teachers and students at col
leges, ministers of the gospel, mil.
lers engaged in grist or merchant
mills, where they are kept open six
days in the week, and the warner
for five days.
The Overseer shall make list
for the warner, requiring him to
give notice to each person of the
kind of tool to be used, which no.
tice shall be given twelve hours
before the time fixed in the notice
and shall also state the hour and
place of working. If any person,
after receiving such notice shall
neglect to appear or refuse to work
according to the direction OF the
Overseer, he shall be deemed guilty
of misdemeanor and upon con-
viction before Trial Justice, shall
be fined not less than S., nor more
than SO, or be imprisoned in the
county Jail for not less than five,
nor more than twenty days. Any
iperson notified to work can pay to
the County Treasurer 81 per day
for the time he is required to work,
which shall be received in lieu
thereof. Overseers shall allow two
days labor for man working one
day and furnishing horse and
plow, or horse and cart, and three
days labor for any person working
one day and furnishing a wagon
and two horses or mules or oxen.
Overseers have power to cut down
and use timber, or use any wood,
stone or earth, in or near the high
way, bridge or causeway to be re-
paired, necessary for that purpose,
but the owner shall be entitled to
compensation therefor if demanded.
But no O7erseer shall authorize the
cutting down Of timber trees re-
served by the owner, or planted
for shade or ornament, either in the
fields, around the spring, or about
the dwelling house or appurtenan-
ces, or the cutting of rail timber
when other timber can be pro-
cured, or the taking of stone or
earth from enclosed grounds, with
out the owners consent,
Any person prohibiting or hinder
ing an Overseer from cutting down
and using timber, or from using
wood. earth or stones. in or near
roads or causeways for the purpose
Of making or repairing such road or
causeways, or for making such re-
pairs of bridges, or shall obstruct
the passage of said roads, cause
ways or bridges by gates, fences or
bitches or any other obstruction, or
shall hinder or threaten or forbid
any traveller from travelling any
public road, shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor and upon con-
viction shall be fined not less than
S., nor more than $40.
Any person removing from one
county to another, who has, prior
to such removal, performed road
duty, shall, upon the production OF
the certificate, or receipt of the
Overseer of the district where he
last resided, showing the labor
performed, be entitled to a complete
discharge for the amount therein
specified,
Persons over whose lands any
road, other than q public highway
shall pass, may erect gates thereon,
but shall be liable to be indicted
|, for a nuisance, should they fail to
keep them in good repair.
superintendent of Highways