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the to be erected repaired IN the manner aforesaid
each County bearing equal share of the expense so incur
red And when any such bridge already exists or shall
hereafter be built shall be the duty said Commissioners
to divide the same by measurement from the centre and
each Board shall be responsible for the good condition of
half next adjoining the County in which they exercise the
functions office And when becomes necessary to build
bridge, to entirely replace old which has
been carried away destroyed shall be the duty of the
Boards of the two Counties to do the aforesaid
Powers and Duties Of SuperintendentS of Highways.
Sec 10S3 Each Township in the several counties of this
State shall constitute highway district and it shall be the
duty of the Board of County Commissioners of each Coun
ty annually during the early portion of each year. to a-
point suitable and proper person Superintendent of
Highways for each highway district; he shall be person
resident in the highway district for which he is appointed
and of those liable road duty therein and by Of
his office exempt from said duty Each Superintendent of
Highways shall hold his office and be required to discharge
the duties of the for twelve months from the date Of
his appointment He may be removed by the County Com
mssioners and another appointed to fill out his ter if for
any cause they shall deem his removal necessary proper
shall general supervision of the highways and roads
lin his district under the direction of the County Comms
soners shall in every three months report to the
County Commissioner in writing the condition Of the roads
and bridges in his district.
SEC. 1851. The Superintendent of Highway Districts
shall divide the highways in his district into suitable Sec
tons or districts of not less than two than five
miles each and he shall appoint Overseer of Roads for
each of said sections or districts. He shall also divide the
persons liable road duty in his highway district into
ivenient and suitable squads companies, and assign
squad company to each Oveseer of section or district
He sa far practicable assign the road hands to the
roads, He shall require the Overseer of Roads in
his highway district to call out the hands assigned to their
respective sections districts and work the roads, and
pair and build bridges Of same, whenever he may deem it
necessary after twelve hours notice. and shall require ev-
cry road hand to bring with him for hoe axe mat
ock spadc or other tool for work the road bridges
He shall determine the number of days for each working
and the tools to be brought by each road hand Provided
That not more than twelve days work required of any
one of hand in year. When the County Commissioners
or any of hcm give orders to the Superintendent of High
way Districts to have any work done in his district and he
neglccs to do the same he shall be deemed guilty of mis-
demeanor and upon conviction thereof in Trial Justices
Court he shall be fined in of not less than ten nor
more than fifty doars and the Overseer of Districts, for
negecng to call out their hands and work the roads when
required by the Superintendent of Highway Districts, shall
be deemed guilty of misdemeanor and upon conviction
thereof in the Court above named be fined in of not
less than five than twenty dollars. Whenever
highway along the line of two highway districts the
|Superincndents of the shall jointly divide the high
way into suitable secons and appoint an Oveseer for each
of said scctions and they shall assign to each Oveseer from
their respective districts from either district such labor
ers and road hands as may be necessary to work the
Each Superintendent of Highway Districts shall cause his
Ovesees when working sections in which there BRIDGES
to have such repairs or work done such bridges to pre-
serve them and keep them in ORDER conveniently be
done by the road hands, And in the needed repairs to
bridges are such character that they houd in the opn-
of the Superintendent be given out under contract by
the County Commissioners he shall report the same to said
Commissioners without delay.
SEC 1861 1t shall be the duty of the superintendent OF
HIGHWAYS in their respective Counties to all roads
heretofore laid out hereafter to be laid OUT leading dl-
ecty from any part of this State to Charleston George
town. Columbia, Camden Hamburg or Cheaw, to be made
and cleared thirty feet widc and all other roads shall be
cleared twenty feet wde
SEC 1865 The uperintenCents of Highways shall cause
all the roads their respective districts to be posted and
numbered and at each fork of raid roads, pointer to be
placed declaring the direction of such roads And if any
person persons shall cut down. burn dece any mile
post or sone pointer erected aforesaid he she or
they upon conviction thereof shall forfeit and pay the sum
of ten dollars be recoved by indictment information
in any Court Of competent Jurisdiction.
SEC 1906. Any Superintendent of Highways neglecng to
cusesd roads and numbered anu TO nave point
erected aforesaid shall be liable to pay the sum OF ten
dollars for each and every such neglect to be recovered by
Indictment the Court of General Sessions of the County
wherein the occurs, to be collected and paid to the
Treasurer of such County for the of the County: Pro-
rjd That no Superintendent shall be liable to said penal
v who puts up said pointers at such times he works his
road division.
Powers and Duties Of Read 0YerSeerS
s1n. 1888 ANY nerson liable road duty who shall