The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-12-27
TIE ROAD LAW.
To Provide More Efficient System Of
Working the Public Roads in Laurens.
Anderson, Edgefold, BarnweL,
Lexington, Marlboro, and
Newberry Counties.

Anderson, Edgenolo, 6Srn"eI2,
Lexington, Marlboro, and
Newberry Counties.
Be it euacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives Of the State
of South Carolins, now met and sitting
in General Assembly, and by the
authority Of the same:
SECTION l. That the County Conn
missioners OF Laurens, Anderson, Ed
gefeld, Barnwell, Lexington, Marl-
boro, and Newberry Counties be, and
they are hereby, authorized and re-
quired to divide the public roads Of
said Counties into highway districts of
such size as they may deem advanta-
geous, and appoint an cverseer for each
district, and assign such hands to each
district as they may see proper, having
regard to the Importance of the road
and the residence Of the hands so as
signed.
SEC. 2. Every person, so appointed
overseer, unless exempt from road duty,
shall be required to serve as hereinafter
provided, and any person refusing or
neglecting to serve when appointed
shall forfeit to the County the sum of
twenty five dollars. The term of office
of such overseers shall be two years
from the date of appointment, but no
overseer shall be required to serve two
terms in succession, and shall be eX-
empt from road duty for two years
immediately succeeding such term.
SEC. 8. The County Commissioners
of said Counties shall furnish such
overseer with list Of all persons liable
to road duty who are assigned to work
upon the highway district over which
such overseer is appointed and it shall
be his duty to warn out such hands at
the times and places designated by the
County Commissioners, and at such
times as the exigencies of the weather
may necessitate.
SEC. 4. The County Commissioners
shall require all persons liable to road
duty in said Counties to work upon the
public roads, not less than six, nor
more than twelve days, in each year,
and eight hours of actual work to con-
stitute days work under this Sec
ton.
Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of each
overseer to keep list Of the hands
under his control, and note the hours
of actual work which each hand per-
forms, and to return to the County
Commissioners after each working
ordered by them, list Of each hand
under his control who works, and the
number of hours he has actually worked.
He shall also keep list of such hands
as refuse or fail to work, and make his
return to the County Commissioners
with his certificate attached thereto as
to the correctness of such return.
SEC. 6. The County Commissioners
shall direct the times of working said
roads, and the place in each district at
which the work shall begin, and the
overseers in each district shall proceed
to work the roads under his charge
thoroughly as he goes, arching the
same to the centre, with drains on each
side to convey the water, taking care
to protect such drains lrom washing.
He shall make the roads not less than
twenty feet wide, and shall protect
them by suitable drains from interfe-
renee by cultivation.
! SEC. 7. The County Commissioners
shall provide such overseers with such
number Of picks and scrapers as they
may see proper, and such overseer shall
be responsible for the custody of the
same. All hands warned to work the
road shall bring such working tools as
the overseer may direct.
! SEC. 8. Any hands in said Counties
may compound for his work by paying
to the overseer, and taking his receipt
in writing therefor. the sum Of six
dollars, except in Edgefeld County,
where it shall be five dollars perannum,
and all sums so received shall be re-
turned by such overseer to the County
Commissioners at their next meeting
thereafter, with list of the persons
paying the same.
SEC. 9. All moneys received as afore-
said by the County Commissioners shall
be expended by them for the improve
ment of the roads in the districts where
the moneys were derived.
SEC. 10. 1t shall be the duty of the
County Commissioners to enforce the
provisions of this Act, and for any
neglect orrefusal, they shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall
each be punished by a fine of not less
than ten nor more than fifty dollars
for each offence, by way Of refusal or
neglect.
SEC. II. The provisions of existing
laws relating to the working Of high
ways, shall remain of force in said
Counties, except so far as they are
modified by the provisions Of this
Act.
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