The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-02-22

road duty who fails to appear and WORE
without justifable excuse, after being
duly warned for12 hours, shall be deem
ed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on con-
viction before trial justice, shall be
fined not less than SIS nor more than $40
or be imprisoned not less than mol
more than 10 days.
Sec. 1885. On any extraordinary occa'
sion when anybighway shall be sudden
ly obstructed by storm or otherwise, SC
asto require immediate labor to remove
such obstruction, it shall be the duty
of the overseer to call out sufficient
number of hands to remove the obstruc-
ton. If any person shall in such case,
perform more days labor than required
by law for the year, he shall be paid
for any such overplus, at the rate of 81
per day, by the County Commissioners
upon the certificate of the overseer tc
that effect.
Sec. 1883. The overseer shall allow a
man working one day and also fur
nishing horse, plough or cart, two
days labor; and one working himself
for one day and furnishing wagon
and two horses, mules or oxen, three
days labor.
Sec. 1889. All able-bodied male citi-
zens Except such as are exempt by law
between the ages of Is and so, are re-
quired to perform each year not less
than nor more than - days labor on
the public roads under the direction OF
the overseer.
Sec. 1890. Teachers and students Of
schools and colleges and ministers OF
the gospel who are serving congrega-
ton as pastor shall be exempt from road
duty.
Sec. 1892. Overseers shall have full
power to cut down aud make use ofany
timber, wood, earth or stone, in or near
the road, bridges or causeways. for the
purpose of repairing the same, as to
them shall seem necessary, making
just compensation therefor, should the
same be demanded; and any person
who hinders, forbids or opposes an
oyerseer in using such timber, etc.,
shall be deemed guilty of misdemean-
or. Provided, that no overseer shall
cut any timber trees reserved by the
owner in clearing his land or planted
for the purpose of shade or ornament,
either in the fields, around the springs,
or about the dwelling-house, nor cut
any rail timber when other timber may
be procured at or near the place.
Sec. 1893. For the purposes Of road
duty, the residence of any person who
has family shall be held to be where
his family resides, and the residence Of
any other person shall be held to be
where he boards.
Sec. 1904. All public roads leading
directly from any part of the State to
Charleston, Georgetown, Columbia,
Camden, Hamburg or Cheraw, shall be
80 feet wide, and all other roads shall
be cleared 20 feet wide.
THE NEW ROAD LAW.
Sec. /. The County Commissioners
are hereby authorized and required to
divide the public roads of the county
into highway districts of such size as
they may deem advantageous, and
appoint an overseer 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 assigned.
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 sh4I forfeit to the county
the sum of twenty-five dollars. The
term of Office OF such overseer shall be
two years from the date of appoint
meDt, but no overseershall be required
to serve two terms in succession, AID
shall be exempt from road duty for
twoyears Immediately succeeding such
term:
Sec. 8. The County Com mmissioners
shall furnish such oyerseer 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 Com
missioners, and at such times as the
exigencies of the weather may necessit-
ate.
Sec. 4. The County Commissioners
shall require all persons liable to road
duty 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 constitute days work under
this section.
Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of each
overseer to keep a list of the hands
under his control aad 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 at
tached thereto as to the correctness of
such return.
Sec. s. The County Commissioners
shall direct the times of working said
road, and the place in each district at
which the work shall begin and the
overseer in each district shall proceed
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