The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-03-23

timber ETC., shall be guilty of misde.
mcanor, Provided, that no overseer
shall cut any timber trees reserved
by the owner in clesring his lands or
fields, around the springs, or about
the dwelling house, nor cut any rail
lumber when other timber may be
procured ut or near the place.
Sec. Z. For the purpose of road
duty, the residence Of any person who
has a family shall be held to be where
his family resides, and the residence
OF any other person shall bo held to
be where he boards
Sec. 8: All public roads leading
directly from any part of the State to
Charleston, Georgetown, Columbia,
Camden; Hamburg, or Cheraw, shall
bo thirty feet wide, and all other roads
shall be cleared, twenty feet wide.
Sec. 8: The county commission
ers are hereby authorized and rcquir-
ed to divide the public roads of the
county into highway districts of such
size rs they may deem advantageous,
and appoint an oveaseer for each dis.
trict, and assign such hands to each
district as they may see proper hav-
ing regard to the Importance of the
road and the residence of the hands
so assigned.
Sec. 10. Every person 80 appoin-
ted oYcrseer, unless exempt from road
duty, shall be required to serve us
hereinafter provided and any person
refusing or neglacting to servo when
appointed shall forfeit to the county
the sum of twenty-five dollars the
term of Office of such ovcrseors shall
be two years from dato OF appoint
ment but no ovorsccr shall bo requ
ed to serve two terms III succession,
and shall be exempt from road duty
for two years Immediately succeed
ing such term.
Sec. II. The county commiss-
Ioners shall furnish such ovcrseer
with q list of all persons Liable to road
duty who are assigned to work upon
the highway district over which such
oYcrscer is appointed, and it shall be
his duty to warn out such hands and
atthe times and places designated by
the the county commissioners, and at
such times rs the exigencies of the
weather may nccossitate
Sec. IL. The county commiss
loncrs shall require all persons liable
to road duty to work upon tho public
roads not less than six nor more than
twelve days in each year, and eight
hours OF actual work TO constitute q
days work under this section.
Sec. l3. 1t shall be the duty of
each ovcraoor to keep list of the
hands under his control and note the
hours OF actual work which each
hand performs, and to return to the
county commissioners with his GER
tiiicate attechod thereto as to the cor
rectncss OF such return.
Sec. If. The county commission
crS shall direct the times of working
SAID road, and tho place in each dis
trlct at which the work shall begin,
&nd the ovcrSccrs in each district sL.all
proceed to work the road under his
charge thoroughly rs he goes, arcning
the same to the enter, with drains on
each SIDE to convey the water, taking
care to protect such drains from wash
ing. Hc may make tho road twenty
lnct wide, and shall protect it by suit
aLle drains from interference by cul
tivativn.
Sec. Is. Tho county commas
toner's shall provide such ovcrscers
with such number of picks and scra.
pers rs they may see proper, and such
overScers shall be responsible for the
custody of tho same. Ali hands
warned 20 work tho road shall bring
such working tools as the oycrseers
may direct.
Sec: l6. Any hand may compound
Tor his work by paving to the over !
hccrs and taking his receipt in writ.
ing therefor, the SUN of IS per al.
mum, and Ill sums SO received shall
be returned by such ovcrseor to the
county commissioners Mt their next
meeting thereafter with list of the
persons paying tho Same.
Sec. II. All money rcceived as
aforesaid by the county commissions crs
shall be expended by them for tho
Improvement of tho road in the dis
tri"t where the moneys were derived.
Sec. IS. It shall be The duty Of
I ne county commissioners to enforce
tie rroV!sions Of this act, and for any
neglect or refusal they shall be deem
CT guilty of misdemeanor, and shall
each be punished by fine of not less
than $40 nor more than $50 for each
one, by way of refusal or neglect.
Kind words Eor Judge Simonton.
The GRAND ;rry l.o,olt - III.