The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-03-09
THE ROAD LAW.
oh"nKes Made by tho Legislature That
Arc Now Ia Force

"ade by the Legislature That
Are Now Ia Force.
The road law now i'm forca in this
State Is as follows:
oec. l. Any person liable to road
duty who fails to apDear and work with
out Jastlflable excuse, after being duIy
warned lor Twelve hours, shall be
deemed guilty Of misdemeanor. and
on conviction before q trial Justice. shall
pc lined not less than So nor more than
| @lO, or be imprisoned not less than five
nor more than ten days.
sec. z. On any extraord mary occas.
100 when any highways shall be sud.
denly 0bstructed by storm or other.
wise. so as to require Immediate labor to
remove such obstruction, it shall be the
1uty Oh Che oVerSeer to call out a suf-
| hcient number of hands to remove tho
| obstruction. If any person shall IN
such case, perform more days labor
than Is required by law for the wear, he
shall be paid for any such over plus, at
the rate OF Isl per day, by the county
commissioners, upon the certificate OF
the overseer 20 that effect.
Sec. 3. The overseer shall allow a
man working one day. and also furnish
horse. plough or cart two days Ia.
Dor; and one working himself for one
DAY and furnishing a wagon and two
horses, mules or oxen, three days la
Dor.
Sec. 4. All able. bodied male citizens
except such as are exempt by law be-
| Tween the ages of 10 and SO, are re-
| CURED to perform each year not less
| than six nor more than twelve days'
labor on the public roads under the di.
rection OF the overseer.
sec. b. Teachers and students of
schools and colleges and ministers of
the gospel who are serving congrega-
as pastor snail be exempt from road
duty.
Sec. 8. Overseers shall have full
power to cut down and make use Of any
timber, wood, earth and 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
h1nders, forbids or opposes an overseer
IN using such timber, ETC., shall be
guilty OF misdemeanor. Provided,
that no overseer shall cut any timber
trees re erved by the owner In clearing
MS lands or fields, around the springs,
or about the dwelling house, nor cut
any :all timber when other timber NAV
De procured at or near the place.
{ sec. :. For the purposes OF road duty,
Cne residence of any person who has a
family shall be held to be where his
, family resides, and the residence of any
oCher person shall be held to be where
he boards.
Sec. 8. All public roads leading d.
rectly from any part of the State to
charleston, Georgetown, Columbia,
camden, Hamburg, or Cheraw, shall be
, Cnlrty feet wide, and all other roads
!. shall be- cleared twenty feet wide.
sec. .. The county commissioners
,, are hereby authorized and 1.quired to
,, divide the public roads of the county
, into highway districts of such size as
Ihey may deem advantageous, and ap-
point 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 res
1dence OF the hands 80 assigned
sec. III. every person so appointed
oVerseer, unless exempt from road
: duty, Shall be required to serve as here
! inafter provided, and any person refus-
Ing or neglecting to serve when ap.
, pointed shall forfeit to the county the
! sum or twenty-five dollars. The term
of office of such overseers shall be two
years from date Of appointment, but
: no overseer shall be required to serve
Zoo terms IN succession, and shall be
: exempt from road duty for two years
Immediately succeeding such term.
sec. III. The county commissioners
snail furnish such Overseer with list
OF all persons liable to road duty who
are assigned to work upon the high
. way district over which such oyerseer
Is appointed, and it shall be his duty
to warn out such hands and at the
times and places designated by the
county commissioners, and at such
times as the exigencies Of the weather
may necessitate.
, Sec. IL. 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.
i Sec. IL. 1t shall be the duty of each
oVerseer to keep a list of the hands un
der his control and note the hours of
actual work which each hand per-
forms, and to return to the county
commissioners after each working ord
cred by them list Of each hand under
his control who works, and the num-
ber 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. Id. The county commissioners
shall direct the times of working said
road, and the place In each district at
which the work shall begin, and TIE
oVerseers in each district shall proceed
to work The road under his charge
thoroughly as he goes, arching the
same to the center, with drains on
each side to convey the water, taking
care to protect such drains from wash
Ing. He may make the road twenty
feet wide, and shall protect 1t by suita.
BILE drains from interference by cult
vation.
Sec. 15. The county commissioners |
shall provide such overseers with such |
number of picks and scrapers as they |
may see proper, and such Overseers |
| shall be responsible for the custody of |
the same. All hands warned to work |
the road shall bring such working tools
| "a the OVarapprq NAV direct