Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-04-15

and Improvements thereon and timber as
the nature of the case and the public good
will permit; and the drains and ditches
so made shall be kept open by such over
seers, and shall not be obstructed by the
owner or occupier of such lands, or
any other person or persons having the
same in charge under the penalty OF
forfeiting q sum not exceeding $lO, OF
Imprisonment for not less than l5 mol
more than 80 days for each and every
!, offence, to be sued for by the overseer
and paid over when collected by the
magistrate before whom action is brought
to the county treasurer and applied 10 the
road district from which it was collected.
Sec. 4. That all able bodied male per-
sons and all male persons able to perform,
or cause to be performed, the labor herein
required, between the ages of ls and 5o
years, except ministers of the Gospel IN
actual charge of congregation, and per-
sons permanently disabled in the militsr ry
service of this State, and persons, who
served in the late war, shall be llaole
annually to do and perform four days
labor on the highways, under the direc-
ton of the overseer ofthe road district IN
which he shall reside and it shall require
eight hours, ofactual work to constitute
days work under this section, except in
Horny county, where the ages shal! be
from 2l to so years. Provided, further,
That if any person liable to road duty
shall pay to the county treasurer the sum
i of So, except the county of Aiken, where
it shall be 81, except the county OF ker.
shaw, where the commutation tax shall
be 81, and the same shall be received in
lieu of the labor upon the public roads
| Provided, That the county board OF COM
missioners of any county may cause to be
levied an additional tax, not to exceed
one mill, on all of the taxable property OF
any township in their county, when so
requested by written petition signed by
two-thirds Of the freeholders OF such
townships, such tax to be collected as
other taxes, and to be expended upon the
roads and highways of each township.
Sec. 5. That it shall be the duty of every
overseer to make out list OF all persons
liable to road duty. Said overseer is here
by authorized to demand of any person or
corporation the name of any and all
hand, in his, her or its employ; and any
person or G. rporation receiving of such
overseer, or warner by him appointed,
such demand, failing or refusing to fur.
nish q list containing the names OF all
male employees, shall be guilty, OF mis-
demeanor, and for every such otfense
shall be subject to a fine of not less than
$40 nor more than $50, or Imprisonment
in the county Jail tor not less than 10 nor
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the hands of the warner" who shall
serve notice, either by seeing the parties
personally and giving verbal notice or
leaving written notice at the residence OF
the party, TO order out every such person
resident rs aforesaid, between the first
day Of January and the first day
of December annually, tn do and per-
form the work aforesaid on the public
road to which each person may be assign
ed, said assignment to be on roads near
the residence of said party, or any road to
be changed or opened within four miles.
And if any person, being warned by such
oyerseer as aforesaid, shall refuse or
neglect, having had at least IL hours, no.
tice, to attend by himself or substitute to
the acceptance Of the overseer, or, having
attended, shall refuse to obey the direc-
ton of the overseer, or shall spend the
time in idleness or any inattentiOn to the
duties assigned him, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof
shall be fined not more than $40 nor less
than IS and costs, or be sentenced to coun-
ty chaingang not more than ten nor less
than five days.
| Sec. g. That in case any person shall
remove from one county to another, or
from one township in the same county,
or one district to another in the same
township, who has, prior to such removal, ,
performed the whole or any part OF the
labor aforesaid, or in any other way has
paid the whole or any part of the amount
aforesaid in lieu of such labor, and shall
produce certificate Of the same from the
overseer of the proper district, such GER
/ titicate shall be complete discharge for
the amount therein specified.
Sec. 7. That any person warned to per,
form any labor upon the public roads and
| ;,h ,,nHor tho nroviSiOna Df this Qpt
shall by himself or suitable substitute,
who shall not he under the age Of l6 years,
appear at the time and place appointed by
the overseer at the hour of 7 O'Clock in the
forenoon, and shall bring with him such
necessary tools and implements used on a
farm as the overseer may direct.
Sec. 8. That for the purpose provided
for in the preceding section of this act, 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
or may be found. All tramps or persons
not having any visible means of obtaining
la livelihood shall be subject to road duty.
Sec. 8. And every overseer is hereby re-
ouired to account to the board of township
commissioners at their annual settlement
for all tools received, material used or
funds expended, under oath, under this
act, and they shall also return full and
true list and statement of the names OF all
persons within their respective districts
who have been ordered out to perform
the labor as required by this act, and af-
| ter each working TO note the hours actual
| ly worked work each hand does, and he
shall make and furnish list to the board
/ of township commissioners OF those who
have refused or neglected to perform the
same, and shall by oath attest the correct
ness of each list so kept; and all esand
fnrfeitures used for and recovered under
the provisions of this act shall be paid
over on demand by the magistrate or con-
stable collecting the same to the county
treasurer wherein such fines or forfeitures
accrued; and the several overseers shall
also render an account to the township
board of commissioners at the annual
settlement Of all moneys expended and
all property remaining in their hands
at the time Of the settlement, also all
judgments that remain unpaid, and the
name of the judgment debtor, and mag
istrate before whom such judgments
of, and the township board of com.
missioners shall make such order as to
the prosecution of the suits by the over.
seer of the proper district against such
delinQuents, as in the judgment or the
township board of commissioners the in
terest of the township may require.
Sec. 10. That all property that may re-
main in the hands Ofthe overseer at the
time of the annual settlement with the
township board of commissioners shall he
turned over to his successor III office us
soon as such successor shall be elected and
qualified, taking receipt therefor, and
deposit said receipt with the township
commissioners. 1t shall be lawful for any
uverseer to sue out executions on any
Judgment that remains unpaid within his
proper district at any time when, in his
opinion, tho same can he collected, and the
,,nnoy co racoiyed and collected shall be