The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1896-04-29

shall apply on the labor that may oe
due for such person or persons, for the
ensuing year.
Sec. 19. That if any person or per-
sons, corporations. or any conductor
of any train of railroad cars, or any
other agent or servant Of any railroad
company shall obstruct unnecessarily
any public road or highway by per-
mittins any railroad car or cars or To-
comolive to remain upon or across
any street, public roads or highways
for longer period than FIVE minutes,
after notice to remove said cars has
been given to conductor, engineer,
agent or sue other person IN charge
OF said train, or shall permit any tim
Der, wood or other distractions to re-
main upon or across any such street,
road or highway, to the hindrance or
inconvenience of travellers, or any per-
son or persons passing along Or upon
such street, road or highway. every
person or corporation so offending
shall forfeit any pay for every suc1
otfense any SUN not exceeding twen,
ty nor less than five dollars, aud shall
be liable for all damages arising to
any person from such obstruction or
injury to such road or highway, to be
recovered by an action at the suit of
the township board of commissioners
in which such oHense shall have been
committed, or any person suing Tor
the same, before any magistrate with.
in the county where such ofense shall
have been committed, or by lndlct-
ment in the court Of general sessions
or suit in the court OF common pleas.
And all fines so accrulng under the
provisions of this section, when col
lected, shall be paid over by the mag
istrate to the county treasurer for the
district III which such otfenss was
committed. Aud every twenty-four
hours such corporation, person or per
sons, as sforesaid, after being notified,
shall suffer such distractions, to the
hindrance or inconvenience Of travel
ers or any person going along or up-
on such road or high way, shal be
deemed an additional offence against
the provisions of this act
Sec. % That every railroad compa-
ny or other corporation, the servant
or servants, agent or agents, employ.
ee or employees, of which shall IL
any manner obStruct any street, puo-
lie road or highway, shall be liable to
pay all fines which may be assessed
against such servant or servants, agent
or agents, employee or employees, for
so obstructing any such street, public
road or highway, and such liability as
may be enforced by execution against
said railroad company or other corpo.
raliou on the judgment rendered
against such servant or servants, agent
Or agents, employee or employees, for
so obsiructing such street, puolic road
or highway.
Sec 2l. 1t shall be unlawful for any
railroad company to obsrruct the
drainage of auy public road or high
way oy its roado or otherwise, or
empty the water from its bitches into
any public road or highway, to the
injury Of said highway; and il any
railroad company, being warned by
the overseer Of the proper district oy
leaving a written notice with any
agent, or Informing any station agent
OF said railroad company personally,
shall refuse or neglect TO remedy the
same to the acceptance Of the overseer,
shall forfeit and pay any sum not ex-
ceedipg $50 nor lcss than so to BE- re-
covered by an action at the suit OF the
township board of commissioners be-
lore any magistrate; and every ten
da. S such railroad company, after be-
ins notiied, shall neg glect or refuse to
remedy such offence shall be deemed
all additional otfeuce against the pro-
visions of this act; and the money so
collected shall be paid by the magls-
trate so collecting to the county treas
urer, aad the money so paid over
shall pecome part of the county road
fund.
Sec. %. 1t shall be the further duty
Of such overseer to cause each railroad
company to construct and keep in
good repair the roadbsd of all public
roads across the road5ed of said rail
road company; and if any railroad
company, being duly warned by the
overseer of the proper district, by
leaving a written notice with any sta
ton agent, or by informing any sta
ton agent of said railroad company
personally, shall neglect or refuse to
construct or repair such roadbed to
the acceptance of the overseer, shall
forfeit any sum not exceeding $50 nor
less than $50, to be recovered by an
action at the suit of the township board
OF commissioners before a magistrate
of the county, and the money so col
lected shall be paid by the magistrate
collecting to the county treasurer, and
the money so paid over shall become
part of the county road fund; and
every FIVE days such railroad company,
afte- being duly notified, shall neglect
or refuse to construct or repair said
road, shall be deemed an additional
offence against the provisions of this
act
Sec. %. The supervisor shall fur.
nish each member of the township
oOafC OF COMMISSIONERS Will SuLu
cient number of printed copies of this
act for the use overseer and township
board OF commissioners, and the coun-
ty board of commissioners shall furn
ish the necessary books ard blanks for
the use OF the township and the town
ship board and overseer. The town
ship board OF commissioners shall not
lay off any portion of any incorporat-
ed city, town or village in any road
district
Sec. "a. That the passage of this
act shall not be held to have altered
or changed any actions which may
have occurred to any one under an
act entitled An act 10 regulate the
roads aud highways OF Barnwell coun-
ty." The roads, bridges and highways
of the counties adopting the contract
system shall be worked as hereinafter
provided.
Sec. 25. That if the county board of
commissioners conclude to adopt the