Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-05-15


ton the name Of any and all hands in his, her
or its employ; and any person or corporation
receiving Of such overseer, or warner by him
appointed, such demand, falling or refusing 10
furnish q list containing the names OF all
male employees, shall be guilty OF q misde-
meanor. and for every such offense shall be
subject to fine Of not less than $40 nor more
than $50, or imprisonment in the county jail
for not less than 10 nor more than 30 days.
and place said list in the hands of the "war-
ner," who shall serve notice, either by seeing
the parties personally and giving verbal no
tice, or leaving written notice at the residence
of the party, to order out every such person
resident as aforesaid, between the first day OF
January and the first day of December annu-
ally, to do and perform the work aforesaid on
the public road to which each person may be
assigned, said assignment to be on roads near
the residence ofsaid party, or any road to be
changed or opened within four miles. And II
any person, being warned by such overseer as
aforesaid, shall refuse or neglect, having had
at least II hours notice, to attend by himself
or substitute to the acceptance Of the overseer,
or, having attended, shall refuse to obey the
direction of the overseer, or shall spend the
time in idleness or any inattention to the
demeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be
fined not more than $40 nor less than s. and
costs, or be sentenced to county chaingang
not more than ten nor less than five days.
Section 6. That in case any person shall
remove from one county to another, or from
one township In the same county, or one dis
trict 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 q certificate Of the same
fiom the overseer Of the proper district, such
certificate shall be a complete discharge for
the amount therein specified.
Section 7. That any person warned to per-
form any labor upon the public. roads and
highways under any provisions of this act
shall. by himself or suitable substitute, who
shall not be under the age of 10 years, appear
at the time and place appointed by the over
seer at the hour of Z O'Clock in the forenoon,
and shall bring with him such necessary tools
and implements used on farm as the over
seer may direct.
Section 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 ofany 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 a livelihood shall be sub
ject to road duty.
Section 0. And every overseer is hereby
required 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 oil persons within
their respective districts who have been Or
dered out to perform the labor as required by
this act, and after each working to note the
hours actually 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 correctness
of each list so kept; and all fines and forfeit
ures used for and recovered under the proris-
ions of this act shall be paid over on demand
by the magistrate or constable 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 an
nual settlement, of all moneys expended anu
all property remaining in their hands at the
time of the settlement; also all judgments
that remain unpaid, and the name Of the
judgmen. debtor, and magistrate before whom
such judgments were obtained and the
amounts thereof, and the township board OF
commissioners shall make such order as to
the prosecution of; 'e suits by the orerseer of
the proper district against such delinquents,
as In the Judgment of the township board Of
commissioners the interest Of the township
may require,
Section 10. That all property that may
remain in the hands of the overseer at the
time of the annual settlement with the town.
ship board of commissioners, shall be turned
over to his successor In office as soon as such
successor shall be elected and qualified, TAX
ing q receipt therefor. and deposit said receipt
with the township board Of commissioners.
1t shall be lawful for any overseer to sue out
executions on any judgment that re mains
unpaid within his proper district at any time
when, In his opinion, the same can be collect
ed, and the money so recovered and collected
shall be paid over to county treasurer as pro-
yided in the foregoing section by the magis-
trate so collecting.
Section IL. That the county supervisor OF
roads and highways within the county be,
and is hereby, authorized to have the overseer
to construct footpathS or bridges over streams,
swamps, marshes, and along the highways OF
his county.
Section II. That each overseer, within his
district, may erect and keep up. at the expense
of the county, at the forks and crossroads, q
post and guide board, or tngerboard, contain
ing an inscription in legible letters directing
the way and distance to the town or towns, or
public place or places, situated on each road,
respectively.
Section IL. That If any person shall wilfully
demolish, throw down, alter or deface any
guide board, every person so offending shall,
upon conviction thereof, before any magistrate
of the proper county, be fined In any sum not
exceeding $40 and the cost of the suit, or be
sentenced to labor on the public works OF the
county for a term of not more than 30 days,
and the money, when collected. shall be by
the magistrate collecting the same, paid over
to the county treasurer
Section II. That the county board OF COM
missioners be, and they are hereby author
lied to furnish sign boards, plows, scrapers,
or other tools for the use of the several dis
tricts, at their discretion, to be paid for out OF
any moneys in the county treasury not other
wise appropriated, and turn the same over to
the chairman of the township board of COM
missioncrs and take his receipt therefor. The
township board of commissioners shall take q
receipt from each overseer for such imple-
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