Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-03-15

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such road laid in stone, gravel or other
hard substance, when such material il
conveniently obtainable and of sucl,
width rs to afford al easy crossing whore
bridge may not bo necessary ; and he
shall protect tho roads by suitable
drains from Interference by cultivation
or otherwise; ho shall opon, or cause
to DO opened, all public roads or high
| ways which have bocn or may herc.
aftor bo laid out and established in his
road district, and koop thom in repair,
remove, or cause to be removed, all OBJ
| structions that may from time to time
be found therein; for which purpose ho
is hcrcby authorized to enter upon any
uncultivatod lands or improved lands
| unincumbored by crops noar or adioin-
ing such road, to cut and carry away
timbcr, except trees or groves on i'm.
proved lands planted or left for orna-
mcnt or shade; and to dig or cause to DO
dug and carried away any earth, gravel,
sand or stone which may bo necessary to
mako, improve or repair said roads, for
which compensation shall be made; and
to enter Oh any lands adjoining or lying
near tho road to mako such drains or
bitches through tho samo as ho may
deem necessary for the benefit of the
roads, doing rs little injury to said lands
and improvements thereon and timber as
tho nature of tho case and tho public
good will permit; and the draining and
bitches so made shall be kept open by
such ovorsoer and shall not DO obstruc-
tod by tho ownor or occupant of such
lands, or any other person or persons
having the same in charge, under the
penalty of forfciting sum not exceed
ing ten dollars or imprisonment for not
more than thirty days for cach and ovory
ohcnsc. Any person interfering with
any road ovcrSccr or his assistant in the
performance of their duty, shall be
guilty Of a misllcmcanor, and punished
on conviction, by fine Of five dollars or
Imprisonment for ten days for each Of
fCnSc.
Section /. That all male persons able
to perform tho labor herein required.
between the ages of eighteen and fifty
J,
where the ages shall be bctwoon eighteen
and fifty years, and except in the county
of Greenwood, where the ares shall be
between the ages Of eighteen and fifty,
and except in Abbcvillc, Cherokee,
GrccnVillc, Horny, Spartanburg and
Union counties, whore the ages shall bo
from twcnty-onc to fifty, and also except
ny nj Stn,.S Nf fh.,
Of a congregation, and persons pcrma-
ncntly disabled in the military service of
this state, and persons who served in the
late war between tho States, and all per
sons actually employed in the quarantine
service of the State, shall be required
annually to perform or cause to be Dor
formed labor on tho highways under
the directions Of the ovcrscer of the
road district in which he shall reside,
us follows: In the counties of Darling
ton, Grccnvillc, pickcns and Spartan
burg, three day" In the counties of
Abbcvillc, Aiken, Anderson, Barnwcll,
Cherokee, Chesterfield, Dorchester,
Fairfield, Greenwood, Georgetown,
kcrshaw, Lancaster, Laurcns, I.cxine-
ton, bconcc, Union, Williamsburg and
York, four days. In the county of
Florence, five days. In the counties of
Bambcrg, Chester, Clarendon, Collcton,
EdEciicld, Horny, Orangcburg, Saluda,
and Ncwbcrry, six days. In the
Counties of Beaufort, Berkeley, Ilamp-
ton, Charleston and Marion, eight days:
and in the County Of Richland, ten days:
Provided, That ten hours labor shah be
held to be days work: Provided, That
the county board Of commissioners of
any county may canso to be levied a road
tax not to exceed one mill on all taxable
Of any township in their county
when 50 requested by written petition
signed by tworthirds Of the frceholdcrs
OF such township, such tax to be col
lcctcd as other taxes, and to be OK
pended on the roads and highways of
such townships Except in the County
oi PlckcnS, where snch petition shall
not be ncccSsary); and in Bambcrg conn |
ty where each special school district
now or hereafter established shall be
"a road district and the county board
OF commissioners may be causc TO hc
levied Il road tax not to exceed two
mills on all the taxable property within
sand road district, on Il petition signed
by two-thirds Of the freehold voters
owning property within said road dis.
frictS, Except that in the Denmark
road district no petition shall be ncces- |
Sary, but there shall be levied and col |
lcclcd annually tax Of two mills ON all |
taxable property within said districD
said tax to be collected as other taxcs
and the funds so collected shall be paid |
out on the warrant Of the township COM
missioncrH, countcrsigncd hy the super
VISOR CT the county, said funds to be cy
pended on the public roads within said
road district where collected: Provided.
further, That in lieu OF performing or
causing to he performed the labor of ten
lonrs per day as herein canned for the
'cvcral conntios, a Communication tax NAV
'c pad by the person so liable, on or by
he iIrSt day OF May Of this year, and on
~ by the first day Of February Of each
year hereafter, which in the counties Of
AbbcVillc, Aiken, Anderson, Bambcrp
hcrokcc, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Dar
lngton, EdgcGcld, Fairfield, Green
Sood, Hampton, Pickcns, Richland
Sumter and Union, shall
'c one dollar; in the counties oG
.aIlrcnS and Florcnrr nnn J,Il,, o, |