Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-05-01
THE ROAD LAW AS AMENDED.
At THE LAST SESSION OF THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY-O PEOPLE
MUST WORK SIX Days OR PAY 81.
The Commutation Tax in Oconee is the Larg.
est Of Any OF the Counties in tho State.

est OF Any OF the Counties in tho State.
The following is an act to amend
Section 4 Of an act entitled, can act
to amend Sections and 4 Of an act
entitled, 'An act to provide system
of county government of the several
counties Of the State, so far as it re-
lates to the maintaining and working
of the roads and highways in the
State, approved the 10Th day Of
February, A. ID. 19O0:'"
Section 1. BE it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
South Carolina That section 4 Of
an act entitled can act to amend
Sections and of All act entitled
San act to provide system Of county
government Of the several counties
Of the State, so far as it relates to
the maintaining and working of the
roads and highways in the State,'"
approved 10Th of February, A. d.
1900, be amended, on line 55, by in
serting between the words "Fair-
field" and "Grcenwood" the word
"Greenville," and on line 50 by
striking out the word "Greenville"
and by inserting after Green wood
the words sand Chesterfield" and by
striking out the word Darlington be-
fore the word Grcenvillc and the
word "Union" between the words
Lexington and williamsburg and
inserting the word "Darlington" and
by inserting between the word "days"
and "provided" the words "Union
two days" and by striking the word
champion" from the proviso be-
tween the words "Grecnwood" and
"Pickens" and striking the words
sand fifty cents" from the proviso
after the words "Laurcns one dollar"
and by inserting the word clamp
ton" in said proviso between the
words "Georgetown" and "IIorry,"
80 that said Section, when so
amended, shall read rs follows:
Section 4. That all male persons
able to perform the labor herein re-
quircd between the ages of eighteen
and fifty-five years, except in the
counties Of Oconce and Pickcns.
where the ages shall be between
eighteen and fifty years; and except
in the counties of Greenwood and
Chesterfield, where the ages shall be
between eighteen and fifty; and cx-
cept in Abbeville, Cherokee, Green
vile, Orangeburg, iIorry, Spartan
burg and Union counties, where the
ages shall be from twcnty-onc to
fifty; and also except ministers Of
the Gospel in actual charge of con
gregation, and persons permanently
disabled in the military service of
this State and persons who served
in the late war between the States,
and all persons actually employed in
the quarantine service of the State,
shall be required annually to perform
or cause to be performed labor on
the highways under the directions Of
the ovcrsccr of the road district in
which he shall reside, as follows:
IN the counties OF Grccnyillc, Pick
ems and partanburg, three days;
in the counties Of Abhryillc, Aiken,
Anderson, Barnwcll, Cherokee, Chcs-
teriield, Fairfield, Greenwood, Kcr-
shaw, Lancaster, I.aurcns, Licking
ton, Williamsburg, Darlington and
York, four days; in the county Of
Florence, five days; in the counties
OF Bambcrg, Chester, Clarendon,
Collcton, Dorchester, Edgcficld,
Horny, Ncwhcrry, Oconcc, Orange
burg, Saluda and Sumter, six days;
IN the counties OF Beaufort, Bcrkc-
ley, Charleston, Georgetown, lamp
ton and Marion, eight days, and in
the county of Rlchland, ten days;
Union, two days: Provided, That
ten hours labor shall be held to be a
days work; provided that the
County Board Of Commissioners of
any county may cause to be levied a
road tax not to exceed one mill on
all taxable property Of any township
in their county, when so requested