The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-06-11

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at any time the said Board of County
Commissioners, then acting for said
county, shall give written notice to the
Lexington Manufacturing Company
at least ten days before said repairs
are to be made, and the said Lexing-
ton Manufacturing Company shall
draw down the water of their pond
in order to allow the workmen en-
ployed to repair the bench or
benches to be repaired and in an easy
and comfortable manner. Said Board
of County Commissioners to employ
sufficient force to complete said re-
pairs in as soon time as is possible
and practicable.
Fourth, It is agreed that should
any damages accrue by accident to
parties passing over said bridge, and
not brought on by any carelessness
or failure of performance of duty on
the part of the Board of County
Commissioners then acting for said
county, said damages shall be paid
both by the county and the Lexing-
ton Manufacturing Company in the
proportion as Sc is to 3S3. A settle
ment of said damages being first set
tied upon by the then acting Board
of County Commissioners for said
county and the Lexington Manufac-
turing Company, and any settle
ment thereon made by one without the
full consent of the other shall
not be binding; and this section
shall not be construed 80 as to i'm
pose upon the parties hereto any
other liability than such as the laws
of the land impose in case of acci-
dents, &c, on other public bridges,
under control of the County Commis-
sioners.
Fifth, It is agreed that if at any
time in the future should the Lexing-
ton Manufacturing Company desire
to replace said bridge by dirt, that
the said Company shall give the
Board of County Commissioners then
acting for said county, 80 days notice
of their intention before they COM
mence operations, and the then
County Commissioners acting for
said county shall proceed to have
two good and substantial butments
erected distance of se7enty-fve feet
apart with wings sufficient to support
the dirt embankment, which is
to be Is feet wide on top and 3 feet
above high water mark, and to span
a substantial bridge over said rs feet
space out of either wood or iron ss
they may see fit. The county to bear
the expense of building sc feet of
same and the Factory company to
bear the expense of building l9 feet of
same-and said bridge to be kept up
after completion at the expense of
the county. And it is further
agreed that if it be necessary
to build a centre butment to
support said bridge in the span
of IS feet the said Lexington
Manufacturing Company is to build
the same at their own expense forth.
with upon notice to them by the said
Board of County Commissioners.
And it is further agreed that the
county shall keep in ordinary repair
said dirt road after it has been COM
pleted by said Lexington Msnufac
turing Company and accepted by
the said Board of County Commits
sioners then acting for said county.
But if said dirt roadway should suf-
fer any material damage caused by
the pond water of said Company then
the said Company is to repair the
same at their own expense.
Sixth, It is agreeded that this in
strument of writing shall be forth
with recorded in the Office Register
Of Mense Conveyance for Lexington