The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-07-15
The Lexington Dispatch.
Wednesday, July 10, 1903.
The Road Law.

service in the State, and persons who
served in the late War Between the
States, and all persons actually en-
ployed in the quaritine service OF the
State, shall be required annually to
perform or cause to be performed la
Dor on highways, under direction Of
the overseer of the road district in
which he shall reside, eight days, if
so many be necessary: Provided, All
students while actually attending any
of the colleges or schools in this
State shall be exempt from road or
street duty or the payment of any
commutation tax.
Sec. 7. In lieu of performing or
causing to be performed the labor of
ten hours per day, as required for the
several counties, a Communication tax
of one dollar may be paid by the per-
son so liable on or by the thirty first
day of March, 1902, and on or by
thei FIRST day of March of each
year thereafter: Provided, Persons
liable to labor under this section shall
have the right to furnish a compe-
tent substitute to labor in his stead.
Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of any
overseer to make out q list of all
pessons liable to road duty. Said
overseer is hereby authorized to de-
mand OF any person or corporation
the name of any or all hands in his,
her or it's employ; and any person or
corporation receiving of such over
seer or warner, by him appointed,
such demand, failing or refusing to
furnish list containing the names
of all male employees, shall be guilty
of misdeneanor, and for every
such ofsnse shall be subject to a
fine of not less than ten dollars nor
more than thirty dollars, or imprison-
ment in the county Jail for not less
than ten nor more than thirty days;
and place said list in the hands of
the warner, who shall serve notice,
either by seeing the parties person
ally and giving verbal notice or leav-
ing 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, annually, 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 of
said party, or any road to be changed
or opened within four miles.
Sec. 9. In case any person shall
remove from one county to another,
or from one township in the same
county or one district 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 pro-
duce q certificate of the same from
the oyerseer of the proper district,
such certificate shall be- complete
discharge for the amount therein
specified.
Sec. 10. Any person warned to
perform any labor upon the public.
roads and highways under any pro-
visions of this chapter, shall, by
himself or suitable substitute, who
shall not be under the age of six
teen years, appear at the time and
place appointed by the overseer at
the hour of seven o'clock in the fore.
noon, and shall bring with him such
necessary tools and implements used
on 8 farm as the overseer may direct.
Sec. II. For the purpose provided
for in the preceding Section the resi-
dence of any person who has fam
ily shall be held to be where his fam
lily resides, and the residence Of any
person shall be held to be where he
boards or may be found. All tramps,
or persons not having any visible
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