The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-07-15
The Road Law.
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the public high~ the overseer shall
give to such person or persons GER
ti6cate for the amount of labor per-
formed, and said certificate shall
apply on the labor that may be due
for such person or persons for the
ensuing year.
Sec. 22. If any person or persons,
corporations, or any conductor of any
train of railroad cars. or any other
agent or servant of any railroad
company, shall obstruct unnecessarily
any public road or highway by per-
hitting any railroad car or cars or
locomotive to be or remain upon or
across any street, public road or
highway for longer period than five
minutes, after notice to move said
cars has been given to conductor,
engineer, agent or such other person
in charge of said train, or shall per-
nit any timber, wood or other OBJ
struction to remain upon or across
any such street, road or highway to
the hindrsnce or inconvenience of
travellers, or any person or persons
passing along or upon such street,
read or highway, every person or
corporation so offending shall forfeit
and pay for every such ofense any
sum not exceeding twenty nor less
than five dollars, and shall be liable
for all damages arising to any high
way, to be recovered by an action at
the suit of the County or Township
Board of Commissioners in which
such of.nse shall have been CON-
mitted, or any person suing for the
same, before any Magistrate within
the cc unity where such offense shall
have been committed, or by indict-
ment in the Court of General Ses-
sions or suit in the Court of Common
Pleas; and sll fines 30 accruing under
the provisions of this section, when
collected, shall be paid over by the
Magistrate to the County Treasurer
for the district in which such ofense
was committed; and every twenty
four hours such corporation, person
or persons, as aforesaid, after being
notified, shall suffer such distractions,
to the hindrance or Inconvenience of
travellers or any person going along
or upon such road or highway, shall
be deemed an additionl ofenee
against the provisions of this chapter.
Sec. % Every railroad company,
or other corporation, servant or serv-
ants, agent or agents, employee or
employees, Of which, shall, in any
manner, obstruct any street, public
road or highway, shall be liable to
pay all fines which may be assessed
against such servant or servants,
agent or agents, employee or employ
ees, for 20 obstructing any such
street, public road or highway; and
such liability as may be enforced by
execution against such railroad COM
pany, or other corporation, on the
Judgment rendered sgainst such
servant or servants, agent or agents,
employee or employees, for 80 Cb
structing such street, public road or
highway.
Sec. "a. It shall be unlawful for
any railroad company to obstruct the
drainage of any public road or high
way, by it's road-bed or other wise, or
empty the water from it's bitches
into any public road or highway, to
the injury of said highway; and if
any railroad company, being warned
by the overseer of the proper district,
by leaving written notice with any
agent. or informing any station agent
of said railroad company personally,
shall refuse or neglect to remedy the
same, to the acceptance of the over
seer, shall forfeit and pay any sum
not exceeding fifty nor less than
twenty dollars, to be recovered by an
action at the suit of the County or
Township Board of Com missioners