The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-03-07
THE NEW ROAD LAW.
kneral Measure Passed by the Leg
islature Which Becomes Efec-
tive Next Year.

eneCtlVe lot dnOlNel year, Dtt tilC
people OF the state will be interested
to know what heir representatives in
the legislature have done with this
proposition. Following is. the gen
eral bill which was introduced by Mr..
B. A. Morgan:
"Section I. That the law in ref
erence to the age and time in which
road duty shall be performed and
Communication tax provided and fixed
in lieu thereof shall be and remain
as now provided by law in this state,
except in the counties hereinafter
: named, and the law in all other re-
spects in all counties shall be and
remain as now provided by law.
"Sec. 2 All male persons able to
perform the labor herein required,
from the age OF 18 to 50 years, both
inclusive, in this state, except in
Greenville, Anderson, Pickens, Un-
ion, Marion, Horny, Spartanburg and
Cherokee, where the ages shall be
from FL to 50 years, both inclusive,
and except in Saluda county, where
the age shall be from 18 to S., both
inclusive, and also except ministers
of the gospel in actual charge Of a
congregation, teachers employed in
4 public school, school trustees, and
persons permanently disabled in the
ailitacy service of this state, and per-
sons who served in the late War Be-
tween the States, and all persons &C.
tually employed in the quarantine
service OF the state, and all students
who may be attending any school or
college at the time when the commu-
tation tax may become law, shall be
required annually to perform labor
on the highways under the direction
OF the overseer of the road district
in which he shall reside, in the var
ious counties, as follows: Abbeville,
four days; Anderson, three days;
Bamberg, six days; Barnwell, six
days; Beaufort, eight days; Berkeley,
eight days; Charleston, eight days;
Cherokee, three days; Chester, four
days; Chesterfield, four days; Clar-
endon, six days; Darlington, four
days; Dorchester, six days; Fairfield,
four days; Florence, four days;
Georgetown, eight days; Greenville,
three days; Greenwood, four days;
Hampton, six days; Horny, six days;
Kershaw, six days; Laurens, four
days; Lee, six days; Lexington, six
DAYS, if so much be necessary; Mar
ion, six days; Newberry Six days;
Oconee, two days; Pickens, five days;
Richland, eight days; Spartanburg,
three days; Saluda, eight days; I'm
ion, two days; Sumter, eight days;
Williamsburg, eight days; and York,
five days; provided, persons liable to
labor under this section shall have
the right to furnish a competent sub
stitute to labor in his stead; and pro-
vided further, ten hours day shall
be days work.
"Sec. 3. In lieu of performing or
causing to be performed the labor OF
TO hours per day, as herein named for
the several counties, communication
tax may be paid by the persons so
liable, on or by the first day of March
in each year, which in the following
counties shall be: Abbeville, one dol
lar; Anderson. one dollar: Bamberg,
two dollars; Barnwell, two dollars;
Beaufort, two dollars; Berkeley, two
dollars; Charleston, two dollars;
Cherokee, one dollar; Chester, two
dollars; Chesterfield, one dollar;
Clarendon, one dollar; Darlington,
one dollar; Dorchester, two dollars;
Fairfield. two dollars, which shall be
expended by the board Of county
commissioners upon the public roads
in the townships from which it was
collected; Florence, one dollar;
GEORGETOWN, two dollars; Greenvllle,
one dollar: Greenwood, one dollar;
Hampton, one dollar; Horny, three
dollars: Kershaw, two dollars; Laur-