Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-04-10


ter provided for shall become due.
shall be required annually to perform
labor on the highways under the di-
rection Of the Overseer of the road
district in which he shall reside, in
the various counties, as follows: Abb
beville, four days; Anderson, three
days; Bamberg, six days; Barnwell,
six days; Beaufort eight days; Berk-
eley, eight days; Charleston, eight
days; Cherokee, three days; Chester,
four days; Chesterfield, four days;
Clarendon. 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, II so much be necessary; Mar
ion, six days; Newberry. six days;
Oconee, two days; Piokens, five days;
Richland. eight days; Spartanburg,
three days; Saluda, eight days: I'm
ion, two days; Sumter, eight days;
Williamsburg. six days; and. York, five
days: Provided, Persons liable to la
Dor under this section, shall have the
right to furnish competent substi-
tute to labor in his stead: and Pro-
yided, further. Ten hours a day shall
be days work.
Communication Tax.
In lieu Of performing or causing to
be performed the labor of ten hours
day, as herein named for the seve-
raj counties Communication tax may
be paid by the person so liable. on or
by the first day Of March In each year,
which in the following counties shall
be: Abbeville, one dollar; 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 expend-
ed by the Board OF, County commis-
sioners upon the public roads. In the
townships from whence 1t was col,
lected; Florence. one dollar: George
town, two dollars; Greenville, one
dollar; Greenwood, one dollar:
Hampton, one dollar; Horny, three
dollars; Kershaw. two dollars; Lau-
rens, one dollar; Lee, one dollar;
Lexington, three dollars; Marion, two
dollars; Newberry. three dollars;
oconee. one dollar; Pickens, one dol
lar and a half; Richland, one dollar;
Spartanburg, one dollar; Saluda, two
dollars: Sumter, one dollar; Union,
one dollar; Williamsburg, one dol
lar, and York. two dollars: Provid-
ed, That in Barnwell and Lexington
counties all commutation tax collect
ed shall be expended by the Board Of
County Commissioners upon the pub
lie roads in the townships where the
communication is collected: And Pro-
vided. further. That in Orangeburg
county, from and after October the
1st, 1905, all those parsons who are
liable to road duty in said county, as
fixed by Sec. of this Act. In lieu OF
performing ortcausing to be perform
ed all labor upon the roads. shall be
required to pay the county treasurer
OF Orangeburg county on or before
the first day of March Of each and ev-
cry year an annual Communication tax,
or road tax, Of one dollar per head,
which shall be expended upon the
roads Of the county, and as nearly as
in the townships from which It was
collected; and any failure to pay said
road tax shall be a misdemeanor, and
the offender upon conviction shall be
punished by fine Of not more than
fifty dollars $500 or imprison-
ed for not more than thirty days. In
the county Of Chesterfield, from and
after the approval Of this Act, there
shall be annually levied and collected
a tax Of one and one-fourth GD
mills for road purposes. one-half OF
which shall be used in the township
in which 1t was collected, and the
other half shall be used as general
road fund. which may be used to
secure road machinery, tools, appli-
ances and stock and to supplement
other road funds. And the County
Supervisor is hereby authorized to
have the roads worked by contract,
by the overseer plan, or by employ
ing superintendents Of work; and all
road hands shall be required to work
under any person directed by the Su-
pervisor when they have failed to pay
the Communication tax; Provided, Fur
ther, That in the county of George
town, the County Supervisor shall
have the power and authority to en-
ploy one or more Road Superintend-
ents, whose duty 1t shall be to see that
each person liable to road duty In
said county shall perform the same,
and to look after the payment Of the
tax