The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-12-23

maintenance OF Quplc hlSnNaEa'
bridges and ferries in said county,
which said tax shall be entered by the
county auditor upon the county dupll-
cate and collected by the county treas
urer at the same time and in the same
manner as other taxes are now COL
lected: Provided, That if said county
shall hereafter vote a bond issue Tor
The Improvement of roads, then che
levy provided for in Section of this
Net, of one mill, shall cease and be
v&id.s
Sec. 3. That funds arising from taxes
nSovided for in Sections l and OF
++lis act shall be used upon the high
Ways in said county, SO as to secure an
eauitable distribution of work on the
highways in each township of said
county having due regard to the condi-
ton of such highways.
! Sec. 4. The supervisor and county
: commissioners are hereby authorized
to o\make such suitable and reasonable
agreement with the owners of land
over which any rural free mail delivery
! routes may be established and to main
tain and improve said road as a rural
free mail delivery mail route whether
said road be formally or permanently
opened as a public highway or not, as
long as it is used for rural free de-
livery.
Sec. 5. The supervisor and county
commissioners are hereby required to
use the county changing in perran-
: emily improving the public highways
and bridges in said county at places
where the said highways at certain
seasons of the year become to allprac-
ticable purposes almost impossible,
having due regard to an equitable dds
tribution of that work in the several
townships.
Sec. 6. It shall be the duty Of the
supervisor and county commissioners,
or~any person having charge OF road
Improvement in said county, to give
each highway a proper and sufficient
drainage, and any person who shall
obstruct any ditch or culverf and
thereby pre- vent the proper drainage of
any highway, by plowing into the
same, or by any manner Of obstruc-
ton, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction Thereof euall be
fined not less than five dollars nor
more than twenty dollars for each Of
tense, or be imprisoned for not less
\ than ten days nor more than twenty
days; and it is hereby made the special
duty of the supervisor to enforce this
section of this act, as we'll as all 9TH
ers. -
Sec. Z. The provisions Of this act
are in addition to and exclusive OF all
other provisions now provided by law
for the Improvement Of roads, bridges
ard ferries in said county, and all ex-
listing laws relating to the working OF
highways shall remain in force In said
county, except so far as modified by
the provisions of this act
Sec. 8. If an addition to the regular
road force, hired labor is employed for
the improvement of public highways
= in said county, it shall be done at
such times as will work the least in
eonvenience to the farmers, and to the
working of crops in said county, giving
preference to the months Of January
and February and the months of July
and August for such work by hired
labor whenever it is at all practicable.
Sec. g. It shall be the duty OF the
supervisor and the county commits
sioners ITO enforce the provisions OF this
{. act, and all other acts which are OF
force in Newberry county for the I'M
provement of roads, bridges and fer
ries,1 and for any neglect or refusal
they shall be deemed guilty OF a MIS-
demeanor and shall be punished by
fine Of not less than five dollars nor
more than twenty dollars for each neg
1ect or refusal to perform such duty.
It shall beAthe duty Of the grand jury
at each session of the court in said
county, to make special inquiry as to
the manner in which the provisions OF
this act, and other acts relating to
highways, have been carried out by
the several officers charged therewith,
and of the foreman to institute all
prosecutions for any neglect and FAIL
ure of any of said officers, and while
81 -ensa eed to receive the same com
- pessation now allowed for attending