The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-01-25
CAPITOL CORRESPONDENCE.


al !ntereS:ln" than the last. b
raj there has not been anything
a.. a.. grave Importance done, SO far
~; general Legislation is concerne.
4e,: hence | am not able to give
sc. IHE: !MF:> rcad>rS much OF an,
On thing which: viii be OF eSpeci:
.ry interest TO them The :endeuc
.ct OF the General Assem- oily is t
!c- make the session short. and to i
40 70 le%islat!n@ Of 4 revolutionar
=. nature. One reason for this con
by c!uSloi! is that ali Of Us belicv
Ill there IS enough laws on the stat
., ute books. and another is tha
~ the report Of the Code Commits
ed SloEer has been laid upon thu
30 desks OF the members. which un
e: e der the law cannot be considered
- until the session Of 1912.
e | have been giving very care
fui study Of the roa;: lass viii. q
}, . vie" to make them more easily
. understood and TO have them SO
J. that our county commissioners
% can enforce them and so that we
: can have better county govern
y nent system: especially, so far
e rs the working of the roads is
y concerned, but the more l search
I the laws the more am convinced
: that we have al which is neces.
Sary to give to the commissioners
all the power they need. There
: has been considerable misunder.
+ standing with the magistrates as
, to thtlr power to impose a pen
atty for not working the roads,
they claiming the law does not
| give them any power to fine or
imprison those who fail 20 per
torn this public duty. In this,
they are mistaken, as the law is
plain; they have the right to fine
or imprison those who fail to
either pay the Communication tax
or work when summoned.
The law reads as follows:
Every person liable to road
duty, who shall have been duly
warned before the day fixed in
| his notice for such working, stat
ing the hour and place of work
ing. shall be subject to the direc-
ton OF the overseer in charge.
Any person who shall fail to pay
the commutation road tax pro
vided by law, and being so warned
by the ROAD overseer to perform :
said duty. shall refuse or neg ;
!ect, having had at least twelve
hours notice, 10 attend himself ,,
or substitute TO the acceptance |
OF the overSeer. or. having at. $
tended. shall refuse TO obey the
direction Of the overseer. or shall
spend the time in idleness or in. I
attention to the duties assigned !
him, shall be guilty of misde- e
meanor, and, on conviction there. .
Of, shall be tined not more than a
ten dollars nor less than FIVE t
dollars and costs, or be sentenced .
TO county Chaingang not more :,
than thirty days nor less than Z
tive days. t
This is the law providing a c
Punishment fol refusing 10 work t
the road ur pay the Communication U
tax: not only so, the road over T.
>eers failing to carry out the !,
orders OF the county commits
>ionerS are liable TO tine or i'm tt
prlSonment. The road overSeer !!
is authorized to demand Of any :;
person or corporation in his. her,
Or their employ, the name of any e.
and al: hands or othIr employees. o o
ln9 refusal to give such infor- Il Il
TO the orerseer or warner, 81
subjects those refusing the in.
formation to hne Of not less p
.hen leh no. .aore than thirty Of Of
dollars, Or Imprisonment OF not n
ess than ten nor more than thirty II
lays. Soft will be seeu there is :,
'ulllclcnt power to enforce the r,
'oad laws. IN this county the ,a
tax is three dollars b'
n lieu of six DAYS work. &C
There /, another .uaIte. the ri
seem TO be .'oalled Q;
lp on: the subject Of stock run. &C G..
lin" at large The law is clear T.. ~
..ac no pesos Sha.l oe permitted or
o lei his stock run at large. and Of
hors is a penalty for the same. u u
'olumcI. 1857, Code 1902, makes -, ~
t unlawful for the stock to run &C
It large. and Volume > OF the ia
ode: Section !,,.i, provides the o, OF
,eDaity 90 90
| mention theSe matters be- eq
:ause several magistrates hayp o.. OF
Cd those complaining uneS had s, si.
% law 70 punish for the viola. co
ION O! the road Law nor the stock iir
aw, ana it wa. il. Ily search OF i" "
kc statutes to give the people ~; NJ
he relief they are demanding pr
hat I discovered the magistrates an
AYE all the law they need to in VI vi
ure an enforcement. Therefore - -
elra!ucG :rlL. tIc.;u'ng any as
acre legislation on the two sub tu
cots. and direct tho attoLtion To-
Il ,hc nleg!s,ca.es TO the statutes ,;I p,I
uoted. Vi,
There has been much complaint ell
4 this and other counties about ~
he method Of getting the prop.
r.y on the "a. b:.2ss: 50 I2uch to
6 The uoa.d OF equalization made lo
,.,J.- mo tl5 no