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P????PWi The Lexington Dispatch. Wednesday, July 8, 1903. The Boad Law. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Sooth Carolina: The County Board of Commissioners shall take charge of and superintend the repair of the highways in the County, the bridges 6hall be repaired under their supervi eioo, and the expenses of the same shall be paid out of the treasury raised and appropriated for this purpose. 411 the work on bridges given out by the County Supervisor and v County Board of Commissioners, where the amount shall exceed the sum of ten dollars, shall be done by contract. When the amount shall exceed the sum of one hundred dollars, the County Supervisor and County Board of Commissioners are here oy required to advertise the same in at least one of the papers in the such County; said proposals shall in all eases be accompanied by one or more eurities; when the amount is less than one hundred dollars and more than ten dollars, the County Supervisor and County Board of Commissioners are required to advertise the same by posting a notice in three public places, one of which must be at the place where the work isio be done; said polices . to be posted ten days prior to the day on which the work is to be let, and the County Supervisor and County Board of Commissioners shall have the right to reject any or all bids, if in their judg merit the interest of the County eo requires." Sec. 2. Each township in the several Counties of the State and in any County where no township exists each tax district shall constitute a highway district. Sec. 3 The Countv Board of Com- ' missioners of the several Counties of this State are authorized and empowered, jointly or separately, to establish and maintain such free ferries over the streams of this State and to discontinue the same, as in their judgment may seem best; and that all ferries are rcquied to be kept open for ' use from 5:30 a. m. to 9:30 p. m. * ] Sec. 4. All roada, highways and ferries that have been laid out or ap- , pointed by virtue of an Act of the General Assembly, or any order of i i _ _3 a. n i ' court, or oy soy oraer 01 tee county Board of Commissioners, are declared to be public roads and ferries, and the County Supervisor and County Board of Commissioners shall have the con- ( troi and supervision thereof. Ia ^ those counties where the Township j Board of Commissioners have not j been abolished, they shall be in each township or tax district in any County j where no township exists under the j supervision of the Township Board of ] - Commissioners and the County Board i of Commissioners. The Township E Board of Commissioners, in those ( counties where they exist, are incor- ? porate, and the Township Board of ( such township shall be their corpo- ( mi i rate name, xne saia uounty supervisor and County Board of Commissioners shall have full power and authority to order the laying out and repairing of public roads where necessary, to appoint where bridges or ferries or fords shall be made, to discontinue such roads bridges and ferries as shall be found useless, and to alter roads so as to make them more useful. Sec. 5. The road bed shall not be less than 16 feet wide, exclusive of side ditohes, roots and other obstructions, unless otherwise ordered by the County Board of Commissioners, and be posted with substantial mile f posts, and where roads runs through i lands where water stands cr flows, fhe ( roads must be ditched on either side j and the road bed raised. The County ( Board of Commissioners may also < open new public roads and widen or \ change the location of old public , roads, where, in their judgment, < such cbaDge would be for the mate- i rial interest of the traveling public. They may obtain the right of way by gift or purchase, or they may i condemn the land therefor and assess the compensation and damages as hereinafter provided. They shall have power to call to their assistance a surveyor, who shall survey and i lay off such road, nnder their direction, so that the grade shall not ex ceed seven f.nd a half inches to the i roil. The County Board of Commis sioners requiring such right of way shall give ten days notice, in writing, to the ower of the land over which such right of way is required, of their intention to condemn and establish such right of way, and of the time and place when and where the compensation and damages therefor will be assessed. If the owner of such land be a non resident of the County, the notice may be served upon me agent, or tenant, or any other person in possession thereof; but in such case at least fifteen days notice must be given. If there be no agent, tenant or other person in possession, the notice may be served by depositing it in the post office, postage prepaid, directed to the owner at his last kDown place of residence; and by publishing such notice for at leasMwo weeks in one of the newspapers published in the county wherein the land is situated. For the purpose of this section the guardians of infants, the committees of idiots or other persons non compos mentis, and trustees, shall be deemed to be owners of the lands of their wards and cestuis que trustenfc. In case an infant owner has no guardian, or an idiot or other person non compos mentis has no committee, service may be made upon the person j son whom they severely reside, and upon the Probate Judge of the county, who shall appoint guardians ad litem to appear and represent them; i In case the interests of any guardian ] or committee shall be opposed to those of his ward, a guardian ad litem shall be appointed by I the Probate Judge, who shall i bave authority to appear and rep- 1 resent such ward. No member of ] the Board who is personally in- i terested or who is related by blood j or marriage within the sixth degree 1 to any person claiming Compensation 1 and damages, shall serve while the i case of such person is under consid- ] eration. The places of disqualified ( members of the Board shall be filled < pro tempore by appointment to be | made by the Clerk of the Court. All < persons interested shall have the < right to introduce testimony and to be ] beard in argument upon the matter of 1 jumpeucau'ju iu uamagco. xxnex bearing the evidence and arguments, the Board shall render its decision by resolution, which shall be recorded in its minutes. Upon the resolution of the Board fixing the amount of the compensation and the damages in any case, a warrant may be drawn on the County Treasurer for the amount so fixed, and the Treasurer shall pay the same out of any funds in his Bands applicable to such perposes. iny person interested may appeal to the Court of Common Pleas Irom the decision of the Board: Provided, The notice and grounds of ippeal be served upon the Supervisor of the county and filed with the a Dlerk of said Court within ten days fl ifter the decision of the Board. The i ^Iflrb Rhall dnokfit snob jmnaal nr? T i Ualandar No. 1, and they shall be leard in said court de nevo before a ury, unless the right to jury trial be ] waived, as in other cases provided by aw. Such appeals may be called up or trial out of their order by either )arty. The verdict of the jury in B luch caBeB shall be final, unless set r tside for the reasons for which verdicts i: nay be set aside in other cases, or s mle38 the judgment of the court e hereupon be reversed for error of i aw, on appeal to the Supreme Court. v yter tender of the amount found by j;he Board for compensation and dam- ( iges, the pending of an appeal, either ( n the Circuit or the Supreme Court, t shall not operate to stay the opening, a tvidening or changing the location c Df such roads, but the acceptance of [ the amount tendered shall operate a8 ^ an abandonment of the appeal. In ^ oase the amount tendered be refused, y it shall be deposited with the Clerk * of the Court for the owner, and the Clerk shall give his official receipt ^ therefor, and shall pay the same to | the owner upon demand and take his receipt therefor. Unless the appellant Bhall recover on the appeal in which he shall be the actor, twenty per cent. 1 more than fixed by the Board, he shall ( pay the costs and disbursements of i the appeal, and judgment may be 1 entered against him therefor. In as- I sessing compensation and damages for I rights of way, only the actual value < of the land to be taken therefor, and any special damages resulting therefrom shall be considered, and due allowance shall be made for any special benefit which may accrue to the owner, including the value of the old road, if the same revert to such owner. It shall be the duty of each and every overseer to work the roads under his charge thoroughly as he goes, arching the same to the centre, with drain on each side to convey the water, and, when necessary, ! to protect such drains from washing by placing in stone, gravel or other substance; whenever it is necessary to convey water to or to provide for it to cross any road, he shall have the drains across such road laid in stone, gravel or other hard substance, when such material is conveniently obtainable and of such width as to afford an easy crossing where a bridge may not be necessary; and he shall protect the roads by suitable drains from interference by cultivation or otherwise; he shall opeD, or cause to be opened, all public roads or highways which have been or may hereafter be laid out and established in his road district, and keep them in repair, and remove, or cause to be removed, all obstructions that may from time to time be found therein; for which purpose he is hereby authorized to enter upon any uncultivated lands, or improved lands unincumbered by crops, near to and] adjoining such road, and to cut and carry away timber, except trees or groAes on imoroTro^ lonr^a T"\l anfc^ or lcfh fnr I WU UJ> AV4U ivi ornament or shade, either in the fields, around the spring?, or about the dwelling houses or appurtenances, and any rail timber when other timber may be procured at or near the place, and to dig or cuuse to be dug and carry away any earth, gravel, Band or stone which may be necessary to make, improve or repair saidroad9, for which compensation shall be made, except within grounds of any persons inclosed for cultivation without consent of owner; and to enter m any lands adjoining or lying near ihe road to make such drains or flitches through the same as he msy 3eem necessary for the benefit of the roads, doing as little injury to said ands and improvements thereon and ;imber as the nature of the case and public good will permit; and the drains and ditches so made shall be kept open by such overseer, and shall iot be obstructed by the owner of :he land, or any person having the ;he same in charge. Sec. 6. All persons from the age of eighteen to fifty years of age inclusive in this State, except those exjepfced in this Act, shall be liable to oad duty. All male persons coming within be ages so fixed and able to per!orm or cause to be performed the abor herein required, except ministers of the Gospel in actual charge of l congregation, teachers employed in i public school, school trustees aurng their term of office, and persons >ermanently disabled in the military (To be Continued.) beware cf Ointments for Catarrh that Contains Mercnry As mercury will surely destroy the 9Dse of smell and completely deange the whole system when enterug it through the mucous surfaces, ach articles should never be used ixcept on prescriptions from teputa>le physiciaus, as the damage they ?ili do is tenfold to the good you can jossibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. 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