VOL. 1. EASLEY, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MfARCH 121,1884. [O 4
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MIESS1CNOER, Easley, S. C.
Had I Never.
I hul I nieve'r, never known thee,
Th1101en my heart ha)d been my o.1,
And the voice that now bewails thee;
Letai'led to breathi another tone;
I ike the Sta'S thlIL Shedl their glory,
n'a a dark and trouibled .se:l
0r like some loig rIn bered story,
Cherish'dI art. th still to me.
111d 1. never, never. seen th2e,
With the beauty o'er thy brow;
With so many friends around thee,
Smiling all :a thou art now;
I h-ld never known the blighting,
Of :I moment thi : to part,
Or led from all delighting
To a lonely broken heart.
Iui I never, iever lov'd time,
With a soul ontrancing pov'r*;
l 1ad I never kielt before thee,
fn that blright and glorious hour:
I had IeverP known the sorrow
That no joys can now beguile,
Or felt how col and cheerless
lwas to live Without thy smile.
South Carolina Road Law.
'le following is a complete syn
opsis of the road law of this State,
showing the duties of overseers of1
p)ublic highways their discret iona
ry powers in repairing roads, and1
a list of exempjtioris from road du
tyr.
Each tow nship constitutes a high
way district.
The county comlmissioners shall
an nally appoint a superintendent
of highways for each htghwa~y dis
trict for which he is appointed andi
liable to road duty, but exempt
therefrom by reason of his office.
lHe shall have superintendence of,
highways in his district, under the
dir'ectioni of the County Commniss
ionlers. to whom he sall make a,
report once in three months of the i
condition of the roads in his dis- 1
trict.
Each superintendent shall di
vide the highway in his dietrict in.
to suitable sections of not less than
two, nor nore than five miles and
appoint ovei seers for each of said
sections. Ile shall likewise divide
all persons liable to road duty in
his district into two companies or
squads and assign a squad'to each
overseer, as far as practicable, as
signing the road hands to the near
est road, and shall require the over
seer to call out the hands to work
the roads, repair and build bridges
of same whenever lie may deem it
necessary, after twelve hours no
tice and shall require cach hand to
bring a hoe, axe, mattock or
other tool. Ile shall determine the
numbei of days for each wqrking
and the tool to be broughlt, provi
ded not more than twelve days
wYork sliall he required of any hand
in a year. For refusing or neg
lecting to carry out any work re
quired by the County Comm is.sion
e's, Or any of them, the sul)eriln
tendent of highways.shall be deem
ed guilty of a miisdelimeanor, and I
upon conviction, before a Trial
Justice shall be fined not less thar,
$10 nor more than $50. OveIseers
for neglecting to call out hands
and work roads, when required by 1
the Superint endent, 11011 convict
ion in trial justice court, shall be
fined not less than $5, nor more
than $20.
Superintendents shall jointly di- 1
vide a highway running along the j
line of two highway districts, an')
shall assign hands from their res- 1
pective districts to work the same. 1
Overseers shall require their hands
to do such work on bridges, as1 1
will prleser've them and keep them,
in order, when it can b~e convecn
iently done. If bridlges need1 such
repairs as should be given out 111
der contract, Superintendents shahll
report the same to the County Comn- 1
missioners without delay.
When any highway shall become1
obstructed by storms, or otherwise,
the overseer shall summon a suffi
cient number of' handls to open and
repair such highway. Any over- 1
seer fatiling to call out hands, for1
the space of a day, after applioa
tion madle by any citizens, al,
Anless he has sufficient excus
;herefore, forfeit $15, to be collect.
3d in an action in the name of thq
[lounty Comissioners. Any per
son liable to work on highways an
reglecting to turn out, on such ex
raordinary occasions and assist it
)pening and repairing such high
ways, after being summoned, shal
b)c deemed guilty of a inisdemean
>r and upol conviction shall be fin
3n $3 per day. If any person shal
p)erform more' days labor than i:
required by law, he shall be paid
$[ per day for th overplus.
All able bodied male persons, be
'ween the ages of 16 and 50 years
ire liable to road duty, excep
nembers of State Counity Board o.
)f Examiners, School Trustees
mem1ibers of hoards of assessors
Aeachers and students at colleges
ministers of the gospel, millers en
.age1d in grist or merchant mills
wliere they are kept open six day
n the week, and the warner for f1v
Ilys.
'Tlie overseer shall make a lis
ror the warner, requiring him t<
-ive notice to each person of th4
dind of tools to be used, whi''h no
ice shall be given twelve hours be
ore the time fixed in the notic4
und also state the hour and plac4
)f working. If any person, afte1
receiving such notice shall neglec
.o appear or refuse to work accor
ing to the direction of the over
eer, lie shall be (eemieId guilty o
i misdemeanor and upon convict
on before a trial justice, Shall bo
ned not less than $5, nor exceed
ng more than $10, or be impris
ned in the county jail for not lest
han five days nor not more that
-wenty days. Any person notifie
~o work can pa~y the county treas.
ire $1 per day for the time lhe it
'equiredi to work, which shall b<
eceived in lieu thereof. Overseer:
shal1 allow 2 dayslabor for a mnaz
vorking one day and furnishing
chorse and plow, or three (lays la
or for any person working on
lay and furnishing a wagon an
wo horses or mules or oxen.
Overecers have p~ower to cu
lown and use timber, or use an)
wvoodl, stone or earth, in or nea1
:he higthway, bridge or causewa3
to be repaired, necessary for tha
purposebut the owner shall be en
Ailed to compensation therefor i1
demanded. But io overseer shall
authorize the cutting down of tim
her trees reserved by the owner, or
planted for shade, or ornament,
either in the fields around the
spring, or about the d welling-house
or appurtenances, the cutting of
- rail timber when other timber can
be procured, or the taking of stone
-.or earth from enclosed ground
- without the owner's consent.
Any person prohibiting or hind
ering an overseer from cutting
down and using timber, or from
using wood, earth, or stone, in or
- near roads or causeways, for the
, purpose of making or repairing
tsuch roads or caueways, or making
such repairs of bridges, or shall ob
struct the passage of said roads,
causeways, or bridges, by gates,
fences or ditches or any other ob
struction, or shall hinder or threat
en or forbid any traveler from trav
eling any public road, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction shall be fined
b not less than $5, nor more than $10.
Any person removing from one
county to another, who has prior
to such removal, performed road
. duty shall upon the production of
the certificate, or receipt of the o
verseer of the district where he last
resided, showing the labor perform
ed, be entitled to a complete dis
charge for the amount therein spe
cified.
Persons over whose lands any
road, other than a public highway,
shall pass, may erect gatesi there
on but shall be liable to be indict
ed for a nuisance, should he fail to
keel) them in good repair.
Superintendents of highways
shall cause roads t,> be posted and
numbered and a pointer placsd at
each fork and for neglect of this dui
ty, he is liable to a fine of $10.
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