TIT, 19. A. A. 1796. 7-8. Allison, William Pledger and Edward Crossland be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out the same; and the public road between Marlborough court-house, and the intersection of the aforesaid new road therewith, shall be dis2 Faust 126 continued from the time the said new road shall be completed. 399. And be it further enacted, That a public road shall be laid off and opened, to lead from William Williamson's bridge, over Black creek, to Jeffers's, crossing the said creek at John Garner's bridge, to run thence to Sparrow swamp, to the SixMile ford, and to intersect the road leading to M'Callum's ferry on Lynch's creek; and that John Gardner, William Heath, Andrew Hunter, Henry Cannon and Archibald M'Bride, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out the Road from Williamson's bridge on Black creek to Sparrow swamp. Tate's ferry on Broad ri ver. Road from Wadbacant lake. Road from Road from the Pine Log to Silver bluff. Red bluff landing esta blished on Sayannah river. same. 400. And be it further enacted, That the ferry on Broad river, near the Cherokee ford, called Tate's ferry, shall be, and the same is hereby continued, and vested in the representatives of William Tate, agreeably to the terms of his will, for the term of fourteen years; and that the same rates of ferriage be there taken and received, as have been heretofore taken and received there. 401. And be it further enacted, That so much of the act passed at the last session of the legislature, as directs a road to be opened from the north side of Wadbacant lake to the public road leading from Lenud's ferry, on Santee river, to Georgetown, and to come into the same at or near Summer's bridge,* shall be, and the same is hereby repealed; and that the commissioners named to open the said road, to wit: Edward Thoinas, Thomas Boone and Theodore Gourdine, or the majority of them, shall, in lieu of the said road, have such other road opened and cleared out as to them may seem most adviseable. 402. And be it further enacted, That a public road shall be laid out and opened, the nearest and best way from Treadway's, on the Three Runs, to Silver bluff, and that Alcana Green, Thomas Newman, be commissioners to have the same laid out. 403. And be it further enacted, That a public road shall be laid out and opened, the nearest and best way from Johnston's, at the Pine Log, on South Edisto, to Silver bluff; and that John Red, Isaac Todd and John Randall, shall be commissioners for laying out and opening the same. 404. And be it further enacted, That a piece of land, not exceeding one hundred yards in width, upon Savannah river, nor one hundred yards in depth from the said river, at the place called Red bluff, in Winton county,† shall be, and the same is hereby declared to be a public landing, and to be for ever hereafter free and accessable to the use of the public at large; and that the road now leading therefrom to the highland, on the said river, and to the public broad road, shall, for and hereafter be deemed a public road, and as such shall be constantly kept in repair as other public roads are repaired. 405. Whereas the inhabitants of St. Bartholomew's parish TIT. 19. liable to work upon the road, from the Temple to Combahee river, did, by petition, state that the commissioners of the A. A. 1796. roads for the said parish, had directed that all persons living 2 Faust 129. between the Temple and Ashepoo bridge, and liable to work upon the road leading from the said bridge to Combahee, should only be required to work upon so much of the said road as lies between the said bridge and the Temple; and that those persons only, who live between the Temple and Combahee, and are liable to work upon the said road, should work on that part of the road which lies between the Temple and Combahee, whereby the petitioners were subject to more than a proportionate degree of labour: road. 406. Be it therefore enacted, That the division of the road Combahee so made by the commissioners aforesaid, shall be henceforth causeway abolished and discontinued: But that all such persons as are liable to work upon any part of the said road, shall be liable to work upon every part thereof, including Combahee causeway. 407 And be it further enacted, That Henry Jones is em- Jones's powered, at his own expense, to make, erect and keep in re- bridge, on pair, a causeway and bridge over the north fork of Edisto, north fork at the plantation of the said Henry Jones; and the bridge to of Edisto. be erected is hereby declared to be a toll bridge, and to be vested in the said Henry Jones, his heirs and assigns, for the term of fourteen years from the completion of the same; and that it shall and may be lawful for the said Henry Jones, his heirs or assigns, to take and receive, as a toll for passing the said bridge, the following and no more, that is to say: Fifty cents for every waggon and team, or other four wheeled carriage; twenty-five cents for every cart or chair, with one or two horses and driver; six cents for every man and . horse; and one cent for every head of cattle, hogs, sheep or goats. 408. And be it further enacted, That all persons already Persons exand to be hereafter exempted from paying ferriage or toll at empted from any other ferry or bridge, are hereby exempted from paying paying toll. toll at the said bridge. &c. 409. And be it further enacted, That the said Henry Jones, Regulations his heirs or assigns, shall be liable to pay all persons whom relative to the soever, the full amount of any injury to their person or pro- said bridge, perty, by reason of the badness of the bridge and causeway, so to be made, built or erected as aforesaid; and also twentyfive cents for every hour any person shall be hindered or delayed in passing the said bridge and causeway, unless such injury or prevention shall be occasioned by unavoidable accidents; to be recovered before the nearest magistrate: Provided the same be sued for within two months from the time of such injury or delay. 410. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall Protecting wilfully destroy or injure the bridge or causeway aforesaid, clause. he, she or they, so destroying or injuring of the same, shall pay to the said Henry Jones treble damages, to be recovered VOL. III. Eee TIT. 19. A. A. 1796. Road from by action of trespass in any court in this state having juris diction. 411. And be it further enacted, That Thomas Young, Eli2 Faust 131-2. jah Ford and Henry Jones, be appointed commissioners for opening a road from major William Bluford's bridge on the Bluford's Saltcatcher, to the said Henry Jones's bridge, to be built by bridge, on Saltcatcher. virtue of this act, and that John Woolfe, Christian Patrick and John Cook, be appointed commissioners for opening a road from the said bridge to the town of Granby, and that all the male inhabitants, between the ages of sixteen and fifty years, residing within six miles of the said road, are hereby declared to be liable to open the same. No ferry or bridge to be kept within three miles. Road from 412. And be it further enacted, That no person shall be at liberty to build a bridge or establish a ferry within three miles above or below the said bridge to be built by virtue of this act. * 413. And be it further enacted, That John Ervin, Gavin Witherspoon, Thomas T. Wickham, Reese Perkins, Hugh Ervin, James Gregg, John Orr, John Cooper, Thomas Finklea spoon's ferry and John Thompson, shall be, and they are hereby appointed to the Cheraw commissioners on the south-west side of Pedee river, in Liline. berty county, for keeping in repair the main road leading from Witherspoon's ferry, on Lynch's creek, up to the Cheraw district line; and are hereby fully authorized to call out and employ the male inhabitants, from sixteen to fifty years of age, residing on the south-west side of the said river, within ten miles of said road, to work thereon, for any number of days, not exceeding six in one year: And the said commissioners are hereby vested with the same powers, and subject to the same penalties as they are with respect to the other public roads. 414. And be it further enacted, That Ralph Smith, Austin From Wither. Stone, Obadiah Hand, Daniel Miers and William Stone, shall spoon's ferry be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners for laying to Darlington out, opening and keeping in repair a road leading from Withcounty line. erspoon's ferry, on Lynch's creek, up said creek to Darlington county line; and are hereby fully authorized to call out and employ the male inhabitants, from sixteen to fifty years of age, residing within ten miles of said road, to work thereon for any number of days, not exceeding eight in one year; and that Charles Pigot, Daniel Dubose, junior, William Law, John Huggins and Andrew Dubose, senior, shall be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners for laying out, continuing, and keeping in repair the said road, up said creek to M'Callum's ferry; and that the county court of Darlington shall direct and appoint the persons who shall work on said road. 415. And be it enacted, That the judges of Clarendon county court, and their successors, shall for ever hereafter be relieved from the duties, and be deprived of the powers and authority of commissioners of the roads; and James Davis, Marion district. TIT. 19. Commission ers of roads Edward Richardson, Matthew James and Henry Richbourg, and three others by them to be appointed, shall be commissioners of the roads in said county, and shall have, hold, A. A. 1796. exercise and enjoy all the powers, rights, privileges and au- 2 Faust 132. thority, and be subject to all the pains, penalties, fines and forfeitures to which and with which the commissioners of the in Clarendon roads, where county courts are not established, are now, or county. at any time hereafter, shall be entitled or subject, or in anywise vested, and shall, from time to time, fill up any vacancy or vacancies which may happen in their members, in the same manner as the said commissioners are authorized to do, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. Road from 416. And be it further enacted, That a public road be laid out and opened from Rogers's lake, the nearest and best way Rogers's lake. to the bridge on Crooked creek, a little below Tristram Thomas's mills, until it shall intersect a road leading from Kolb's ferry to Fayetteville; and that Tristram Thomas, Robert Allison and Edward Crossland, be, and are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out the same. distance. 417. And be it further enacted, That the act of the legisla- Persons to lature, making persons liable to work upon the roads within work on roads a certain distance of their place of residence, shall be so con- according to strued as to compel every person to work upon all public roads within that distance, whether the same be measured or calculated by the course of a public road, or that of any pri vate road. bluff. 418. And be it further enacted, That a public road shall be A. A. 1797. laid out, cleared and grubbed, to run the nearest and best 2 Faust 169. way from the main road on the west side of Little Pedee, in Li- Road to Dog's berty county, across the ferry hereby established at Dog's bluff, and through Kingston county, to Kingston; and that Joseph Jenkins and Robert Jordan, for Kingston county, and that Robert Hodge, Leonard Dosier, and Solomon Shannon, for Liberty county, and the majority of them, shall be commissioners to lay out, clear and grub the same. by. 419. And be it further enacted, That a ferry shall be, and is Crossby's fer hereby established on Broad river, at a place called Crossby's ry vested in ferry; and the same shall be vested in Rhody Crossby, her Rhody Crossheirs and assigns, for twenty-one years, with the following rates of ferriage, viz: For every waggon and team, or other four wheeled carriage, and horses, seventy-five cents; for every rolling hogshead, twenty-five cents; for every foot passenger, four cents; for each horse ferried or swam over, four cents; for a chair or cart, with one horse, twenty-five cents; for each head of black cattle, sheep, hogs or goats, two cents; for a led horse, four cents; for every man and horse, seven cents. 420. And be it further enacted, That the bridge erected at the place of William Johnson, over the south fork of Edisto Johnson's river, shall be, and the same is hereby established and decla- bridge over red to be a toll bridge, and vested in the said William Johnson, his heirs and assigns, for the term of fourteen years; and * Part of Sumter district. South Edisto, vested in him TIT. 19. A. A. 1797. it shall and may be lawful for the said William Johnson to take and receive, at the said bridge, the following rates of toll, and no other: For every waggon and team, thirty-seven 2 Faust 171-2. cents; for every other four wheeled carriage, fifty cents; for every two wheeled carriage, twenty-five cents; for every hogshead of tobacco rolled, and for every man and horse, seven cents; for every foot passenger, three cents; for every led horse, three cents; and for every head of cattle or hogs, one cent. And no person shall be permitted to build a bridge or establish a ferry within two miles above or five miles below the said bridge: And in case the said bridge shall at any time be carried away, the said William Johnson, his heirs and assigns, shall, and they are hereby authorized and required to keep a ferry, with a sufficient flat, at the said place, and to take a ferriage at the rates above established, until the bridge shall be rebuilt.* Commission. ers of the road from Orangeburgh to Granby. Road from 421. And be it further enacted, 'That Jacob Wannamaker, senior, Jacob Myer, Casper Sestrunk, Peter Chambliss, John Rumph and Andrew Keigler, shall be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to keep in repair the road leading from Orangeburgh to Granby, as far as the old Congaree road near Sandy run creek. 422. And be it further enacted, That a public road shall be Orangeburgh laid out from Orangeburgh, through Belville, to M'Cord's ferto M'Cord's ry, on the Congaree river; and that James Stuart, Benjamin ferry. Hart, John Paul Thomson, doctor Jameison and Conrad Holman, shall be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners for laying out and keeping in repair the said road, and shall be vested with such powers and authorities as have heretofore been or hereafter may be vested in and exercised by the commissioners of high roads: And the inhabitants, from sixteen to fifty years, residing within five miles of the said road, shall be obliged to work thereon, for any number of days in each year, not exceeding twelve days. Road to M'Callum's ferry, on Lynch's creek. 423. And be it further enacted, That a public road shall be laid off and opened, to begin about five miles from the town of Greenville, on the Camden road, and to run in the most direct course to M'Callum's ferry, on Lynch's creek, crossing Black creek at John Powell's bridge; and that Joshua Jones, Gilles Wright, Nicholas Powers, Michael Mixon, and John Powel, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners, with the usual powers, to lay out the said road. 424. And whereas by an act passed the twenty-first day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, entitled, "An act for laying out certain roads, establishing certain ferries and toll bridges, and for other purposes therein mentioned; and also to continue in force the laws for regulating the militia of this state," certain commissioners were appointed to lay out and keep in repair a public * See A. A. 1809. This bridge is vested in the executors of T. N. Johnson, for 14 years. † 1 Faust 264. |