ROADS.

2013

on, such person, on being thereof convicted in the county
court, shall be fined, at the discretion of the court, not ex-
ceeding fifty dollars ; and all fines imposed in such cases shall
be appropriated to repairing such damages, and improving the
roads in the county aforesaid, and be paid to and accounted for
by the supervisors of the district.

SEC. 18. And be it enacted, That the supervisors of said
county shall, when necessary, require of the owners of slaves
as many male slaves as they may deem necessary, not exceed-
ing one-half of the number of labouring slaves belonging to
such persons on any one day; Provided, that such owner shall
not be compelled to render more service in any one year by
the labour of his or her slaves than his or her road taxes may
amount to; And provided, that the labour of said slaves shall
not be required as aforesaid during the season of harvest.

Supervisors
mny require
owners
of slaves to
furnish
labourers.

Provisos.

SEC. 19. And be it enacted, That for every slave so required
by the supervisor, and not furnished, the owner shall forfeit
sixty cents for each day, to be recovered by the supervisors as
in case of small debts, to be accounted for on oath, and paid to
the levy court annually, to be applied to the repairing of the
public roads.

Penalty for
not furnish-
ing them.

SEC. 20. And be it enacted, That in all cases where the levy
court of said county shall issue an order to the collector to pay
any supervisor any money under this act, the said levy court
shall specify in such order the day or days for the payment;
and in case of his neglect or refusal, the said supervisor shall,
within five clays thereafter, under the penalty of twenty dollars,
give notice thereof to the clerk of the county, who shall,
within thirty days thereafter, give notice to the justices of the
levy court of said county to meet, which court shall issue an
execution against the said collector out of said county court,
for the sum so due from the said collector, in the manner herein
before prescribed.

In orders
insured by
court, day
of payment
to be speci-
fied.

SEC. 21. And be it enacted, That the collection of the afore-
said taxes may be anticipated, by permitting the supervisor or
supervisors, if expedient, to accept of labour in lieu thereof, at
the customary rate of labour for the time, which supervisor or
supervisors shall issue certificates to those by whom such
labour may be rendered, expressing therein, in writing, the
duration or time of such labour, the rate thereof by the day,
by whom and for whose account the same was rendered, and
the whole account of value thereof, to be received in tnxes by
the collector of said county, in discharge of moneys due or
owing for his particular tax.

Collection
may be
anticipated.

SEC. 22. And be it enacted, That where any person or per-
sons have erected, or shall erect, in the county aforesaid, any
mill or mills on any branch or run, where any public road

Where
mills are
erected over
any road,