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their employ and under their control ; Provided, that no female,
or white male over fifty years of age, or under twenty-one
years of age, nor any slave over sixty years of age or under
eighteen years of age, shall be obliged to attend or work ; but
it shall be their duty to furnish all able-bodied males within
said ages, and to attend themselves, if males, and within the
ages aforesaid, whenever required as aforesaid, under a penalty
not exceeding seventy-five cents nor under fifty cents for every
hand or person so required, to be recovered in the name of the
state, by the supervisor, before a justice of the peace in said
county, as other small debts are ; which shall be accounted for
by the supervisor on oath to the levy court; and the supervi-
sor may receive any fine as aforesaid without a warrant, and
account for the same as aforesaid.

Proviso.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted. That it shall be the duty of the
supervisor to direct each free male person of colour, above the
age of twenty-one years, and under the age of fifty years, re-
siding within his district, to meet upon the day, and at the
place appointed for such purpose by the supervisor aforesaid,
and to labour in repairing the said public roads, under the
same regulations and penalties as other persons.

Free per-
sons of
colour to
work.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of each
supervisor, to make such commutation of labour for team and
carts or wagons at the time of such notice as he may think pro-
per, and to appoint an early hour in each day to commence
working on the road, and continue the hands, when necessary,
to a late hour in each day, and to see that each hand does his
duty on the road.

May com-
mute labour
for teams,
&c.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That if any of the supervisors
appointed by this act, shall not sufficiently clear, amend and
keep in good order and repair, the public roads within his dis-
trict, or shall suffer any fallen trees or other obstructions, to
remain in or across any of the said public roads whereby any
cart, wagon or other carriage may be obstructed for more than
three days together, he having notice thereof, or shall neglect
to fall all dead trees on either side of the said public roads,
whose limbs hang over, and may by their falling injure travel-
lers, or to lop or cut off all limbs or branches of trees hanging
or projecting over the road, within fifteen feet above the sur-
face thereof, or shall suffer any of the bridges or causeways to
be out of repair, (except framed bridges exceeding twelve feet
in width) or shall neglect to make and keep in repair bridges
for foot travellers where necessary, or shall otherwise fail to
perform the duties of a supervisor, he shall forfeit and pay a
sum of money not exceeding ten dollars for every such offence,
to be recovered and applied as aforesaid.

Neglect of
duty pe-
nalty.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted. That any justice of the peace of
said county, who, upon his own view, or upon the information,

Fines.