It shall be unlawful for any railroad company to obstruct, by its roadbed or otherwise, the drainage of any public road or highway, or to empty the water from its ditches into any public road or highway, to the injury of such highway. If any railroad company, being warned by the overseer of the proper district by leaving a written notice with any agent or informing any station agent of the railroad company personally, shall refuse or neglect to remedy any such obstruction to the satisfaction of the overseer, it shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding fifty nor less than twenty dollars, to be recovered by an action at the suit of the county before any magistrate. And every ten days such railroad company, after being notified, shall neglect or refuse to remedy such offense shall be deemed an additional offense against the provisions of this chapter. Any money so collected shall be paid by the magistrate collecting it to the county treasurer, and the money so paid over shall become a part of the county road fund.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 33-496; 1952 Code Section 33-496; 1942 Code Section 5831; 1932 Code Section 5831; Civ. C. '22 Section 2924; Civ. C. '12 Section 1949; 1902 (23) 1008.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 57 - Highways, Bridges and Ferries
Chapter 7 - Obstruction Or Damage To Roads Or Drainage
Section 57-7-10. Negligent, willful, or wanton damage to highways.
Section 57-7-20. Putting foreign substances on highways.
Section 57-7-30. Use of chains on motor vehicles.
Section 57-7-40. Injuring milepost or milestone.
Section 57-7-50. Cutting trenches or laying pipes or tracks in state highways or bridges; permit.
Section 57-7-60. Excavating in highways not in state highway system; permit.
Section 57-7-70. Permit not required for municipality owning waterworks or sewerage outside limits.
Section 57-7-80. Use of vehicles or loads that drag on road.
Section 57-7-90. Unlawful to camp within right-of-way of a highway; penalty.
Section 57-7-210. Obstructions in highways.
Section 57-7-220. Removal of obstructions in highways.
Section 57-7-230. Speed-control devices in certain areas not deemed obstructions.
Section 57-7-240. Obstruction of roads by railroad cars and other obstacles.
Section 57-7-250. Obstruction of drainage or emptying water in road by railroads.
Section 57-7-260. Liability of corporations for obstructions by their agents.