South Carolina § 58-17-1370 - Stock guards or cattle gaps shall be constructed.
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§ 58-17-1370. Stock guards or cattle gaps shall be constructed.
Each railroad company whose line of road lies wholly or partly in this State shall construct and keep in repair an adequate stock guard or cattle gap at every point where the line of railroad of any such company crosses the line of any fence in this State. For every violation of this section the railroad company so violating it shall pay to the owner of the fence upon the line of which such stock guard or cattle gap should have been constructed and kept in repair the sum of one hundred dollars, to be recovered by action in the court of common pleas for the county in which such stock guard or cattle gap should have been constructed and kept in repair.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 58-997; 1952 Code SECTION 58-997; 1942 Code SECTIONS 8435, 8436; 1932 Code SECTIONS 8435, 8436; Civ. C. '22 SECTIONS 4988, 4989; Civ. C. '12 SECTIONS 3290, 3291; Civ. C. '02 SECTIONS 2185, 2186; G. S. 1536, 1537; R. S. 1729, 1730; 1881 (17) 837.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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