§ 24-3-124 — Removal of fences on right-of-way

Whenever a public road is ordered to be established or altered,
according to the provisions of this act, which shall pass
through, or on enclosed lands, the road overseer, or other
proper officer, shall give the owner, agent or occupant of such
lands, notice in writing to remove the fences thereon, and if
such owner, agent or occupant shall not move his fence, within
thirty (30) days thereafter, the same may be removed by the
proper officer, and the road opened and worked; and such owner
shall forfeit and pay twenty dollars ($20.00) for each day he
shall permit his fence to remain after said thirty (30) days,
and shall pay all necessary cost of removal, to be collected by
the proper officer, in any court of competent jurisdiction, for
the use and benefit of the general county road fund.