Duke University Libraries Acts of the Gen Conf Pam #541 ACTS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY STATR or SOrTl' r u LtNA, rASSR1i-T\ SEPTEMBER AND DEPE^.TEET^. 1SC3, p^T^ "Ti-:!-. or t. ; LEOiSLAtlTRB, i>f coxFonniTv with th ; III r. AND D^-iIfiKrO TO FORM A i'AKT OF TUB TIlIt:TF.E.VT!l YOLl'ME, • iShHKHCTXn WITH THE ACTS OP \i(i\. COLVMBIA, S. C. i.sr,i. LIST OF ACTS PASSED AT THE SESSIOIirS OF SEPTEMBER AKD DECEMBER, 1863. An Act* to provide for Volunteer Companies of Mounted Infantry, and for other purposes l^l An Act to provide for the Election of Members of the Congress of the Confederate States of America from this State 173 An Act to amend an Act, entitled " An Act to amend ' an Act to organize and suppl}^ negro labor for coast defence, in compliance with requisitions of the Government of the Confederate States,' and to authorize and direct the Governor to proceed to furnish • negro labor under said Act." 175 An Act to Prevent Desertion from Confederate or Stat^j Military Ser- vice, and Evasion of Conscription 177 An Act .to raise Supplies for the year commencing in October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.... 17S An Act to make Appropriations for the year commencing in October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three 182 An Act to declare and amend the Exemption Law of this State, and for other purposes 188 An Act to extend an Act, entitled " An Act to extend some of ihc provisions of an Act, entitled ' An Act in reference to the suspen- sio»v of specie pajTncnts^by the Banks of this State, and for other purposes,' " to the first day rff January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-lour 190 An Act to make Provision for the Support of the Families of Soldiers from this State in the Confederate and State Service I'Jl An Act to procure supplies and furnish the implements of Agricul- tural and Manufacturing Industry for the .'oldiers and people of the State, by a union of the State with the Importing and Ex- porting Company of South Carolina 195v iv LIST OF ACTS. An Act to ameDcl the Act in relation to the supply of Labor for the Military Defence of the State, passed in September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three 196 An Act to amend an Act, entitled " An Act to suppress the Distilla- tion of Spirituous Liquors in this State " 198 An Act to continue in force an Act, entitled *' An Act to extend Re- lief to Debtors, and to prevent the sacrifice of property at public sales." 199 An Act to continue in force the laws heretofore enacted in relation to the cultivation of Cotton....' 200 An Act to amend and renew the Charter pf the Columbia and Ham- burg Eailroad Company, to change the name thereof, and to produce conformity in the charters granted to said Company by'' the States of Georgia and South Carolina 200 An Act to amend the Law in relation to the General Staff 200 An Act to grant the aid of the State to the Shelby and Broad River Railroad Company 210 An Act to establish certain Roads, Bridges and Ferries 212 An Act to Incorporate the Chicora Importing and Exporting Compa- ny of South Carolina 214 An Act in relation to the Southern Express Company, and to provide Additional Remedies for the Defaults of Common Carriers 215 An Act to amend an Act, entitled " An Act to increase the Fees of Sheriffs for dieting persons confined in Jail" 216 An Act to refund to the Soldiers' Board of Relief for Marlboro' Dis- trict money advanced by them 217 An Act to extend an Act, entitled " An Act to continue in force ' An Act entitled An Act to authorize certain Building and Loan As- sociations to suspend the call for Monthly Instalments,' " during the present war 218 An Act to authorize the Tax Collectors of Beaufort District to pay over to the " Soldiers' Boards of Relief" certain funds in their hands , 218 An Act to alter the Law in relation to the Election of District Ofii- cers 219 An Act to alter and amend the Charter of the Cheraw.and Darling- ton Railroad Company 219 An Act to incorporate the Charleston Importing and Exporting Com- pany 220 An Act to incorporate the Consolidated Steamship Company of Char- leston 222 LIST OF ACTS. An Act to Incorporate certain Religious and Charitable Soc. ito, aiiti to renew and amend the charters of others heretofore granied..... An Act to amend an Act, entitled "An Act to charter the Shelby and Broad River Railroad" !:_ An Act to Incorporate the Batesville Manufacturing Compau} 2-!u An Act to Incorporate the Southern Importing and Exportiiiix Com- pany --7 An Act to amend the Charter of the Edisto and Ashley Canal Com- pany 22S An Act to combine the Offices of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions and Register of Mesne Conveyances, for Georgetown District 229 An Act to amend the Charter of the Carolina Cotton and Woolen Factory 230 An Act to authorize the Clerk of the Court for Marlborough District to draw .Juries for the next term of the Court during Vacation... 230 y - cO' OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 169 ceased, from the Commissioner of the State of South Carolina for the sale ^- ^- i^^^^'s. of public lots in the City of Columbia, be, and the same is hereby, vested ^ '^ iu Rose Ann Caniighan, her heirs and assigns forever. In the Senate House, the sixth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eijjht hundred and sixty-three, and in the eighty- sevi'nth year ot the sovereignty and independence of the State of South Carolina. W. D. PORTER, Fresidenf of (he Senate. A. P. ALDRlCtI, Speaker House of Reprenf-ntatwes. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BaNKS OF THIS StATE TO PURCHASE No. 4659. CO.N'FKDKRATE AND StATE SECURITIES. I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Roprcscntatives. now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same. That Maypurchase from and after the passing of this Act, it shall and may be lawiul for the srates'^sYock. banks of this State to purchase the bonds and stock issued by the Con- federate Government, or by any of the States of the Confederate States of America, and that all such purchases as may have already been made by any of the said banks are hereby sanctioned and allowed. In the Senate House, the sixth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in the eighty- seventh year of the sovereignty and independence of the State of South Carolina. W. I). PORTER, Prendent of the Senate. A. P. ALDRECH, Speaker House of Repreaentatires. AN ACT TO EXABLE THE ClLA-RLESTOX SaVINGS' INSTITUTION TO PUR- No. 4660. CHASE AND HOLD ReAL PROPERTY- I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of tho same, That the Charleston Savings' Institution shall be, and the said corporation is, hereby authorized to purchase and hold real estate within the Pari>ihes of Ma^ hold real St. Philip's and St. Michael's, to an amount not exceeding sixty thousand P'^''P°">- 170 STATUTES AT LARGE jD^sti2'63. dollars; and the sSnK*: to alieu, from time to time, as shall be deemed y""^ expedient. In the Senate Houee, the eighteenth day of December, in the rear of our Lord one thousand eight bundred nnd sixty -two, and in the eighty- seventh year of thi.! sovereiguty and independence of the State of. South Carolina- W. D. PORTER, Preddtnt of the Senate. A. P. ALDRIGH, Speaker House of Repreeentativet. No. 4661. AN ACT to continuk of force an Act, entitled "An Act to AUTHORIZE CERTAIN BUILDING ANd'LoaN ASSOCIATIONS TO SUSPEND THE CALL FOR MONTHLY INSTALMENTS." I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Eepresentatives, not met Actof iseiex- ?'"^ sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That an Act, entitled '* An Act to authorize certain Building and Loan Associa- tions to suspend the call for monthly instalments,'' ratified the twenty first day of December,, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, be, and the same is, hereby continued of force until the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four. tended. In the Senate House, the sixth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in the eighty- seventh year of the sovereignty and independence of the State of youth Carolina. W. D. PORTER, President of the Senate. A. P. ALDRICH, Speaker Hou^e of Hepre-ientatwes. No. 4662. An A.ct to amend the Charter op the Bank of Charleston, South Carolina. I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, now met ^ ' and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That Bank may pur- „ , „ , j i j j 7 chase bonds from and after the passing of this Act, it shall and may be lawful for the ana stocks. "^ Bank of Charleston, South Carolina, to purchase the bonds and stocks OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 171 issued by the Confedernte Governirieutj oi- by any of the States of the ^- ^- ^^s^- Confederate States of ximerica. '^■^''v"'^^ In the Senate House, tho sixth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in the eighty- seventh year of Ihj sovereignty and independence of the State of South Carolina. W. I), pouter; Prtsidvat of tlw. Senate. A. P. ALDRICII. ASpcciA-er IIoa>;« of ReprescDfativea. AN ACT TO PROVIDE roR, Voluntekr Companiks of Mounted In- No. 4C63. FANTRV, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. I. Be it enacted by the Seiiiate and House of Ropresenttitives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the anthority of the same, That the Governor be, and ho is herel)y authorized, to accept Governor to ac- as many Volunteer Companies of Mounted Infantry as maybe offered, M.'uinteViu-'^*''^ to consist of not less than sixty-four nor more than one hundred men, ' '^^' ■exclusive of commissioned officers, who shall be organised by him into Battalions or Regiments by the election of held officers, if tho number of said companies be sufficient for that purpose; and said companies shall be called out at the discretion of the Governor, to suppress insurrections or to repel actual or threatened raids of the enemy within this State, and shall bo discharged from actual service whenever, in his judgment, the actual necessity for such service has ceased. II. That for the purpose of suppressing insurrections and repelling raids, the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized, to enroll all white ^hoto bo ac- niale pcx'sons in this State between the ages of eighteen and forty- <5epted, tive years, including all persons who have furnished substitutes in Con- federate service, resident aliens, and other persons who have avoided Confederate conscription by reason of any civil employment, contract or engagement, and excluding all who have been declared exempt who to be ex- from actual military service beyond the limits of the Districts in which they reside, by the Act of the General Assembly, entitled "an Act for the better organization of the Militia, and for other purposes," passed the sixth of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and also excluding such as have vjlunteered or may volunteer in the com- 172 STATUTES AT LARGE A. D.1863. panies of Moantcd Infantry prov^'ded for by the first section of this Govf-rnorto ;,p--^^*'j and for the purpose of making eaid enrollment, the Governor is officerf Tnd '"" ^®^"®^y authorized to appoint one Enrolling Officer in each Judicial Surgeons. District in this State, and as many Surgeons as may be necessary, to examine persons claiming exemption from service on the ground of Militia officers phvsical disability, and the Militia officei'S shall report lists of such to report per. ■* •' t i i i ■ sons liable. persons as are liable to be enrolled ae aforesaid, whenever required. III. Tliat tlu! etfective men so enVoIled shall be organized into Orsaiiization of Companies. Battalions, and as many liegiments of Infantry as thcv •jtlective men. -. .' ' i i • , "', are surncieqt to constitute, and be placed at tlie disposal of the Gov- ernor for the purposes aforesaid, and be kept in the field so long as he may deem the same to be liecessary ibr the public safety; the com- Eieotion or ap-pany and field-officers to be elected bv the men, at such times and pointment of •»■"'_ • " ' 'Field oftieera. places and in sucli manner as the Governor may direct, and on a failure to elect said officei's when ordered, they shall be appointed by the Governor. t * IV. That the Governor be also authorized, from the persons en- orpnnization of rollcd Under the second section of this Act, to organize one or more Artillery. companies of artillery, to be used for the purposes provided for b}' the third section 'of this Act. Powers con- V. That nothing herein contained shall be construed so as to pre- ferred upon the i ii i-i /• • • .1 r- 1 1 • T Governornotto vent tJic LTO\;ernor irom exercising the powers conierred wpon him by eonstmeT.'^ic. the eighth scction of the Act of the General Assembly, entftled "An Act for the better organization of the Militia, and for other purposes," passed the sixth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, or from carrying into execution any of the provisions of said Act which are Consistent with the provisions of this Act. ^ Defaulters— YI. That all pcrsous liable to perform Military service under the bieT ''"""* ''^' provisions of this Act, and who shall make default when summoned, into such service, shall be subject to the pains and penalties provided for by the eleventh section of the Act of the General Assembly, en- titled "An Act for the better organization of t'he Militia, and for otiier purposes," passed the sixth of February, eighteen hundred and sixty- three, to be imposed by a court martial, appointed ,by the Governor and Commander-in-Chief. ' Troops subject YH. That the troops called into service bv the provisions of this to ArUclea of ■'.*'' wa*-. Act, shall, whilst in actual service, be subje'ct to tlie Articles of War and Army llegulations of the Confederate States of America, and Pay sind allow- shall receive the same ijay and allowance as Confederate troops of ance. i i the same class are entitled to receive. OF .SOUTH CAKOLLXA. 173 VIII. For the purpose of equipping and supplying said troops, '^•^- ^^^-^ while in actual service, the sura of five hundred thousand dollars be, .^ '^. ^ ' i ' Appropriation and the same is hei'eby appropriated, from anv monies in the Treasury for equippm- •' J- i i^ •■ ^ * and supplying not otherwise appropriated, to be drawn by ti>e Governor. uoi^is. IX. That such ^jersojis and emploj'ees in each paper mill and news- E.-sonipnons paper or printing establishment, and iron manufactones, as the Ad- jutant and Inspector General, with the apjiroval of the Governor, may see fit to exempt from time to time from military sei~riee, be exempted. in tlie Seinito House, tho thirtieth day of Septcmbor, in the vfar of our Lord one ihousurnl eij^'ht hundvinl ami .'-ixi.y-threc, and the pighty- oighth your of tho sovereignty -and indi'ijendence of the State of South Carolinn. « W. D. P0RT1:R, Fresident of the ScncUc. A. P. ALDitlCH, Speaker House of Bepresentaiives. AN ACT TO PROVIDK FOR THE ElECTIOX OF .UeMBERS OF THE COXGRESS No. 4664. OF THE C0NFE1>ERATE StAXES OF AMERICA FROM THIS SXAXB. I. Be it enacicd by the Senate and House of Represi-ntatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the ^amc, That this State be, and hereby is, divided into six Distj-icts, for ^^*^^ divided • •■ • ' into ConuTco- the purpose of electing; Kepresentatives fi'om this State to the Con- sionM Districts, gress of the Confederate States of America, of which the united Dis- tricts of Lancaster, Chesterfield, Marlboro', I)arli?)gton, Marioji, "\Yil- •liamsbura:, ITbrrv and Georgetown shall constitute one District, to be designated the First Congressional District; the District of Charles- ritst Wstnct. ton, exclusive of the Parish of St. John's, Colleton, sliall constitute one District, to be designated the Second CongressionAl Disti-iet; the sec -md Distn.-.t, united Districts of Beaufort. Barnwell, Orangeburg, Colleton and the Parish of St. John's, Colleton, shall constitute one District, to be designated the Third Congr^jssional District; the united Districts of Tiiird Distnot. Lexington, Edgefield, IS'ewberiy, Laurens and Abbeville, shall consti- tute one District; to be designated the Fourth Congrcssiojial District; Fourth Disvnot. the united Districts of Andersoi^ Pickens, Greenville, Spartanburg and Union, stoII constitute one District, to be designated the Fifth Fifih District. Congressional District; the united Disti-icts of York, Chester, Fair- field, Richland, Kershaw, Clarendon .Ind Sumter, !-hall constitute one District, to be designated the Sixth Cougressioual District ; and each Sixth Diiihct. 174 STATUTES AT LAllGK A. D. 1S63. •^ne Represen- l.irives to tauli I.'istiict. Elections, when II nd at what places held. Elections bi- euuallj-. Dnty of Mana- gers. VotPs, how counted and un- nouuccd. Elections in l)istricts occu- pied by the enemy, ic. of the said District?, so constituted, shall s^end one Representative to the House of Representatives of the Confederate States of America, who shall be chosen by the persons qualified to vote for members of thc^ House of Representatives of this Htate. II. That the election of Representatives from this State to the next Congress shall be held on the first Tuesday after the third Monday in October next, at the same places, and be conducted by the same man- agers, and in the same manner, as the election of members of the State l^egislature ; and the person vrho shall have the greatest num- ber of Yotfis in the several Districts thus constituted, shall be the member for that District to the House of Representatives in thp next Congress of »the Confederate States of Amei'ica from this State. III. That the election of members of the House of Representatives of the Confederate States of America from this State, after the next election, shall bo held biennially, on the first Tuesday after the third Monday in October, and conducted by the same managers and in the same manner, as the election of members of the State Legislature, and the person having the greatest number of votes in an,y Congi'cs- sioual District, at any of the said elections, shall be the Representa- tive of that District in the Congress of the Confederate States of America. IV. That the votes, -when returned to Columbia by the managers, (and it shall be their duty to return the same.) shall bo counted by his Excellency tli^ Governor, and Commissioners whom he maj' call to his assistance, on tlu; first Monday of December after each elec- tion, or as soon thereatter as (wacticable, and, by proclamation, ho shall announce the persons elected, as by law formerly provided. ■ V. That when, during the existing war between the Confederate States of Amc'-ica and the United States, some or all of the jflaces of voting in any Election District of this State shall be occupied or threatened by the enemy, so that, in the opinion of the Executive authority of the State, elections cannot be conducted therein with composure, it shall be competentfor the Executive authority, by pro- clamation, to give notice of any election at which tha voters of any of the said Election Districts would, in a condition of peace, be en- tiiJed to vote, and by the said proclamation, vvhich sliall be published at least a fortnight before the day fixed for any of the. said elections, to direct in Avliat neighboring Election District the vot(Hrs may voto at tliB election, and at what places therein, and how and by whom the election shall be conducted, and how and when and where the result of the election shall be ascertained and declared : and elections h'"*';! under th? provic-ions oi 3uch prc^claraation shsll be- 3.& valid and Ot .>?OrTn CAROLINA. , 175 effeelual as if tbey had been regularly had ,in iho Election Distrids A. D. isoa. 80 occupied or threatened by the enemy, as aforesaid. . "^ "" In ihc Senate Hvuse, the thirtieth clay of Peptemter, in thi^ yfnr of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eixiy-threo, and the f isxhty- eii^hth year of the sovereignty and independence of the Stute of South Ciirolina., W. D. rORTEH, President of the. Senate. A. P." AIjDRICH, Sueahrr Jfoiise of Represent aUvc-s, AN ACT TO AMKND AN AcT, "ENTITLEt) " An AcT TO AMEND 'AN AoT TO ,, ,„ ,, • No. 4005. obganize and surply nkgro labor for coast defence, in compli- ance with requisitions op ^he government of the confederate States/ and to autiIorize .v»'d direct the Governor to I'uoceed TO FURNISH negro LABOR UNDER SAID AcT." ' * I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, now Penalty for ne- ^ • ^- ■ r^ i * i i i i ■» .# • rt , elector refusid met and sitting in General Assembly and by the autlfority of the to. •send slaves, same, That so much of an Act, entitled "An Act to ororauize and supply negro labor for coast defence, in compliance with requisition.s of the Government of the Confederate States," and of the Act amend- • ing said Act, passed on the sixth day of February, one thousand eip;ht hundred and sixty-three, as fi^es the fines and penalties in eases of neglect and refusal to send slaves aceording to the ref[uiremenls of said Acts, be and the same is hereby repealed, so.fai* a^ may apply to any future defaults, and it is hei'ebybnactcd" that such neglect or refusal to send a slave or slaves, according to the requirements of ^aid Act, shall be deemed a misdemeanor, punishable liy indictment in tiie Court of General Sessions, and, upon conviction thereof, tjie ownei- or employer shall be lined in ilk) sum oftwo hundred dollars for eaeli slave which he or she has so neglected or recused to .^end. ' II. That it shall be the duty of the Commissioners of Roads, and commissioners '' ' ofRofids, and the corporate authorities of cities, towns and villaoes, to make return, other corponito ' ' » ^ authonries. to under oath, of all future defaulters under the Acts aforesaid, to some return dcfaui- ' _ ' tors. magistrate in the district in which defaulf shall be made, and such magistrate, upon such return, is hereby required to issue his warrant or waiTants against such defaulters as for misdemeanor. 176 . STATrTES AT J.XV^iK A. D. 1863. ixi. Thut whenever a requisition shall be made on any district, im resstnent P'^^''^^^' ^''^^7 ^*^" incorporated town or vilhvge, b}- the State Agent, for of Free persons a supply of slave lubor, under tlie provisions of the Act aforesaid, it of color. 1 1. »' 1 7 shall be the dut}' of the Commissioners of Eoads of said district or parish, or corporate authorities of such city, {own or village, to impress and forwai'd, under. such requisition, all able-bodied mule free persons of color, who are betAvcen the ages of sixteen and fifty years, who shall be required to labor for the' same term as the slaves sent from siK'h district, parish, cify, incorporated tgwn or Village, and be entitled to receive tlio same compen.'^atiou allowed fur the services of such Proportion of Riaves : Pvovidcd, That it shall be the dutv of the Oommissioners of r ree persiiii.s ot f •■ ' r^''f''i? '^r ^*'" i^oads in each district and parish, and Hie corporate authorities of loftca hy lot. r^ ' 1 ... each ^.itv, town or village, to select, by lot, the same projiortion of laborers from this class as may be ordered in the assessment of slave laboi', and that those selected to perform this duty shall 'not again be selected until the call has b6en fnade on all free negroes in their see- Siibstimt<>s. riou : And provided,, also, That the privilege of furnishing an able- bodied substitute shall be extended to all such free negroes. dcfaui't^r«°^'' That the Commissioners of R(^ds, in their respective districts and •parishes, an'd the corporate authorities of cities, towns and vil- lages, shall, at the ensuing Fall Terms of the Courts of Common Pleas, or astBoon thci-eafter as practicable, bring sui1:s against all defaulters for not sending their road hands to work on the defences near. Charleston, aP^called for by the State Agent, in pursuance of the Acts of Assembly on that subjoet* to recover the fines prescribed by srtid" statutes, and shall not be estoppe'd theretrora by reason of any provision cont;«iiied in the Act of Assembly, entitled "An Act to con- tinue in force an '^ct to extend relict .to debtors, and' to prevent the sacritiee of property at public sales," passed the sixth dny of JFebruary, one tho.usand eighi huiulred and sixty-throe, nor by the ]>i'Ovisions of this Act. Y. That the negro labor heroin provided for shall be liable for the construction of miiitarv defences in any other poi'tion of the Stato that niay be threatened by the enemy^ In-thp SeTiato fiouse, t^o thirtieth day of- Scptembor, in the year of OTir Lord one thousaiid eight hundred and sixty-three, and the t'i,tchty- eighth year of the sovereignty ixnd independcnee of the State of South Carolina. W. .D. PORT.ER, Fresident of the Senate. A. A. AL'DEIdll, Speaker JJoxlsp. of Bcpresentativcs. OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 17: A. D. 1863. AN ACT TO Prevent Desertion from Confederate or S^ate Mili- TARY Service, and Evasion of Conscription. I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Eepresentatives, now Arrest of deser- met and sitting in General Assembly, and hj the authorit}^ of the same, That upon the lodging of information, on oath, with the Sheriif of any district in this State, (or, in liis absence, with the Deputy Sheriff), that any deserter from Confederate or State military service, or evader of conscription or draft for service within this State, is within the limits of such district, it shall be the duty of such Sheriff (or, in his absence, the Deputy Sheriff,) to arrest such deserter or evador of conscription, so reported to him ; and for that purpose, if necessary, to summon to his aid the jyosse comitatus; and to hold the person so arrested in safe custodj^ until delivered to the Enroll- ing Officer of the district, or other person authorized to receive him. f II. That if any Sheriff, or Deputy Sheriff, shall refuse or wilfully sheriffs indict- *' • ' ^ •' . •■ able for neglect neglect to arrest an}- person so reported to him as a deserter or evader to arrest. of (jonscription or draft for service within this State, he shall be liable to indictment as for neglect of duty ; and, upon conviction, shall be fined in the discretion of the Court, not exceeding one thousand dol- lars for each and every offence. III. That it shall be unlawful for any person to advise, encourage. Penalty for aid- , , . . , n ^i"*? "'' "betting procure or entice a soldier to desert from the service of the State, or desertion. of the Confederate States, or a conscript to evade his militaiy obliga- tion, or to harbor or conceal, or aid in harboring or concealing, an^^ such deserter or evader of conscription. And if any person shall advise, encourage, procure or entice any soldier to desert from the sen'ice of the State or of the Confederate States, or a conscript or a person liable to conscription to evade his military obligation, or shall harbor or conccaJ, or aid in harboring or concealing, any such deser- ter or evader of conscription, knowing him to be such, or shall refuse to deliver up such deserter oi" evader of consci'iption to the Sheriff", or to any person authorized by the State or Confederate military author- ity to effect his arrest, such j^erson, so offending, shall be liable to in- , dictment as for a high misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars, and be imprisoned, not ex- 23 178 rfTATUTES AT LAliC b^ v" ' ' ""^ ceeding one year, in any jail in tlie State Avhere the imprison raeut of the person ^0 convicted shall be ordered by the Court. In the Senate House, the thirtieth day of September, in tho year of our Lord ono thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and the nighty- eighth year of the sovereignty and independence of the State of South Carolina. W. D. POETEE, President of the "Senate. A. P. ALDEICII, Speaker House of Representatives. No 4667 '^■^ ACT to uaise Supplii^ for the year commencing in October,. ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY THREE. I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Eepresentatives, irow met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That a tax for the sums, and in the manner hereinafter men- tioned, shall be raised and paid into the Treasury of this State, for the use and i^eryice thereof, that is to say : Two dollars and ninety- Lands, thre'e cents dd valorem on every hundred dollars of the value of all lands granted in this State, according to the existing classification, as gjj^ ^^ heretofore established ; two dollars and eightj'-four cents per head ou- all slaves : Provided, That all lands or slaves in this State, now m possession or under the control of the enemy, and such other lands or slaves as may be taken bj^ the enemy before the return of the said property to the Tax Collector, and also such other lands as shall have been abandoned by the owners in consequence of the action of the military authox'ities, shall be exempt by the provisions of this Act ; six dollars and seventy-five cents on each free negro, mulatto, or' mestizo, between the ages of fifteen arid fifty j^ears, except such as shall clearly be proved to the satisfaction of the Collector to be inca- pable, from wounds or otherwise, of procuring a livelihood, and except - those who now aat, or have at any time been, in the seiTice of the army of this State or of the Confederate States, in the existing war ; Lots, lands and eighty-eight cents a(^ valorem on every hundred dollars of the value of buildings. ^^jj j^^^^ lands, and buildings within any city, town, village, pr borough of this State : Provided, That the tax on lands and bviildinffs in the OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 170 city of Charleston be assessed on the vaiuc of the lands only, where ^■^- ^^*'"- the buildings and improvements oa the land have been destroyed by the late conflagration ; and, j^rovided further, That no tax shall be levied on lots, lands and buildings within any city, town, village, or borough in this State which have passed into the possession or under the con- trol of the enemy, or which may pass into the possession or under the control of ihe enemy before returns are made to the tax collectors ; lour dollars per hundred dollars on factorai'e, employments, faculties, Factorage, e>r- 1 •"'»'' ' pioytnents, and and professions, including the profession of dertistry, and including wesirois*"^ herein Clerks of Courts of Common Pleas and General Sessions, Sheritfs, Master.s and Commissioners in Equity, Registers in Equity, Registers of Mesne Conveyance, Ordinaries, and Coroners, whether in the profession and employment of law or equity, the profits to be derived from the costs of suit, fees, or other sources of professional income, except clergymen, school masters, school mistresses, and mechanics; four dollars on every hundred dollars on the amount of Commissious. commissions received by vendue masters and commission merchants ; one dollar and sixty cents per hundred dollars on the capital stock Bank stock. paid in on the tirst of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty- three, of all bapks which for tiicir present chai'tei*s have not paid a bonus to the State, which said bank tax the stockli older, when he or she resides within the State, shall have the right to pay to the Tax Collector of the district or parish where such stockholder resides, by paying tb» same on or before the tirst , i r^ ^ n^^ Tax Collectors, may be paid in Confederate notes or other current lunds. I he com- OF SOUTH CAKOLLVA. 181 missions to be received by the various tax collectors of this State for a- d- "m. the year commencing on the first day of October, one thousand eight '"" ^^T^^ liundred and sixty-three, shall be at the rate of thirty per centum of the commissions now alloAvcd them by law, except such districts and parishics'as pay*an amount less than eight hundred dollars to the col- lector. III. The tax collectors in the several districts and parishes in ^,"i?,'i^''Jf^'-'*'''^ this State, in their returns hereafter to be made, ai-e hereby required and enjoined to state the precise amounts of taxes collected by them, for supporting the police of the said several districts and ])arishes aforesaid, stating /the rates per centum on the amounts of the State tax collected fo^'Wid district and parish police purposes, and the total amount of commissions received by each and every of such tax* collectors, and the rate per centum of his commissions; and the Comptroller General shall reKlirn the same in his report. IV. Free neffroes, mulattoes and mestizoes are hereby required to Returns of free ucgroes. make their returns and pay (^hcir taxes during the month of April; and the tax collector of St. Philip's and St. Michael's is allowed until the month of June to receive the taxes of Avhite persons. V. *rhe lots and hoqses on Sullivan's Island t^hall be freed from Suiiivan's is- i • ,1 • , • I > 1 /-. ^ t . 1 .1 land cienipted. taxation dunng the existing war between the Confederate and the United States of America, the same being used by the troops of the Confederate States, oj- by the works for defence. VI. That the tax collectors be 'authorized to extend the time for Time of noiioc- tho receipt, and also for the payment of taxes, and also for the pay- '°"®*^'* •^"• ment thereof into tlfe Treasury of this State* for a period of thirty days be}T>nd the peuiods therefor, hitherto allowed hy law. In the Senate Hou.so. the seventeenth day of Deoember, in the year of our h0rA one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and the eighty- ♦ eighth 3'ear of the sovereignty and indepcndunco of the State of South Carolina. • W. D. PORTER, President of the Senate. * A. P. •ALDftlCH, Sj)eaker Home of Representatives. 182 STATUTES AT LARGE No. 4668. AN ACT TO MAKE ApPKOPRIATIONS for the YEAil COMMENCING IN October, one thousand eight iiundbed and sixty-three. I. Be it eiiocted by the Senate and House of Eepresentatives, hoav met and sitting in General Assembly, and b.y the authoritj' of the same. That the following sums be, and they are hereb}^, appropriated for the payment of the yarious officers and esjjenses of the ^tate Executive De- Government, chat is to say: In the Executive Department: For the salaiy of tlie Governor, three thousand five hundred dollars; for the Private Secretary of the Governorj fifteen hundred dollars; for the rent of the Governor's house in Columbia, twclva hundred dollars; for the Messenger of the Governor, two hundred ajjd tilt}- dollars; for •the Contingent Fund of the Executive Department, ten thousand dol- lars, to be subject to tlie draft of the Governor, and to be accounted for, annuarll}-, by him to the Legislature Legislative de- II. In the Legislative Department : For the pay of the members pai men . ^^ ^^^^ Legislature, and the Attorney General and the Solicitors, during the present session, and of the Committees' appointed to in- spect the Bank of the State, and its Branches, twenty-five thousand dollarSj if so. much \)e necessary ; for the salaries of the Clerks of the Sbnate and House of Eepresentatives, twenty -four hundred dollars ; and to the said Clerks for the services of two Assistant Clerks, two hundred and fifty dollars for the Clerk of the Senate, and t-^o hun- dred and fifty dollars for the Clerk of the House; for the salaries of two Messengers and two Doorkeepers, each tw^o hundred and fifty dollars; for C. M. Gray, Doorkeeper oi theHoune of Representatives, ' fift}' dollars, being the additional pay allowed J^im by resdiution for liis services; for additional pay to tiie Doorkeeper of tlie Senate, J. D. Gaillard, fifty dollars, allowed him by resolution for his services, to be paid at the adjournment of the Legislature ; for th#salary of the Keeper of the State House, and Librarian, seven hundred dollars ; for the salaries of the Heading Clerks of the Senate and House of Re- presentatives, each two hundred and fifty dollars ; for J. C. Kennedy, Reading Clerk of the Senate, fifty dolj(firs ia^ditional pfy, as agreed to by resolution ; for extra services of the Messi^ger of the Senate, and for extra services of the Messenger of the House, each fift}^ dol- lars, to be paid at the end of the session ; for the services of the En- grossing Clerks, to be paid under the direction of the President of the Senate and of the Speaker of the Hotse of Representatives, six hun- dred dollars ; for the Printers of the Senate and House of Represen- tatives, in pursuance of the contracts made by theCommitteesof both OF SOUTH CAROLINA. IJ^-i Hoases, fourteen thousand dollars, if so much be necessary, for the ^^«J>-^863^ printing executed by the sfiid Printers during the present session of the Legislature, the same to Tdc paid to them as soon at the amounts of said contracts shall be ascertained bj' the Treasurer of the Upper Division ; for the Printgr, for printing in pamphlet form, tho Acts and Journals of both Houses, Eeports and Resolutions agreed to, the (tOv- ernor's Messages, Eeports of the President of the Bank and Comp- troller General, with the accompanying documents, thirteen thousand dollars, if so nftich be necessary: Prodded, '£he number of copies speeitied in the proposals of the Printers, as acce^lted by the Legisla- ture, shall be printed and deposited in the t)fiicc of the Treasury of the Upper Division, before the 20th of April next, and the amount to ' be paid accoraing to the proposals, which shall be ascertained by the Treasurer aforesaid : And, further provided, That the printer of Acts and Journals, do publiaii, in his newspaper, at Columbia, all the pulilio Acts whiA maj- be passed at the present session, within twenty days after tho adjournment of the Legislature, and forward, b}"" mail, to each member of the General Assembly, each of the Judges, Attorney General, and each of the Solicitors, a copy of such news- paper, as soon as such newspaper is issued; to Charles P. Pelham, printer of the Permanent Work, to pay hini the balance due for pub- lic printing, eight thousand dollars^ if so much be necessary; four hundred and fifty doll^irs, if so mucli be notessary, for the printing of the Senate, at the exti'a session ; to the KJeeper of the State House, ibr contingent expenses during the present session of the Legislature, twelve hundred dollars, if £ . . State of South Carolina, entitled " An Ordinance to exempt overseers from the performance of Military duty," passed the second day of January, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty -two, the fourth section of an Act of the Gen feral Assembly, entitled "An Act for the ' better organization of the Militia, and for other purposes," ratified the 6th day of Febrita^y, Anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-. three, 3,nd the ninth section of an Act of the General Assembl}^, entitled "An Act to provide for Yoluntee?'i!?ompanies of Mounted Infantry, and for other purposes," ratified the thirtieth day of Sep- tember, Anno Domini eighteea b'uiidred ajad sixty-three, be, and the- OF SC^UTH CAROLINA. 189 same are hereby, declared to apply to troops called into service under ^- ^- '^^^• the militia organization of this State, and to aaypther c^rlitary force raised by the State under the laws thereof, ancf not to troops raised by the laws of the Coffederate States of America. II. That the provisions of tjp fourth section of an Act of the ;),^/^^,.^^'^^*f^f General Asse^^, entitled "An Act for the.bctter organization of Uu- ed'?diftini^s"i. Mifitia, and for other purposed," ratified on the (Jlh day of February, ^^^p^'o'^s- Anno -Domit^ c'ig'ilitcen liundrcd- a>nd sixty-three, exempting from military service apothecaries, schoolmasters, keepers' of ferries, toll bridges an'd toll grain, mill?, all persons belonging Uo the Boards of Kelief of Soldiers' Families, the officers and employees of railroad companicfiji persons engaged in the manufacture of arms, munitions of war, and army supplies, and persons engaged in the manufacture of sal t,^^ altered and^amcnded so at to exempt frpm the military sciwicc tliorein providf!^ for, and '^as declared by 'this Act, one apothecary to cs^l* regularly established drug stoiv> which was in opciration a.t the CQmmMicement of the Avar ; all schtol masters, over the age of ibiNly ycai*s, and low having utider their charge not leap 'than twenty scholiA-s; one white man over the age of R)rtyifive yeai*H to cacl^ established fcny, toll-bridge'ior toll grain mill, if actuallj" toptiiy such -mVite m^i ; all persons -bglonging to Boards of ivclicf of SoTcilR's' FamiUeg, over the age offorty-^ve, ov if OKem])ted by reason of phj'- sical infirmity from uonfcd^^-ate conscription ; the officer^ and i\£ jJiany employees of cacW railroad^ company as roe President or snncrin- Lpndent may certify and shW to the satisfactkin of the Af^itaiff and Inspectoi" General to be necessary to the efficient -conduct of its busi- ' ness, and that the duties of ^aid employee^ cannot be 'disHiarged by slaves or free persons of color; a,]! persons etnployed by thofetate or the Confederate Government in the m^iufacture of arms, munitions of war and army suppjie's, or \)j contractor^o furnish the sainc to the State or Confederate Government : Provided, it be shown to the ^ satisfaction of the Adjutant and f nspocFor General that the public • interest and milftary defences require the exemption of such per.sons; one superintendent or manager to each salt woii: onftbe sea eoaist : Provided, such work ||ricJds tea bushqls of salt per day, and has hobn in operation at least two ^nonths pixivious to being called intO" service, and that all exemptions of such persons n#etoforc grailted contrary to the provisions of thk Act, be, and the same are hereby, i"0voked. Ill; Thft,t whenever the Gbverftor for the time beino-flliall, by orders Persons claim-- ■- ' ■ ini; Pxoinptionrf published in the newspapers of the Stafe, call upon any portion of the ii-*Wc to forfeit militia to appear before the Enrolling Officers of th« State, or any • ' ,( 190 STATUTES AT LARGE A. D. 1863. militia oflicer, and claim exemption from niiliiary service under the ^ laws of the State, all persons who shall fail to apj)ear and present their claims in pursuance of said orders, shall be held liable to forfeit their right to exemption at the discretion of the C-fovernor : Provided, the said order shall be published for fortj^aj^s. Additional en- IV. That the EnrolUnn; Ofiicei's provided for b}' an Kct of the Gen- rollment of , , , • i i "" i . i /» i , ' . Militia. cral Assembly, entitled "An Act to prbvide for vomnt^eer companies of Mounted Infantry and for other purpoees," ratified on tke thirteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand,eight hun- dred and sixty-three, in addition to the enrollment therein required to be made by them, shall also be required to enroll any other portion of the militia Avhu are liable to actual service by the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly, entitled, "An Act for the better organiza- tion of the "Militia, and for other purposes,'' ratified the. sixth day of February, in the 3' ear of our Lord ene thousand eight hundred and sixtj'-three, and tliat the Adjutant and Inspector General be, and he is RuiesandrnKii- hereby authorized to establish rules and rce;ulations, to be apprt)ved' lations to be es- , ^ .,.,,. ? -n i • ^' i tabiished. by the Govcrnor, prescribing the duties of the Enrolling Ofticersiind Sui'geons. . Sub.stitutes. V.||Tbat from and after the passing of this Avt^ no pei-soii shall be accepted as a sub.stitute in State military 'servix-e. ■ * In the Senate House, the seventeenth da}' of December; in the year of our Lord one thousand ^ight hundred and sixty-three, and in the eighty- f eighth year of the sovereignty and iVidepcudence of the State of South Carolina. " \^. J). VOV:i}^R,Frmdentof th^ Senate. A. P. ALDEICH, Speaker House of Kepreseniatwcs. No. 4G70, ^^ -^^'^ ^"^ EXTEND AN Ac'jT, ENTITLED " An Act TO EXTEND SOME OF THE PROVISIONS OF AN ACT, ENTITLED ' An AcT3» IN REFERENCE TO THE SUSPENSION OF SPECIE PAYMENTS BY THE BaNKS OF THIS StATE, AND FOB OTHER PURPOSES,"" TO THE FIRST DAY OF JaNUARY,'1N THE YEAR OP OUR LqRD ONE THOUSAND filGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FOUR . Act m-enacted 1. Be it enacted by the Senate %nd House of Eepresentatives, now ot-'fcKe.""'^' »inet and sitting sin General Assembly, and by the authority of the Game, That an Act, entitled " An Act to extend some of the provisions OF SOUTFI CAKOLTNA. '. 191 of ail Act, entitled, 'An Aqt in reference to the suspension of specie ,_^ ' _ ^\ * payments by the Banks of this State, and for other purposes,' to the first day of January, in the year of otir Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty -four," ratified on t^e sixth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, be, and the same is hereb}', re-enacted and continued of force, until the close of the war between the Confederate States and the"tJnited States of America, and for one year thereafter. , * IL The provisions of this Act shall not be held to apply to any Provision for Bank which, during the operation of tho*Act, shall declare or .pay a siivl^^oom. dividend to its stockholders in gold or silver coin, ox shall sell ov dis- pose of its gokl 01- silvei" coin, except to the StUte or the Confederate States. ^ In. the Scn.ite House, Ike'seventojpnth day of December, in fhe year of our Jjord one thousand eiglrt hundred Jimi sixty-three, and in the eighty- eighth year of tt>e- sovereignty and indepcndoiice of the State of t South Carolina. » • > ' W. D. POETER, Prcsidmt of the SeMfc. ■ A. P. ALiyiUCil, Speaker Jlouse of JieprcsmUifive.';. AN .'^CT TO MAKE Provision for .Tiiir Support of the Families No. 4GT1. OP Soldiers from this SjITatk in tiik CoNrKDEiiATK and State Service. '' • • I. Be if *}iact€il by t||je Senate and House of Representatives, now prcinferto met and sitting fri (general Assembly, and by the authority of the laud."^^ "^' same, That a tax in Ijind ^f two p6r cent, shall .be paid" by the pro- ducer in any district or jKirish when reqiiired by the Board of Relief thei*eof : Prov^ed, That' the producer of wheat have leave to substitute forty pbunds of flour ip place of each bushel of wheai, on the gross amount of all rice, corn and wheat Raised and grown in this State, and all toll made by the owners of' toll grain mills during the year one thousand eig^lt hundred and sixty4hree; also a tax in kind Mamifactiiror of five per cent, upon the gross jn*oducts during the year oae thousand v'\naJ eighf hundred ani si^ttj'-thre* Rf all ^n&nufactured Avithin this State, including cotton yarns, leatlier and salt, except such articles as xnay 192 STATUTES AT LARGE A. p. 1803.^ ^Q manufactured b_y any person for his oV her own use, and not for sale or barter, which said tjix shall be collected and paid in the man- ner hereinafter prescribeid. Duties of II. That the several Soldier's Boards of Jlclief, t© consist of not Boards of Ke- i i lief, &c. less than three, nor more than twenty-four, and to be appointed as lieretofore prescribed b}- law, sfiall 'divide their respective districts or parishes iato sectioi^s equal to theiij own number, and assign to each Commissioner one of said sections. That for the purpose of ascei'- taiiiing and collectLng the^tax jn kind, ofj-ice, corn and wheat, Hhe saidtJommissioners shall adopt, as the fe^is upop. which they are to assess said tax, th^ gross a!mount each producer has or may return for the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, to the Confederate Assessor for* the lax in kind of the Confederate States, thereby exwnpting those who are not liable to said tax under the Act of the Confederate Congress. And for the purpose of collecting said tax, each Commissfoner is hereby authiorized to draw Ins order for said tax on an}^ iiroducoi** within the section assigned him, lo be delivered to such person or persons as may be nam^d, and in such proportion as may l^e just and proper — the ^rder to* be the voucher for the payment; and in such districti^s may have an excess of pro- visions under this bill, such excess shall be delivered at such time and place as the Commissioner shall order, after ten days notice, for the pmpose of being transported 'to other pertions of the State: Pro- • . vided, That no person shall be required to deliver his produce. a,t a distance exceeding eight jniles from the place of production. And in the event that anj^ person, so liable, shall fail or refuse to deliver the amount of said tax within the time prescribed, on the order of the Commissioner,, the Commissioner in charge, Or some person for him, shall -give information thereof on oatl|| to the Chairman of the Board, who, on receipt of such»information, is hereHy^itkorized to issue an oxecution-agailnst tlje delinquent, directed to flie ISheriff of the dis- ti-ict, requiring him 'to lev}' and seize doufele tfic amount of the arti- cles'ili kind for which, he .was liable, if to be fcund, find if not, then to levy and collect of his goods and chattels CTiree^times the amount of the value of such tax in kind, /idicording to the value fixed by the Confederate Commissioners for this State for articles of a like kind : tlie cost of the proceedings to be paid by the ^efixulter, to be regula.. ted by the fee bills for*6heriff's cpsts, in cases of execution issued from the courts of law. And if any^taiK payer shall satisfy the col- lector that prior to the ratifica^i(3^of this Act, he, the said tax payer, has consumed or saved, or sold the whole quantity of wheat which UF SOUTH CAROLINA. 1&3 lie may have raised during the current calendar year, either by his a. d. ises. own oath, or by the testimony of others, then the said tax payer ^"""^ v"^ shall and may pay his wheat tax b}'^ substituting corn therefor, at the rate of one bushel" of ^rn for one bushel of wheat, by measure. III. Tha< for the puriDose of ascertainiui;; and colloctina: the tax in Boards of Re- ^ -^ ■" '^ liet to require kind on manufactured goods, mentioned in the first section of this o""f'''sof mau- r> -rt T n • 1 ufaotones to Act, the said several Boards of Eelief m districts in Avhich such man- deliver per 1 • 1 1 11 ' • 1 centago in uiactories may be situated, shall requir#,the owner qr owncr.s or t>"'J- »»'' re- person or persons in charge ot swich manufactories, to4eliver to saxd troUer General. Board, on or befoi'e the 'first of February next, five « per cent, in kind of all goods mentioned ia tl* said first section, manufactured or produced at their respective establishments during t4ie year one thousarW eight hundred and sixty-three;' the amount, kind and quality of eUch to be reported by sucli Board, when receivfd, to the Comp- troller General, ind tlie said Board shall told the sa)lue, subject to a distribution amongst the several Boards, to be made *by the said Comptrollef Genera,l, under the supervision of the Governor, in pi'O. portion to the number of [>ersoiis of soldiers' families; and said disU*i- bution shall be.made as soon after the said first day of February as may be practicable. In the event that any manufacturer or manu- Penalty for facturing compmiy, tanner or maker of salt, or other articles mentipn- fuiftUo^make ed in said first ^ection, shail fail or refuse to make return, on oath, "*"'^°- (which said oath either of said Oommissionerg is hereby authorized to administeiv) on or befort; the said first day of February next, of the amount, kind and quality of all articles mentioned in said i^vst section, manufactured or produced b}- him or them during tl^ 3'ear one thou- sand eight hundred and sixty-three, and to pay the taxis Idnd thereon as above required, it shall be the duty of the Chuii-man of said Board, and he is hereby authorized and empowered to issue his Avarrant, after ten days notice, for the- arrest and detention of such tanner, manufacturer or manufacturers, or person or persons in charge of such manufactory or tannery, until he or they shall have male. . ./ « from the date of the issue of the same. ^ In the Senate House, the seventeenth day of Docemher. in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and the eighty- eighth j'ear of the sovereignty and independence of the State of Sguth Carolina. ^ ^ W. D. PORTEE, President of the Senate. A. P. ALDRlCH, Speaker House of Ecpresepatives. , No. 4673. -A.N ACT to amend the Act in RELATioisf to the supply or Labor fOR THE Military Defence op the State, passed in September, IN THE year of OUR LoRD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THREE. CommissionerB I- -^^ *^ enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, now oth^r attoori- met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority 4>f the coA-ec/rltons, Same, That it shall be the duty of tlio Commissioners of Roads, and ^'^' the authorities of incorporated cities, towns and villages, to furnish to the State Agent, within thirty days after the passage of this Act, a full and correct return of all hands liable to road duty within their OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 107 respective jurisdictions. And that it shall also be the duty of the a.d.is63. said Commissioners and authorities of incorporated cities, towns and p^^^^^^7du^k•s villages, upon being duly notified by the ^said Agent, thirty days be- ll^^J^""'^^ fore, of any call for Have labor under the provisionii of this Act, to extend the ])ropeF summons to all OAvners liable to such call witlihi their jurisdictions, warning them^o have the, hands so liable at the ^- respcctivc depots, and aft the iiroper 4imc. And, if upon the du\', and at Liabifity of -i- the placebo notified, any owner oi sljives so liable shall fail to hate of slaves, said hands in readiness, then the State Agent shall furmsh the She^fl^ of the district in which said slaves resitle, Avith a list of defaulters, and it shall bo th,e d^li)*^ ^^ *^® Sheriff immcdifitely to ari'est su^h slaf ?s, and deliver fhem to the State Agent at such place in tlie district as tie may appoint, the cost of such arrest and transportation to be paid bj" the defaulting ownoil And Avhen there is such mtglect, failure oi* re- fusal to se»d slaves, after due summons^© the ownci-s b v the Commission- ers, and the said slaves are taken by the Sheritt, llie slaves of such de- faulters shall labor and serve fn the military defences for twice the period of time specified in the call mad« by the State Agent : Provided, That the slaves thus furnished shall not be detailed for any other ser- vice than for such work as is intimately connected mth *tlie defence of the State. II. That all Act* Juid parts of Acts inconsi'stent with the in-ovisions Repe.ii of pre- 01 tfis Act, are hereby repealed^ but the fines and penalties therein ments, Ac contained shall not be infiicted on owners of slaves for future ^faults under this Act. But this repeal shall not be construed to affect or excuse any former default, or to stop any prosecutions which may have been commenced against any detiiuliors uiidcr any of the Acts, or parts of A n^s, hei'e by repealed. That the slaves funiishcd under slaves toby do- ' . . 1 II 1 1 1- J / If 1 , . . liveiol punctir' this Act«hall be delivered punctually to the owners at the exinratien aiij after term r, 1 • , ,. • J • 1 " n II- , of .'service. of their term oi service, and m the event ol any delay in suck return, the Governor is hereby authorized and directed to demand of the Commanding General tliat the said slaves be immediately returned, unless, in the opinion of the Governor, a peculiar emergency demands a further detention. In the Senate House, the seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and the eighty- eighth year of the sovereignly and indcpendonce of the State of South Carolina. W. D. POETEE, FrcmMt of the Smate. ■ A. P. ALDEICH, Speaker Rouse of Bcpreseniatives. 198 STATUTES AT LARGE A. D. 1863. No. 4674. XN ACT to amexd an Act, entitled an Act to suppress the Dis- I TiLLATiox or Spirituous Liquors in this State. Second section f. Be it enacted hv the Senate and House of Eein'oscntatives, now of Act altered . . . ,^ # and amended, met and sitting in GVjneral A.sseinbly, and In' the authority of the same, That the second section of an Aet, entitled an Act to sup2>ress the Distilhition of Spirituous liquors in this State, ratified the tenth d^' of April, tn the year of bur Lorc^ one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, be altered and amended so as to authorize and empower his Exceflency the Governor to contract with a skiMcd arid responsible Agentsappoint- agent, in each of the Judicial Districts of this State, to manufacture a ture. ' ^ '^'' limited quantity of .pure spirits at a limited and roasonahle price, not to exceed three dollars i)er gallon, strictly for meciical purposes : Provi- ded, That said spirits shall not*be sold to any but regulai^}^ practicing physicians and registered druggists in this State. The amount ^old to each physician and druggist not to exceed fifty gallons of whiskey and five gallons of pure alcohol per annum, to be used strictly for medi- cinal purpq^es. # Agents to enter H- That the agent thus appointed- shall enter into a bond of ten into bond. tliousand dollars, with two or more good suretiet^to be^pproved by the Conlmissioners to approve Securftics before the Clerk of the Court of tho*District in which he resides, conditioned that the spirits to be manufactured by him shall be pure, and shall be delivered within the time limited; that he will distill no more than is mentioned in his con- tract ; and that he will turn over all that he may distilj| as directed by the ^Governor; which bond, if forfeited, may be estreated as other recognizances in the Court of Sessions. And shall also tak6 and sub- scribe aki oath before the Clerk of Hie Court, to be filed in his office, that he will faithfully comply with the terms of his contract; that he will distill no more, nor dispose of any portion of that distilled, other- wise than is mentioned in "his said contract, upon which oath, if vio- lated, perjury may be assigned in the Court of Sessions. Acts inconsiis- HI- That all Acts a^d parts of Acts ihconsistent with this Act, be^ ActVepcaled! and the same are hereby, repealed: Provided, That such repeal shall not be constri^ed to bar any prosecutions already instituted, or which , OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 199 may hereafter bo instituted for violations of the provisions of any of .said Acts. In the Senate House, the sevpntcenth day of Dccembi-r, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in the eighty- eighth year of the sovereignty and independence of the State of South Carolina. W. D. PORTElt, President of the Senate. A. P. ALDRICH, Speaker House of Representatives.- A. D. 1863. No. 4675. AN ACT TO CONTINUE IN PORCE AN AOT, ENTITLED '' An ACT TO EXTEND Relief to BeRTORS, and to prevent the sacrifice of B^EIOPERTY continued of 1, force till nd- AT PUBLIC SALES." journment of • uext Gononil ^B \s8eniUlY. I: Be it enacted by the Senate and Hou?c of Representatives, now ' met and sitting in General AsseniDlj-, and by the authority of the same, That an Act, entitled "An Act to extend relief to debtors, and to prevent the sacrifice of j)ropcrty at public sales," ratifiM on the twenty-first day of December, in the year of our Lord one tiiousand eight hundred and sixty-one, and. also an Act to continue in force the aforesaid Act, ratified the sixth day of Februaiy, in the year of our ^ , . ' '' ./ ' .J Provision for Lord one thousand eii]4it hundred and sixty-three, be, and the same fiucs for default fT ,■ /.I of work ou are hereby, continued of force until the adjournment of the' next ses- roads. sion of the C-reneral Assembly of this State: Provided, That nothing- contained ,in the said Acts shall apply to stay the collection of any fine or fines imposed, orito be imposed, by any Board of Commissioners of Roads for default of work on the respective roads in charge of said Boards, or for default of work of road hands under the call of the proper authorities on the public defences. In the Senate fiouso, the seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in the oighly- e%hth year of the sovereignty and independence of the State of South Caroliifa. t W. D. PORTER, President of the Senate. A. P. ALDRICH, Speaker House of Representatives. 200 STATUTES AT LAKGE A» D. 1S63. A ^-y- A rirr\ ^^^^^^^^^..^ xlJN AOl TO CONTINUE IX FORCE THE LAWS HERETOFORE ENACTED IN No. 4676 KELATION TO THE CULTIVATION OF COTTON. Acts le-enaeted ^' '^^ ^^ enacted hy the.Senale and House of EepjjeBentath'Tes, now force™'*'^'' ^^ metf'and sitting ia General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That an Act, entitled "An Act to prevent and punish the l^lanting and cultivating, in this State, over a certain quantity of cot- ton during the present year," ratifiectou the sixth day of February, in the. year of om;»Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three ; and also an Act, entitled " An Act to amend an Act, entitled an Act to prevent and punish the planting and cultivating, in this State* over a certain quantity df cotton during the jifresent year," ratified on the tenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- dred %nd sixty-three, be, and the same ai'e herdjy, re-en aeted and made of force until the close of the "war between the Confederate States and United States of Ai^erica. In the Senate House, the seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ?ixty-three, and tjhe eighty- eighili year of tie sovereignty and independence of the State of South Carolina. ' W. D. POETEE, President of the Senate. _ # • A. P. ALDEJ CH", Speakef House of Hepresentativcs. No. 4677. AN ACT to amend and renew the Charter op the Columbia and Hamburg Eailroad Company,! to change the name theiieof, and TO PRODUCE conformity IN THE CHARTERS GRANTED TO SAID COMPANY BY THE States of Ceorgia and South Carolina. Company incor- I. Se it enacted bv the Senate and House of Eepresentatives, now porated. " ^ niet and sitting in General Assembly,. and by the authority of the same, Tliat the Columbia and Hamburg 'Eailroad* Company, .which has been formed under a charter granted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, ratified on the twenty-first dfiy of Decem- ber, in the year, of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty- eight, be, and. the same is hereby^ incorported by the nafnc of " The Columbia and Augusta Eailroad Coijipany," and all acts and things • heretofoi-o done by the stocl-cholderg. of said Company, and b}' the Pi-c'sident and Directors hej-etofore elected by tl\em, be, and the same OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 201 arc hereb}", ratified and made lawful, in as full and ample a manner a.d. is.vj. as if the}: had been authorized and allowed by the sai^^ charter : Pi-o- vided, the same were not in violation of any existing law or laws, or of the Constitution of this State, or of the Confedei-ate States .of America : And by the above title, the said stockholders shall have corporate existence in this State, and in the State of Gejpfgia, if incor- porated by that State, and sliall have perpetual succession of mem- bers, may have a common seal, may sue and be sued, may plead ami l)e inijileaded. in any court of la'w orequity, and may 'make all sucli rules, regulations and by-laws, as are. not.inconsisten,t with the laws or Constitution of this State, the State of Georgia, or the ConfWderate States : Froviilcd, that service qf process upon the principal agent of said Company, or any Director thereof, sliall be deemed and taken to be due and lawful notice o^' service of process iipou the Company, so as to bring it before the court. II. That the 'affairs of said Gomiiany shall be managed and direct- EioctioE of ed by a general Eoard, to consist of twelve Directors, to be elected by the stockholders from among their number: Provided, thai if the said Company shall be chartered by the State of Georgia, foui' of the Director.s shall be elected from amongst the stockholders residing in that State. III. That the election of Director.s shall bef by ballot, and each Eieehoc hy I •' ' ballot stockholder, at any general meeting of the Company, shall be en- titled to one vote upOn all shares held bj- him not more than fifty; to one vote for every five shares upon all shares held by him more than fifty, and not more than one hundred; and upon all- shares more than one hundred, to one vote for every ten shares, to be given by the stockholder, in person, or by his proxy, in all elections, and uuon all matters to be submitted to the decision of the Corn- pan v; and to constitute a meetino- of the stockholders, authorized to Number of ' • ' • « '^ stoi'khoK ers make elections, or to decide upon any matter upon which it shall necessan to ■*• • /-t tran.sact buHi- be necessary for the stockholders to act as a Company, a majority nes?. • of all the shares shall be reprdsented by the stockholders- themselves, or by his, her or their jiroxy or proxies, and if a sutficient number do not appear on the dar^' appointed, those who do. attend shall have power to adjourn from time to time, until a quorum shall be obtained. IV. That the President of the Company shall be elected by the p^esldenrlnd Directors from amongst their number, as the regulations of the Directors. Company ma}^ prescribe, and the stockholders, at each annual meet- ing, . shall elect twelve Directors, who shall continue in ofiice, unless 26 202 _ 51TATUTE.S AT LARGK A.D. 18C3. sooner removed, until the next ajinual meeting after tlieir ejection, Vacancy by le- ^^^^ Until, thcfr succcssors shall be 'elected, and shall enter npon movai. their duties; but the President and any of the Directors maj- at any time be removed, and the vacanc}- thereby- occasioned, be filled by a majority of the remaining Directors at any g,enei*al or called meet- Number of ing. The President and an v five or more Directors shall constitute Directors ne- v i i , " ■ ' t ^ cessary to eon- a Doard lor the transaction of "business, and m case of the absence of sflitute Board. i -r* • i the President from sicknt^ss or other cause, six Directors, one ol Avhoin sluiU he a])pointed to act as I'resident pro tem/joi'e, shall c;on- Vacancyby stitutc a *board. In case- of a vacancy in the office of Pi^sident or death, £c. _^. ,. ■• . ., i any Director, from death, removal, I'esignation or inabilitj', the same may be filled by a majority of the remaining members of the board, ^ until the next annual meeting. Meeting of V. That there shall be annual Tneetings of the proprietors of the stock, at such times and places as the preceding annual meetings shall have appointed; at sucH, or at any special meeting, proprie^rs of stock may attend and vote in person or by proxies,' under such regu- lations as the by-laws shall j)rescribe. Non-eieeticto of VT. That if the day of the annual election should pass without any Directors * election of Directors, the corporation shall not thereby be dissolved, but it shall be lawful on any other day to hold and make such election, in such manner as inay be prescribed by the by-laws of the corpor- ation. Special meet- VII. That special meetings of the Company shall be called, when- ever twenty members of the Company or more, owning together three hundred shares of stock, shall requii-e it : Provided, That public no- tice shall first be given of the time and ]:)lace of such meeting, and of the object for which it is called, unless the interest of the Company requires that the cause of convening the meeting should nol^e pub- lis'hed: And provided, also, That either in person or by proxy, thei'o shall be present at the meeting a number of persons owning together a majority of the stock. Contracts bind- VIII. That all coutfacts or agreements authenticated by the Presi- ;ag on Com- -"^ )=■ j pany. , dent and Secretary of the general or local Board, shall be binding on the Company, without a seal, or such mode of authentication may be used as the Company, bj their by-hnvs, may adopt. Power to c(S'n- IX. That the Company shall have power and may proceed to con- struct, as speedily as may be practicable, a railroad, with one or more tracks, to be used with steam, animal or other power, which shall ex- tend from some point on the 'Charlotte and South Carolina railroad, in or near the cit}'^ of Columbia, to or near the town of Hamburg, in the State of South Carolina, and (if the s^aid Coiiipany shall be char- '^- ^- ^^^• tercd by the State of Georgia) toj^ross the Savannah river at or near ^^ the city of Augusta, in the State of Geqrgia, and to connect -with the Georgia railroad in the said city of Augusta: Provided, That the said (Company may use any section or portion of the said i'o:wl before the Avhole thereof shall he completed. X. That said Conipanv shall have the exclusive right of convcA'ance <;ompany tr> " J IT 1 )iave o.xnlnsive or trans])ortatuni of persons, goods or.nierchandi>:eaud produce, over right of con- " vovflncG. the said road, to be by them constructed, and shall have power to fix and establislisuch rates of charges for the transportation of per^sons, goods, produce, merchandize and other articles, as ai'e fixed by the V'Uarter of the Charlotte and South Carolina I-Jailroad Compan}-. XL That said CompAiiy, -when they see tit, may farm out their c^>mpany may rights of transpoftiition on said road, subject to the pi-ovisions of this of"rauspo"ta-^^ charter;, and sai,d Company, and every person or company Avho may have rciceived froi^ them the right of transporting goods, wares and ]iroduce^n said road, shall be dcem(>d and taken to be common car- riers, as respects all goods, wares, merchandize, and ])roduce entrusted to them for transportation. XII. TUat if any stockholder shall 1'ail to pay the installment Liability for or installments required of him on his share or shafes by the instaUn/cms^ President and Directors, or a majority of them, within one month after the call for the same shall have been advertised. in one or more papers published in the city of Cohunbia or Augusta, as the case may be, it shall and may be la\yfal for the President and Directors, or a iiiajority of them, to sell, at' public auction, and convey to the pur- chaser or purchasers, the shiare or shaxes of such stockholder so lail ing or refusing, giving ^wenty days notice of the time and place of sale, and after retaining the suni due, and all expenses incident to the sale, out of the -proceeds, shall.pay tln> surplus to the former owner, or his legal represenxauves, or assignees; and any purchaser of the stoc\U of the Company under the sale by the President and Directors as aforesaid, shall be subject to the same rules and regulations as the original proprietor, and no sale byxte original, proprietor of stock,, or his assignees, shall release the original ])roprietor from his obligation to the Company tapay the whole amount of his subseriptjou. In ad- dition to the foregoing r^pm^y, the Pi-esideut^and Directors may pro- ceed, by action of assumpsit or debt, in any tf the courtsof law of the States of South Carolina and Georgia, for the recovery of the install- meMs due and not paid by any delinquent stoeknolder or his assignees, who shall not pay the same on requisition inadeiu manner and form* as 204 •' STATUTES AT LARGE i. I1.1S6S. aforestud, or the President and Directors, or a majority of iliem, may ^"^^^ declare the share or shares of an}"- stockholder in arrears after twenty days notice, forfeited for the nse and benefit of the Company. i-abk'™"^ XIII. That the stock cff said Com])any may, be transferred in such manner and Yorm as may be directed by the by-huvs of said (company. I'owpitoin- XIV. That if the capital stock shall be deemed by a maiority of crojifiij capital , ^ ■ ^j j ./ atick, the Directors to-be insufticient, it sha^ and may be lawful, at some o-cneral meeting, by- a vote of the stockliolders, from time to time to increase the capital stock of said Company Jlo an amount not exceed- ing live millions of doliai'S, by the addition of a"!s many scares .as may be noccssaiy for that purpose; and the President and Directors shall first give the individual stockholders for the time, or their legal j'epresentatives, the option of taking such additional shares, and an apportionment, if necessa]'y> shall be made amY)ngst them. And if such additional shares shall not be taken by the stockholders, the President and Directors shall cause books to be ipejied under the direction of Commissioners; to be appointed by^ them, at such time • and place as they shall designate, which time and place shall be duly advertised for subscription for said additional shares, or for so much thereof as may not bq taken by the individual stockholder^ as afore- said, and the subscribers for such additional shares are hereby declared to b.e thenceforward incoi'porated into said Company, with all the privileges and advantages, and subject to all the liabilities of the original stockholders. Powortobor- " ^^ • That the President and Directors, or a majority of them, shall row money, .fee. ]^j^^Q pQ^ygj. to *borrow moucy for the objects of this Act, to issue cirtificates, bonds, or other evidences of such loans, and to make the same convertible into the sjiock of the Conif)any at the pleasure of the holder: Provided, The -capital stock of the Company shall not thereby be increased beyond five millions of dqjloi's; also to mort- gage, or otherwise pledge the said road, and anj* of the property of the Company, to secure such loan and the interest thereon. pirectors to XATC. That the Directors shal],§)nce in every year at least, make pw-iwilcai'iy! ^ ^""^^ report on the state of the Company and its affairs, to a general meeting of the stockholders, and shall have power to call a general meeting of the ^ockholders, when the B(j^rd may «[ecm it expedient; and the Company may j)rovide in their by-laws for occasional meet- ings being called, and prescribe the mode thereof. Company may XVII. That the s%id Company may purchase, have a|Kl hold, in j.urchase and n ^ r> i i ' 11.^ hold lands, &e., lee or for a term Of years, any lands, tenements or hisrcditaraefllts, which may be nece;^e.ary for the business oi' the said road, or for the OP SOUTH Cx\EOLTNA. 205 erection of (lepositovics, store houses, houses for the officers, sciTants •^- ^- '^^• or agents of the Company, or for work shops or fonndi-ies, to be used ^ '* for said Company, or for procurin<2; stone oi- other materials neces- sary for the constrnetion of the road,' or. for effecting transportation • thereon, and for no otlier pnqiose whr.tever. XVIII. That said Company sliall luive the ric;ht, when necessary, uisiit to con- to conduct the said rftad across or alonf^ any public road or water :>''i'>^f p'l'^i''' ' " YOixd or water course: Provided, That the said Companj' shall not obstruct any <-oursc, &c. public road, without constructinc^ another equally as good, and as convenient as ma}' be, noi* Avithout making a draw m any bridge of said road, Avhich may cro?« a navigable stream, sufficient for the jiassage of yessels navigating said stream, \vhieh di-aw shall be opened b}' the Company for the^ free passage offvessols navigating said stream. * XIX. That Avnen any lands or right of way may be re([iiired byi (;ommission<^l■s said Compan_-y^for the purpose of constructing their rOad, and for ofi to demcie' want of agreement as to the A^alue thereof, cfv fro-in any other cause, n'ghicfway. the same cannot be purcjiased from i\\$ owner or owners, the same may be taken at a valuation to l)o made by five Comniissitners, qn- a majority of them, to be appointed by any Court ofEccord havihg common law jurisdiction, in tlie county or district where some part o^' the land or ri^ht of Avay is situated. In maldng the said fi^'^^i, valuation, the said Comm^sionei's shall take* into coil^deratioii tJie loss or damage which may occur to the owner or ov/ners, in con- sequence of the land ^eing taken, or the right of wily surrendered, and also the benefit and advantage sucll owner or owners may re- ceive from the erection or establishment of the railroad oi' work, and shall state, particularly, the nature antl amount *of each, and the excess of loss or damage, ovct and above, the a(fvantagc and benefit, shall form the measure of valuation offftaid hind or Tight of wnv: Provided, npvcrthel^, in case either party shall appeal^rom the valua- P'^^iMon f. tion to the next seation of the Court granting the commiss^n, jmkI giving fifteen days notice to the opposite party of such appeal, the Court shall ^rder a new valuation to be made by a jury, who sbalt be charged therewith in the same term. Or as soon as possible, and their verdict shall be final and conchisive betwel^T the parties, unless a ncM' ti'ial shall be granted. The proceedings of said Commissioners, accompanied with a fall ^scripfton of the said Jftinl or right %f way, shall be returned, tllider the hands rnd* sfeals of a majority of the Commissioners, to the Court, from which the commission issued, there to i^main a matter of recorf ; and the land or right ofway, so valued ioncr.?. ^ k 206 STATUTES AT LAKGE A. D. 1863. by the Commissioners, shall vest in the said Company, discharged ' "^ from all pi'eviou.4 liens, 8(,) long as the same shall be used for the pur- poses of said railroad, so soon as the valuation may be paid, or where refused, may be tendered : Providled, That on the application for the appointment of Commissioners iindcr this section, it Khali be made to appear to the satisfa^fition of the Court, that at Ipast ten days pre- vious iiofice has been given, by the appliciints, to the owner or owners of the land so proposed to bo condemnefl; or if the owner or owners be infants, or non compos mentis, then to the guardian or committee of sucli o^vners, if sue* guardian or committee can be ibutfd Avithin the county or distr'icf, or if Ijc cannot be so found, then such appointment shall not be made, unless notice of the application shall have been publishe(Lat least one moiith next pi'ccediug, in some ncAvsjiaper, printed as convenient as m§,y be to the court house of the county or district: Provided,. That when there shall %e an appeal, as aforesaid, from the valuation of Commissionoi's, by either of the par- ties, the same shall. not prevent the works intended to'e constructed I'rom proceeding. But when the appeal is made by the Comjjany requiring the surrenSer, they shall be at libet'ty to proceed in their Avork, only on condition of giving to the opposite party a bond, with good secfirit}', to be approved by the Clerk oi' the Court where the valuation is ron Avhich the said road or any o:Lits branches may be constructed, together Avith the sjjaee of sixty-^\'e feet on each side of the *ntre of the said road, has been granted to the Company by ^le OAvner or owners thereof; and the .said ComjKiny shiUl have good right and title thereto, and shall have, lK)ld and enjoy the same, as long as the same niajl be used, oijl}' fen- the pur])ose of said railroad, Appiic-ition for disc h#i\gcd IVoni all. persons' lieijs, and no longer, unless the persoji or m.w^brnuide persous^wning the Said land at the time t||at part of the said road ttme!'^^'^''" Avhich may be on the said- land Avas finished, or ttiose claiming under him, her or th^i, shall %pply for an assessment of the value of the said land.s, as hereinbefore directed, within one }-ear next alter Uiab OP fiOVTH OAROT.iXA. 207 part of the said road ^vas finished; and in case the said owner (*• ^- d- i^ea. owners, or those claiming under him, her or them, shall not appl.y within one year next after the said part was finished, he, she or thej' shall be forever barred from recovering the said land, or having any assessment or conifJcnsation tkerefor: Provided, That nothintj herein Pmvisi.in for '■ , ' /^ /. n y I'cme coverts or contained Shall affect the rights of feme coverts or infants, until two ininnts. years after the removal of their respective disabilities: And provided, also. That if the said road, or any part thereof, ^lould be sold .at. execution sale, for the debts of the said Company, or othei-wise, then^ and in tliat cate, all the right and |itle to che land Avhich jjiay have Land may re- been condemned by virtue of this? A(^, shaH immediately revert to i^foaJo ofsaio the original owner or owners, unless flie purchaser or purchasers at Con'ipanyf such sale, shall kce|) up the road for the vLf^a f4 the public, in the same manner, an(4 undgr the same restrictions, art„t>y this Act it is contem- plated, "T!ic*Columbia and Augusta Railroad" sliould do. XXI. "Jihat all lands met heretofore gratited, nor appropriated b}' l.uiIi.s not law i^ the use oi th« State, within sixty-five feet of the centre of the uniIp'''st;uo"t"'' roO|^ whicli may be constrtfcted by vi\e saii Company, shall vest in Jmny'." * '""' the J^'ompauy as soon as the line of the road is definitely laid put through it, and any grant of the same, therealfei'* shall be void. ^ XXII. That if anv i)erson or persons shall iatrude uion tiie fiiid Persons intru- » '*' ,-. ^ iliiii; ujioii ro:id railroad, by any manner of use thereoli or of the risrhts and privilea'es ''"'^i'- 1" lorieit ' -^ -^ ^ ^ -l . ^ vatiicles, and connected therewith, without the permission, or contra\ij" to the will indictable, of said Company, he, she, or they, shall forwith foi'feit to the said Company, all the vehicles that may be intruded on the s/iid rofld, and the same i^y be recovered by a suit at law; and the person or per- sons so intruding may also beindicted for misdemeanor, and upon con- yiction, fined or imprisoned l\v any Court of conmetent jurisdiction. XXIII. That if any person shall wil!"ully and maliciou^y dcAtro.y, I'^il^'j-ili'dlr''' or in any manner, hurt, "araaiie, oi- obstruct, or shall wilfuUv oi- "o'* '" '"■"^' "'^''• ma'liciously cause, or aid, or assist, or (^unsel, or- advise aii}' other person or pe^ons, to destroy, or in any. manner mii-t, diUnage »u- destroy, injui*e or obsti'uct the said railroad, or any oridaje or vehicle used for, or in the transportation ttiereon, such person^or persons, so offending, shall be liable tqjfce indicted' tkerefor, and on convic- tion shall bo imprisoned, not more than six, nor less than one month, and pay a fine iftt exceeding five hundred dollars, nor less than twenty, at the discretion of the Court before which such , conviction shall take place; and shall bi further liable to pay all the expenses of repairing the same, and it shall not be competent for any person 80 offending against the provisions of this clause, to defend him- # 208 STATUTES AT LARGE A. 1). iscs. ^^^.]f \^y pleadiii!^ or ii;iving in evideace that he was the owner, or agent, or servant of the owner, of the land where such destruction, hurt, damage, injury or obstruction was done or cauaed, at the time the same was done or caused. Obstructions to XXIV. That cverv obstruction to the safe aiwl free passage of road (ieeinecl a '' * i . o piibiicnuisrtuce veliicles on t lie said roud and its braiu-hes, shall be deeiaed a public and ludif.'table. . ' ■' ■"- nuisance, and may be abated as such, by any oflieer, agent, or servant oftlie Company and the person causing such obstrnctifui maybe indicted and punislied for erecting a pubHc nuisance. compfiDsation XXV. ^'hat said Corapai;v sliail have tlie right to liike at the store for £itoraj;e, &.<: ^ » " ' liouses they may establish oii, or annex to their railroad, or tViC l)i'a)iches thei'e(>f, t\U goods, \\*res, merchandise and produce intended Ibr transportation, preikM-ibc t.he rules of priority and charge, and i*e- ceive such Just and reaiu'niiblc compensation for storag(^ as they, by rule, may establisli, (which they shall cause to be published), fr as may be lixed by agreement with thtrowiipr, which mayJje distinct from the i-ates of transportation :. Provided, that t^e said Company shall not chaj'ge or re(#.uve storage om goods, wares, merchandise^ 01' produce, wliich may be delivered to them at their regular d^osi- ^ tories, for immediflt^ tran.sportation, and which ftie Company may L'nnir immediate]"' lufve *he }:^wer of k-am^porffng immeaiatcjy. XXVI. That an}- railroad ^vhicl Reservation of XXVI. That au}' railroad ivhich may hei^after be constructed by right to cross . r. ■ i /-, • i i i t • i ^ in tlie road. tuc btatc, oi" by any. Compiiny incorporated by the Legislature, shall be at liberty tp cross the road hereby allowed to be constructed, upon a levdl or otherwise, as may be advantageous : Provided, that the free pa-ssage of the 'Cohimhi'a and Augusta Eailrohd is noL there by ob- structed. • * Division cf pro- XX VII. That the proiits of the Company, or so much tliereof as ■ ' tho' geijcml Board of Directors may deem advisable, shall, when the affairs of the Company will permit, be se#i-aiuiually divided amongst the stockholders, .in*i)roporiion to the stock each may own. Capital ytock, XXV^Ii. T}#iL the ca])ital stock in the said Company, the dividends tiividuuds and iiii, i. iiA'-_,i -i pr(,perty fx- theiXM^n, aiiu all T.lie pro})erty, real and personal, beronging to the said Company, fliall be exempt froaa taxation by either of the States of Soutli (Jarolina or Ge^prgia, or any «^r])orate or municipal police, or other authority tliereof, or of any town, city, county or district thereof, for the term of iittccn years : Provided, that it sh|jll ije competent for the Legislature of either of said States, at any J:ime after the expira- tion of the period aforesaid, to impos(^sueh. tax upon the estate, both real andper^nal, of the aforesaid Company, as they may deem reason- able and' just, not exceeding, hovvxver, in any event, the tax imposed alion. OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 209 on the respective citizens of said States, on property owned by them, a. d. ises. of a similar character. "^ XXIX. That the charter heretofore ST-anted to the Columbia and Original char- ° ter to continue Hamburg Eailroad Company shall continue of force, except in so far of force. as it may be repugnant to the jn'ovisions of this Act. XXX. That this Acf shall be regarded as a public Act, and may be public Act. giveu in evidence as such ife all cases, without special pleading. In the Senate House, the seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in the eighty- ' eighth year of the sovereignty and indeppndence of the State Of South Carolina. V W. D. PORTER, President of the Senate. A. P. ALDRICH, Speaker House of Represejitatives. \ AX ACT TO AMEND THE LAVf IN RELATION TO THE GeNERAL StAFF. No. 4678. « I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, now office of Ptiy- '' • r> 1 iTiiister General met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the axithoi-ity of the .Hboiished, and - *^ , •' ' "^ . "^ duties trans- same, "rhat the office of Paymaster General be, and the same is hereby, ferred, 4c. abolished, and that the Quartermaster General be, and is hereby, charged with its duties ; and that the duties heretofore performed by the Ordnance Officer be hereafter performed by the Arsenal Keepers of Charleston and Columbia, under the supervision of tlwe Adjutant and Inspector General. II. That the Adjutant and Inspector General, the Quartermaster ^rai'^|[^ff e?f"' General, and the Commissary General, be each entitled to one assistant, tied to assist- with the rank of Captain of Infantry, to be appointed and commis- sioned by the Govfrnor and Commander-in-chief, and that the Com- missar}" General be authorized to employ one clerk, to receive a salary of fifty dollars per month. III. That the pay of the Adjutant and Inspector General, and such ^^'^f^^lf'X oth(fr officers of the General Staff as -may be assigned and put upon ^ene{;a\st^^ff' duty by the Governor and Commander-in-chief, and the assistants sistants. provided for by this Act shall, during the continuance of the war between the Confederate States of America and the United States of America, be the rates of pay and compensation established by the Act 210 STATUTES AT LARGE A. D. 1S63. Qf ^j^g Confederate States, aad the ai'iny regulations of the Confederate ^ States, for officers of a similar grade in the field, to wit : The Adjutant and Inspector General, three hundred and one dollars per month, the Quartermaster General one hundred and ninety-five dollars per month ; the Commissaiy General one hundred and seventy dollars per month; the Assistants of the Adjutant and Inspector General, the Quarter- master General, and the Commissary General, one hundred and thirty dollars per month, each. Acts at5d clans- lY. That all Acts andclauscs of Acts inconsistent with the pro- 68 repealed. ... visions of this Act be, and the same arc hereby, repealed. • In th^ Senate House, the seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eii!;ht hundred find sixty-three, and in the eighty- eighth year of the sovoreigntyiind independence of the State of South Carolina. ^Y.D.VOHTER,Freside7ltofthe.Se)lafe. A. P. ALDEICH, Speaker House of Representatives. No. 4679. AjST ACT to grant the aid of the Statk to the Shkley and Broad EiVER Eailroad Company. • Comptroller I- -^^ ''-^ exacted \)j the Senate and House of Eepresentativ*?, now ^e'rib^lVcapitai ^^^^ *^^^ Sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the siock. same, That whenever satisfactory pi-oof is produced to the Comptroller General that three hundred thousand dollars are duly subscribed by responsible persons or cor}3orate bodies, to the capital stock of the Shelby and Broad Eiver Eailroad Company, and that said Company has been duly, organized, he is hereby authorized to subscribe on the part of the State, three hundred thousand dollars to the capital stock of the said Compaq}', to be paid in bonds or stocks of the Confederate States of America, bearing interest at the rat6 of six per cent, per Provision for annum, or call loan at the par valtie thereof; and that for the purpose seript'ion!" of making such subscription, the Conjptroller General be, and he Is hereby, authorized, to sell of the shares OAvned by the State in the Greenville and Columbia Eailroad Company, a sufficient amount to raise said sum of three hundred thousand dollars : Provided, That said shares shall not be sold beloAv their par value, to purchase a sufficiency OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 211 of said bonds or stocks, or call loan, for that purpose, and the same to ^- ^- 1^*^*^- deposit as a special deposit iu the Bauk of the Stae of South Carolina, " ^ to be subject to his order, and to be applied by him to the payment of the said- subscription, as hereinafter provided. And that he take, iu the name of the State, a certificate li-^m the said Company for the • stock so subscribed. II. That the subscription shall be paid in the manner and subject conditions of to the terms and conditions hereinafter expressed, to wit: Whenever ''*^""''^'" satisfactory proof shall be produced to the Comptroller General that ten miles of the said Shelliy and Broad Kiver Railroad Compan}- has been gi'adcd a^d ready for the superstructure to be laid thereupon, he shall transfer and deliver to the said Company so much of the said Oonfedeilite six per cent, stock or bonds, or call loan, as shall amount at its par value to sixty thousand dollars, together with the accrued interest thereupon ; and when similair proof shall be produced to the Comptroller General that another ten miles of the said road has been graded, and is ready for the superstructure to be laid thereupon, he shall transfer and deliver to the said Company so much of the said Confederate six per cent, stock or bonds, or call loan, as shall amount at its par value to sixty thousand dollars, together with the accrued interest thereupon ; and when similar proof shall be produced to the Comptroller General that another ten miles of the said road has been graded, and is ready for the superstructure to be laid thereupon, he shall transfer and deliver to the' said Company so much of the said Confederate six per cent, stock or bonds, or call loan, as shall amount at its par value to sixty thousand dollars, together with the accrued interest thereupon ; and when similar proof shall be produced to the Comptroller General that another ten miles of the said road has been graded, and is ready for the superstructure to be laid thereupon, he shall transfer and deliver to the said Company so much of the said Confederate six jier cent, stpck or bonds, or call loan, as shall amount at its par value to sixty thousand dollar's, together with the accrued interest thereupon; and when siniiUxr proof is produced to the Comp- troller General that the remaining part of tlie said road has been graded, and is ready for the superstructure to be laid thereupon, he shall transfer and deliver to the said Company so much of the said Confederate six par cent, stock or bonds, or call loan, as shall amount at its par value to sixty thousand dollars, together with the accrued interest thereupon. 212 STATUTES AT LARGE A. D. 1863. III. That the State shall in no way 'whatsoever be liable for the state not liable ^^^^^ ^^'^^^ contracts of the Said Railroad Company, nor be subject to for debts, &c. any assessment on the shares held in its capital stock. In the Senate House, the seventeenth dny of December, in the year of our f Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in the eighty- eighth year of the sovereignty and independence of the Stale of South Carolina. W. D. POETEE, President of the Senate. A. P. ALDEICH, Speaker ilouse of Rerpresentatives. Xo. 4680. AN ACT TO ESTARLJSH CERTAIN EOADS, BRIDGES AND FeRRIES. Eight to con- I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Eepresentatives, now Htruct new • /i biidge across met and Sitting in General Assembly, and- by the authority of the same. That the "Magnetic Iron Company," heretofore chai'tered by the General Assembly, shall have the right and authority to erect and build. a bridge across Bro^d river, near Cherokee Ford, on said river, with the. right to receive such toll for crossing the same as is estab- lished by "An Act establishing the principles on M'hich Companies shall be incorporated," passed on seventeenth December, eighteen hundred and twenty-seven ; that the said Company shall not build thi said bridge on the site of the present ford of the river, or so as to obstruct the passage through the same; that the said Company shall have the right and privilege to lay out and open roads from both ends of the •^ bridge to the road leading to the ford, by the shortest and most con- venient route, at their own expense, and without cost to the State for the right of way to said roads ; and when the said bridge and roads shall have been built and opened, the same ai-e hereby declared, to be a public bridge and highway. II. That Maleom Erwin be, and he is hereby, authorized and em- powered to build a bridge across Saluda Eiver, at his mills thereon, aroad'"^'^ °P®° (formerly called Smith's mill,) and shall have the right to charge such toll for passing thereon as is established by the Act of the Gen- eral Assembly, ratified on the seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven; and Right to pon- struct bridge across Saluda OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 213 shall have the right aud authority to lay out and open a road from -^- ^- ^^®^- the said bridge ,to the Geeenville road, about two miles long, and three-quarters of a mile on the Abbeville side of the river, by the nearest and most convenient route, at his own expense, and without cost to the State, for thQ right of way; that when the said road shall have been finished, it is hereby declared to be a public road, and shall be taken under the jurisdiction of the Commissioners of Roads. III. That the eighteenth section of au Act, entitled ''An Act to Eighteenth sec- . 1 r> • ij -. tion of Aot re- establish certain roads, bridges and femes, ratitied on the seven- pealed. teenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fift3'-five, be, aud the same is hereby, repealed; that the Commissioners of Eoads for Georgetown district and Kingston parish Commisaioners *-" ox 01 RoiKt:' to con- be, and they are hereb}', directed and required to tal|e under their t!"o' ""^""^^ ^\^^- charge and control, the roads mentioned in the said section, lying section. and being in their respective jurisdictions, as public roads. IV. That the Commissioners of Eoads for Upper St. ijturtru's Power to close ^ ^ ^ road. parish be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered to discon- • tinue and close, during the existing war, and for no long^ time, that # part of the river road leading from the lower line of Wharton and Petsche's mill to T. W. Harley's house; and they are hereby author- ized and I'cquired to open and keep in repair, during the present war, and no longer, the road known ^ ''Boss road," leading from the said ^ river road to the Orangeburg road. Y. That the fcrrv across Big Saluda river, in Edgefield district, Bouknighfs " " o > ferry ve-estab- known as Bouknight's ferry, on the road known as the Weaver road. Hshed. leading from Hamburg to Newberry Cdurt House, bo, and the sam* is heieby, re-established, and vested in William Bouknight, for the space of twenty-one years, Avith the rates of toll for crossing thereon, as are established by the Act of the General Assembly, passed in, De- cember, in the year of our Lord one thousand eiglit hundred and tAventy-seven. YI. That each Commissioner of Roads now in office, or hereafter commissioners ' of Roads to a])pointed, shall serve until a successor is appointed, and has accepted, "ei'^e dmicg This section to be in fA'ce during the war. In the Senate House, tlie seventeentli day of Dedlmber, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in the eighty- eighth year* of the Govefeignty and independence of the State of South Gerolina. \V.D.TOB,TER, President of i^ Senate. A. P. ALDJRICH, SpBrtier House of Representatives. 214 STATUTES AT LAEG-E A. D. 1863. No. 468.1. Power to ex- port und im- port. Amount of Capital Stock. Capital Stock, how raised, &c, Board of mana- gers. Power to sell and transfer. Power to make laws and regu- lations. AX ACT TO Incorporate the Chicora Importing and Exporting- Company of South Carolina. I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Kcj^rosentativos, now met and sitting in General Afssembly, and by the authority of the same, That A. S. Johnston, 6. S. Cameron,. T. J). Wagnci\ and their associates and sftccessora, be, and they are hereby, made a body politic and corporate in law, by the name of. " The Chicora Imparting and Exporting Company of South Carolina;" and the said Company shall have power to export produce from this State to neutral ports, and import into this State from neutral ports, arms, munitions of war, and other commodities, and also to bring and carry mails and- passen- gers in their \^S8els. II. The capital stock of the said Company shall be two millions two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, with the privilege of increasing the same to three million dollars : Provided, such increase shall be agreed to b}^ a majority in number of the stockholders. III. The fapital stock shall be raised by subscription, in shares of one thousand dollars each, but the said Company shall not go into operation until the said stock, to the amount of at least two hundred thousand dollars, has been paid i^i cash, and an oath. or affirmation thereof shall have been made and subscribed by the President of the Company, the Treasurer, and a majority of the Board of Directors, wliich shall be lodged and recorded in the office of the Secretary of the State, and shall be published in two newspapers of the city of Cliarlcston. lY. The affairs of the Company shall be managed by a Board, con- sisting of a President and four Directors, who shall be elected in such manner and for such periods as the stockholders may prescribe. Y. The said capital stock shall be deemed personal estate, and the Company may hold such personal property as may be necessaiy for the purposes of their business, and ma}", from time to time, sell a,nd transfer the same, or any part thereof YI. The said Compau}^ i^^y? ^.Y its Corporate name, be plaintiff or defendant in any Court of Law or Equity in this State, and may have and use a common seal, and niake such by-laws and regulations for their government as they shall see fitji with full power to enforce the due observance thereof upon their members : Provided, said laws are not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of this State and the Confederate States. OF SOUTH CAROLINA; 21 f) VII. No part of tlie capital stock shall at auy tirao be withdrawn •^•^- ^^^5- by a dividend among the Stockholders, until all the debts and liabili- ^^^^ amnia- ties of the corporation shall have been fully paid off and discharged, ^ii^ties. In the Senate House, the sevonte^enlh day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred an* sixty-three, and in the eic;hty- eii^hth year of the sovereignty and independence of the State of South Carolina. W. D. PORTER, President of the Senate. A. P. ALDRICH, Speahwr House of Representatives. AN ACT IN RELATION TO *THE SOTJTilkRM ExPRESS CoMPANY, AND TO No. 4682. PROVIDE Additional Remedies for the Defaults op Common Carriers. % I. Be it enacted hy l\\Q ^Qnxskio and House of Representatives, now service of pvo- met and sitting in General j^ssembly, and by the authorit}- of the same, That process served .on any agent of the copartnership, com- pany, or firm doing business in this State, under the name and style of the "Southern Express Company," shall be sufficient to make sucli copartnership, company, or finti,'a party in the Court of Law or Equitv in the district in which such agent may be served. II. That on judgment tr decree obtained against such copartner- LjsbUity under , . " « 1 1 ,^1 . final' process. ship, company, or nrm, under such process, Imal process may issue^o recover satisfaction of such judgment or decree, and txr^j property- of the said copartnership, company, or fiifn, aiti the individual property of any copartner or member of sueh parti^rship, company, orl^^nu, found in the State, shall be liable to judgment and e:cecution for satis- faction of any such judgment or i^ecree. III. That in any action against any common carrier, by raik'oad or Affidavit mny otherwise, whether the same be an incorporated railroad eorapan}-, or t'loii'ag'unsr an incorporated company, or .an individual or unincorporated associa- <^""""''° '''*'^' tion of individuals, undertaking to carry, in whole or in part, by rail- road or otherwise, if tlie plaintiff shall file with, his declai-ation a state- ment on oath of the facts, and of the amount of loss or dfyhage sus- tained, (a copy of which shall be served asiiereinbefore provided for the sei'vice of process in actions against the Southern Express Com- pany,) the said alftdavit shall be given to the jury as evidence in the case : Provided, that the defendant shall be at liberty, within thirty days thereafter, to file with his plea an affidavit, denying the truth of the ners. 216 STATUTES AT LARGE A. D. 18C3. same, in which case both affidavits shall be submitted as evidence to the consideration of the jury: And provided, also, That in addition to the evidence allowed aljove, all common law evidence shall be admitted in. said case. Duties of com- ^^" ^^^^^ when any association of individuals, not having a charter mon carriers to from, this State, shall undertake to carrv for hire by railaoad, in whole publish names ' - j ~^ ■> or'a'i^ult'Titr^ °^" ^^ P^^'^' ^'^^ ^^^^ individuals are hereby required to publish, in three «sted in busi- ncAvspapers of this State, a correct list, to be sworn to before one of the Clerks of Common Pleaf and General Sessions in.thisState, of the names and residences of the parties interested in the business of carrying, the said list to appear at least once in two months during the time they are engaged in said business, and all persons thus engaged in the business of common carriers, foiling to make such publication,, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and liable to indictment. ' • t In the Senate House, the seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred arid sixty-three, and in the eighty- eighth year of the F.overeignty and independence of the State of South Carolina. W. D. POETEE, President of the Senate. A. P. ALDEICH, Speaker Mouse of Representatives. iNo. 4683. Alf ACT to amend an ^ct, iIntitled " An Act to increase the fees OF Sheriffs for dieting persons confined in Jail." Fees for dieting I. Be it enacted ^\)y iho Senate and House of Eepresentatives, now • .met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, Thai; an Act^ entitled " An Act to increase the fees of Sheriffs for dieting persons confined in jail," ratified* on the sixth day of Pebruaiy, in the year, of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, be, and the same is hereby, alterM and amended to read as follows, to wit : That/- the Sheriffs shall hereafter be entitled to charge and receive, for dieting white persons confined in jail, one dollar per day, each ; and for dieting slaves or fre§ persons of color, ■eighty cents per day, each. OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 217 II. That this Act shall continue offeree until the first day of Janu- ^'^' ^* " ary, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty- Limitation .i" five, and no longer. ■'^'^'' In the Senate House, the seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in the eighty- eighth year of the sovereignty and independence of the State of South Carolina. W. D. PORTER, President of the Seriate. A. P. ALDRICH, Speaker House of Representatives. AN ACT TO REFUND TO THE SOLDIERS' BoARD OF RELIEF FOR MAR^-- Nq. 4684. BORo' District money advanced by them. Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives, now met Assessment on and sittinsr in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, 'a'^e amount ° >/ ' J J > expended over That the Soldiers' Board of Relief for the district of Marlboro', be, appropriation. and they are hereb)', authorized to make an assessment upon the general State tax of the said district fo» the past year, which shall be suiiicient to raise the amount expended by the said Board for the relief of Soldiers' Families in said district, over and above the amoimt of tli^ appropriation made by the General Assembly for that pur])Ose; and that the Tax Collector for said district, where furnished with a written order from said Board, do collect and pay over the sum so assess- ed, to, and in relief of, the said Board, on account of money heretofore advanced and expended by them for the purposes aforesaid. In the Senate House, the seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in the eighty- eighth year of the sovereignty and independence of the State of Sopth Carolina. \Y. D. PORTER, President of the Senate. A. P. ALDRICH, Speaker House of Representatives. * 28 218 " STATUTES AT LARGE A. D. 1863. No. 4685. AN ACT TO EXTEND AN ACT, ENTITLED " An AcT TO CONTINUE IN FORCE 'An Act entitled An Act to authorize certain Build- ing AND Loan Associations to suspend the call for Monthly Instalments,'" during the present avar. Act re-enacted "'■• -^^ it €.nacted by the Senate and House of Eepresentatives, noAV force?**^^ **^ met and sitting in General Assembl}-, and by the authority of the same, That an Act, entitled "An Act to continue of force an Act, entitled an Act to authorize certain Building and Loan Associations to suspend their call for monthly instalments," ratified on the sixth day of Februaiy, in the. year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, be, and the same is hereby, re-enacted and made of force, until the close of the war between the Confederate States and the United States of America, and until the next regular session of the Legislature of this State thereafter. In the Senate House, the seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in the eighty- eighth year of the sovereignty and independence of the State of South Carolina. W. D. POETEE, President of the Senate. A. P. ALDEICH, Speaker House of Bepresentatives. Ko. 4686. AN ACT to authorize the Tax Collectors op Beaufort District to pay over' to the "Soldiers' Boards or Relief" certain funds in their hands. * Tax Collectors I. Be it enoctedhj tho Setiate and House of Eepresentatives, now over'funds°itr^ met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the proportion con- Same, That the Tax Collectors of the several 2')arishes in Beaufort district be, and they are hereby, authorized and required to pay over ^nd distribute among the " Soldiers' Boards of Eelief" of the different parishes of Beaufort district, in the j^roportion contributed by each parish, any funds now in hands, collected and deposited there by order of the late Provost Marshal of said district^ to be disbursed by OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 219 said Boards for the benefit of soldiers' families : Provided, however, ^- ^- '^^^^ That all claims lawfully paj-able therefrom be lii'st satisfied '"^"""^ In the Senate House, the seventeenth day of December, in tjie year of our - Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty three, and in the eighty- eighth year of the sovereignty and independence of the State of South Carolina. • W. D. POETEE, Pi-esidrM of the Senate. ■ A. P; ALDEICH, Speaker Souse of Representatives. AN ACT TO ALTER THE LaW IX RELATION TO THE ELECTION OF No. 4687. District Officers. I. Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Eepresentatives, now Day of oiectioa met and sitting in General Assembly, and b}^ the authoritj' of the ^^^^ " same, That from and after the first day of February next, ensuing, after the ratification of this Act, elections for all district ofliccrs, who are elected by the people, shall be held on Tuesday, instead of ]Mo!iday, as heretofore. * II. That in all elections held iu this State, it shall be the dut}^ of Duty of Mana- the managers of elections to keep the polls open for the rece])tion of ^^"' votes from 9 o'clock, a. xM., to 4 o'clock, p. m., and immediately after closing the polls the said managers shall proceed to count the Votes, as is now required by Uiav in other elections. In the Senate House, the seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in the eighty- eighth year of the sovereignty and independence of the State of South Carolina. W. D. POETEE, President of the Senate. A. P. ALDEICH, Speaker House of Representatives. AN ACT TO ALTER AND AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE ChERAW AND No. 4688. Darlington Railroad Companv. I. Be it enacted by the Senate and IIous^ of Representatives, now pifih section of met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the **^' "™®"****^' 220 STATUTES AT LAKGE A, D. 1863. game, That^ection five of an Act, entitled " An Act to charter the Cheraw and Darlington Eailroad Company," ratified the nineteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- dred and forty-uine, be amended so as to read as follows, to wit : That all the powers, rights, and privileges granted by the charter of the Northeastern Railroad Company, are hereby granted to the Cheraw and Darlington Eailroad Company," and subject to the conditions therein contained, except as to the amount of capital stock, and ex- cept in so far as the special provisions of this Act may otherwise re- . quire the same to be modified or varied. Election of H. That there shall be elected, annually, a President and ten Di- rectors, who shall be eligible from the body of stockholders, irrespect- ive of the amount of stock or time of holding the same, in the manner prescribed by the third section of the Act incorporating said North- eastern Eailroad Company. chavsernotsub- III. That this charter shall in no wise be subject to the provisions ject '0 previous law. of the forty-first section of the Act of the General Assembly of South Carolina, passed on the seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-one. In the Senate House, the seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in the eighty- eighth year of the sovereignty and independence of the State of South Carolina. W. D. PORTER, President of the Senate. • " A. P. ALDRICH, Spealier House of Representatives. No. 4689. AN ACT to incorporate the Charleston Ibipgrting and Export- ing Company. Power to ex- I. Be it enacted \)j the Senate and House of Representatives, now port.'*" '™" met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That Henry Cobia, Alonjo J. White, C. L. Burkmyer, L. D. Mowry, and their associates and successors, be, and they are hereby, made a body politic and corporate in law, by the name of " The Charleston Importing and Exporting Company ;" and the said Com- pany shall have power to export produce from this State to neutral OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 221 ports, and import into this State, jfrom neutral porta, arms, munitions A.n.ises. of "war, and other commodities, and also to bring and carry mails and ^ ^ passengers in their vessels. II. The capital stock of the said Company shall be two millions of Amount of in • ■, ■, ., ,, ■ • at_ 1 * -ii- capital stock. dollars, with the privilege of increasing the same to three millions dollars : Provided, Such increase shall be agreed to by a majority in number of the stockholders. III. The capital stock shall be raised by subscription, in shares of Capital stock, one thousand dollars each ; but the Company shall not go into opera- tion until the said stock, to the amount of at least two hundred thou- sand dollars, has been paid in cash, and an oath or affirmation thereof shall have been made and siAscribed by the President of the Com- pan}", the Treasurer, and a majority of the Board of Directors, which shall be lodged and recorded in the office of the Secretary of State, and be published in two newspapers of the city of Charleston. IV. The affairs of the Company shall be manii!j;ed by a Board, con- Board of Mana- sisting of a P^iesident and four Directors, who shall be elected in such ^''^'" manner, and for such periods, as the stockholders may prescribe. V. The said capital stock shall bo deemed personal estate, and the Power to .=011 Company may hold such personal propert}^ as may be necessaiy for stock. the purposes of their business, and may, from time to time, sell and transfer the same, or any part thereof. YI. The said Company may, by its corporate name, be plaintiff or Power to make defendant in any court of law or equity in this State, and may have Jations, Ac.^ and use a common seal, and make such by-laws and regulations for their government as they shall see fit, with full power to enforce the due observance thereof upon their members : Provided, Said laws are not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of this State and the Confederate States. VII. No part of the capital stock shall at any time be wi{hdi-awn Debt? and lia- by, or divided among, the stockholders, until all the debts and liabili- ties of the corporation shall have been fully paid off and discharged. ' t In the Senate House, the seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in theeighty- eighth year of the sovereignty and iriHependeBce of fhe State of South Carolina. W. D. PORTER, President of the Senate. ' f A. P. IvLT)'^lQi^,^'peaker House of B,e]^re^iativie&. 222 STATUTES AT LARGE A. D. 1863. • ^, ' AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE CONSOLIDATED STEAMSHIP CoMPAKY OP ^o- 'iSOO. Charleston. Power to export i- ^^ ^t enacted by the Senate and House of Eepresentatives, now and import. ^^^ ^^^^ sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That William Eavenel, G. "W. Williams, W. B. Heriot, and their associates and successors, be, and they are hereby, made a body cor- porate and politic in law, by the name of " The Consolidated Steam- ship Company of Charleston;" and the said Company shall have power to export produce from this State to neutral ports, and import into this State, from neutral ports, arms, munitions of war, and other commodities, and also to bring and carry mails and passengers in their vessels. Ainountofcapi- H- The ' Capital stock of the said Company shall be two millions and fifteen thousand dollars. Capital stock, \ji/ The Capital stock shall be raised by subscription, in shares of how raised. -i . ./ i ' one thousand dollars each ; but the Company shall not go into opera- tion until the said stock, to the amount of at least two hundred. thou- sand dollars, has been paid in cash, and an oath or affirmation thereof shall have been made and subscribed by the President of the Com- pany, the Treasurer, and a majority of the Board of .Directors, which shall be lodged and recorded in the office of the Secretary of State, and be published in two newspapers of the city of Charleston. Board of Maua- lY. The affairs of the Company shall be managed by a Board, con- ^^^^' sisting of a President and four Directors, who shall be elected in such manner and for such periods, as the stockholders may prescribe. Power to sell Y. The Said capital stock shall be deemed personal estate, and the an tians er. (]Qjjjpany may hotd such personal property as may be necessary for the purposes of their business, and may, from time to time, sell and transfer the same, or a^ p^rt thereof. Power to make ' YI. The Said Company may, by its corporate name, be plaintiff latlonX &c!'°'^' or defen€ant in any court of law or equity in this State, and may have and use a common seal, and make such by-laws and regulations for their government, as they shall see fit, with full power to enforce the due observance thereof upon their members : Provided, Said laws are not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of this State and the Confederate States. OF SOUTH CAROLINA. . 223 « VII. No part of the capital stock sliall, at any time, be withdrawn a. d. ises. b}^ dividend amono- the stockholders, iiiitil all the debts and liabilities ^ r" ^C7 ^ I ■^ 1 • 1 Debts and lia- 01 the corporation shall have beerf fully paid off and discharged. tiiities. In the Senate House, the seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in the eighty- eighth year of the sovereignty and independence of the State of • South Carolina. W. D. PORTER, President of the Senate. A. P. ALBRICH, Speaker House of Rcpresfentativex. an act to 'incorporate certain religious and cliaritable no. 4691. Societies, and to renew and amend the charters op others ^ heretofore granted. f I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, noAv Little Mountain O. S. Presbyte- met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the nan church, same: Tliat James W. Black, Joel J. Cunningham, J. Wm. Power, Benjamin W. Williams and John Cunningham, Trustees of Little Mountain O. S. Presbyterian Church, of Abbeville district, and their successors in the said of&ee, appointed from time to time, in conformity with the rules and discipline of the said church, be, and they are hereby created a body politic and corporate, Ubder the name and style of Little Mountain O. ^ Presb3'terian Church, for the jDcriod of twenty-one years from the ratification of this Act- and shall have' power to have and use a common seal, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any Court of this Statf ; to make 'all by-laws nfecey- sary and proper for the purposes of said cor^ioration, not repugnant to the laws of this State. That all real estate within the limits of Abbeville" district, acquired by the said Church for the benefit thereof, by gift, purchase, devise or exclmngc, be vested in the Board of Trus- tees, and their successors in office; to hold other real estate and per- sonal property to an amount not exceeding ten thousand dollars, and the same to alien, lease or transfer, and in general to exercise and enjoy all the powers and privileges incident to such corporations. II. That the charter heretofore granted to " Rock Church,"' in Rock Church. Abbeville district, be, and the same is hereby, renewed and extended 224 STATUTES AT LARGE A. D. 1SG3. Walterborough Male Aoademj'. Ursuliue Com- munity, of Co- lumbia. Aiken Mutual Relief Associa- tion. Missionary Society of the South Carolina •Methodist Pro- tasUiat Church. Blythewood Female Aca- demy, for a period of twenty-one years from the clay ou which the said char- ter, according to its present limitation, will expire : That James Gillaui, James Bail}' and Rober^ H, flounce, be, and are hereby, appointed to act as Trustees of said corporation, with power to hold real and personal estate to the amount of ten thousand dollars, exclusive of the lot and buildings of the Presbyterian Church in Greenwood, no^v owned by them, and with all the rights, powers and privileges heretofore granted to said corporation, 111. That the charter heretofore granted to, the " Walterborough Male Academy," be, and the same is he^by, renewed and extended for twenty-one years, with all the rights, powers, privileges and im- munities hei'ctofore granted to said corporation. lY. Tliat the Ursuline Ladies of Columbia, be, and they are hereby, created a body politic and corporate, under the name and style of the " Ladies' Ursuline Community of Columbia," for the j^ei-iod of twenty- one years from the ratification of this Act ; and shall have power to have and use a common seal, to sue antl be sued, plead and be im- pleaded iu any Court of this State, to make all by-laws necessary and proper for the purposes of said corporation noLrepugnant to the laws of this State ; to hold real and personal estate to aft amount not ex- ceeding ten thousand dollars, over and above what may be necessary for the purposes of their institution, and with power to sell, alien or transfer the same, or any part thereof. V. That the officers and members of " The Aiken Mutual Ee- 4 lief Association," be, and are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate, Joy the name and style of the "Aiken Mutual Relief As- sociation," with all the rights, powers, privileges and immunities usually incident to such corporations, with a capital not exceeding- thirty thousand dollars, unless the Sccme shall be increased by the Board of directors of the said Association : Provided, however, that the capital thereof shall not be increased beyond the sum of sixty thousand dollars. VI. That the annual Conference and Missionary Society, of the South Carolina District Methodist Protestant Church, be, and the same are hereby, incorporated, by the name of the annual Conference and Missionary Society of the Soi^h Carolina District Methodist Pro- testant Church, and their successors, for the term of twenty-one years, with all the rights, powers and privileges incident to like bodies cor- porate and politic: VII. That J. L. Reynolds, P. A. McMichael, T. W. Mellichamp, A. K. Craig, L. C Hinton, John C Kennedj^, and their associates OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 225 and successors, be, aud are hereby, declared a body politic and cor- a. d. isea. porate, under the name and style of the "Blythewood Female "^ Academy," in Fairfield District, for the period of twenty-oue years from the ratification of this Act, with power to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, to hold real and personal estate to an amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars, and with all the rights, powers, privileges and immunities incident to such like corporations. In the Senate Iloase the seventeenth day of December, in the yoar of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in the eighty- eighth year of the sovereignty ard independence of the State of South Carolina. W. D. POETEB, President of the Senate. A. P. ALDRICH, Speaker House of Representatives. AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED " An AcT, TO CHARTER THE No. 4692. Shelby and Bboad River Railroad." I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, now Capital stock . increased. met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That "An Act to charter the Shelby and Broad River Railroad," passed on the eighteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, be, and the same is here- by, amended, so as to allow the Company thereby chartered to increase the capital stock of said Company to the amount of one million five hundred thousand dollars, and to increase at their discretion the num- fr'lai'e^nnmbJr ber of Directors constituting the Board to thirteen. of directors. II. That the fifth section of the said Act, to charter the Shelby and ^|.'i'amend°eV' Broad River Railr-oad, be amended so as to read as follows: The said Company arc hereby authorized to construct a railroad, frorti such points on the Spartanburg and Union Railroad, the King's Mountain Railroad, the Greenville and Columbia Railroad, or the Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad, as the stockholders of the Company hereby incorporated may hereafter select, towards and unto the North Caro- lina line, and such route as may bo deteiynincd by the Company, lead- ing to the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad in North Carolina, at or near the village of Shelby, in said State; and that for 29 226 STATUTES AT LAKGE A, D. 1863. Authority to construct branches. tho purposes aforesaid, all tho rights, powers and privileges conferred oa the Charlotte and South Carolina Eailroad Company, by an Act, entitled '' An xlct to charter tlie Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad Company," passed in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred -and forty-six, in connection with an Act amendatory thereof, entitled "An Act to produce conformity in the charters granted to the Char- lotte and South Carolina Eailroad Companj-, by the States of North and South Carolina," are herelw conferred on the Shelb}' and Broad Eiver Eailroad Company, and subject to the conditions and restric- tions contained in said Acts, except in so far as the special provisions of the charter of the Shelby and Broad Eiver Eailroad may require the same to be modified or varied. III. That the said Shelby and Broad Eiver Eailroad Company bo, and it is further, authorized to construct branches of not more than ten miles in length, to such points near the route of the said Eailroad as may be deemed expedient. In the Senate House, the seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in the eighty- eighth year of the sovereignty and independence of the State of South Carolina. W. D. POETEE, President of the Senate. A. P. ALDEICH, Speaker House of Representatives. No. 4693. AN ACT to Incorpokate the Batesville MANUFAOTURiNa Com- pany. Company in- I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Eepresentatives, now corporated. •' ■•■ ' met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same : That Theodore D. Wagner, James H. Taylor, James Mont- gomery, and their associates and successors, are hereby made and created a body politic and corporate in law, by the name of the Bates- ville Manufacturing Company, for the purpose^ of manufacturing by spinning, weaving, bleaching, dying, printing and finishing all goods of which cotton, wool, or other fibrous products, may form a part, and procuring or making machinery «for such purposes, and also for the transaction of such business connected therewith as may be deemed necessary, and may erect such, mills, machine shops, or other works, OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 227 as may be deemed requisite to carry on saccessfully their said maiiu- *• ^- ^^^^• factures, with a present capital of three hundred and.fift}- thousand dollars, with the right and privilege to increase the same to one million of dollars. , II. That said corporation may purchase and hold such real estate May hoW real as may be required for their purposes, or such as they may deem it for their interest to take in settlement of any debts due them, and may dispose of the same, and may sue and be sued in all the courts of law or equity in this State, may have and use a common seal, and make such by-laws for their regulation and government, not incon- sistent with the Constitution and laws of the Confederate States and of this State, as they shall deem necessaiy, and the said corporation shall have generally all the rights, powei*s and privileges in hiw inci- dent or appertaining to corporations. In the Senate House, the fevenf^enth day of Deromber, in Ihe yeaf of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in the eighty- eitihth yi ar of the sovereignty and independence of the Slate of South Carolina. ' . ♦ W. D. PORTER, President of the Senate. A. P. ALDRICII, Speaker House of Representatives. an act to incorporate tde southern importing and exporting no. 4694. Company. r I. Be it enacted by the Senate and Hpuse of Eepresentatives, now company mcor- met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the ^ '"*'' ' same, That James W. Brown, John E. Dukes, Robert D^White, James McKay and T. B. Trout, and their associates and successors, be, and they are hereby, made a body jwlitic and corporate in law, hy the name of the Southern Importing and Exporting Company; and the said Company shall have power to export produce from this State, Power to ex- / , •'^ „ , / ^ , ^ ' port and im- or any of the Confederate States, to neutral ports, and import into tJMS port, &c. State, or any of the Confederate States, from neutral ports, arms, mu- nitions of war, and other commodities, and also to bring and carry mails and passengers in their vessels. II. The capital stock of said Company shall be two hundred and ^3'^," a" stock. twenty thousand dollars, with the privilege of increasing the eame to five hvuidi'oti toiousand dolia/vs. 228 STATUTES AT LARGE A. D. 1S63. Board of Man- aiders. Company to hold personal propeity. Company to make liy-laws and regula- tions. Division of capital stock. III. The capital stock shall be raised by subscription in shares of one thousand dollars each, but the said Company shall not go into operation until the said stock, to the amount of at least two hundred thousand dollars, has been paid in cash, and an (jath or affirnialiou thereof shall have been made and subscribed by the President of the Company, the Treasurer and a majorxty of the Board of Directors, which shall be lodged and recorded, and be published in two news- papers of the city of Charleston. IV. The affairs of the Company shall be managed by a Board, consisting of a President .and four Directors, who shall be elected in such manner and for such periods as the stockholders may prescribe. y. The said capit.al stock shall be deemed personal estate, and the Company may hold such personal property as may be necessary for the purposes^ of their business, and may, from time to time, sell and transfer the Same, or any part thereof VI. The said Company may, by its corporate name, be plaintiff or defendent in any Court of Law or Equit}' in this State, and may have and use a common seal, and may make such by-laws and regulations for their government as the}' shall see fit, "with full power to enforce tJie due observance thereof upon their members : Prodded, said laws are not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of this State or of the Confederate States. VII. ISTo part of the capital stock shall, at any time, be withdrawn by, or divided among the stockholders, until all the debts and liabili- ties of the said corporation shall have been fully paid olf and dis- chai'a'cd. * In the Senate House, the seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty- three, and in the eighty- eighth year of the sovereignty and independence of the State of South Carolina. W. D. PORTER, President of the Senate. A. P. ALDRICH, Speaker House of Representatives. No. 4695. AN ACT to amend the Charter op the Edisto and Ashley Canal CoxMpany. Set'ond sprtion J Be U enacted by the. Senate and House of Representatives, now of Aet alteiv'd -^ , - ^ ' anuameuded. met aud sitting lu Goucral Assembly, and by the authority of the OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 229 same, That the second section of an Act, entitled "An Act to incor- ■*• ^' ^^^ porate the Edisto and Ashley Canal Compan}-," ratified on the sixth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-threo, be, and the same is hereby, so altered and amended, that it shall be lawful for the Commissioners therein named .to open books for subscriptions to the cajjital stock of said Company, on the first Monday of each' month, between the hours of nine in the fore- noon, and three in the afternoon, until they shall ascertain that a sufficient number of shares have been subscribed to authorize tho organization of the Company. II. That so much of the eighth section of the said Act as prohibits Eighth s«cmle. A. P. ALDRLCH, Sptakcr House of Representatives. I No. 4697. AN ACT to amend thk Charter of the Carolina Cotton and Woolen Factory. Eigth section I. Beit enacted by the Senate and. House of Representatives, now ot Act altered, "^ ^ mcreiisingcapi- met and sitting in G-eneral Assembly, and by the authont}^ of the same, That the first section of an Act, entitled "An Act to incorpo- rate the Carolina Cotton and Woolen Factoi-y," ratified on the eigh- teenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, be, and the same is hereby, altered and amended, so as to increase the capital stock thereof from one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, as therein provided, to any sum not ex- ceeding one million of dollars. In the Senate House, the seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lcird one thousand eight hundred and sixty- three, and in the eighty- eighth year of the sovereignty and independence of the State of South Carolina. W. D. PORTER, President of the Senate. * A. P. ALDRICH, Speaker Souse of Representatives. No. 4698. AN ACT to authorize the Clerk of the Court fo§, Marlborough District. TO draw Juries for the next term of the Court during Vacation. Clerk of courf, j_ ^6 it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, now null Slieritf, to "' i • f> i Oiuwjuiies. met and bitting in General A&scnibly, and by the autnonty oi tn© OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 281 same, That the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General a. d. iscs. Sessions, for Marlborough District, be, and he is hereb}', authorized, together with the Sheriff of said district, to draw, during vacation, the necessary Juries for the next regular term of said Court, in the man- ner now provided by law for drawing such Juries in open Court, in cases where the Judge fails to attend daring the term. In the S Tiate House thf^ sovrritconth dny of Di-ccmber, in the jonr "^f our , Lord • lie tlmus itid eight hundred aiid>i\ty ilir c. ii d in the»ighty- eighih year of the sovereignty and indepcndi nee of llic St tc v.f South Carolina. W. D. PORTER, President of the Senate. A. P. ALDRICH, Speaker Rouse of Representatives. INDEX TO ACTS OF 1863. APPROPRIATIONS. Pack. An Act to make, for the year 1863 182 For Executive Department 182 Legislative Department 182 Judiciary Department * 183 Treasury Department 184 Military Expenditures 186 Ordinary Local Expenditures 186 Extraordinary Expenditures 187 B. BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS. An Act to extend an Act to authorize certain, to suspend month- ly installments 218 Act reenacted and made of force 218 c. CANAL COMPANY. An Act to amend the charter of the Edisto and Ashley 228 Second section of Act altered and amended 228 Eighth section of Act repealed 228 « CONGRESS. An Act to provide for the Election of Members of, from this State 173 d ii INDEX TO THE ACTS. Page. State divided into Congressional Districts itS First District 173 Second District 173 Third District 173 Fourth District ,..,^ 173 Fifth District f.:K,.,V., 173 Sixth District 173 One Representative to each District 174 Elections, when and at wliat places held 174 " biennially 174 Managers, duties of , 174 Votes, how counted and announced 174 Elections in Districts occupied by the eneni}- •... 174 CONSOLIDATED STEAMSHIP COMPANY. An Act to incorporate the, of Charleston , 222 Power to export and import '. 222 Amount of capital 222 Capital stock, how raised 222 Board of Managers , 222 Power to sell and transfer 222 ^' to make laws and regulations, etc.. 222 Debts and liabilities 223 COTTON. An Act to continue in force the Laws in relation to the cultiva- tion of. 200 Acts reenacted and made of force 200 13. DEBTOES. An Act to continue in force an Act to extend relief to 199 Continued of force till adjournment of next General Assembly... 199 Provision for lines for default of work on Eoads 109 DESERTION. An Act to prevent, from Confederate or State Military service, and evasion of conscription 177 INDEX TO TPIE ACTS. iii Page. Arrest of Deserters 177 Sheriffs indictable for neglect to arrest 177 Penalty for aiding or abetting deseitiou 177 DISTEICT OFFICERS. An Act to alter the Law in relation to the election of. 119 Day of Election changed 110 Duty of Managers 119 111. EXEMPTION LAW. An Act to declare and amend the, of this State, and for other purposes 188 Oi-dinancc and Acts ratiticd at stated jDeriods defined to apply to State troops 188 Act for better organiiiation of Militia amended, defining exemp- tions 189 Persons claiming exemptions liable to forfeit right 189 Additional enlistment of Militia 190 Eules and Regulations to be established 190 Substitutes 190 Exporting and Importing Companies — (See Importing and Ex- porting Companies.) F. FACTORY. An Act to amend the charter of tke Carolina Cotton and Woolen 230 .l")ighth section of Act altered, increasing capital stock 230 Families of Soldiers — (See Soldiers.) FEES OF SHERIFFS. An 'Act to increase the, for dieting persons cdjifined in jail 216 Fees for dieting prisoners 216 Limitation of Act 217 iv INDEX TO THE ACTS. a. GENERAL STAFF. Page. An Act to amend the Law in relation to the 209 Office of Paymaster General abolished, and duties transferred, etc. 209 Officers of Staff entitled to assistants 209 Compensation of officers and assistants 209 I. IMPOKTING AND EXPORTING COMPANIES. An Act to incorporate the Chicora Importing and Exporting Company of South Carolina 214 Power to export and import :\ 214 Amount of capital stock 214 Capital stock, how raised, etc 214 Board of Managers 214 Power to sell and transfer 214 Power to make laws and regulations 214 Debts and liabilities 215 An Act to incoi-porate the Charleston Importing and Exporting Company 220 Power to export and import 220 Amount of capital stock.. 221 Capital stock, how raised 221 Board of Managers ,,; 221 Power to sell and transfer stock 221 Power to make laws and regulations, etc 221 Debts and liabilities 221 An Act to incorporate the Southern Importing and Exporting Company 227 Company incorporated 227 Power to import and export 227 Amount of capital stock 227 Capital stock, how raised 228 Board of Managers 228 Company to hold personal property 228 Company to make bylaws and regulatiohs 228 Division of capital stock 228 Infantry— (See Mounted Infantry.) INDEX TO THE ACTS. t J- . Jail— (See Fees of Sheriffs.) '-^' JUEIES. ,_ Pace. An Act to authorize the Clerk of the Court for Mai-lboro' Dis- ■ trict to draw, for next term of Court during vacation 280 Clerk of Court, with Sheriff, to draw 230 L. . LABOR.. An Act to amend the Act in relation to the tsupplj' of, for 1A\\\- tary defence •. 1 9(5 Commissioners of Eoads and other authorities to furnish correct returns, etc 190 Further duties of Commissioners, etc 197 Liability of defoulting owners of slaves 197 Repeal of previous enactments, etc 107 Slaves to be delivered punctually after term of service 197 Laws — (See Exemption Laws.) M. , MANUFACTUEING COMPATs'T. An Act to incorporate the Batesville 22G Company incorporated 226 May hold real estate, etc 227 MOUXTED IXFANTllY. An Act to provide for Volunteer Companies of 171 Governor to accept Yolunteers 171 Who to be accepted 171 Who to be excluded ....*.... 171 Governor to appoint Enrolling Officers and Surgeons 172 Militia officers to report persons liable «. 172 Organization of effective men •• 172 Election or appointment of Field Officers 172 Organization of Artillery 172 Powers coufen*ed iipon Governor not t© be impi'operly construed.. 173 vi INDEX TO THE ACTS. Defaulters, how ])Uiiishod 172 Troops subject to Articles of War 172 P a y an d all o w ai 1 c e 172 Api^ropriation for equipping and supplj'ing troops 17;> Exemptions from service ; 17:^ ^^EGEO LABOR. An Act to amend an Act to of'ganize and supply, for coast de- fence 17o Penalty for neglect or refusal to ^end slaves 175 Commissioners of Roads and other ' authorities to i"eturn de- iaulters...* ' JfUiA';...... 175 Impressment of Free persons of oolor 170 Proportion of Free persons of color to be selected by lot 17G Substitutes 176 Suits again^.t defaulters 17G Liable for defence of other portions of State (Sec. 5) 176 o. OFFICEES. An Act to combine the, of Clerk of Court of Common Pleas and Eegister of Mesne Conveyances for Georgetown District 229 Offices combined, and official Bond of Clerk extended 229 Oificers — (See District Officers.) ^ Tl. EAILEOAD COMPANIES. An Act to amend and renew the charter of the Columbia and Hamburg Eailroad Company 200 Company incorported 200 Election of Directors 201 Elections by ballot 201 Xumber of Stockholders necessary to transact business 201 Election of President and Directors 201 Vacancy by' removal 202 Number of Directors necessary to constitute Boai'd 202 INDEX TO TtdK ACTS. vii Paoe. Vacancy by death, etc 202 Meeting of Stockholders 202 Non-election of Directors 202 Special Meetings 202 Contracts binding on Company 202 Power to construct road 202 Company to have exclusive right of conveyance 20o Company may farm out rights of transportion 20iJ Liability for failure to pay installments 20:) Stock transferable ...^204 Power to increase capital stock 204 Power to borrow money, etc 204 Directors to make report periodically 204 Company may purchase and hold lands, etc. in fee 204 Eight to conduct road across public road or watercourse,, etc 205 Commissioners to be appointed to decide valuation of right of way v.'v.U-,'. 205 Duties of Commissioners 205 Provision for appeal 205 Absence of contract presumj^tive evidence of grant to Company by owner of land 206 Application for assessment may be made within given time 206 Provision for feme coverts or infants 207 Land may revert to owner in case of sale for debts of Company.. 207 I^ands not granted to use of tlie State to vest in Company 207 Persons intruding upon road liable to forfeit vehicles, and in- dictable 207 Liability of persons for damage to road, etc 207 Obstructions to road deemed a public nuisance, and indictable... 208 Compensation for storage 208 Resex'vation of Eight to cross road 208 Division of profits of Company 208 Capital stock, dividends and property exempt from taxation 208 Original charter to continue of force 209 An Act to grant the aid of the State to the Shelby and Broad Eiver Eailroad Company 210 Comptroller General to subscribe to Capital Stock 210 Provision for making subscription 210 Conditions of payment 211 State not liable for debts, etc 212 viii INDEX TO THE ACTS. Page. An Act to alter and amend the charter of the Cheraw and Dar- lington Eailroad Company 219 Fifth section of Act amended 219 Election of officers 220 Charter not subject to previous law 220 An Act to amend Act to charter the Shelby and Broad Eiver Eailroad ; 225 Capital Stock increased 225 Privilege to increase number of Directors 225 Fifth section of Act amended 225 Authority to construct branches 226 RELIGIOUS AND CHAKITABLE SOCIETIES. An Act to incorporate certain, and to renew and amend the charters of others 223 Little Mountain O. S. Presbyterian Church......... 223 liock Church 223 Walterboro' Male Academy 224 Ursuline Community of Columbia ' 224 Aiken Mutual Belief Association 224 Missionary Society of the South Carolina Methodist Protestant Church 224 Blythewood Female Academy 224 EOADS, BEIDGES AND FEEEIES. An Act to establish certain, ^ 212 Eight to construct new bridge across Broad river 212 Eight to construct bridge across Saluda river, and open road 212 Eighth section of Act repealed 218 Commissioners of Eoads to control roads mentioned in said section 213 Power to close road 213 Bouknights' Ferry re-established , 213 Commissioners of Eoads to serve during the war 213 s. SOLDIEES. An Act to make provision for the support of the Families of, 191 Produces to pay tax in kind, 191 INDEX TO THE ACTS. ix Paob. ^Manufacturer to pay tax in kind 191 Duties of Boards of Eelief, etc 192 Boards of Eelief to require of manufiicturers to deliver per centage in kind, and report to Comptroller General 193 Penalt}' for failure or refusal to make return 193 Amount of provisions to be furnished each individual 193 President of Bank and Comptroller General to make tablilar statement, etc ! 194 Chairman and Ti-easurer of Boards liable for failure to make return 194 Appropriation for relief. i 194 An Act to refund to the Soldiers' Board of Eelief for Marlboro' District, money advanced bj'- them 217 Assessment on General Tax to raise amount expended over ap- propriation 217 An Act to authorize the Tax Collectors of Beaufort Distiict to pay over to the Soldiers' Boards of Eelief certain funds 218 Tax Collectors required to pay over funds in hands in the pro- portion contributed 218 SOUTHEEN EXPEESS COMPANY. An Act in relation to the, and to provide additional remedies for the defaults of common carriers 215 Service of Process 215 Liability under tinal Process 215 Affidavit may be filed in actions against common carriers 215 Duties of common caiTiers to publish names and residences of parties interested in business 216 SPIEITUOUS LIQUOES. An Act to amend an Act to suppress the distillation of. 198 Second section of Act altered and amended 198 Agents appointed to manufacture 198 Agents to enter into bond !.... 198 Acts inconsistent with this Act repealed 198 SUPPLIES. An Act to raise, for the year 1863 178 e X ^ INDEX TO THE ACTS- Page. Of Lands 178 Slaves 178 Lots, lands and buildings 178 Factorage, Employments, and Faculties and Professions 179 Commissions 179 Bank Stock 179 Gas-light, Importing, Exporting, Express and Insurance Com- panies 179 Goods, Wares and Merchandize 179 Transient- Merchandize 180 Exhibitions ; i 180 Moneys invested 180 Commerci al agencies 180 Cards and Billiards 180 Salaries 180 Taxes, to whom payable 180 Commiss%is of Tax Collectors 180 Police taxes, returns of. 181 Returns of Free negroes 181 Sullivan's Island exempted 181 Time of collection extended 181 An Act to procure supplies, and furnish the implements of Agri- cultural and Manufacturing industry for the Soldiers and People of this State, by a union of the State with the Import- ing and. Exporting Company of South Carolina 195 President of Bank of State and Comptroller General to issue stock or bonds, etc 195 State to be part owner of ships, etc 195 State to have right to export and import 195 State to share in mercantile adventures 195 Responsibility of State, when to commence 196 Company to make annual reports 196 Representation of Stock 196 State to have right to ship, etc 196 Stock redeemable 196 SUSPENSION OF SPECIE PAYMENTS. An Act to extend the, by the Banks of this State, and for other purposes 190 INDEX TO THE ACTS. xi Act reenacted and continued offeree ll>0 Provision for paying gold or silver coin 191 T. Tax Collectors of Beaufort District.— (See Soldiers.) XJ. Ursuline Community of Columbia. — (Sec Eeligious and Charita- ble Societies.) V. Volunteer Companies. — (See Mounted Infantry.) Woolen Factory.— (See Factory.) pH8.5