The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1842-01-19
Law OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

IN oct tto prcTcm the Citizens cE Nev York fom
carrying iS9ave$, or persons held to service
ort ,cf this Stale, and 10 preren the escape, O
Persons charged acith Ike commission Of anl
+ Crime - ~
! ]. Be IL enacted, by the Senate and House O
4 Representative, now met and sitting in Gene.
; raj Assembly, and by the authority OF the same
Tfat it shall not be lawful for any vessel OF any
size or description, owned in whole or III part
i or commanded or Iayigate3, bygany citizen ol
resident os tic State Of New York, or any such
vessel owned in whole or in part commanded OF
navigated, by any otLer person than an actua
i inhabitant and resident of this State, and de-
parting from any port in this State for any port
in the State of New York, to depart from this
State, or ont of any bay, river, creek, or other
water course, of this State, until the said ves-
sci las undergone the inspection provided for
! in this Act, and until the other provisions here
of, shall have been complied with: Prortded.
That nothing herein contained shall apply to any
foreign or national vessel.
2. Be-a furiker enacted, That no such vessel
as is herein before described, shall sail from
any port in this State, or depart from the juris-
dictou OF this Slate, until such vessel shall
have been inspected by. an Inspector, or other
person authorized to act under the provisions Of
/ this Act, TO see that no. slave, or person held
to services or labor, in this Stale, shall be con-
cealed on board of such vessel. and. until the
commander thereof shall have received cert-
icate of inspection from such officer; and if
any such vessel shall depart from thiss State
| without sucii certificate OF inspection, thc cap
tain or cwner thereof, shalfierfst and pay the
sum of Eve hundred dollars, to be r. covered
by any person whowill sue for the same in any
court of record in this State, by Indictment Or
information, or by action of debt in the name of
the Governor, for the benefit Of such person, on
the bond hereinafter required to be taken.
3. Dea further enacted, That whenever; any
vessel, owned in whole or in part, or command
ed or navigated, by any citizen or resident of
New York, shall come into this Stete, no mat
ter from what port, it shall be the duty OF the
inspector, or other officer hereby authorized to
act, to take and keep possession OF said vessel,
until the master or owner, or some other per-
son for him or them, shall have executed bond,
payable to the Governor of this State, with two
or more sureties satisfactory to the officer Ia
king the bond, inhabitants of this State, in the
penalty of one thousand dollars, conditioned to
pay and satisfy all judgments which may be
rendered in consequence OF the violation OF any
Of the provisions of this Act; and particularly
20 pay and satisfy the owner of any slave which
may be carried away in such vessel, the full
value Of such slave, with all other damages
sustained thereby by such owner; or il the
captain OF master Of such vessel ahall aliedge
his inabiiny 10 g;;rSe security, then 1t shall bel
his duty to deliver up the papers O., !iS vessel TO
the Inspector, to be retained by him till the de-
parture thereof, and shall make affidavit before
some magistrate, that he will rot depart with
his vessel, or suffer the same to sail from the
port or harbor in which she may be, until the
inspection hereby required shall have been COM
pleted; and moreover that he wiiiminot carry, or
suAer to be carried out Of this State, any per-
son, in violation Of the provisions of: this Act
And if the captain or owner, Or some other per-
son for them, shall fail or refuse to comply with
the foregoing acquisitions, the said Inspector or
other ofcer or any policeofficer by him aPpo:n-
ted for that purpose, (authority to appoint
whom is hereby, given to such inspector ori
other officer,) shall take and hold possession OF
said vessel, until she is about to depart out OF
the jurisdiction of this State; and during the
time such vessel shall be in possession OF such
officer, he shall be entitled to demand and re-
ceiye the sum of three dollars per diem, to be
paid by the captain or owner thereof; and Tor
payment of which the vessel shall be liable, |
anu sue Utdy " uClu uHLli ulS SGiiS ~ pun ,
Propided nevertheless, That the master, or own
er, of each of The vessels constituting the scyc-
raj lines of packets now trading, or which may
hereafter be trading regularly between Charles
ton and New York, may be permitted, instead
of giving bond on each arrival in this state, to
give one bond in the penalty of one thousand
dollars, conditioned to pay and satisfy all judg-
ments which may be rendered in consequence
of the violation Of any provision Of this Act, at
any time within one year from the date thereof |
4. Be itturther enacted, That no pilot, acting
under the authority of the laws Of this State or
other persons, shall pilot out Of thejurisdiction
of this State. any such vessel as is described IN
this Act which has not obtained, or shall not have
exhibited to him the certificate ofinspection here
by required: and if any pilot or other person
shall violate the provisions of this Act, he shall
forfeit and pay the sum of not less than ten,
nor more than one hundred dollars, one half o!
which shallgo 10 the informer, and in default OF
payment, the person SO convicted shallsbe I'M
prisoned not less than one month, nor more
than three months. 9. ri S<" 2,
s. BE 1t further enacted,. That every pilot, or
other person, who shall detect any such vesseil
in attempting to depart from this State, without
such certificate of Inspection or shall detect or
discover on board Of any vessel whatever, any
slave, orperson held to service or labor, III this
State, or any person charged with The Commits
sion of any crime, under the laws of this State,
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