Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1851-01-04
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To PtOcids for the Defence otethe,

ahu sil'ing IN General Assembly. and
by authority of the same, That a
Board of ordnance be, and is hereby
established, to consist ofthe Adiutant
and Inspector. General and five other
persons, tobe appointed by the Gov
ernor, and that the Governor be ey-
officio President ofsaid Board. And
1t shall be the duty of the S; id Board
to examine the condition Of all ord
ance, ammunition, small arms, ord
nance stores, gun carriages, and 9th
er equipments, shots, shells, SC, be-
longing to the State, who have such
matters in charge, for reports on the
condition, location of such articles,
and the said board shall have access
to the arsenals,j magazines, &C., of
the State, at such times as they shall.
deem proper.
2. Andheit further enacted by The
authority aforesaid, That the said
Board shall take proper means for
the preservation ofthe articles before
named, and for the storage and other
disposal of them. All purchases of
ordnance, &c., and other munitions
Of war, for the use of the State, shall
be made under the direction of the
said Board.
And be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That the said
Board shall be authorized to engage
iit and competent ordnance officer,
who shall open an Ordnance Bureau,
inspect all arms and ordnance pur-
chased by the direction of The Board;
to organize an Ordnance Department
and to perform all such other duties
as may be designated by the said
Board, and the said officer shall have
the ranl of C,oIo.>ol .f "A. .ilirry, wirir
a salary of two thousand dollars per
annum.
4. And be it furtl. :. enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That the said
Board, make TO the Legislature, at
each session, a report of their pro-
ceedlngs, in either public or private
communication, as may seem 10 them
most eXpedient for the public service.
5. And be it further enacted bv the
authority aforesaid, That the said
Board be, ana are hereby, authorized
to employ a scientific and competent
military engineer, who shall, as soon
as possible, make an examination of
the coast of this State, with view
to the defence ofthe same, and make
a report or.reports TO the said Board,
as to the points which may need de-
fence, with plans for the same. -4
e. And be it further enacted bv
the authority aforesaid, That the act
OF the General Assembly, entitled
'an act to abolish brigade encamp-
ments," passed on the eighteent day
of December, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and for
ty-six, repeating 'all sections and
clauses relating to Brigade Encamp-
menIs, be, and the same is hereby
repealed, and shat such and every
clause of an act entitled 'an act re-
duc'ng all acts and clauses &C acts in
relation to the militia of this State TO
one act, and to alter and amend the
same, relating to the subject of Bri-
gade encampments, passed on tile
seventeenth day of December, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and forty one, be and the
same is hereby revived. Provided,
That the Brigade encampments, there
IN provided for, shall be held once in
each year, instead of once in two
years.
7. And be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That in addi-
ton TO the officers required to attend
said Brigade Encampments, the SER
geants of each company and the non
commissioned regimental staffofficers
are hereby required to attend the
SAID encampments, for the purpose
OF receiving military instruction; and
for nun-attendance at the same shall
be liable to be fined eac'' in the sum
of fifteen dollars. And il shall be the
duty of the Quartermaster General
TO supply such non-commissioned
officers during their attendance at
Brigade Encampments. And it shall
be the further duty of the Quarter
master General to furnish and pro-
vide at each Brigade Encampment
two light pieces of field artillery, with
twenty fourrounds ofblank cartridge
and other requisite for the exercise
OF troops in artillery tactics and SER
vice.
CHEAP POSTAGE.
The following is the bill now un.