Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1860-01-12
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I. Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives, now met and sitting in
in General Assembly and by the authori-
ty of the same, That If any person within
this State shall, with evil intent, write,
print, paint. draw, engrave, or useorpro-'
cure to be written,a printed, painted, drawn
or engraved, any letter, book, essay, pam
phlet, newspaper, words or word, picture,
figure or cypher Whatsoever, calculated to
disafect any slave OF. slaves in. this State,
or tending toincite any yinsurection or dis
turbance among the same, such person or
persons shall be deemed guilty ofa high
misdemeanor, and, on conviction shalt be
fined and imprisoned in the discretion of
the Court before which such conviction shall
have taken place, and in addition thereto,
may be, required BY the said Court to enter
into 1recognizance with sufficient sureties for
future good behavior; and if,a free person
of color, shall, in addition, suffer such cor
poral punishment as . Court Of Magistrates
and Freeholders may, in their judgment,
think proper to inAict.
II. IF any white person, oriif any free
person Of color, shall, with evil intent, pub
lish, circulate, distribute, .vend or give,
or cause Or procure to be published
circulated, distributed, vended or given,
any matter in the foregoing section mention
ed, whether the same shall have been writ
ten, printed, painted drawn Or engraved
in this State orelsewhere, such person or
persons shall, on conviction, be guilty of
high misdemeanor, and shall suffer the same
penalties as are respectively set forth and
provided in the first section<of this Act.
III. That if any white person, or free
person of color, shall with evilintent utter,
speak, repeat, recite or .rehearse any Ian
guage, phrase, words or word calculated to
disatfect any, slave or slaves in this State, or
tending to ineite insurreotion % I1sIos
among the slaves; such person or persons
shalIb be deemed guilty ofa high misdemean-
OF, and suffer the penalties respectively set
forth and provided for in the first section Of
this Act q
Nv. That if.any white person, OF, free
person of color, in this State, shall contrib
ute or subscribe to, or receive any newspa-
per, book, periodical, pamphlet, or other
printed, painted or engraved paper, picture
or representation of any kind whatsoever,
whether published within or without this
State, which is calculated to disafect any
slave or slaves in this State, and'such con-
tribution or subscription to, or receiving of
the same, shall Be done by such person or
persons with q view to distribute, circulate,
vend or give the same with evil intent, such
person or persons, on conviction, shall suf.
fer the same penalties as are respectively
set forth and prescribed in the first section
of this Act.
T " That if any Postmaster or Deputy
Postmaster, or clerk of Postmaster in this
State, shall know that such hmatter as is men
toned in the first section of this Act has
been received at his Office, in the mail, he
shall give notice thereofto some Magistrate,
who shall forthwith inquire into the circun-
stances, and shall have such matter burned
in his presence, and if it appears to him
that the person or persons to whom it was
directed, (whether, such person or persons
be white, or free person or free persons of
COLOR either subscribed therefor, oragreed
to receive it for circulation with evil intent,
he shall forthwith issue his warrant against
him, her or them, and deal with him, her
or them, according to law and in conformi-
ty to this Act, and if any Magistrate shall
neglect or refuse to execute the provisions
of this section, he shall, on conviction, be
fined not exceeding five hundred dollars.