Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1861-01-18
ORDINANCE OF THE STATE CONVENTION.

VnOtNhNV6 oc An1 o4A1E CunVENI1UN.
ordinancss s-t1snsferring the powers lately
Efseated i6s Congress Of United Ssates to General
Assembly, -
%. TIE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Ate Convention of the People of the State of
South Carolina, begun and holden at Colum-
bia, on theEseventeenth day Of December. in
the year. 81 JaS Loed one thousand eight hun
dred and sixty. and thence contnuedby ad-
journment to ChurIcsson, and thence by di.
vars adjournments to the ,thirty-first day of
December. in the same year.
Az onpfNANcE CONCERNING POWERS LATELY vEs-
TED IN TIE CONGRESS oE TIE UNITED STATES.
We, tAs~ People Of thes State Of South Caro-.
lima, in Coauention dsse'a6leAdo declare and or
dains: and tis AsTs6y, DECLARED and ordained
That aifpowers whichs by this State. were
heretofore delegated to the Congress of thee
vnitedSta,es. shall be vested in the General
Assembly, except that during the. existence of
tlis Convention the power of the General AS
eembly shall no. extend, without the direction
of this Convention. to any of these subjects,
viz: duties and imposts, the post office. the
declaration of war; treaties confederacy with
other States, citizenship, and treason. =
Donc'at Charleston, the thirty-first day of De.
cembcr, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty.
ID. +. JAMESON, President i,
/ Is. F. ARTHUR, Clerk >
Ordinance to define and punish treason:
80 TIE STATE OF SOUTH CAEoLiSA.
At a Convention Of the people of the State of
South Carolina. begun and holden at Colum-
bia, on the seventeenth day of December, in
l the year of our Lord orc thousand cicnn
hundred and sixty. aud thence continued by
adjournment to Charleston and there, by
Sdivers adjournments, to the thirty first day
ofSpccembcr, in the same year.
AN oHDISAScE TO DEFINE AND PUNISH TREASON
1Ee, the people of Tie State Of South Curoli
'ia al Conycnto,, assembled. do declare and or
daiu aud is hereby declared and ordained, That
i'll addition to What has been already declared
to be treason by The General Assembly, treason
ngainst this State shall consist only in levying
war aga inst the State alhering to its enc
mics, giving them aid and comfort; and that
treason sh' Il be punished by death, without
benefit If clergy.
| ioHS NJ Nuhflestol, Lnc uRy OF DC
4 cc;nGer. i'll the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty.
(A''es') = ,,,,,sor
e. =. ARTHUR, Clerk. .
Ordinance concerning Judiclnl Powers:
THE srATE OF, SOUTH CAROLINA.
At Convention of the people of the State OF
South Carolina, begun ani holden at Colum.
bia; OH the seventeenth day of December, in
the year cf.Sur lord one thousand eight
hundredand sixty. and thence continued by
adjournment to Charleston, and there by
, divers adjournments 10 the thirty first day ol
, December, in the snnls year.
An ORDINANCE ooscERN1SG 1uD,c1AL POWERS.
We, the people Of tic !St"tc cf South Carolina
u. Comrcmtiom assembled, do declare and ordaiu
and 1t is hereby declared AID ordained, That tile
judicial power heretofore delegated by this
4 State, 30 as to form part of the judicial pow
1.er Of the United States, having reverted to this
State. shall oc exercised by such courts as the
. General Assembly shall direct
Done at Charleston, the thiglys6rst day Of De
] cember. in the year of our LordS one thou
i sand eight hundred and sixty.
o (Attesp D. F. JAMESON, President.
B. F. AnTuUR, Clerk.