Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1861-12-19
Y0RKVILE CAROLINA THURSDAY DECEMBER

LII IL, 1901.
the same are hereby, dissolved; and tha
all persons liable to do ordinary militi
duty, under this ACT, and patrol duty uu
der the provisions Of this Act, or unde
any Act, shall be entitled to vote in al
company, battalion aud regimeutal cleo
tions.
9. That upon any proclamation or orde
from the Governor and oommander.in chic
calling for troops, the commandant Of eacl
militia regiment, not excepted 10 this Act
shall forthwith assemble his command a
the usual muster ground, and proceed t
execute the acquisitions thereof; and tina
officers commanding beat or volunteer mill
tia companies, and if there be no such com
missioned officers, then some suitable per
son appointed by the commandaut of th'
regiments, shall forthwith take, or cause
to be taken, a census of all persons liable
to militia duty under this Act, residins
within their respective beats, and make
out roll of the same, and also seperatt
rolls of those between eighteen and forty
five, and of those who have volunteered
from said beats, and are in the service o.
this State or the Confederate States; and
shall return aopies of said rolls to the com
mandant of the regiment and to the Adju
tant and Inspector General of the State,
and for default in making said returns
within ten days after being required to dc
so by the order of any superior officer, they
shall be liable to fine of fifty dollars, to
be imposed and recovered as provided fol
by the militia laws of this State.
10. That Immediately after the passage
of this Act, it shall be the duty of the Ad-
jutant and Inspector General, and be is
hereby required, to issue au order for
elections to fill Offices in the various com.
panies andregiments, battalion or squadrons
of the militia of this State, which order
shall be published in the newspapers Of this
State, and thereupou the commanding off
GERS of said corps shall extend said order
to their respective commands and said
elections shall be conducted iu the manner
provided by the militia laws Of this State,
and 10 the time required by said order and
the managers Of said elections shall forth.
with return the result thereof, in writing,
to the commandaut of the regiment, who
shall Immediately transmit copy Of the
same to the Adjutant and Inspector Gen.
eral.
II. That the corporate limits of any
town containing moi. less than FIVE hundred,
nor more than two thousand FIVE hundred
inh ! ants, including slaves and free per.
SOS of color, shall constitute aseparate mi.
litia beat; and it shall be the duty of the
of all such towns corporate,
who are liable to militia duty under the
provisions Of this Act, to organize them.
selves into company, to be attached to the
regiment in which such town is situate,
unless any such town is divided by regi.
mental lines, in which case the company
therein organized may elect the regiment
to which they shall be attached; and the
thus organized shall be subject
to all the provisions of this Act, as other
militia beat companies.
II. That the companies which have been
or may be, accepted by the Governor, m
der the resolution passed at the call session
of this General Assembly, shall not be
subject to the call for volunteers, or to the
draft herein-before provided for, but shall
be organized by him, in pursuance Of said
resolution, into regiments, battalions or
squadrous.
l3. That the Quartermaster General aud
Commissary- General of this State shall each
be entitled to one assistant, with the rank
and pay Of captain of infantry, and as many
other assistants with the pay of first ser.
geant, as the Governor may deem necessary
for the efficient administration of their de.
partments; and that the Adjutant and In.
spector General shall be allowed, if deemed
necessary by the Governor, to employ a
clerk, at sum not exceeding sixty dollars
per month.
II. That the troops raised within the
limits of the fourth military division, and
organized under the name of the Pee Dee
Legion, be, and the same are hereby, ex-
empted from the operation Of this Act :
PROVIDED, they shall, within twenty days
from the ratification hereof, file in the Office
Of the Adjutant and Iuspector-General a
roll Of such companies as may be willing
to be mustered into Confederate service, un.
der the provisions Of an Act to provide for
local defence and special service" approved
the tweuty.6rst day of August, in the
year Of our Lord one thousand eight hun.
dred and sixty.ons; aud shall, in the mean
time, continue in the service in which they
are now employed: And provide9, that
such troops as shall not be mustered into
the Confederate service, as aforesaid, shall
be subject to all the provisions of this Act.
Is. That every person liable to military
duty under the provisions Of this Act, who
shall make default when summoned into
actual service, shall be liable to such pun
short of death, as may be imposed
by court martial, according to the arti'
cles of war of the Confederate States; said
court to be convened by the officer com.
manding the regiment to which the delin'
quent shall belong, who is hereby authori.
zed to order said court 10 conformity with
the usages of the army of the Confederate