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

OF the articles of prime necessity whlcl
have been lost cannot be replaced, even b.
those who have the command of money
With regard to the aggregate value o
the property consumed, the estimates which
We have heard range wildly from four tt
eight millions. For ourselves, we have
not the heart to reckon up, as money loss
the fall of those ballowed ediices and th.
obliteration of those ancient landmarks o.
our city, which have been so ruthlessly
swept away
An Act
To Amend and Suspend Certain portions
Of The Militia and Patrol Law Of thii
State.
Sec. l. Be 1t enacted by the Senate ana
House Of Representatives, mow met ana
sitting in General Assembly, and by the
authority Of the same, That all free white
males, between the ages of sixteen and
sixty, shall be liable to perform ordinary
militia duty during the existence Of the
war between the Confederate and U. States
of America, except the persons exempt
from all militia service, and except the
members of both branches of the General
Assembly, and their respective officers all
regularly officiating clergymeu ; all regu,
lar licensed practising physicians; the fac.
ulty and officers in the South Carolina Col.
lege; professors in other incorporated COL
Ieges and in theological schools; school.
masters having under their tuition not less
than fifteen sch ,lsrs; and all students at
schools, academies and colleges; all branch
pilots; one white man to each established
ferry, toll bridge and toll grain mill, if
actually kept by such white man the pres
ident, cashier and teller of the several
banks of the State the officers and men of
the city guard and the fire departments of
Charleston and Columbia the officers and
employees of all railroad companies; the
superintendent and keepers Of the Lunatic
Asylum; the keepers of the arsenals of the
State all persons holding Office under the
Confederate States, and the officers and
cadets Of the Military Academy; and that
all said males, from the ages of sixteen to
sixty, shall be liable to perform patrol duty,
and shall be subject to be ordered by the
Governor and COMMANDMENTS chief to per.
form military service in their respective
brigades -
2. That so much of the one hundred and
forty-eighth section of an Act entitled Gan
Act to reduce all Acts and clauses of Acts
in relation to the militia Of this State to one
Act, and to alter and amend the same," as
limits the term of service of the militia,
when drafted, to three months within this
State, and two months out of the State, be
and the same is hereby suspended during
the said war; and that during such suspen-
sion the commanderin-chief may call out
any portion of the militia of this State,
from the ages Of eighteen to forty five, (ex.
cept those exempt by this Act from militia
servlee,) for twelve months, unless sooner
discharged, for service either in this State
or any of the Confederate States Provided,
That on his ordering draft the companies
(beat or volunteers) of the militia shall be
allowed to furnish the quota required Of
them by volunteers for actual service
9. That the companies shall furnish their
quotas of volunteers or drafted men 10 pro.
portion to their relative numbers liable to
draft by the provisions of this Act, and be
exempted from such call to the extent Of
the number Of volunteers they have already
furnished, and who are then 10 the military
service of this State, or the Confederate
States, or who shall have served at least
twelve months iu such service Provided,
That no company shall be reduced by draf
ting below the number Of fifteen; And pro.
uided further, That it may be lawful for
any one 80 drafted to tender to the com.
mander of the regiment capable sabsti.
tute, and opon his being received, the per.
son drafted shall be excused from going into
actual service, but shall be liable to perform
ordinary militia and patrol duty.
4. That oil troops thus raised, whether
volunteers or drafted men, for the term of
twelve months service, shall be organized
by the commander.in-c chief into companies
aud regiments, battaliions or squsdrons, by
ordering forthwith elections for their COM
pany and field officers, conforming in said
organizations to the laws, rules and regula-
tions of the Confederate States. And all
volunteers for longer period Of service
shall be separately organized iu a similar
manner.
S. That all Acts prohibiting the reduc-
tion of beat companies below the number
OF fifty men, and all Acts imposing penal
Ties for default of service in the militia Or
gauization of this State, be, and the same
are hereby, suspended as to all persons who
may volunteer in the service of this State
or the Confederate States in the war afore.
said.
g. That all Acts and clauses of Acts
prohibiting persons from being eligible to
Office, by reason Of not holding commissions
in any. battalion, regiment, brigade and di
vision, be, and the same are hereby, suspen-
ded during the said war, and that any per-
SON, during such suspension, shall be eli.
gibe to any of said Offices, and that all
laws requiring move than ten days notice
for any military election be also suspended
during the same time, and that any time
within ten days shall be sufficient notice
for any such election in the militia anu
yn1nntaer saruica uf the State and in de-.