The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1861-12-18

ing in said organizations to the laws,
rules aud regulations Of the Confederate
States. And all volunteers for n longer
period Of service, shall be separately or.
ganized in a simiIa, manner.
SEC. 5.That all Acts prohibiting he
reduction Of beat companies below the
number Of fifty men, and all Acts i'm.
posing penalties for defaul: Of service in
the militia organization Of this State, be,
and the same are hereby, suspended as
to all persons who may volunteer in the
service Of this Stale or the Confederate
States, in the war aforesaid.
SEC. Q. That Acts and clauses Of Acts
prohibiting persons from being eligible to
office, by reason Of not holding comma
sions, in any battalion, regiment, brigade
or division, be, and the same are hereby
suspended during the said war, and that
any person, during suspension, shall be
eligible to any OF said offices and that
laws requiring more than ten days no.
tice for any military election be also sus.
pended during the same time; and that
any time within ten days shall be sufi.
cient notice for any such election in the
militia and volunteer service OF this
State and in default Of such election,
the Governor shall forth with fill the office
by appointment.
SEC. Z. That all persons required TO
perform ordinary militia duty shall be
called out for company muster and drill
at least once in every two weeks aud, in
case Of default, to be liable TO the same
fines and forfeitures now provided by
law.
SEC. g. That the mn,issions Of all Of,
ticers Of beat companies. bsltalions and
regiments Of the militia Of :his State,
not called into actual service, and those
ir actual service when relieved, be and
the same are hereby, vacated AS soon rs
new elections, can he had to ill said off
ces so vacated, except the volunteer corps
Of the city OF Charleston attached to the
Fourth Brigade and all volunteer com.
Panies in the State, not now having the
number Of officers, Ion commissioned Of.
ficers and privates, required by law, ex.
cept those in actual service, or already
ordered into actual service, be, and the
same are hereby, dissolved and tha, all
persons liable to do ordinary militia duty
under this Act, and patrol duty under
;he provisions Of this Act, or undar any
Ac:, shall be entitled TO vote 10 all CON.
panv, battalion and regiment elections.
SEC. 9. That upon any proclamation or
order from the Governor and Commander.
in.Chief, calling Tor troops, the comnandant
Of each militia reg imcnt, not excepted in
AT hall l,KfI, ,,tttl ii \
unnd at the usual muster ground. and pro.
cccd TO execute the requisiiions thereof
and that officers commanding beat or vol
Inteer militia companies, and if there be
no such commissioned officers, then some
suitnbl. person, appointed bv the comman
dant of the regiment. shall forthwith take.
or cause TO be taken, n census Of all per
Sons liable to militia duty under this Act.
residing within their respective beats, and
make out n roll Of the same, and also sepa.
rate rolls Of those between eighteen and
forty five, and Of those VINO have volun.
tesred from said beats, and are in the ser.
vice Of this State or Of the Confederate
States, and shall return copies Of said rolls
to the commnndant Of the regiment, and TO
! the Adjutant and Inspector Geoeral Of TIE
State and for default in making said re-
| turns within ten days after being required
TO do so 10y the order Of any superior Off.
Ger, they shall each he liable to a fine of
fifty dollars, TO bs imposed aud recovered
ns provided tor by the militia laws Of this
| State.
SEC 10. That Immediately after The pas.
sage Of this Act, it shall be the duty of the
Adj utant and Inspector General, and he is
hereby required, TO issue an order for ele..
tions TO fill all Offices 10 the various ,mpu,
MES and regiments, battaliOns or squadrons,
Of the militia Of this State, which order,
shall be published in the newspaper Of this
State, and ihereupon the commanding off
GERS Of said corps shall extend said orders
10 their respective commands and snid eI.
ections shall be conducted in the manner
provided by the militia laws Of this State
and IN the time required by said orders
and the managers OF said election shall
forthwith return the result thereof in wri
ting 10 the comuandant Of the regiment
who shall Immediately transmit n copy Of
the same to the Adjutant ard Inspecto,
General.
SEC. IL. Tha. the corporate limits O
any town, containing not less than fiv,
hundred nor more than two thousand
Eve hundred inhabitants, including slave.
and free persons Of color, shall constitu,,
a separate militia beat, and il shall b,
the duty Of the inhabitants Of all ssci
towns corporate, who are liable to mili,i,
! duty, under the provisions Of this Act, 1,
! organize themselves into company, e
be attached to the regiment in which
such town is situate, unIess any suah tow
J is divided by regimeDtsl lines, in whiel
case the company therein organized ma,
{ elect the regimen. 10 which they shall b,
] attached and The companies, thus or
. ganized, shall be subject to all the pro
! visions Of this Act, as other militia boa
companies.
= SEC. IL. That the companies whicl
have been accepted by the Governor, o.
t may be accepted by him. under the reso
!, luton passed at the called session OF ,bi
General Assembly, shall not be subisc
7 to the call for volunteers, or to the draf
hereinbefore provided for, but shall b,
organized by him in pursuance OF ssid
9 resolution, into regiments, battalions. O,