Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1861-01-19
An Act
An Act
For He Establishment cf u CoGst Police for
fIo State of ,SoufL GuroIjuu

| SECTION j. BE it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives now met and
sitting in General Assembly, and by the au-
thority of the same, That the Governor OF
this State shall procure, or cause to be procur-
ed, three vessels, to be propelled by steam
and canvas the same to be of light draft, and
to be armed with one or more guns, and such
other arms and equipments as may be nccessa-
ry and proper, as an efficient police for the
coasts and nlcts of the State of South Caro-
! lima; and to this end he may employ an
agent, to be under his direction and control
SEC. 2. That the sum of one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars be appropriated for the
above purpose, to be drawn by the draft of
the Ordnance Officer, countcrsigncd by the
Governor, from the Treasury Of the State !;
and the Governor shall render an account to
the Legislature for the said amount, or for
such part thereof as may be drawn for the
purpose of this Act, as soon as the same is
expended,
SEC. g. That the Governor with the con
currencc of the Board of Ordinance, now ap-
pointed, or hereafter to be appointed, by the
Legislature, or majority of tho same, shall
in case the service of one or more of the said
vessels is required, appoint the officers to com
mand the said vessel or vessels and the other
commissioned officers for the same; the said
officers to be commissioned by the Governor,
and their commissions to continue until fur
thcr provisions in this behalf shall be made
by the Legislature.
SEC. +. That when the said vessels are
equipped and armed, the same shall be un-
der the control of the Governor and he may
order the same on duty and direct between
what points the same shall cruise, aud APP
point such further duties for the same ns, in
his opinion, the public service may require.
SEC. 5. That the captain or commanding
officer of each vessel shall have power to APP
point the non commissioned officers to each
vessel, and to procure such number OF men
and scamcn shall be directed by the Board
of Ordnance, and that such non commission
ed officers and scancn when they are L, cciv-
ed, shall be articled for such definite time rs
the Board of Ordnance shall have directed,
and also for such further time not exceeding
one month, as the public service may require
P'ooGicti, that in case of disobcdicnce to or
dcrs, or other misconduct hy any commission
cd officer Of the said vessels, he shall be tried
by a Court Martial, to be ordered by the Coy
crnor. and to be selected from the officers pro.
vldGd 10y this act, save that said Court Mar
tial shall in no case exceed five in number nor
be less than three, of whom not more than
one shall be inferior in rank to any officer to
be tried before said Court: and procjded also,
that in case, from any cause it should prove
impossible to organize such Court Martial. the
Governor be, and he is hereby, authorized to
appoint to any such Court Martial any officer
or officers in the militia of the State, of the
rank of captain and all such commissioned
officers, warrant officers, sailors and mariners.
guilty of dcscrtion, mutiny, disobcdicnce to
orders, or other misconduct shall be subject
to the same punishment as is now provided in
such cases by the laws Of Congress- now in
force for the government of the naval forces
for the United States.
SEC. 6. That the pay end ratona of the
said officers non commissioned officers and
seamen, shall be fixed by the Board of Ord
nance, and the amounts necessary for the same.
and other expenses incident to the employ
mcnt of said vessels, shall be paid from the
Treasury of the State, not oitcncr than once
a month, by draft of the captain or comman-
ding officer of each vessel, respectively, coun.
tersgncd by the Ordnance Officer
SEC. That for the purchase and equip
mcnt of the said vessels, the Treasurer of the
Lower Division is hereby authorized and re,
quired to issue in the name of the State, one
thousand certificates, with suitable coupons.
of the value of one hundred dollars each, to
ho signed by the said Treasurer, and counter.
signed by the Comptroller General, bearing
interest at the rate of six per cent. per an.
mum, payable Oh the first day of June in
each and every year, ut the Treasury of the
Lower Division of the said State, and redeem
able thcrcat that is to say, five hundred of
the said certificates to be rcdccmpblc on the
first day of June, which will be in the year OF
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