Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-01-13
AN ORDINANCE coNcERNINa olrHEysuIr.

We, the People Of the State of South Carolina in
Convention assembled, do declare and ordain. and Il
is hereby declared and ordained as fodoaos:
/. Every person, who, at the date of the Ordin-
ance of Secession was residing in this State. and
was then by birth, residence or naturalization cit
izen of this State, shall continue citizen of this
State unless foreign residence shall be established
by such person with the intention of expatriation
q So also, shall continue every free white person.
who after the date aforesaid may be born within
the territory of this State may be born outside
of that territory, of father who then citizen
of this State.
3. So, also. every person. citizen of any one OF
the States now confederated under the name of the
after the date of the Ordinance of Secession shall
come to reside in this State, with the intention OF
remaining upon such persons taking the oath OF
allegiance to this State, below provided.
4. So also, every free white person who shall be
engaged in the actual service military or naval of
the State andshal take an oath of his intention to
tnue in such service for at least three months I'M
less sooner discharged honOrably and also the oath
of allegiance below prescribed. In this case, the
oaths shall be administered by some commissioned
officer of the service, in which the applicant for
citizenship may he engaged superior in rank to the
applicant, and thereupon certificate of the citizen
ship of the applicant shall be signed by the officer
and delivered to the applicant. t
5. So also. every free white person, not citizen
of any of the States above mentioned, who at the
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this State. or who, within one year from that date
shall come reside in this State with the intention
of remaining, upon such persons appearing before
the Court of Common Pleas for any of the Districts
of this State, establishing by his or her own oath
the residence and intention here required. and tax
ing the oath of allegiance and abjuraton below pre-
scrIbed. ans
6. So, also, every person, not citizen of any OF
the States above mentioned, at the date aforesaid
who may come to reside IN this State. with the in
4 teHtion of remaining and may be naturalized ac
cording to the naturalization laws Of this State, I'M
til they may be altered repealed, the naturaliza
ton laws of the United States accommodated to the
special condition of the State hereby made the
laws of this State except that instead of the oaths
required by those laws in the final Act the oath OF
| allegiance to this State and of abjuraton below
provided shall be taken.
7. In all eases, the citizenship of man shall ex-
tend to his wife, present or future whenever she
shall have residence the State, and shall extend
also to each of his children. that under the age of
In like manner the citizenship of woman shall ex-
tend to each of her children that under the age OF
eighteen years. may have residence in the State
PrOUided That in no shall citizenship extend
to any person who is not free white person.
8. The oath Of allegiance of this State shall be in
the following form, to wit: Il do Tor affirm
that will be faithful and true allegiance bear to the
State of South Carolina as long as may continue
citizen thereof
g. The oath of abjuration shall be in the following
form, to wit: Il dc Cor affirm) that do re-
nounce and forever adjure, all allegiance and fideli
ty to every Prince, Potentate. State Sovereignty
whatsoever, except the State of South Carolina"
Done at Charleston the frs day of January, in the
year OF our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and
sixty one.
(AtlesO D. F. JAMEsoS, President.
b. F. ARTHUR, Clerk.