Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-09-17

or tne NEXeCuIlVe DepdrHneIIC. lndI
the said secretary of the treasury, when
so appointed, shall hold his Office from
the time Of his appointment until ten
; days after the next General Assembly
, of this State shall have convened, IN
less his office shall be sooner abolished
by the Legislature. That the said sec
retary of the treasury shall make a re-
port Of all his official accounts to the
Governor, to be transmitted to, and ex-
amined by the Legislature, and that he
receive for his services such compensa-
tion as the Legislature may deem prop
er. .-.... -
8. That the Governor is hereby au-
thorized and empowered to appoint and
commission one Assistant Adjutant
General, with the rank of, and the, same
pay as is allowed to a captain Of infant
ry in the Confederate Army, whose du-
| ty it shall.be to assist the Adjutant
General Of this State in the discharge
of his official duties, and that he shall
hold his office until ten days after the
next General Assembly Of this State
shall have convened, unless his said Of
fee shall be sooner abolished by the
Legislature. -.<..-.- -. ;, ~
4. That all ordinances, resolutions,
or orders of the Executive Council, pro
Tossing OF, purporting to alter or amend
any act or resolution of the General
Assembly of this State be, and the same
are herebyrepealed, except such as the
Governor may deem necessary to the
safety Of the State in which event they
shall. continue in operation and of force
until otherwise altered or amended by
the legislature. -. .- :
It was moved that the Governor and
Council be requested to communicate
to this body the number Of all the ap-
Iplicants for Office in their gift, and the
result of such application.
Mr.. Middleton presented an ordi.
nance to amend the fourth section OF
the first article of the stitution, re-
specting the qualification of voters
He moved that the ordinance be refer
red to the Committee on the Constitu-
ton, and SO twas referred. The ordi-.
dinance is as follows: I, -.l,,---:,,... : :
s. AN ORDINANCES Z !
To amend the 4th section Of the lst ar
tack Of the Constitution.
The people of South Carolina, in
Convention assembled, do hereby or
dain, That the fourth section Of the first.
article of the Constitution be amended
by. adding thereto the following proVi-
so, to wit: -: - 2 =.
Provided, That no person who is
neither at. the present time a citizen OF
one of the States actually constituting
the Confederate States Of America, nor
in future a native Of one: of the said
States, shall be permitted to vote in
any general or municipal election, in
this State. ..,......., IL .. |
T. So that the section may read as fol-
lows: - ., ..-.s.-. ,..s.-... o.,
Every free white man of the age Of
twenty-one years, paupers andnon.com-
missioned officers and private soldiers
of the Confederate States excepted, be-
ing a citizen of this State, and having
resided therein two years previous, TO-
the day. of election, and who hath, a
freehold Of fifty acres Of land, or a,
town lot of which he has been legally
seized at least six months before such
election; or, not having such free
hold or town lot, hath been resident of
the election district in. which he offers
to give his vote six months before the
said election, shall have rig bit to vote
for member or members to serve in
either branch of the Legislature for the
election district in which he holds such
property or is 50 resident.
Provided, That no person who is
neither at the present time citizen Of
one of the States actually constituting
the Confederate States of America, nor
in futnre native of one of said States,
shall be permitted to vote in any gener-.
al or municipal election in this State.
On Thursday, Mr., Manigault offered
resolutions relative to the militia. These
contend for the right of the State to
raise her quota of troops as she may
deem proper, and conflicts with the con-
scription Act of the Confederate Con
gress, which were laid over.
Mr.. Rhett, of Charleston, offered
resolutions to the carrying on Of inter-
nal improvements by Congress, as I'm
constitutional. That none but slave
holding States hereafter be admitted in
to the Confederacy.
Here, on motion of Mr.. Barnwell,
the Convention went into secret session,
for the purpose of considering the reso-
luton oferedb by Mr.. Harllee, removing
the injunction of secrecy from the pro-
ceedings of this Convention at its for
mer sessions, and publishing the whole
of the proceedings of this body to-
gether.
After about an hour spent in secret
session, the doors were opened.
Mr.. Middleton asked leave to take
the Ordinance presented by him yester-
day, out of the hands of the Commit
tee, and substitute another on the cleo
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