Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-04-22
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Acts passed et4tse Called Session offhe
-Legislatare of South Carolina, begun
April 3, 1868, and ending Apriiidi,
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AN ACT TO Anxy- ~ Act ~sr-Lro "AE ACT TO
PRryKNr AND Pusi.M ,uE PLANTiSe AID Cpt-
rIvArISG, Is IRIS STATE, OVER L cnRfAIs GUAM
rr1r OF CorroN DURING rHE PRESENT TEAR. ~
I. Be IL enacted by the Senate and House of
REPRESENTATIVE s now, met and sitting IN General
Assembly and by the authority Of the same, Inat
the Act entitled "An Act to prevent and punish
the planting and cultiyahng, IN this state. over :
certain quantity Of cotton during the present
year. ratified nthe'Bth day Of Februaryi IN tho
,earofso our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-threo, be, and tho same is hereby, altered
uad amended 60 ss to read az follows, to wit That
until tho Eafts dsy Of January nextit shxll notbe
lawful for2any personSprpetaous5oNPlsnts euisH'
yate, or gather, or ALLOW the same to DC aone'
moro than one AGRA of cotton for each hand en-.
ployed IN agriculture by such person. or PERSONS
betxeoE'the ugesNoe ffseen' syenIs''
and whore hands overs fftJ-6ye and under sixty;
1--WE ysars Of age, or over twelve and under fifteen
yosfs Of age, arc employed ny any culiyator OF
cotton, Of suchthsnds shalt 6ecounted as one:
Provided, That no employees shall DO counted rs
q hand: or half hand, IN sny case, 6utsueh as arc
engaged in agriculture .And, preceded; farther,
That white persons shall have tho right to plant
and ~cuitivsts 8 ike qusutity OF cotton, whether
s~xclusiv ely engaged in agriculture or not ..
ri. That eysry person who shall plant, or be
concerned in plsntings cultiya,ing, or gatheri-g.
during tho present year, moro cotton per hand
than is hereinbefore -fpecifeds shall DO deemed
g~uiffy,of, q. misdemeanor and on conviction Dc
fned,,n tho sum of,fye hundred dollars for each
acre, or fractional part Of an acre,= 80 piaateo;
cultivated or gathered. above the qusntity SO speG
ciasd; .onohalf of which shall go.to the lntormer',
who ghxil besa competent witness 70 prove :,
fact, and tho other half to. the 4" Soldiers. Board
of belief" of, tho district 10 which the conviction
uI..That If it shall como to. the knowledge oil
his E1cellenoy the Governor, or 10 the knowledge
Of any >of tho eJudges,, Solicitors, Clerks OF the
Courts. Magistrates, or other ,publie officers OF
this State, by personal observation, or nioEmaaon,
on oath, that any person orpsraons haT1 viola'ea
he prurisious OF this Act. il shall BE inc aaty ot
such. public officer 10 cause q warrant to tprthwita
issue. for tho; nrpsehension OF tAe offender Or
blenders, "a, the end TINT they may be held To- an,
svers TO an indictment at the next Court ofsSes-.
siops Of The. District, in which no Importance shsai
be allowed, and after tho issue Of such wnrranttit.
shall be the duty, OF the Clork, Of the Court of
Gencral Sessions and Common Pleas OF the D1s-
trict, on tho application of either prosecutor OF
defendant, to issue a rule of survey IN toe, case,
directed ~ some competent surveyor, giving hye
day.' notice to tho opposite party, and such sur
Yeyor is hereby required, TO 90 forthwith upon the
PREMISES OF the party or parties charged, mud rs
certain by sc.ual measurement, the Quantity OF
cotton planted, cultivated or. gathered. ny such
marty or parties, and nuke return thereof to-tne
court from which the rule ,issuss, the expenses OF
such rule and survey to bs taxed in the bull OF
costs ON tho final adjudication, OF the case.
". Ths,i il shall be the duty VI all persons who
cultivate cotton to. render in on oath to the collse-
tor of the district in which they reside The number
OF hands owned or employed by them in agricul-,
tura. ;be,ween tho ages Of twelve and fifteen, MT
tesn and ffy-6yc, and ffty-hyo and sl1ty.nre,
during the present year under Q penalty OF one
hundred dollars 10 each hand omitted, to, be, re-
txrnsd to tho Tax Collector, 10 30 recovered Us
specissd in tho former section OF tb,s Ast, when
rsturns the Tax CollecsoSl III. hereby required 70
~reosirs. , 4,
Y. sThs, It shall be the duty Of the Judges Of
thu Courts Of General Sessions TO give this Act
specially in charge to the grand juriss at each
term Of said courts, during the present year.
AN ACT TO ExPoRcR, AR ~PRocLAHATloS OF THE
GoyxRxon PROHIBITING THE EapoRrArIos OF
Provisions.
T. Be Il enacted by the Senate and House OF
REPRESENTATIVE now -met and sitting IN General
Assembly and by tbs authority of the sano, That
when any proclamation Of tho Governor prohioit-
ing th, expectation Of provisions may be OF furce,
II any person exports such provisions contrary to
the true intent. and ms.niug Of such eproelHina.
tipu, be Ut she shall be -.lsRle to Indictment, and
on conviction, shall be fned in an amount not less
than twice thcsmarket value Of the article ut the
time of sentence, nor shall any such person on
arrest TO be discharged, rnless be or she
sn,or into reeognixsnce for his appearance ut the
next torn of ttos Court Of General Sessions, with
two or moro goodsnreties, in . snua not loss than
twice the market value of the article exported.
II. That IL Any person shall attempt to export
m Aforesaid any p.eSisions contrary TO tho truo
intont and meaning u such 9proclanation, on IN
formstion. given 10 any Megistrstc of tho District
rs. Which the person so offending may reside, or
be fstsn, So hereinafter provided, such Magistrate
NAV issue Els warrant; directed to the sherif,
conn,Ea6ls- or q any citizen Of tho said District, 40
thorising the arrest Of such person, and on failure
offueh person to enter into fecognisanco with
tWo or more good %,urcties, forappearance q, the
next Court Of General Sessious' appointed Tor
suoh District, to answer TO an indictment for such
attempt IN NOT less than double the market value
Of the articles proposed to DO carried beyond the
State, the Magistrate may commit the party offend
ing to Jail, TO be held to answer tho Indictment
and on conSicsien, to bos fined aud imprisoned nj
tho discretion of the Court = sS
!1II. In case Of proceeding undor tho second
sector: Of this Act, it shEtl be tho duty .of tho:
uffcSr or perssp authorized to arrest, 70 seize the
articlesso attempted to'be exported, and deliver
them TO tho Sheriff Of the District, uho@ shall So
curely retsiu the sanee until tho indictment Is dis
posed Of; and the Judge by whom tho Offending
plsysy hay DO aenseneed fnr Y~iolation Of any OF
Tho proyiSions Of this Act shsll. order the ane In
posed tosbe paid OYER 10 the. "Soldiers' Beard Of
Rsief "Sof such District. Seer4-A- =
IysfThas on di6idavit made by any such Sheriff
thstth articles seized arc 'perishsble, hmay DO
lsWfuffos any Of tho Judges Of tho Courts OF
Law to order the sals of such articles for cash ut
tho Court House. on any day after iftren days
rotico by advertisement in Q newspaper, it any
be- Published ID sueh7District; ifnutJby written.
sQ.ice Ia thrse conspicuous places in the same,
and on receipt 81 'tho pr6essds Of tho esls after
retaining the costs 81 the advertisement snd hye
per cont. on such proceeds,1 the said Sherig shall
paw the balance into Cont. -
v. That in case tho said party son. trial ne
quilted, the articles so seized, or Gthe proceeds of
tho sale, authorized in the fourth. Section ofthis
Act. shabby order Of the Court do deliv
70 snehsparty, who shall slso hsvs-a claim against
he State for She interest on tho market Value Of
Tho ,xid articles. from the day they may be so
.;..y ,,a.so, eonpcns atibu. ia Ears ofSSeJ es)s