Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1863-10-14
AN ACT.

To amend an Act entitled "Aa act to q.
mend an :Act to organize and supply ne
gro zober for coast defence, in compliance
wiM acquisitions of the Government of
The Confederate States," and to author
izc and direct the Governor toproceea to
furnish negro labor under said Act.
Sec, l. Be 1t enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives, now met and SIT
ting in General assembly, and by the au-
ttortty of the same, That sosmuch of an
Act entitled "AnsAct to organize and sup
ply negro labor forecast defence, in compli.
ance with acquisitions of the Government
of the Confederate States" and Of the Act
amending said Act, passed on the 9Th day
of February, 1S63,as fixes the fines and
penalties in cases of neglect and refusal to
send slaves according to the requirements
of said Acts, be aud the same is hereby re-
,pealed, so far as may apply to any future
defaults, and it is hereby enacted that such
neglect or refusal to send slave or slaves,
according to the requirements of said Act,
shall be deemed misdemeanor, punishable
by Indictment in the Court of General Ses.
sions, and, upon conviction thereof, the
owner or employershall be fined in the sum
of two hundred dollars for each slave which
he or she has so neglected or refused to
send.
SEC. q. That it shall be the duty of the
Commissioners of Roads, and the corporate
authorities of cities, towns and villages, to
make return, under oath, of all future de.
faulters under the Acts aforesaid, to some
magistrate in the District in which default
shall be made, and such magistrate, upon
such return, is hereby required to issue his
warrant or. warrants against such defaulters
as for misdemeanor.
SEC. 8. That whenever a requisition shall
be made on any District, Parish, City or in
corporated Town or Village, by the State
Agent, for supply of slave labor, under
the provisions Of the Act aforesaid, it shall
be the duty Of the Commissioners of Roads
of said District or Parish, or corporate au.
thorities Of such City, Town or Village, to
impress aud forward, under such requisi-
tion, all ..able-bodied male free persons Of
color, who are between the ages of sixteen
and fifty years, who shall be required to Ia.
bor for the same term as slaves sent from
such District, Parish, City incorporated
Town or Village, and be entitled to receive
the same compensation allowed for the SER
vices of such slaves: Provided, That it
shall be the duty of the Commissioners of
Roads in each District and Parish, and the
corporate authorities of each City, Town or
Village, to select, by lot, the same proper.
tion of laborers from this class as may be
ordered in the assessment of slave labor,
and that those selected to perform this duty
shall not again be selected until the coll has
been made on all free negroes in their sec.
ton: And provided, also, That the priVi'
lege of furnishing an able.bodied substitute
shall be extended to all such free negroes
Sec. 4. That the Commissioners Of
Roads, in their respective Districts and
Parishes, and the corporate authorities ol
Cities, Towns and Villages, shall, at the
ensuing Fall. Terms of the Courts of Com
mon Pleas, or as soon thereafter as practic
able, bring suits against all defaulters fol
not sending their road hands to work on the
defences near Charleston, as called for by
the State Agent, in pursuance of the Acts
of Assembly on that subject, to recover the
fines prescribed by said statutes, and shall
not be estopped therefrom by reason of any
provision contained in the Act of Assembly
entitled dan Act to continue in force ar
Act to extend relief to debtors, and to pre-
vent the sacrifice ofproperty at public sales,
passed the 9th February, 1868, nor by the
provisions of this Act.
Sec. S. That the negro labor herein pro
vided for shall be liable for the construction
of military defences in any other gs6iipn o1
the State that may be threatened BYthe en-
emY.