Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-03-18

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AN ACT TO ORGANIZE AND SUPPLY NEGRO
LABOR FOR COAST DEFENCE, IN coMPLI,
AxcE WITH, REQUlsIrIoNs OF THE GOVERN
MEST OF THE CONFEDERATE STAEs.
/. Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives now met and sitting in Gen
eral Assembly and by the authority Of the
same, That from and after the passage of this
Act this State shall be divided into four Ter
ritorial Divisions, as follows, to wits
Division No. l. The Judicial Districts OF
Pickens, Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson,
Union, York, Chester, Laurens, Abbeville
and Newberry to constitute the first divi.
sion.
Division No. 9. The Judicial Districts OF
Lancaster, Kershaw, Chesterfield Marlboro,
Darlington, Marion, Sumter, Clarendon, Will
liamsburg and Horny. including Upper All
Saints to constitute the second division.
Division No. 8. The Judicial Districts Of
Fairfield, Richland, Lexington, Edgefeld,
Barnwell and Orangeburg, to constitute the
third division.
Division No. 4. The Judicial Districts Of
Charleston, Colleton, Beaufort, Georgetown,
including Lower All Saints, to constitute the
fourth division.
II. That the negro labor hereinafter re-
quired shall be furnished by the several dis
trcts aforesaid, as follows, to wit: first, by
Division No. 2; next by Division No. 81;
next, by division No. l /; and last, by Division
80 4.
III. That as soon as the Governor shall
lave received from the Confederate Govern
ment, through the proper officer authorized
thereto, written assent and agreement to the
terms and conditions hereinafter set forth,
he shall coll for such labor as may be de-
manded by the Confederate Military Au-
ihority from the several divisions in the or
der aforesaid, 10 be furnished by the slave
holders thereof, in proportion to the slave
population, as spacified in the last consus re-
turn of this State: -
LAT. gIka+ tlc-slaEas liable 10 this csll .hall
h,. th- same that are liable ID road duly in
this State:
ID. That it shall be the duty of the Com
m,sioners of Roads, and the Authorities OF
incorporated cities, towns and villages not
subject to the jurisdiction OF the Commits
sioners Of Roads in the performance Of road
duty in tue several districts to summon the
owners 10 furnish their respective quotas
of slave labor which the Governor shall re-
quire:
Sd. That each levy under the call shall
serve for one month, and until relieved, in
urn, by the next levy. And if the said Com
missioners of Roads, or any Of them, shall
neglect Or refuse so 10 summon such slave
owners TO send their said Slaves in pursuance
Of the re1uisition aforesaid, such Commits
sloncrs or Commissioner shall suffer for each
and every such neglect or default, the same
pains and penalties and in the same manner
as now prescribed by Statute Law in this
State. And that the Boards Of Commission
ers shall have power to appoint Commission
ers in such divisions as are now vacated by
the absence of Commissioners in the present
war, for the ensuing year from citizens Of any
age:
4th. That such notice shall be given BY the
Engineer or other officer of the Confederate
Government of all acquisitions for negro Ia
Dor except the first, as will enable the owners
of slaves to have thirty days from the time Of
summons to the time of furnishing their res
pective quotas of slaves. That the first re-
QUESTION may be made with such notice as
:he urgency Of the case will permit
5th. That the Confederate authorities shall
furnish transportation by railroad from the
depot nearest the owners residence, the own
er to transport his or her slaves at his or her
own expense to such depot, irrespective OF
the distance Of such depot from his or her
residence:
9th. That rations shall be supplied by the
Confederate authorities to the said slaves from
the time of their arrival at such depots until
their return to the homes of their owners:
7th That the pay of each slave he eleven
dollars per menth, to be paid by the Confed.
crate Government, and to be sheltered and
receive all proper medical attendance in case
of sickness:
9th. That the Confederate Government
shall be liable TO the owner for any loss or
damage of or to the slave or slaves during his
or their service, or from disease contracted in
service, such liability to commence on the
arrival Of such slave or slaves at the railroad
depot for transportation, and TO continue un-
til his or their return to the same; aud the
value shall be assessed as hereinafter pro.
vided.
V. That State agent shall be appointed
by the Governor, who shall receive for hi.