Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1863-01-28
Brooklyn. The Hatteras was an iron clad,
carrying three riled thirty-two Founders.
Pursuit Of the Alabama was made by the
Brooklyn, but she could not overhaul her.
Cotton.

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The following important bill was intro.
duced in the,S Senate, on Friday last, by Mr..
PalNer, Chairman Of the, Committee on Ag.
ric1lture and Internal Improvements
"a Biz to Prevent and Puaash tie Plant.
eng and Cultioating, an tbs State, ouer
"a Certain Quantity Cotton during
T Aepar 1oith the Abozitioiaists. -
Sec. i Beat enacted By the Senate and
House of Representatives, ssosonaes and SIT.
ing in General Assembly, and By the
authority cftaesame, That It shall not be
lawful for any person or persons, whether
residing in this State ornot, to plant and
cultivate in any District in this State, by
or themselves, their agents or employees,
to: allow the same to be done, . greater
number Of acres of land in cotton than
three acres for each hand owned OF employ
ed by them between the ages Of fifteen and
5dfty-fye and when said person orpersons
may own OF employ hands over ffty.fVe
years Of age and under sixty.fye, or oyer
twelve years Of age and underf fifteen, two
Of said hands shall be counted as one-hand;; !;
and therefore, said persen or persons may
plant and cultivate three acres of land in
cotton, and no more, for every twoof said
hands SO owned or employed by them.
SEC. 2. That every violator or this law
shall be guilty Of misdemeanor, and up
on conviction thereof, shall be fined, for
every acre So planted.more than three TO
the hand or hands, or rsix to the twohands
or hands, or nine acres to the three hands
or hands, and so ON in proportion to the
number Of hands employed, the sum Of FIVE
hundred dollars for each and every acre so
planted above the number specified one
half of which sum shall be, in cases whore
there issa prosecutor or informer, paid TO
said prosecutor or informer, who shall tbe
q competent witness to prove the fact, and
the other half paid to the aSoldier's Board
Of Relief Of the District where such con-
-viction takes place, and in case there be no
prosecutor, the whole penalty to be paid
to the stSoldiers' Board Of Relief" I.
SEC. 8. That any person or persons, who
may intend or desire to prosecute any per-:
son or persons for the violation of this
Act, may upon application to any Magis-
trate Of the District, supported by affidavit,
that he has good reason to believe that said
Law has been violated, obtain an order re-
quiring any Deputy Surveyor Of the Dis
trict to enter the premises Of said person
and make survey Of all che lands 50 plan
ted aud cultivated in cotton, and said per-
Son shall lpay said Surveyor for making said
survey his susual fees, which shall be taxed
in the bill Of costs, on the final adjudication
Of the same. Il sss!s tss1r
SEC. 4. That all owners Of slaves or em.
ployees shall giyein, on oath, to the Tax
Collector the number of hands owned and
employed. by them between the ages of
twelve and fifteen and fifteen and fifty.6ve,
and ffty.6ve and sixty,fye, each year dur.
ing said war and for a false return herein,
be, she or they shall be subject ito all the
pains and penalties or perjury.
SEQ. s.. Thatthe Judges of the Courts
Of Common Pleas and General Sessions be
required to give this Law specially in charge
to the Grand Juries, atseach term Of their
Courts, during said war with the Abolition-
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