Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1865-01-11

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T0RKVILLE, SOUTH CARE
.t',;;.sss. s!,y.,s AN ACT dssa &s;6s !ei
To REPEAL ALL. ACTS AND PARTS OF ACTS ACTS
HERETOFORE PASSED BY THE .LEGIsLA-
TURE OF THIS STATE ON. THE SUBJECT
OF FURNISHING SLAVE LABOR ON THE
COAST AND, PoRT1FIcATToNs WITHIN
THIS sTAqE,sAND SoTHERwIsETo pRoa
VIDE FOR FURNISHING seoH LABOR u
SEC. i. Be 1t enacted BY TIE Senate and
House of Representations, aaol0 met and
sittiag in General assembly, and By dse
authority OF the same, That il order to fur:
nisR the necessary slave labor to- work on
| the coast Of this State and the Notifications
within the limits Of the same, there shall
be organized force, consisting Of male
slaves between the ages of eighteen and.
fifty years, liable under existing laws to
road duty, not. exceeding 10 number, at any.
nstimle;, Of one tenth part Of said slaves,
to serve for the term Of twelve months from
the date Of their impressment, subject, how
ever, to the fright Of their respective own.
ers, at the expiration Of every three months
| of said term Of service, to substitute other
slaves so liable to road duty in their place,
and who by such substitution shall consti-
tute portion or the whole Of said force, az
the case may be, from the respective dates
of such substitution This force shall be
raised bya general impressment throughout
the whole State, whenever his ExceAenoy
the Governor may order or direct such q.
gentof the Stats ss he may appoint to make
such impressment,,T under the provisions Of
this act. But if the inpressment of q less
number than one tenth would produce
should be found to be sufficient, then the
impressment shall be made on the State at
large according to one uniform rule of g.
quality to be prescribed in the order of
the Governor directing such impressment to
be'made by the State agent; and whatever
number greater than ten shall be so presoti-
bed as divisor to make the appointment
by,sno fraction of slaves, either below or
above such number selected as. dfvisor,
shall be considered or, taken into the ap-
portionment, unless it is atslsast one fifth
or moreiof such divisor and in such cases
the fraction sof one fifth shall be taken by
requiring the party owning it to furnish one
hand for two months, with the same right
Of substitution as IN case of whole numbers,
and the same rule as to fractions shall be
observed where the number tents issued as
the divisor in making the appointment ; y
SEC. Q. II shall be the duty Of his Ex-'
cellensy the Governor to appoint q State
agent; such agent to be selected from the
class of persons not liable to CONSUMPTION in,
Cenfederate military service, if the services
of suitable agent can Be secured from said
class, who shall receive for his services the
pay of a. lieutenant colonel IF infantry as
allowed by the Confederate Government,
during his employment, to be paid to him
monthly by the State. '72~7 .'s So =. =
SEC. 3. That it shall be the duty Of the
State agent aforesaid, Immediately on the
reception Of any order from his Excellency
the Governor, to make impressments of
slaves, under the provisions of this act to
extend such orders to the Sheriffs of the
several Judicial districts Of the State, whose
duty, it shall be to execute the samein their
respective districts; andi shall be the duty
Of the Commissioners Of Roads and the au-
thorities of incorporated cities, towns and
villages, and such other person or P rsons
as the State agent may appoint, to furnish
to the Sheriffs of their respective districts,
within thirty days after the passage Of this
act, a full and correct return Of all male
slaves liable to road duty within their res
pectiye jurisdictions; which returns shall
Be based on statements furnished by the
owners Of such slaves, sworn to in writing.
Said statements to. be returned to the Score
tary of the Boards of Commissioners Of
Roads, and by them kept on file. And it
shall be the duty of the said Sherifs, upon
being duly notified by the said State agent
of any order for the impressment of slaves as
aforesaid, thirty days before, to summon all
owners liable under said order to furnish
slaves, to have the slaves so liable at the
respective depots, and at the proper time,
giving ten days notice thereof to the own
er, for transportation to the place Of labor,
as may be directed by said order And the
said Sherifs shall, in their respective dis.
tricts, with the assistance Of respectable
loyal citizen, to be chosen by the owner of
each slave, if. he will, and if not, by. the;
Sheriff, appraise said slaves on their deliv-.
cry at said depots; and in case Of their disa-
greement, they shall select third citizen
of like qualification, whose decisions shall
be final and, to give receipts to the'oWners
for them, specifying in said receipts the
names of the slaves, the valuation put upon
them, and the term of service for which
they are impressed, duplicate of which
receipt shall also be furnished by the seVe;
raj Sheriffs to the State agent. :. And if,
upon the day and at the place SO notified,
any owner Of slaves SO liable shall fail to
have them in readiness, then the Sheriff of
the district where such owner resides shall
Immediately. arrest such slaves and send
them forward to the place of labor; the cost
of such arrest, subsistence Of slaves, and
transportation to be paid by the defaulting
owner. and to be taxed and collected as
other costs now are by law. And where