The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-01-04

ceny or embezzlement be committed by
the servant should be felony, the offend
er aforesaid shall be an accessory before
the fact, may be tried and convicted
whether his principal be or be not pre-
viously convicted, and upon conviction
shall be punished according to the nature
of his crime under the law.
Sec. x. A person of color who is in the
employment of master engaged in hus-
bandry, shall not have the right to sell
any corn, rice, peas, wheat or other grain,
any flour, cotton, fodder, hay, bacon,
fresh meat of any kind, poultry of any
kind, animal of any kind, or any other
product of farm, without having written
evidence from such master or some per-
son authorized by him, or from the Dis
trict Judge or Magistrate, that he has
the right to sell such product; and if any
person shall directly or indirectly pur-
chase any such product from such person
Of color, without such written evidence,
the purchaser and seller shall each be
guilty of misdemeanor. The purchaser,
upon conviction OF any such offence, shall
be liable to fine not exceeding five hun
dred dollars, and to suffer imprisonment
not exceeding twelve months. The seller
shall be liable to fine Of at least five
dollars, and at least equal to twice the
value of the product sold, and if that be
not. Immediately paid, shall suffer corporal
punishment.
SEC. XI. 1t shall be misdcmeanor, for
any person not authorized, to write or
give to person of color writing which
processes to show evidence of the right of
that person of color to sell any product
Of farm, which, by the section last pre-
ceding, he is forbidden, to sell without
written evidence; and any person convic-
ted of this misdcmeanor shall be liable to
the same extent as tho purchaser, in the
section last preceding, is made liable; and
it shall be misdemeanor for person of
color to exhibit, as evidence of his right
to sell any product, a writing which he
knows to be false or counterfeited, or to
have been written or given by any per-
son not authorized and, on conviction OF
this misdemeanor before District Court
or Magistrate, such person of colorshall
be liable, as in section last preceding, the
sellor is made liable. These provisions
shall mutdtis mutandis extend to cases
where the writing processes to be a per-
NIT of absence, or permit of any other
kind. The fines in any of these cases
being at the discretion of the Judge or
Magistrate.
SEC. XII. Where no special punishment
is provided for q misdemeanor, it shall,
according to it's nature and degree, be
punished at the discretion of the Court,
by one or more of the modes of punish
ment which, in the fourth section of this
Act, have been enumerated for felony
with benefit of clergy, except transp0rta-
ton.
SEC. XIII. Persons of color constitute
no part of the Militia of the State, and no
one of thcm shall, without permission in
writing from the District Judge or Magis-
trate, be allowed to keep o fre-arm, sword
or other military weapon; except that one
of them, who is the owner of farm, may
keep a shotgun or rifle, such as is ordin-
arily used in hunting, but not pistol
musket or other fre-arm or weapon ap-
propriate for purposes of war. The Dis
trict Judge Or Magistrate may give an
order, under which any weapon unlaw-
fully kept may be seized and sold, the
proceeds of sale to go into the District
Fund. The possession of a weapon in
violation of this Act shall be misde.
meanor, which shall be tried before o
District Court OF a Magistrate, and in
case OF conviction, shall be punished by a
fine equal to twice the value of the weapon
so unlawfully kept, and if that be not inn
mediately paid, by corporal punishment
Sec. XIV. 1t shall not be lawful for o
person of color to be the owner, in whole
or part, of any distillery whore spirituous
liquors of any kind are sold by retail no1
for person of color to be engaged in dis
tilling any spirituous liquors, or in retail
ing the same in shop elsewhere. A per-
son of color who shall do anything con-
trary to the prohibitions herein contained
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction, may be punished by fine
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