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

- oF SLAVES.
Whereas, The Convention of this State,
by the Constitution lately ratified, did re-
cognizo the emancipation of slaves, and
declare that "neither slavery nor invol-
untary servitude, except as a punishment
for crime, shall ever be re-established in
this State" and did direct that, for each
District in the State, there should be
established an Inferior Court, to be styled
s'the District Court, which Court shall
have jurisdiction of all civil causes whereS
in one or both Of the parties are persons
of color, and of all criminal causes where
in the accused is q person of color"
Therefore,
- Be It enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives, no,0 met and sitting in Gen.
eral Assembly, aid By the authority Of tile
same, That this Act shall be preliminary
to-"An Act to establish and regulate the
domestic relations of persons of color,
and TO amend the law in relation to pau
pers, vag1ancy and bastardy;" and IN
Act to establish District Courts, and an
t.Act to amend the criminal law" which
Acts have been induced by the Constitu-
ton aforesaid; and that in reference to
these Acts the following provisions shall
obtain:
- SEC. II Words importing the singular
number only shall be construed to apply
TO several persons or things as well as one
person or thing, and every word import
ing thenaasculine gender only, shall be
construed to extend to female as well
as q male, where the context does not
, forbid sach construction.
SEe. III. All free negroes, mulattocs
and Inestizoes all freedmen and freed
women, and all descendants through ell
1her sex of any of these persons, shall be
kaown as persons of color, except that
every such descendant, who may have
of Caucasian blood seven-eights or more,
i shall be deemed white person.
Sec. ". The statutes and regulations
!. concerning slaves are now inapplicable to
: persons of color; and although such per-
sons are not entitled to social or political
equality with white persons, they shall
have the right to acquire, own and dis
pose of property to make contracts; to
enjoy tho fruits of their labor; to sue and
be sued; and to receive protection under
the law in their persons and property.
SEC. v, ALI rights and remedies respec-
J. ting persons and property, and all duties
and liabilities under laws, civil and crimi-
nal, which apply to white persons, are eN-
: tended to persons Of color, subject to the
notifications made by this Act and the
other Acts hereinbefore mentioned.
- In the Senate House, the twentieth
day of December, in the year of our
( Lord, one thousand eight hundred and
.u,liixty.6ve. w. ID. PORTER,
-ssf President of the Senate.
G. n. SIMONTON,
, Speaker House Of Representatives.
NACT TO AMEND THE CRIMINAL LAW.
Be it enacted By the Senate and House Of
Representatives, noaO met and sitting in Gen
eral Assembly, and By the authority Of the
same, as follows:
SOME FELoNIEs WITHOUT BENEFIT OF
CLERGY.
8 SEC. 1. Either Of the crimes specified
in this first section shall be felony with
ont benefit of clergy, to wit; For per-
SON of color to commit any wilful homi-
eide unless in selfdefence; for person
of color to commit an assault upon a
white woman with manifest intent to raw
eish her; for person of color to have
sexual intercourse with white woman
by personating her. husband; for per-
son Of color to raise an insurrection or
: rebellion in this State; for any person to
furnish arms or ammunition to other per-
sons who arc in state Of actual insur
rection or rebellion, or permit them to
= resort to his house for advancement o1
their evil purpose; for any person to ad
minister, or cause to be taken by any
other person, any poison, chloroform, So
porifc or other destructive thing, or tc
,shoot at, stab, cut or wound any Other
person, or by any means Whatsoever to
q cause bodily injury to any other person
whereby, in any of these cases, bodily
injury dangerous to the life of any Other
person is caused, with intent in any O.