The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-09-25

Joar commencing In OctODcr, loOo.
h An Act giving authority to the
City Council of Charleston to proceed
in the matter of Fire Loan, with a
view to aidin building up the city
anew.
An Act to amend an Act entitled
an Act to lend the credit of the State
to secure certain bonds to be issued
by the South Carolina Railroad Com
pany. |'
An Act to provide for the drawing
of the Juries for the next term of the
Court Of Common Pleas and General
Sessions for Darlington District.
An Yet to make parties, plaintiffs
and defendants, competent to give tes-
timony in such cases in like manner as
other witnesses.
An Act to incorporate the Planters
and Farmers Relief Association.
An Act to declare valid the recent
election for Intendant and Wardons
of the town of Darlington.
An Act to incorporate the Phoenix
Fire Engine Company of Darlington.
An Act to legalize the elections of
municipal officers of the towns of
Moultrioville and Mount pleasant.
An Act to provide for the establish.
mont of a Pententiary.
An Act to provide for the funding
Of the interest and principal of cer-
tain, stocks and bonds of the State
past due.
An Act to incorporate the Peoples
Mail Steamship Company.
An Act to alter and fix the times
for holding the Courts of Common
Pleas in this State.
An ACT to declare the rights of per-
sons lately known as slaves and as free
persons of color.
An Act TO amend an Act entitled
an Act to establish District Courts.
An Act to require the Commission.
ers of Public Buildings for Greenville
and Pickens Districts to pay over cer-
tain funds to the Commissioners of the
Poor of said Districts, respectively. :,
An Act to incorporate the Stonewall
Fire Engine Company: of Charleston.
&c. An Actto secure advances for agri-
cultural purposes.
An Act to amend the law in rela-
tion to the bondr required of public
officers.
An Act to amend and extend the
operations of an Act entitled an Act to
provide amodeby which to perpetuate
testimony inrelationi to. deeds, wills,
chooses in action, anaothe papers and
records destroyed or lost during the
recent war, .tg, . -.
An Act to provide for the redcmp-
ton of bills receivable issued by this
State. ~
An Act to vest in the city of Column
bia the ight and title of the State in
certain lots. = IL tsa, 10
An Act to make appropriations to
meet certain deficiencies in the appro-
priations for the year commencing on
lst October, A. d. 1865!
Headquarters Assistant Commissioner.
Bureau Refugees. Freedmen and A. Lands,
= Soufh Carolina.
CHARLESTON, s. C.,!Sept. 9Th, 1866. q
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To regulate tho division OF drops where
the Freedpeople are working for share
thereof, and TO protect both the Employer
and the Employees from the Injurious re-
suits arising from the practice of some per-
sons in buying the crops in small quantities.
from the freedmen, paying therefor Mere
pittancc Of their market value whereby
many Of the freed people arc left impoyef-
ishcd II is ordercd-- 'ssss
|. That all crops, when harvested shalt
be stored in a secure place, prepared for
market, and divided between the employer
and the employees, in accordance with the
contract where contracts have been approy-
ed by this Bureau.
III. When the cotton shall have been pre-
pared for market, and no sofilcer Or agent of
this Bureau can be present., the contracting
parties may agree upon some person in
whom they may have confidence or choose
referees to divide the crop and If they can
not agree, the officer in charge will net.
In oil cases, officers and agents of this
Bureau will render every assistance IN their
power to prevent unfairness or dishonesty.
Ill Officers and agents of this Bureau
will see that accOuIits between the emnloy,