The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-09

AN ACT FOR THE BETTER PROTECTION sEAMEN AND
IMMIGRANTS IN THE PORT AND hARsoR OF CHARLES
TON
l. Bsa RI .cied by the Senate and House Of Representa-
tires ,op ar and sitting General Assembly, and oy the
authority Of the sumo, That snail not be lawful ior any
person, except pilot or public oicer to board or AZ
tempt board vessel arriving In the port or harbor Of
Charleston before such vessel shall have been made last
to the wharf, without fret obtaining cave from the mas
ter or person having chage o such yesse or from her
owner agents.
H. II shall not be lawful any owner agent master,
or other person having charge Of any vessel arriving or
being the port Of Charleston. 10 permit or authorize
any sailors hotel or boarding house keeper not licensed
as hereinafter provided or any agent, runner or EN-
ployee any sailors or immigrants hotel or boarding
house, to board attempt to boad any vessel arriving
n lying ueng In the harbo Or port OF Charieston
before such vessel shall have made fast To the wharf,
anchored, with intent to invite ask OF sohcit the
boarding OF any of the crew employed on such vessel
ILL., II shall be lawful ful any sailors or imni-
prants hotel or boarding house keeper or the employee
of any sailors immigrants hotel or boarding house
keeper having boarded any vessel made last W any whar
in the port Of Charleston to neglect or refuse To leave
said vessel after having been ordered so 10 do by tie
master or person having charge of sach vessel.
w. 1t shall not be lawful for any person to keep con-
duct or carry on either owner proprietor agent or
Otherwise any sailOrs or immigrants boarding house,
or sailors immigrants hotel in the city OF Charleston
without having LICENSE from the City Council thereof
" It shall be lawful ior any person, not hpvlnG tile
License this Act provided. or not being the regular
agent runner employee Of person having such IL.
cense invite. Ask or solicit III the city OF harbor VI
employed vessel or vi amy Immigrant arriving III
the said city OF Charleston.
VI The City Council shall take the application OF any
person applying license to keep sailors or minl-
grants boarding house. or sailors or Immigrants hotel
in the city Charleston and upon satisfactory evidence
them OF the respectabty and competency OF such ap
pcant and OF the suitabeness or ms accommodations,
shall issue him license, which shall lie good Tor one
year unless sooner revoked by said City Council. to
keen sailor or immigrants boarding house III the city
of Charleston and to invite and solicit boardes fr the
came.
VII. The City Council may, upon satisfactory evidence
of the dsordery character or any sailors or
hotel or boarding house. licensed as hereinbefore pro-
yided or OF keeper proprietor Of any such house,
or of any force fraud deceit or Misrepresentation In In
vitng soliciting boarders or odgers ior sucn mousse
on the part of such Keeper proprietor or any of his
agents runners employees or OF any attempt to per-
sade or ence any OF the crew to desert from any Vessel
in the harbor Charleston py such keeper or propre-
tor any OF his agents runners or empoyees reSose
the license for keeping such house: ,-,..-.
VIII Every person receiving the license herenbefore
provided shall pay to the City Council aforesaid the
sum Of twenty dollars.
TX The said City Council shall furnish each sailor
or immigrants hotel or boarding house keeper Licensed
by them as aoreJad or more badges or shie1s on
which shall be printed or engraved the name oi such
hotel or boarding house keeper, and the number and
street OF his hotel boarding house; and which said
badges or shields shall be surrendered o said City Con-
Gil upon the revocation by hen or expiration of any
license granted by them, as herein provided.
Y Every sailors or immigrants hotel or boarding.
ho,ise keeper and every AGENT runner or employee of
hotel or hcepciB ony
vessel in the harbor Charleston when inviting or
soliciting the boarding lodging OF any seaman sailor
or person employed any vessel or OF any
shall wear conspcuously displayed the shield or badge
referred to In the foregoing section
XII 1t shall not be lawful for any person. except those
named in the preceding secor to Lave wear exhfot or
display any such shield badge 10 any OF tho crew en-
poyed on any vessel, to any Immigrant so arriving III
the city of Charleston with the intent to invite ask or
solicit the boarding lodging OF such immigrant or Of
any of the crew employed oa any vessel being in the
harbor of Charleston.
MI whoever shall offend against any either OF the
provisions contained in section l. 2,3A a. 8, III and H. In
this Act shall be ceemed guilty ol msdemeanor and
shall upon conviction thereof be punished by 1mpriso
ment for term exceeding one year., aud not iese
than thirty days. or by fine not exceeding two hundred
and fifty dollars and not less than one hundred dollars
or bv both such fne and imprisonment
Kill The word vessel, as used In this Act small Ill
oude vessels propelled by steam
IN the Senate House the twentieth day of December, in
the wear of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
siftysix. ". ~. vi, rOI't EN-,
CHAS. H. SIMOHTON,
Speaker House OF Representatives.
Approved December 20, ls66
JAMES l.. ORR, Governor