The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-07-31

AN ACT BETTER PROTECTION OF bEhMES AM
IMMIGRANTS IN THE PORT AND HAnDoR OF CHARLES
l. Be IL enacted by the Senate and House Of Representa-
tires nou met and sitting in General Assembly, and 0y M
authority of the same That it snail not be lawful for my
person. except pilot public officer to board or at
tempt board vessel arriving in the port or haroor
Charleston before such vessel shall nave been made as
to the wharf, without first obtainingl cave from the mas
person having charge of such vessel or from her
owner or agents.
IL 1t sha not be lawful for any owner, agent master
or other person having charge Of any vessel arriving Oh
being the port Of Charleston 10 permit or authorize
any sailors hotel boarding house Keeper not licensed
as hereinafter provided, any agent, runner or EN-
poyec OF any sailors or immigrants hotel boarding
house. to board attempt to board any vessel arriving
in lying, icing in the harbor OF Charleston
before vessel shall have been made fast 10 the wharf,
or anchored with intent to invite ass or solicit the
boarding Of any of the employed on such vessel
ILL 1t shall not be lawful for any sailors or immi-
grants hotel boarding house keeper the employee
any sailors i'm Iigrants hotel or boarding house
keeper having boarded vessel made fast to aly wharf
in the port OF Charleston to neglect or reuse to leave
said vessel after having been ordered so to do by the
master or person having charge OF such vessel.
". shall not be lawful for any person to keep con-
duct carry on, either owner proprietor agent or
otherwise any sailors or immigrants boarding house,
or sailors or imm,graps hotel in the city OF Charleston
without having license from the City Council thereof
" shall not be lawful for any person, not having the
license IN this Act provided, not being the regular
agent runner employee or person having such Ii
cense invite ask solicit In the city or harbor OF
Charleston. the boarding or lodging Of any of the crew
the said city Of Charleston.
vi The City Council shall take the application of any
person applying for license to keep sailors or mmi-
grants boarding house, sailors or immigrants hotel,
n the city OF Charleston aud upon satisfactory evidence
to them of the respcctaby and competency of such
picant and of the suitabeness Of his accommodations,
shall issue to him license, which shall be good Tor one
year. unless revoked by said City Council, to
keep sailors immigrants boarding house in tho city
of Charleston and TO invite and solicit boarders for the
same.
VIII The City Council may upon satisfactory evidence
of the dsordcrly character OF sailors or immigrants
hotel boarding house. licensed as herenDeioTe pro-
vided of the keeper proprietor OF any such house.
or any force fraud deceit or misrepresentation III in
vtng soliciting boarders or dodgers for such house.
tho part of such keeper or proprietor or any OF ms
agents runners employees Of any attempt to per-
ence any OF the crew to desert from any
in the harbor Charleston By such keeper proprc
tor any OF his agents runners or employees, revoke
the license for keeping such house.
Will Every person receiving the license hereinbefore
provided shall pay to the City Council aforesaid the
sum OF twenty dollars.
TX The said City Council shall furnish to each sailors
or immigrants hotel boarding house keeper Licensed
by them aforesaid Judges or shields, ON
which shall be printed engraved tho nnme OF such
hotel or boarding house keeper, and the number and
street of his hoel boarding house, and which SAID
badges shields shall be surrendered to said City Coun
Gil upon the revocation by them, expiration Of any
license granted by them, as herein provided
X Every sailors or immigrants hotel or boarding
house keeper and every agent runner or employee OF
such hotel boardinghouse keeper when boarding any
soliciting the boarding lodging of any seaman. sailor
or person employed any vessel or OF any Immigrant
shall wear conspcuously displayed, the shield or badge
referred 10 in the foregoing section.
XI 1t shall not be lawful for any person, except those
named in the preceding section to Lave, wear exhbtor
display any such shield badge to any OF the crew en-
poyed on any vessel, any immigrant 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
XII Whoever shall offend against any either of the
provisions contained in section g. III and H. in
this Act shall be ceened guilty o mlsdemeanor, and
SHALL upon conviction thereof be punished by mprso-
ment for term exceeding one year, and not less
than thirty days. by fine not exceeding two hundred
and fifty dollars and not less than one hundred dollars
or by both such fine and Imprisonment.
Kill The word vcssc, used in this Act, shall ILL
cludc vessels propelled by steam.
In the Senate House. the twentieth day of Decembt in
the year of our Lord thousand eight hundred and
sixty.six W. D. PORTER,
PresidcnI of tho Senate.
CHAS. H. SIMONTON,
Speaker House of Representatives.
Approved December 20. 1866
JAMES L. ORR, Governor.
March IA