The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-04-25

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TN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING ACT OF
i the Legislature, passed the Goth day OF december,
1866 all persons concerned hereby notified to call at
this Office and take out the required license
W.H. SMITH,
Clerk, OF Council Z
AN ACT FOR TIE BETTER PROTECTION OF ,sEANEN AND
IMMIGRANTS N THE PORT AND HARBoR OF CHARLES:
TON. ~ ss:F.s-..@, ,.a-s.ss
r. Be enucted BY the Senate and House Of Representa-
res met and sitting General Assembly, aha oy e
authority Of Tie same That it shall not be lawful ZOE any
person, except pilot or public oicer, TO board OF az
tempt board vessel arriving in the port or harDor OF
Charleston before such vessel shall have been made s
to the wharf, without frat obtaining cave from the mas
ter or person having charge OF such VESSEL OF o hef
II. It shall not be lawful for any owEcr agent master,
or other person having charge OF any vessel arriving or
being i'll the port Of Charleston, 10 permit or antnoze
any Sailors hotel or boarding house Keeper not censed
aB hereinafter provided, any agenI, runner or EN-
poyee any sailors immigrants hotel or boarding
house, to board attempt to board any vessel arriving
ill., lying, cling in the Larbor or port OF Charlcston
before such vessel shall have been made tast 70
anchored with intentto invite, asf or solicit the
boarding OF any OF the crew employed on susn vessel
I'LL. 1t shall be lawful Tor any sailors or Naliu-
grants hotel or boarding house keeper or the employee
OF any sailors immigrants hotel or boarding.
keeper having boarded vessel nude tast 70 any
sad vessel after having beon ordered SO TO 40 oy ne
master or person having charge OF such vessel
" 1t shall not be lawful tor any person to Keep con-
duct OF carry on either as owner proprietor agent
Otherwise any sailors or immigrants boarding house,
sailors immigrants 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 III this Act provided, not being tho
AGENT runner or employee OF person having such Il.
ccnse to invite ask solicit i'll the city or harbor OF
Chareston tho boarding lodging OF any OF the crew
employed any vessel of any Immigrant arriving IN
the said city Of Charleston.
WI The City Council shall take the application OF any
person applying license to keep sailors or mmi-
grant boarding house, sailors or immigrants MOTEL
in the city OF Charleston and upon satisfactory evidence
to them of the rGgpectaby and competency OF such
plicant and OF the Buableness OF his
shall issue him license which Shall Ee gooo or one
year. unless sooner revoked by SAID Caty Council 70
keep sailors immigrants boardng house In the cty
OF Charleston and to invite and solicit boardors 1or the
same.
VII The City Council may upon satisfactory evidence
of the dsordcry character oi any sailors OF
hotel boarding house, licensed as herenDeofe pro
vdcd OF the keeper proprietor OF any such
or OF any force, fraud deceit or In m
ving soliciting boarders lodgers for sucn mouse
on the part OF such keeper proprietor or any OF hs
agents. runners, employees, or OF any attempt 70 per
sade cnce any OF the crew to desert ron any vesc
in tho harbor OF Charleston, py such Keeper OF
tor any of his agents. runners or employees fefohe
the license for keeping such house.
VIII Every person receiving the license hereinbefore
provided Tor shall pay to the City 6ounc aorcsalo e
sum Of twenty dollars.
* The said City Council shall furnish to each saior'e
or hotel boarding house Keeper Aceliseo
by them aforesaid more badges or saelos VI
hotel boarding house keeper and the numDer aua
street of his hoel boarding house; and Whch saao
badges or shields shall be surrendered to said Ciy Coun
Gil upon the revocation by them, or expiration OF any
license granted by them, ns hercln proVdcd.
x Every sailors immigrants hotel OF Doarolns
house keeper, and every agent runner or empioyee
such hotel or boRrdinghouse keeper, when any
vessel in the harbor OF Charleston, or when 1nn "
soliciting the boarding lodging OF any seaman sao
or person employed any vessel or OF any Immigrant
shall wear conspicuousy displayed the shield or Dadgt
referred to in the foregoing section.
X It shall not be lawful for any person, except tnose
named in tho preceding section, to Lave, wear e1ot o.
display any such shield or badge to any OF the crew EN-
poyed on any vessel any Immigrant 80 ARRIVING IL
the city Of Charleston with the intent to invite ask o.
solicit the boarding lodging OF such mmlgrant or
any of the employed oa any vessel Delh9 Ill Int
harbor Of Charleston.
XII Whoever shall offend against any or either OF INT
provisions contained in section l. q 8, lO aud II, u
this Act ahall be ceemed guilty ol mlSdemeanor ant
SHALL upon conviction thereof be punished ny 1mpf2son
mcnt for term not exceeding one year. ana NOT ICE
than thirty days or by fine not exceeding TWO hundred
and fifty dollars and not less than one hundred dolars
or by both such fine and imprisonment
Kin The word s.vessel used in this Act shall In
clude vessels propelled by steam. :.
In the Senate House, the twentieth day of Decembtr
the year of Lord thousand eight hundred ane
sixty.six. w. D. PORTER,
49,. President of the Senate.
CHAS. Il. SIh1ONTON, -
Speaker House OF Representatives. i
Approved December %, 1866: ;:!.l