The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-21
N ACT ror THE BETTER PROTECTION or srAnrs And
ndsdaRANTs IN TH Port AND HARBoR OF CHARLES

An ACT FOR THE BrrrER PROTECTION or sRANRS AND
n1,daRAHTs N TH1 PoRT AND HARBoR OF CHARLES
TOM .sf.-J
L BeI e,iacted BY the Snate and House Of Represerta-
ues roD and sil.no General Assemby and by l
authority of he same, That shall not be lawful for any
person. except pilot or public officer. to board or az
tempt TO board vessel arriving In the port or harbor Of
Charleston before such vessel shall have been made st
to the wharf, without rst obtainingl cave nom the mas
ter or person having charge OF such vessel or nom ne
u II shall not be lawful for any owner agent master,
other person having charge Of any vessel arriving or
any salors hotel or boarding house Keeper not licensed
hereinafter provided, or any agent runner or s-
ployee any sailors or immigrants hotel or boarding
in or lying oeing In tho harbor or port Charleston
before such vessel sha have been fas the
or anchored with intent TO invite ssk or solicit the
boarding OF any OF the crew employed on such vessel
grants hotel boarding house keeper or the employee
Of any sailors migrants hotel or boarding house
having boarded vessel made fass 70 any wharf
In the port Of Charleston neglect or refuse TO leave
said vessel after having been ordered so to DO by the
master or person having charge of such vessel
~. 1t shall iJs b hWul fdr any person g keep con-
therwise, any sailors immigrants boarding house,
l. sailors immigrants hotel in the city OF Chaflespn
without having license from the City Council thereof
shall not be lawful for any person, not having the
license In this Act provided or not being the regular
agent runner or employee OF person having such II.
cense, to invite ask or solicit In the city or haroor OF
Charle5tOn, or MY VI Iio
employed on any vessel or of any immigrant arriving In
the said city OF Charleston.
VI The City Council shall take ths application ofany
person applying fur license 70 keep sailors or immi'
grants boarding house. or sailors or immigrants hotel
In the city OF Charleston and upon satisfactory evidence
to them of the respectsbiy and competency OF such
picsnt and of the suitabeness Of hs accommodations
shall issue to him scense, which shall be good for one
year, unless sooner revoked by said City Council to
keep sailors immigrants boarding house In the city
of Charleston and to invite and solicit boarders Tor the
same.
VII The City Council may, upon satisfactory evidence
of the disorderiy character Of any sailors or
hotel or boarding house. licensed as herenbetore pro-
yded Of the keeper proprietor OF any such mousse
or Of any force fraud deceit or misrepresentation IN in
ytng soliciting boarders dodgers Tor such mousse
the part Of such keeper PROPRIETOR or any OF his
agents. runners or employees or Of any attempt 70 per-
suade or ence any OF the to desert from any vesse
in the hHrbor OF Charleston, by such keeper or popIe
tor any Of his agents runners employees, revoke
the license for keeping such house.
WILL Every person receiving the license herelnDeiore
provided for shall to the City Council aforesaid the
sum of twenty dollars.
TX The said City Council ahsI furnish to each sailors
immigrants hotel or boarding house Keeper licensed
by them aforesaid badges or snlelds on
which shall be printed engraved the name OF sucD
hotel or boarding house keeper, and the NUMBER ana
street OF his hotel or boarding house, ana Wcn salu
badges shields shall be surrendered to said City Coun
Gil upon the revocation by them, or expiration OF any
license granted by them, as herein provided
Y. Every sailors or immigrants hotel or boarding.
house keeper and every agent runner employee OF
such hotel or boarding keeper when any
vessel in the harbor Of Charleston or when lnng OF
soliciting the boarding lodging of any seaman sailor
person employed on any vessel or or any immigrant
shall wear, conspcuousy displayed, the shed OF pad8e
referred to in the foregoing section.
X. 1t shall not be lawful for any person, except those
named in the preceding secor to Lave wear exhibit OF
display any such shield badge to any OF the crew en-
poyed on any vessel or to any immigrant 80 arriving III
the city of Charleston with the intent to invite ask OF
solicit the boarding lodging OF such IMMIGRANT or OF
any OF the crew employed any vessel being In the
harbor Of Charleston. 49,
XII. Whoever shall offend against any or either OF the
provisions contained in section /, g. O. 10 and H. IN
this Act, shall be ceemed guilty o miSdemeanor and
SHALL upon conviction thereof punished by imprlso
ment for term not exceeding one year ana NOT iess
than thirty days, or by fine not exceeding two hundred
and fifty dollars, and not less than one hundred dolarh
or by both such fine and Imprisonment
XIII. The word vessel, as used in this ACT, small Ill
olude vessels propelled by steam.
In the Senate House. the twentieth day OF Decembtr IN
the year Of our Lord thousand eight hundred and
sixty-six. W. D. PORTER,
President of the Senate
CHAS. a. SIMONTON,
Speaker House Of Representatives
Approved December 20, 1866
JAMES L. ORR, Governor.
March IA ..