The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-01-03
Acts Passed by the Legislature.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE AN EXPEDITIONS
MODE OF EJECTING TRESsPAssERs.

That if any person Shall have gone
into or shall hereafter go into posses
sion of any lands or tenements of
another, without his consent, or
without warrant of law, it shall be
lawful for the owner of the land so
trespassed upon to apply to any ma
glstrate to serve q notice on such
trespasser to quit the premises; and
If, after the expiration of five davs
from personal service Of such notice.
such trespasser refuses or neglects to
quit, it shall then be the duty Of such
magistrate to issue his warrant to any
sheriff or constable, requiring him
forthwith to eject such trespasser,
using such force as may be necessary;
provided, however, tha: if the person
in possession, before the expiration
of the said five days, appears before
he has q color Of claim to the posses
sion Of such premises, and enters into
bond to the person claiming the land
with good and sufficient security, to
be approved by the magistrate, con
ditioned for the payment Of all such
costs and expenses as the person
claiming to be the owner of the land
may incur in the successful establish
ment Of his claim by any of the modes
OF proceeding now provided by law,
the said magistrate shall not issue his
warrant as aforesaid. That the ma
gistratc shall be entitled to demand
and receive from the person applying
for such warrant fee Of five dollars
before issuing the same; and the She
riff or constable shall, in like manner,
be entitled to demand and receive q
fee of five dollars and mileage before
executing such warrant, from the per-
Eon applying for the same
AN ACT FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND
PROTECTION OF EUROPEAN IMMIGRA-
TON
That for the purpose Of encourag-
ing, promoting and protecting Euro
pean immigration to and in this State,
the sum of ten thousand dollars be
appropriated from the contingent
fund, to be expended under the direc-
ton of the Governor, for the purpose
hereinafter provided.
The Governor, by and with the ad-
vice and consent of the Senate, shall
appoint Commissioner of Immigra-
ton, who shall open IN Office in the
Fire Proof Building in Charleston, to
perform such duties as may apper-
tain to his office, and shall be paid
for his services the salary of fifteen
hundred dollars per annum out Of the
fund aforesaid, in quarterly pay
mentS
It shall be the duty of said Com
missioner of Immigration to adver-
tise in all the gazettes of the State
for lands for sale, to cause such
lands, after having been duly laid
off, plated and described at the ex-
pense OF the owner or owners, to be
appraised by three disinterested per
sons, and their titles to be examined
by the Attorney or Solicitors
Of the State, and endorsed by them,
to open o book or books for the regis
try of the same, together with the
price demanded and the conditions of
payment. And in case such lands be
selected by any immigrant, to super
intend the transfer of title and other
necessary instruments and proceeding
Of conveyance.
1n2 SAD commissioner shall peri
olicaliy publish, and cause to be dis
tributed in the Northern and Europe
an ports and States, descriptive lists OF
such lands as have been registered
and offered for sale, together with
this Act, and a statement of such ad-
vantages as this State offers in soil,
climate, productions, social improve
ments, etc, to the industrious, order
ly and frugal European immigrant.
The said Commissioner shall be
specially charged with the protection
of the immigrant, in the proper Sc
lection of their lands; in the pro-
curement of their transportation, in
the guarding of them against fraud,
chicanery and peculation; in their
temporary location in proper and
reasonable places of board and lodg-
ing on their arrival, and in making
all such regulations and provisions as
may be in any manner necessary or
conducive to their We re. And all
officers of the State are hereby re-
qnired and commanded to aid and
assist him ia. the objects aforesaid,
whenever requested.
The Commissioner shall keep o
separate book, wherein he shall re-
gister all applications from citizens
free Of charge, for immigrant arti-
zans, mechanics, or male or female