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

AN ACT FOR THE BETTER PROTECTION OF sEAmEN AND
IMMIGRANTS M THE Port AND HA2Bon OF CHARLES
l. Bet enacted BY the Senate and House Of Representa-
tues zop met and sna in General Assembly, and BY the
authority Of the sanc That shall not be lawful tor any
person. except pilot public officer, to board OF as
tempt to board vessel arriving in tho port or harbor Of
Charleston before such vessel shall have been made last
to the wharf without first obtaining leave from the mas
person having charge Of such vessel or from ner
owner or agents.
IL It shall not be lawful for any owner agent MASTER
other person having charge OF any vessel arriving or
being in the port of Charleston 10 !er or authorize
as hereinafter provided, or any ageI ker Or en-
ployee OF any sailors or immigraptssa ~ 1Eding
house. TO board Or attempt 70 51f b.. Chsrestor
-. ssel shall have been fast to the wharf
s.:alosd, with intent to invita- ask or solicit the
boarding OF any of the employed on such vessel
III. 1t shall not be lawful for any sailors or imlnf-
grants hotel boarding house keeper or the employee
Of any sailors i'm igrants hotel or boarding house
keeper having boarded any vessel made fast to any wharf
in the port Of Charleston to neglect or refuse to leave
said vessel after having been ordered to do by the
master Or person having charge Of such vessel.
w. It shall not be lawful tor any person to keep, con-
duct carry either owner, proprietor agent or
otherwise, any sailors immigrants boarding house.
sailors hotel in tho city OF Charleston
without having license from the CITY Council thereof,
" It shall not be lawful for any Person. not having the
license in this Act provided, or not being the regular
cense to invite ask or solicit IN the city hsrbor Of
Charleston tho boarding lodging of any Of the crew
employed vessel or Of my immigrant arriving in
VI The City Council shall take the application Of any
person Supplying toe license TO keep sailors or tmm
grants boarding house, sailors OF immigrants hotel
In the city of Charleston and upon satisfactory evidence
to them of the responsibility and competency of such aI
pcant and OF the sutableness OF his accommodations
year, Unless sooner revoked by said City Council TO
keep sailors immigrants boarding house III the city
of Charleston and to invite and solicit boarders for the
same.
VII Tho City Council may, upon satisfactory evidence
of the disordery character Of any sailors immigrants
hotel boarding house. licensed hereinbefore pro
or Of any force fraud deceit Misrepresentation, In in
vnR or soliciting boarders dodgers for house,
the part Of such keeper or proprietor or any OF his
agents. runners employees or Of any attempt to
sade ence any OF the crew to desert from any vessel
In the harbor OF Charleston by such keeper propro
the license for keeping such house.
VIII Every person receiving the license hereinbefcre
provided for shall pay to the City Council aforesaid the
sum of twenty dollars.
* Tho said City Council shall furnish to each sailors
immigrants hotel boarding house keeper licensed
by them aforesaid, moro hadges shields,
which shall be printed engraved the Of such
hotel or boarding house keeper, and the number aud
street of his no e boarding house; and which said
badges shields shall be surrendered to said City Coun
license granted by them, as herein provided.
K Every sailors or immigrants hotel or boarding.
house keeper and overy agent runner or employee Of
such hotel boarding keeper when boarding any
vessel In the harbor Of Charleston when inviting or
soliciting the boarding or lodging of any seaman sailor
person employed on any vessel OF any immigrant
shall wear conspcuouay displayed the shield badge
referred to in the foregoing section.
XII 1t shall not be lawful for any person. except those
named in the preceding section, to Lave. wear, exhibit
display any such shield or badge to any OF the
ployed any vessel to any immigrant arriving
the city Of Charleston with the intent to invite ask
solicit the boarding or lodging Of such immigrant OF
any OF the crew employed any vessel being In the
harbor CT Charleston.
XII. uoever shal offend against any either of the
provisions contained In section l. g. 10 and II, in
this Act shall be ceemed guilty ol midemeanor, and
shR upon conviction thereof be punished by imprison
,nent for term not exceeding year. and not less
than thirty days, or by tine not exceeding two hundred
and fifty dollars, and not less than hundred dollars
or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Kill The word 'vesse used in this Act, shall in
clude vesses propelled by steam.
In the Senate House, the twentieth day of Deceblr III
the year of our Lord thousand eight hundred and
sixty-si1. w. D. PORTER,
President OF the Senate.
CHAS. q. SIMONTON,
Speaker House of Representatives.
Approved December 20, 1866:
JAMES L. ORR, Governor.
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