Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1869-04-15
AN ACT

TO ORGANIZE AND GOVERN THE MILITIA OF THE
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted By the Senate ana
House of Representatives of the State Of Soutf
Carolina, nolc met and sittngin General assembly
and ly the authority of the same, That all able
bodied male citizens, between the ages Of eighteen
and fortyfve years. residing in this State, and moi
exempted by the laws Of the United States, shal
be subject to military duty, excepting
lst. All persons in the army or navy or voun
teer forces of the United States.
I'd. Regularly ordained or rlicensed ministers anc
preachers of the Gospel.
Sd. The Lieutenant Governor, members and
officers of the General Assembly, the Secretary o.
State Attorney General Comptroller-G General
State Auditor: Commissioner of Bureau of Agri
cultural Statistics, Superintendent of Education
State Engineer and Surveyors, State Treasurer
and clerks and employees in their Offices, judicia
officers of the State, including Justices Of tho
Peace SheriAs, Coroners, Constables, civil officers
of the United States, ferrymen employed at any
ferry on post road, and millers.
4th. And all persons entertaining conscientious
scruples against bearing arms, practicing physi
clans, professors, teachers and students in colleges
academies and common schools
5th. Persons regularly and honorably discharged
from the army and navy of the United States ir
CONSEQUENCE Of the performance of military or ma
val duty, in pursuance of any law Of this State
and all persons who now are, or may hereafter be-
active members Of regularly incorporated fire com
panies in this State.
9th. That commissioned officers who shall have
served as such in the loyal militia of this State, o,
in any of the United States, for the space of sever
years; but no such officer shall be exempt unless
by his resignation after such term of SERVICE duly
accepted, or in some other lawful manner ne shall
have been honorably discharged.
7th. Idiots, lunatics, paupers and persons con-
victed Of infamous crimes, shall not be subject to
military duty.
Sec. .. That under the direction Of the Com
manderin Chief all persons liable to military duty
within this State, who are not already members Of
the National Guard, as hereinafter provided, shall
Immediately upon the passage Of this Act, and
from time to time thereafter, as the Commander
in Chief shall deem necessary, but as often as once
in every two years, be enrolled. Such enrolment
shall distinctly specify the names and residences OF
the persons enrolled and shall also divide the same
into two classes-the persons between the ages oil
eighteen and thirty years to constitute the rst class
and the persons between the ages of thirty and
forty years to constitute the second class. -Four
copies of such enrolment shall be made by the
officer making the same, one of which, after being
corrected, shall be retained by him another shall
be filed in the Office Of the Town or City Clerk in
which such company is enrolled another shall be
fled in the Office of the Clerk of the Courts oi
Record in the County where such district is stu.
ated and the fourth shall be filed in the Adjutant
Generals Office. The persons making such en-.
rollment shall be compensated at the rate of one
dollar and fifty cents per day for every day neces
sarily spent in making and copying the same the
number of days not to exceed ten and the amount
Of such compensation shall be paid by the Treasu.
rer of the State upon production OF the certificates
Of the Clerk of the Courts Of Record in the Coun.
ty and of the Adjutant-General that such rolls
have been duly filed, on or before the first day Of
February in each year in which such enrolment
shall be made Irorided, That the Commander.
int Chief may, if he deem it necessary extend the
term of completing the first enrolment under this
Act, not to exceed twenty days, and authorize pay
ment for the same, as herenbefore specified and
set forth.
SIC. 3. That all persons duly enrolled, who shall
neglect to attend the musters and drills provided
for in this Act, except in cases Of sickness, shall
be subject to fine of one dollar for each day sc
negecting, which, if not paid to the County Treas
urer on or before the 18th day Of March next en-
suing, shall be collected by the collector or receiver
of taxes Of the city or county in which the person
so neglecting is enrolled and the Board of Coun
ty Commissioners, ut their annual meetings, art
authorized and directed to annex list of the sew
eral delinquents, with the fines set opposite thei
respective names, to the assessment rolls Of the
several towns and wards; and the warrants for the
collection of the same shall direct the collector Of
receiver of taxes to collect the amount from ever,
person appearing, by the said assessment roll, La
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