The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-05-19
AN Act to Organize and Gov
ern the Militia OF the State
Of South Carolina.

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the, State Of South Carolina, a,o,o
met and sitting in General Assem-.
dly, and By the authority Of the
same;' That all able!bodiod male
Gitf4ohs, betwcon the ages of
J eighteen and forty .tve years, re-
/, siding in this State, and not ex.
cmpted ny tho laws of the United
States, shall be subject to mill
tary duty, excepting
lst. All persons In tho army or
navy or 'voluntoor forces Of tho
United States.
"a. Regularly ordained or Ii
censsd ministers and pTeachers of
the Gospel. ..'I's.
3d. L,cutenant- Governor, nom,
bers and officers o.. the General
Assembly, the Secretary Of State,
attorney. General, Comp,roIlcr-
General, State Auditor, Commits.
sioner ff Bureau ofAgricultnral
Statistics, Shperihtondent ofEdu-
eation, State Engineer and Sur
vcyor, State Treasurer and clerks
and employees in their Offices, Ju-
dicial officers Of the State, includ-
ing Justices Of the Peace, Shcriifs,
CoronorR, Constables, Civil Off
cors OF the United States, Ferry
mon employed at any ferry on a
post road, and Millers.
4th. And all persons entertain
ing conscientious scruples against
be"ring arms, practicing physi.
cians, professors, teachers and
students in colleges, academies and
common schools: ........
9Th. Persons regularly and hon.
orably discharged, from the army
and navy Of the United Statos in
consequence of tho performance Of
military or naval duty pursuance
ofany law Of this State, aud all per-
sons who now are, or may hcreat:
ter be, active members of rcgu-
larly incorporated fire companies
in this State. rs 10y;
Gth. That commissioned officers
-,i.u ,nutt nave served M such in
tho loyal militia of. this State, or
in any Of tho United States, for
the space ofpeven years; but no
such officer shall be exempt unless
by his resignation after such term
cfscrvicc, duly accepted, or in
some other lawful manner he shall
have boon honorably discharged.
7th. Idiots, lnnatics, paupers,
and persons convicted Of infa.
nous crimes, shall not bc subject
to military duty.
SEC. 2. That under tho dircc-
tons Of the Commandcr.in Chief,
all persons liable to military duty,
within this State, who arc not al
ready membcrs Of tho National
Guard, as hereinafter provided,
shall Immediately on tho passage
Of this Act, and from time to timo
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 tho names
and residences of the persons Ell,
rolled, and shall also divide the
same into two classes-the per.
SONS between tho ages Of eight
teen and thirty years to consti-
! tutc the first class, and the per
! sons between tho ages Of thirty
and forty-fvc years to constitute
Tic second class. Four copies Of
such enrolment shall be mado by
tho officer making the same, one
Of which, (aftcr being correctod),
s'all be retained by him ; another
shall he filed in tho Office Of the
Town or City Clork in which such
company is enrolled another
shall be filed in tho Office Of tho
Clerk Of the Courts Of Record in
tho County whore such district
ia situated -; and tho fourth shall
bo filed in tho Adjutant-GcnoraI's
Office. Tho persons making such
cnrolImont shall be compensated
at Tho rate Of one dollar and fifty
centspor day for every day ncccs
suriIy spent in making and copy,
ing tho same tho number Of days
not to exceed ton; and tho amount
ofsuch compensation shall bo paid
by tho Treasurer Of tho State, up
on production Of tho certificates
Of tho Clcrk Of tho Courts Of Ro.
corain tho County and Of the Ad.
jutant-Genoral, that such rolls
have teen duly filed, on or before
tho first day Of February in each
year in which such enrolment
shall bomade Provided, That the
Commander-in-Cbiof may, if he
doom it necessary, extend the
torn Of completing tho first on.
rollmont' undor this Act, not tc
cxcccd twenty days, and author
izo payment for tho samo, as here
in6ofore specified and set forth.
4 SEQ. 3. That all persons duly
enrolled. who shall hegleot to at
tend tho musters and drills pro
.vidod for in this ACT, exoopt il
cases Of sickness, shall be subjoc