The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-04-15
An gmpurtant galr,
An Act to org ,nizs and govern the Militia
of the State of South Carolina.

and House of Representatives Of the State
of South Carolina, noW met and sitting IN
General Assembly, and By the authority Of
the same, That all able bodied male cltl.
zens, between the ages of eighteen and
forty-fve years, residing in this State,
and not exempted by the laws of the Uni
ted States, shall be subject to military
duty, excepting
1st., All persons in the army or navy or
volunteer forces of the United States.
I'd. Regularly ordained or licensed min
listers and preachers of the Gospel.
Sd. The Lieutenant Governor, members
and officers of the General Assembly, the
Secretary of State, Attorney-General,
Comptroller General, State Auditor, Com
missioner Of Bureau Of Agricultural Sta
tistics, Superintendent of Education, State
Engineer and Surveyor, State Treasurer,
and clerks and employees in their offices,
judicial officers of the State, including
Justices of the Peace, Shcriffs, Coroners,
Constabes civil officers OF the United
States, terrymen employed at any ferry
on n post road, and milers.
4th. And all persons entertaining con-
scientious scruples against bearing arms,
practicing physicians, 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 in consequence of the per-
formance OF military or naval duty, in
pursuance. of any law of this State, and
all persons who now are, Or may hereaf-
ter be. active members Of regularly III
corporated companies in this State.
9th. That commissioned officers who
shall have served as such in the loyal mil
itia of this State, or in any of the United
States, for the space of seven years; but
no such officer shall be exempt unless by
lis resignation after such term of service,
duly accepted, or in some other lawful
manner he shall have been honorably
discharged.
7th. Idiots, lunatics, paupers, and per-
sons connected Of Infamous crimes, shall
not be subject to military duty.
Sec =. That under the directions OF the
Commander-n-C Chief, all persons liable to
military duty within this State, who are
not already members of the National
Guard, as hereinafter provided, shall i'm
mediately upon the passage OF this Act,
and from time to time thereafter, us the
Commander n-Chief shall deem necessu-
ry, but as often rs once in every two
yoarS, be enrolled Such enrolment shall
distinctly specify the names and resi-
denccs of the persons enrolled, and shall
also divide the same into Two classes
the persons between the ages OF eighteen
and thirty years To constitute the hrst
class. and the persons between the ages
of thirty and forty live years to constitute
the second class. Four copies OF such en-
rolmcnt shall be made by the officer
making the same, one OF which, after be-
ing corrected, shall be retained by him;
another shall be filed in the office OF the
Town or City Clerk in which such COM
pany is enrolled another shall be filed in
the office Of the Clerk of the Courts OF
Record in the County where such district
is situated and the fourth shall be filed
in the Adiutant- Generals Office. The
persons making such enrolment shall be
compensated at the rate OF one dollar and
fifty cents per day for every day necessa
rily spent in making and copying the
same; the number of days not to exceed
ten; and the amount of such compcnsa-
tor shall be paid by the Treasurer OF the
State, upon production of the certificates
Of the Clerk of the Courts Of Record in
the County and Of the Adutant General
thar such rolls have been duly filed, on or
before the first day Of February in each
wear in which such enrolment shall be
made: Prouided, That the Commander
ip.Chief may, if he deem it necessary, en-
tend the term of completing the first en-
rollmcnt under this Act, not TO exceed
twenty days, and authorize payment for
the same, as hereinbefore specified and
set forth.
SEC. 8. That all persons duly enrolled,
who shall neglect to attend the mustcrs
and drills provided for in this Act, except
in cases OF sickness, shall be subject to
fine of one dollar for each day so ncglec-
ting, which, if not paid to the County
Treasurer on or before the fifteenth day
of March next ensuing, shall be collected
by the collector or receiver OF taxes OF
the city or County in which the person
so neglcctng is enrolled and the Board
of County Commissioners, at their annual
meetings, are authorized and directed to
annex list Of the several delinquents,
with the fines set opposite their respec-
tive names, to the assessment rolls of the
several towns and wards; and the war
PANTS for the collection Of the same shall
direct the collector Or receiver OF taxes
to collect the amount from every person
appearing, by the said assessment roll, lia-
bic to pay the same, in the same manner
AS other taxes are collected the same to
be paid to the County Treasurer And
when the name of any person between
the ages of eighteen and twenty-one
years shall appear on the said roll liable
to paw the said fine, the said warrant shall