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IAN ACT tor, TIE RsEJ Of As.,, Wiido,ss
and Orphans Of Persons Ksllsd BE.

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/ AN ACT jfor, TIE RsiiJ Of ths,, Wido,ss
I and Orphans, Of Persons Killd BE.
eause Of their, Poitisal Opinions. rs
+ SECTION /. Be it enacted by 1thof.
Senate and House Of Representatives,,
tof'the State Of South Carolina3 now
j! met and sitting in General Assem-
bly,. and by authority Of the same:
' "SEc. 2. Where the writ Of haBeas
corpus has been suspen led abyts 3hs
President Of the United States, theret
shall be levied aud eolleeted, at the s
same time and in the same manner
THAT other taxes are collected, aspe-
fetal tax Of one-haf (a mill Oh the
dollar, of the assessed valne Of aiitha
taxable property of each and every;
: fof said counties, the proceeds ofwhich
|tax shall be paid into the County
Treasury in said counties, respective
lily; and shall constitute q pension {
! fund for the. support of INDECENT wid-s
lows and orphans Of those persons
who have been killed in said counties
because of their political opinions:
Provided, That if in any county said
|levy of one-half (4) mill on the dollar
shall be more than sufficient for 6 the 1
support of the widows and orphans
aforesaid in slid county,, then said !,
excess shall be, applied to the school
fund, to be dish ursed according TO
law. .5 -. - ~ ..!.. ~ .,ss'
"SEo. 3. That each of such destitute
or INDECENT widows or orphans, on /,
satisfactory proof (by not less than I
two disinterested witnesses furnished
to the County Treasurer Of his or her
county, shall receive an allowance or
pension Of the amount as follows, TO
wit: For each widow, ten dollars per
month; for each orphan child under |
the age Of fifteen years, six, dollars
per month, payable on;the first day'of ]
each and every month by the County )
Treasurer, such allowance to be con-
tinued during the widowhood of such
widow, or to such orphan child until
be or she shall attain the age Of, If
teen years. The County Treasurer Of
said counties shall report ito the next,
General Assembly detailed state,
ment e to how far the provisions Of
this Act have been carried into exc q
cution. -. 81. 2.s"-
SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect,
from the date Of it's passage II 49,
Approved March l3, 1872. 60
JOINT RESOLUTION to Grant a.
Section Of Land in Lancaster
County, to the Widow and Minor
Children of Isaac Cowles, and to
Provide for Levylng q special tax
on said County, TO reimburse the
State for the Same. ~ = y 'si.
Whereas, Isaac Cowles, . citizen Of
the county of Lancaster, and State Of
South Carolina, did enter upon q Sec
tion of sixty acres Of the land Of tho
State, purchased by the Land Com
mission, and did proceed to acquire
title to the same, by actual settlement
and cultivation, and the terms provi-
ded by law; and whereas, tho said
Isaac Cowles was taken from his
house on or about the 25th day Of
April, 1871, by a band of disguised
andsarmed men, and while in the
peace Of the State, was, by them,
brutally murdered because of his
political opinions, and because be had
dared to exercise his civil rights as >
loyal citizen of the United States;
and whereas, the said murder was 10
pursuance of q system of organized
violence, designed to suppress tree
speech, and free ballot among loyal
citizens of the State; and, whereas.
the said Cowles left a widow and
tbreo minor children, now living and
destitute, on the land, and have no
means to make payment for the same;
therefore, =. 8. lc-..
Section /. Be it resolved BY the
Senate aud House of Representatives
of the State of South Carolina, now
met and sitting in General Assembly,
and by the authority Of the same:,
That the Secretary Of the State be,
and he is hereby, directed to issue a
title to the widow and minor children
of Isaac Cowles, for the Section of
State land in the county Of Lancas.
ter located and settled upon by The
said Isaac Cowlcs. 80 -. -
Approved March 13, 1879.