The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-07-12
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Section 1. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House OF Representatives
of the State of South Carolina, now
met and sitting in General Assem-
bly,, and by the authority of the
same, That in addition to the BODY
of militia known as the "National,
Guard" the Governor, as command
er-in-chief, is hereby authorized to
receive all such bodies of citizen SOL
diery as may have rendered or may
hereafter tender their services to the
State, to constitute the Volunteer
State Troops, and to consist of such
companies, battalions, regiments,
brigades, and divisions as may b.
organized by the authority of the
commander~in-c chief. These troops &c
uniform themselves, and to be subject
to all such regulations as may be pre-
scribed by tho commander-in-chief
and issued from tho Office of tho Ad-
jutant and Inspector General and
published.
Sec. Q. The Adjutant and Inspec-
tor General shall appoint an Armor-
er, who shall take charge of the State
Armory in Columbia, and keep in
order all the arms and munitions
contained therein. His salary shall
be $3.50.
Sec. 3. The organization known
as the Fourth Brigade, South Caro-
lima Militia, consisting of the Six
teenth and Seventeenth Regiments
of Infantry, the First Regiment of
Rifles and First Regiment of Ar.
tillery, with tho Charleston Light
Dragons and German Hussars,
shall be received and embodied in
the State Volunteer Troops. Officers
Of equal grade shall take rank in ac-
cordance with the period of time in
which they shall have served in any
branch Of the military of the State.
The field officers Of the said Fourth
Brigade, and their successors, shall
DO deemed in law the successors of
the original field officers thereof, and
shall be entitled to hold and enjoy
all rights, franchises, and property
which were of the said field officers
thereof.
Sec. 4. Immediately after tho pass
sage OF this act, tho Governor shall
call in all arms, equipments, and mu1
nitions which are in the hands of any
persons not authorized by law to hold
the same; and shall require all cou1-
mands lawfully holding any euch
State property to file in the Office of
the Adjutant and Inspector General
a full statement OF such property,
with tire authority under which it is
held, and the present condition there.
of. The Governor shall have author
ity to permit the sale or exchange OF
any military property of the State,
for the purpose Of obtaining other
arms, equipments, or munitions more
suitable to the wants OF the State.
Sec. 5. All field officers of batta!-
ions, regiments, brigades or divisions
shall be elected by the commissioned
and noncommissioned officers and
privates of the same respectively.
| Sec. 6. Nothing in this act contain.
ed shall deprive any soldier or officer
of tho "National Guard" OF any right
to which lie may be entitled in that
organization. The said "National
Guard" shall continue to exist, and
shall be separate and distinct body.
Sec. 7. All commissions Issued
from the Office Of the Adiutant and
Inspector General shall be carged for
at the rate of 81 each; the fund Thus
raised to be devoted to defray ing the
expense of gctting in, repairing and
reissuing the arms and munitions be.
longing to the State.
Sec. 5. All acts and parts of acts
incOneictanf with fhia acf ORR harnh,,