The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-05-23
Acts Of the Legislature Passed at the
Session of 1S77.7S.

AN ACT Supplementary to Chapter 15,
Title 4, Part /, of the General Statutes
of South Carolina.
SECTION. l Be 1t enacted by the Senate
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 the Adju-
tant and Inspector General shall employ
guard, who shall also do the duty of
ordnance sergeant at the State armory at
Columbia. Said guard shall assist the
armorer during the work hours of the
day be responsible for the safety of the
State property in the arsenal, and shall
keep an account of the same and of all
receipts and issues. He shall be paid an
annual salary of 5000, and shall be al
lowed 70 employ night watchman at a
salary of 500 per annum, to be paid BY
the State.
SEC. 9. The armorer employed under
the act of 9Th June, 1877, shall be al.
lowed an annual salary of $500, and shall
be required to worke daily upon the pub
lie property of the State arsenal or else
where, and shall be authorized to call for
and obtain convict labor to work at the
said arsenal from the penitentiary, when
ever necessary, or to employ such labor
at the penitentiary in doing the State
work on arms or equipments. 1t shall
also be lawful for the Adjutant and In
spector General to order the State Arm
orer to any part of the State when bis
,ary;oo NOV ha nopdad
SEC. 3. That the Adjutant and Inspec-
tor General have authority to purchase
any material or parts of guns or equip
ments which may be necessary to repair
any of the State arms or equipments
which may be now or hereafter become
uuserviceable by breakeage or wearsand
all bills for such purpose shall be paid
by the State Treasurer on the warrent of
the Comptroller General: Provided, That
such purchases shall not exceed $1,000
in any one year.
SEC. 4. That there shall be held once
in each year an inspection of troops and
military property in every county of the
State, and all companies, while on such
inspections, producing less than thirty
pElNdltS pECSGlV ouO III SOOo SOhoAshSh
for service, shall be disbanded.
SEC. 5. All companies shall be drilled
at least four times in each year, and all
regimental commanders shall hold a
school of instructions for commissiond
officers at least once in each year.
SEC. 6. In order to facilitate the col
lection of arms and military property
belonging to the State and heretofore is
sued, the Governor shall be authorized
to allow the following sums for the resti-
tuition of such property, to wit: For
every Remington rifle, fifty cents; for
every Winchester rifle, fifty cents; for
every set of equipments, ten cents; for
every one hundred rounds of ball car
tridges, ten cents Provided, That such
arms are not returned by any legally or
ganized body of troops to whom they
we're issued And provided, further, That
not more than 81, 1000 be expended for
such purposes. .
SEC. 7. Court-martial for the trial of
offenses against military law or orders
shall be convened at such times and
places as the commanding officers of the
shall deem it necessary, and
shall be governed by the rules and regu.
lations prescribed by the military law of
South Carolina.
SEC. s. The salary of the Adjutantand
Inspector General shall be l,50O, and
that of his clerk $1,000 per annum.
Sec. 9. In addition to the Adjutant
and Inspector General, the staff of the
Governor shall consist of one Quarter
master General, with rank of colonel
one Surgeon General, rank of colonel
one Commissary General, rank OF