Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-02-23


of Troops furnished by the State of South Car
olina to the Army Of the Confederate States,
and'of the Militia Of the State in active service
during the War between the Confederate and
United States.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General AS
sembly, and by the authority of the same :
That it shall be the duty of the Adjutant and
Inspector General to collect the names OF all
persons of this State who served in the army
of the Confederate States orin the militia of the
State, in active service during the war between
the Confederate and United States, and to
prepare rolls Of the same, corresponding as
near as may be, to the usual form OF muster
rolls in military service, and stating, as far as
can now be ascertained, the name, age, place
of enlistment, company, and regiment OF bat
talon, battery or squadron, to when each
such person belonged, or position held by same,
as general or staff officer, with statement also
as to wound or wounds, when and where re-
ceived; Imprisonment, death, discharge, or
surrender of such person at the end of the said
war; and any other particulars in regard to
any such person which, in his Judgment,
should be recorded.
SEC 2. That the said adjutant and inspec-
tor general shall also prepare, or cause to be
prepared, brief history or sketch of each
and every regiment, battalion, battery or
squadron of said troops furnished by this
State to the army of the Confederate States,
or the militia of the State in active service
during the said war, giving the names OF the
battles, sieges, or affairs in which each such
body was engaged.
SEC. 3 That the sum of two thousand dollars
be, and the same is hereby, appropriated for
the said work, of which the said Adjutant and
Inspector General shall receive five hundred
dollars for his extra services therein, and the
balance, fifteen hundred dollars, if so much be
necessary, be applied for stationery, printing,
clerk hire, and postage, in connection with
the said work.
SEC. 4. That the said rolls, when so pre-
pared, shall be Transcribed or printed into
permanent book form and kept in the office OF
the Adjutant and Inspector General, and such
rolls shall be filed in the Office of the Secretary
of State, and be preserved with the records OF
said office.
Approved the 31st day of January, A. D.
1892.
AN ACT to confer upon the Court of Common
Pleas authority to hear and determine any
issue affecting the validity of the original con-
tract of marriage.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the State of South Carolina,
now met and sitting in General Assembly,
and by the authority Of the same: That from
and after the passage of this Act the Court of
Common Pleas shall have authority to hear
and determine any issue affecting the validity
of contracts of marriage, and to declare said
contracts void for want of consent OF either
of the contracting parties, or for any other
cause going to show that at the time the said
supposed contract was made, it was not con-
tract Provided, that such contract has not
been consummated by the cohabitation of the
parties thereto.
Approved the 31st day of January, A. D.
1882.