The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-04-02
70 PERFECT The ROLLS.
TIE r.nrol!;Gen, ol' E:A-C. Confederate
So!u:,"s - i'uun-:.i2s.


L will be remembered that IL tie
las. session Of the South Carolina
State convention Of the United Con-
federate veterans On May 10. 1901.
Mr.. u. II. Means upon invitation ad-
dressed the convention upon the sub
icct and submitted plan originated
by him 10 perfect the enrolment OF
Confederate veterans by enrolling them
by township and county, so that the
homestead or residence whence vet
eran volunteered into the military or
naval service Of the Contederacy. or IN
which he resided after such service
ceased. shall suggest the veterans
name fer enrolment by his neighbors
and comrades.
This plan oi enrolment having been
adopted by the State convention OF
veterans the legislature at the last
session passed the following act in aid
OF the enrolment and providing fer
the permanent record books, and how
they Shall in after years be used to
perfect the enrolment by military
organization.
An act in relation to the enrolment
by county and township Of citizens OF
South Carolina WHO rendered military
or naval service to the Confederate
States.
Section !. Be it enacted by the gen.
eral assembly OF the State Of South
Carolina: That for the purpose OF
purchasing the necessary county and
township record books, printing, STA
tionery and stamps, ETC.. and for the
prosecution Of the work OF obtaining
an enrolment along geographical
Inns. by township and county, Of all
persons who served in the army or navy
of the Confederate States, under the
plan adopted by the convention of
Confederate veterans on the 10th day
Of May, 1901. there is hereby appro-
priated eight hundred $500 dollars, If
so much be necessary, to be paid upon
the warrant Of the comptroller general
upon requisition Of the chairman OF
the State enrolment committee OF
Confederate veterans.
Section That the township en-
roll ment book when by the enroll
ment committee of veterans turned
over to the clerk Of the court of each
county shall be by him together with
the county enrolment book safely
kept as permanent record books Of his
Office.
Section 3. That it shall be the duty
of the clerk Of the court Of each county
from each township enrolment book,
promptly and correctly to record into
the county enrolment book the name
Of each person enrolled together with
all details Of his services, noting on
the township enrolment book oppo-
site each entry, the page Of the county
enrolment book wherein the entry is
recorded, and noting in the county en-
rollment book the township enrolment
book whence each entry is recorded.
Section I. The clerk Of the court
shall be entitled to receive fee OF ,
cents for each name so recorded by
him in the county enrolment book, in
full compensation for recording the
name with all details Of service, and
indexing the same, or arranging IN
alphabetical order: said fee to be paid
by the county commissioners, out OF
county funds, upon an itemized bill
for same being submitted, verified and
approved by the chairman Of the
county Confederate veterans enroll
ment committee and by the county
commissioners.
Section 5. That upon the written re-
quest Of the governor, the clerk Of the
court shall permit any State official
charged with perfecting, editing or
publishing the official Confederate
rolls, to have temporary custody OF
said county or twnship enrolment
books, the clerk of the court taking
the receipt of said official for same.
Section 6. That the clerk OF the
court in making the record in the
county enrolment book shall act under
the direction of the State, and county
Confederate veterans enroll lment COM
mittee.
Gen. Zimmerman Davis as chair
man of the State committee will soon
have prepared and forwarded to the
several counties the township and
county blank enrolment books with
full instructions to township and coun-
ty committees printed in each book.
When these books are distributed it is
believed that it will be labor OF. love
for the comrades, neighbors, friends
and kindred of veterans to aid the
township enrolment committee in
seeing that the name Of every Confed-
crate veteran, dead or alive, entitled
to enrolment shall be duly enrolled in
the township enrolment book.-Co-
lumbia State.