Year: 1862

Ordinances of the Convention.
An Ordinance to exempt Overseers tron


the performance of Militia Duty.


We, the People of the State Of Soutt
Carolina, in Convention assembled, do de-
clare and ordain, and it is hereby declared
and ordained:


Sec l. That during the time when any
portion of the State may be in possession
of or under the control of the forces of the
United States, it shall and may be Lawful
for every owner, agent or trustee in charge
of plantation and negroes, and who shall
desire to keep upon the said plantation the
Overseer of the negroes thereon, to apply tc
the Adjutant and Inspector General of the
State, setting forth the number of negroes
under the charge of the said Overseer, and
the situation Of The plantation. And the
Adjutaut and inspector General may there
upon make an order exemptiug such Over
seer from militia duty, except as an alarm
man, and furnish also such Overseer with q
copy of the order.


SEQ 2. The order of the Adjutant Gen
eral shall be given where the uumb9r OF
slaves exceeds fifteen working hands, and
the owner or other person having charge OF
the plantation is absent in the service of the
State, or is above the age of sixty years, OF
is decrepid or female; and in general
wherever of fifteen or more slaves there Is
no white male left for protection and gov.
ernment besides the Overseer but in nc
case shall the order exempt the Oversee1
from the performance of ordinary militia
duty, from patrol duty, or from any. police
duty which may be required Of him.
An Ordinance IN Relation to a Portion o.


the Militia.


We, the people of the State of South
Carolina. in Convention assembled, do de-
clare and ordain, and it is hereby declared
and ordained


SEC. l. That no part Of the Militia Law
shall stand in the way of the power Of the
Governor and Council, to organize and call
into service auy portion of the Militia OF
this State, in such manner and upon such
regulations as may seem most expedient


Sec 2 That the Regiment in Charles
ton, lately known as the Reserves, be made
a part of the Militia of the State, under
the same name, with the same organization,
and the same officers as they recently had,
who shall take rank from the date of the
commissions which were regularly given
them, and the said Regiment are attached
to the Fourth Brigade of Militia Infantry
Provided, That before the 10th day of the
present month, the Regiment shall arm it.
self and report to the Brigadier General Of
said Brigade and Provided, That nc
person shall be enrolled in said Reg imen'
except those who, by the Act of Assembly,
ratified 7th December, 1861, are exempt
from all Militia duty.


Sec 3. That during the continuance Of
this war, whenever any volunteer company
shall be reduced below the number required
by the Act of 1S4l, the Colonel command
ing the Regiment to which such company
belongs. shall give the Captain or other Of
fcer commanding the said company, notice
to recruit his company to the number re-
quired in ten days, and in case of his fail
ure to do so, the company shall be disband
ed, and the Colonel shall divide the mem
bers of such company among such of the
other companies Of the Regiment as are
weakest in numbers, in which they shall be
obliged to serve as they had originally join
ed them; Provided, That no voluntee
company shall have more than eighty pri
Yates, besides the usual number of officer
and non commissioned officers.


4 Resolution in Secret tSession-(ayunc


ton reneoued.)


Resolved, That all officers commanding
regiments, companies or detachnents, while
in actual service, are authorized, during th
continuance of the present war, to u.s.
promptly such force as may be in thei
Judgment necessary to compel any perso'
or nersnns who NAV he liable to serve il