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An Act for the better regulation and government of free negroes and persons of colour, and for other purposes. 1822 11 (1822)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactssc0126 and id is 1 raw text is: 1ected by the tax-collector of St. Philip's and St. 1lichael's, Dec. 18.V_ in the same manner as other taxes are, and shall be paid to the board herein constituted, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of said guard ; and every person liable to any of the above taxes, shall, when he makes his return, swear that the same contains a full nUd true account of all property held in his own right, or otherwise, subject to ti above taxes, and the assessor shall make diligent enquiry of all houses liable to said tax. Sec. 6. Be it ft. rther enacted, That the brigadier-gene- A board cpn ral of the fourth brigade, and the field officers thereof, the stituted to intendant and wardens of the city of Charleston, and the arr this act commissioners of cross roads on Charleston Neck, and into eflert, their successors, shall chustitute a board for the purpose of carrying this act into fuil effect,appointing and displac- ing the officers of the guard, and generally performing all acts necessary and proper to effectuate the intention of this act, and make and establish all rules and orders relative to said guard, not inconsistent with the laws of the land. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That when in the opinion City guard of the said board, the said guard is sufficiently organized to be abol- to secure Charleston and the Neck, the present city guard ished. shall he abolished, and the inhabitants within said district shall not be liable to patrol duty ; but any military force necessary, shall be ordered on duty by the proper officer of the militia. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted by the anthority afore- said, That no private or non-commissioned officer in this Said Guard, corps shall enlist in said corps, but under the express un- how to be derstanding and rule of said corps; that no such private enlisted, anit not to vote, or non-commissioned officer of said corps, shall vote at t eote any general or city election ; and such as do violate this rule, shall be immediately dismissed from said corps, and hot be entitled to such pay and rations as may be due them at the time of their dismissal. In the Senate House, the twenty.firstelay of Decemberin the Yearof our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, and in the forty- seventh year of the Independence of the United States ofAnw)rica. JACOB BON) ION, President of the Semate. PATRICK NOBLE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. CHAP. 3.-An ACT for the better regulation and gov- ernment cf free negroes and pcrsons of colour, and/for other /nrPoses. Sec. 1. E it enacted by the Honorable the Senate and Sec1 House of Representotives, noto met and sit- ting in GeneralAssenbly, and by the authority of the ane,

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