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An Act to alter and amend the law in relation to magistrates and constables, within the parishes of St. Phillip and St. Michael, and for other purposes, therein mentioned. 1836 90 (1836)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactssc0286 and id is 1 raw text is: 90 DEc. 1836. SEc. 6. When vacancies shall happen in the ofliceofTax Collector, in any District or Parish, and it shall be deemed necessary to fill the same before, and until the timepre- Governor nay scribed for holding the regular election, the Governor for fillvacancies, the time being, is hereby authorized to appoint to the said office some fit and proper person, to enter upon the du- tiesof his office, when he shall have given bond snd secuii- ty, and to continue in office until a successor shall be duly elected and commissioned. SEC. 7. The bond and security herein required shall be. approved, as now required by law. SEC. 8. Tax Collectors elected or appointed by virtue of this act, may be required to give further security, and shall be liable to removal as is now provided for District officers. SEC. 9. That in those Parishes of the State, where there may not be a Boar& of Approvers of Public Securities, the bond of the Tax Collector shall be approved by the Approvers of Public Securities of the District in which the said Parish may be situated. In the Senate House, the twenty-first day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, and in the sixty-first year of the Sovereignty and Indepen. dence of the United States of America. PATRICK NOBLE, President of the Senate, D. L. WARDLAW, Speaker of the House of Representatives. CHAPTER XXXIX. AN ACT TO ALTER AND AMEND THE LAW IN RELATION TO MAGISTRATES AND CONSTABLES, WITHIN THE PARISHES OF ST. PHILLIP AND ST. MICHAEL, AND FOR OTHER PUR- POSES, THEREIN MENTIONED. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in Ge- neral dessembly, and by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, all causes small and Row small mean, cases of land-lord and tenant, forcible entry and de- cases may be tried, tainer, and of naster and apprentice, arising within the Parishes of St. Phillip and St. Michael, shall be tried and adjudicated before the Judicial Magistrates of the said Parishes, in the same manner and form as is now prescri- bed by law, in all such cases arising within the limits of the city of Charleston. SEC. 2. That all prosecutions of slaves and free persons of color, for crimes and misdemeanors arising withinthe said Parishes, shall be tried and adjudged before the Judi- cial Magistrates, in the same manner and form as is now

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