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An Act to prescribe the form of permits for slaves to be absent from the owner's premises. 1860-1861 858 (1860)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactssc0436 and id is 1 raw text is: STATUTES AT LARGE

A. D.1s1.   VII. That the said Board be, and are hereby, authorized to employ a
scientific and competent Military Engineer, who shall, as soon as possible,
Military En-
gineer to be  make an examination of the coast of the State, with a view to the defence
employed by-
his au y.   of the same, and make a report or ropqrts to the said Board, as to the points
which may need defence, with plans for the same.
VIII. That this Act shall continue in force for two years from the day of
its ratification.
In the Senate House, the thirteenth day of November, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty, and in the eighty-fifth
year of the sovereignty and independence of the United States of
America.
WILLIAM D. PORTER, President of the Snate.
JAMES SIMONS, Speaker Huse of Representatives.
No. 4501. AN ACT TO PRESORIBE THE FORM OF PERMITS FOR SLAVES TO BE
ABSENT ROM THE OWNER'S PREMISES.
I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, now met
Permits to  and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That
slave, form of. no permit shall be considered as authorizing the absence of a slave from his
or her master's premises, unless said permit shall designate the place or
places which said slave is allowed to visit, and the time during which he
or she is permitted to be absent: Provided, That this Act shall not apply
to slaves resident in any incorporated city or town, while within the corporate
limits of the same, during the hours when the municipal regulations do not
forbid the free passage of slaves.
In the Senate House, the twenty-eighth day of January, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, and in the eighty-
fifth year of the sovereignty and independence of the State of South
Carolina.
WILLIAM D. PORTER, President of the Senate.
JAMES SIMONS, Speaker House of Representatives.

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