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An Act to organize and supply negro labor for coast defence, in compliance with requisitions of the government of the Confederate States. 1862-1863 105 (1862)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactssc0447 and id is 1 raw text is: OF SOUTH CAROLINA. war between the Confederate States and the United States of America, be, A. D. 1862 3. and the same are hereby, repealed. In the Senate House, the sixth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in the eighty- seventh year of the sovercignty and independence of the State of South Carolina. W. D. PORTER, President of the Senate. A. P. ALDRICH, Speaker House of Representatives. AN ACT TO ORGANIZE AND SUPPLY NEGRO LABOR FOR COAST DEFENCE, No. 4614. IN COMPLIANCE WITH REQUISITIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES. I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That Statt to be di. from and after the passage of this Act this State shall be divided into four vided. Territorial Divisions, as follows, to wit: Division No. 1. The Judicial Districts of Pickens, Greenville, Spartan. 1st Division. burg, Anderson, Union, York, Chester, Laurens, Abbeville and Newberry, to constitute the first division. Division No. 2. The Judicial Districts of Lancaster, Kershaw, Chester- 2d Division. field, Marlborough, Darlington, Marion, Sumter, Clarendon, Williamsburg and Horry, including Upper All Saints, to constitute the second division. Division No. 3. The Judicial Districts of Fairfield, Richland, Lexing- ad Division. ton, Edgefield, Barnwell and Orangeburg, to constitute the third division. Division No. 4. The Judicial Districts of Charleston, Colleton, Beaufort, 4th Division. Georgetown, including Lower All Saints, to constitute the fourth division. II. That the negro labor hereinafter required shall be furnisheJ-by the order of ' several Districts aforesaid, as follows, to wit: first, by Division No. 2; next, Divisions. by Division No. 3; next, by division No. 1; and last, by Division No. 4. III. That as soon as the Governor shall have received from the Con- When labor to federate Government, through the proper officer authorized thereto, written be called for. assent and agreement to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, he shall call for such labor as may be demanded by the Confederate military authority from the several divisions, in the order aforesaid, to be furnished 14 105

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