The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, December 21, 1865, Image 3
-flLXXO t ?033L Sales.
By F. Lane? & Son.
WILL be sold, TO-MORROW, (Friday,)
22d inst-, at lOi o'clock, at thc residence
in Senate street, nearly opposite i>r.
Shand's Church,
A very ftne 7-octavc Piano.
1 handsome Book-case.
Rosewood What-Not, and several other
articles. Otc 21 2?_
\Sale Postponed on Account of Weather.]
Furniture. Bedding, Crockery, <S:c.
By JAMES G. GIBBES
C F. HARRISON, ArenoxKi- a.
WILL be sold, THIS MORNING, 21st, at 10
o'clock, at the residence of the late Capt.
. Matthews, opposite Arsenal Acadewiv,
Household and Kitchen FURNITURE,
consisting in part of :
Bureaus, Wardrobes. Washstand.!.
Tables, Chairs, Marble-top Tables.
Mattresses, Bedsteads. Carpets.
Mantel Ornament*, Secretary.
Choice Pictures.
Glassware, China Dishes and other
Crockery.
Extension Dining Table.
1 Cooking Stove, complete.
And numerous other articles essential to
house-keeping. Dec 21 1
Ladies are invited to attend this sale.
Furniture, Males, Wagons, Harness, Coirs.
By Francis Lance & Son.
WILL be ?old, on FRIDAY. December 22.
at 10^ o'clock, at the residence in Senat?
street, nearly opposito Dr. *.Shand'a
Churoh,
A variety of well-kept Household and
Kitchen FURNITURE, consisting of :
Bureaus, Mahoganv ?nd Cane-scat
Chairs, Sofas, Lounges, Marble-top Wash?
stands and Tables, Mirrors, Brussels Car?
pets, Dish Covers, Lead Pipe, Cooking
UtensUs and numerous other articles.
ALSO,
A very handsome set of Parlor Furni?
ture, ALSO;
2 good Milch Cows. .
ALSO,
Wagons, Mules, Harness and a variety
of other thiugs.
Unlimited articles received up to 10
o"clock on day of sale. Dec 10 4*
CHEATEST AND SAFEST
PORTABLE LIGHT
kow IN USE!
Burns fire hours at Cost of one Cent!
IN use al all the principal Hotels and
Ferries in the United States, on account
of its cleanliness and economy.
DIRECTIONS rou ITS VSE.
Fill thc Lamp, then pour off al! that will
run out. and turn thc Lamp bottom vp, to
drain; then screw the top in, and trim the
wick nearly close to the tube. If the Hame
smokes, the wick is too high.
The Lamp is lined inside with a prepared
material to absorb sufficient Lig-ro-nie to
burn from three to eighteen hours, accord?
ing to the size and purpose of thc Lamp,
The object of pouring out thc surplus fluid
is to economize it to tho greatest possible
extent, and to prevent spilling in the most
careless hand.
No. 1 Safety Lamp-For Hotels and
Boarding Houses.
No. 2 Safety Lamp-For family usc.
No. 3 Safety Lamp-For general use,
with one, two or three burners; lined to
burn from 9 to 27 hours.
Having secured the right for the sale of
these Lamps for this District from tho
principal agents in Charleston, Messrs. G.
Davis A Co., we will be always prepared to
lill all orders. The public are invited to
call and examine these Ramps.
SHELTON, CALVO <fc WALSH,
Sole agents for Richland District.
Dec 21
MARSHALL BOM
AND
HACK LINE
TO
WASHINGTON, ?A,
HAVING taken charge of the above
HOTEL, and having thoroughly re?
fitted and refurnished it, I pledge myself,
after many years' experience in this busi?
ness, to furnish my guests with clean, com?
fortable rooms, and a table Bupplicd at all
times with the very best thc markets afford.
I am determined to spare no pubis to
please mv patrons.
My HACKS from Abbeville to Washing?
ton, Ga., will make daily connection with
this House, affording to persons going
W.-st and East a safe, comfortable and ex?
peditious means of conveyance.
Persons desiring to go from Abbeville to
any point of tho country not accessible by
public conveyance, can lind at my LIVERY
STABLES, for hire, Carriages, Buggies and
Saddle Horses. I?. S. RUTLEDGE.
Abbeville C. H., December 12, 18(15.
Dec 21 _Jnii\_
J. J. GOODWYN, BL D.,
OFFERS his professional services to the
citizens, ot Columbia. His office for
the present is at thc residence of s. L. De
Veaux. Esq., Camden (orTavlor) street.
Dec 19 1*
go into the District Court fund ; and the Clerk shall keep a record of all
licenses issued under the order of the Judge of the District Court.
EVICTION OF PERSONS OF COLOR.
LiXXY. Where, upon any farm or lands there now are persons of color,
who were formerly the slaves of the owner, lessee or occupant of the said
farm or lands, who may have been there on the tenth day of November,
eighteen hundred and sixty-five, and have been on said lauds for six months
previous ; and who are helpless, either from old age, infancy, disease or
other cause ; and who are unable, of themselves, and have no parent or
other relation able to maintain them, and to provide other homes or quar?
ters, it shall not be lawful for the present, or any subsequent, owner,
lesse or occupant, before tho first day of January, in thc year eighteen
hundred and sixty-seven, to evict or drive from the houses which now are,
or hereafter shall be, lawfully occupied by such helpless persons of color,
such helpless persons, or any of them, by rendering such houses unin?
habitable, or by any other means ; and upon conviction of having done
so, every suck owner, lessee, occupant, agent or other person, shall be
fined not exceeding fifty dollars, nor less than five dollars, for each such
person of color so evicted, and may be imprisoned, at thc discretion of
the Judge of the District Court, not exceeding one month.
LXXVI. But the owner, lessee, or occupant of such farm or lauds shall,
nevertheless, have authority to preserve order and good conduct in the
houses so occupied as aforesaid, and to prevent visitors and other persons
from sojourning therein ; and for insolence to himself or his family, for
theft or trespass committed by such persons of color, or any one of them, |
upon the premises, or for violations by them of his regulations for the
preservation of order and good conduct, the prevention of visitors and
sojourners therein, tho owner, lessee, or occupant, may complain to the
Judge of tho District Court, or a Magistrate, who, upon finding the com?
plaint well founded, may, according to the case, cause the immediate
eviction of some or all of such persons of color, and their removal from
the premises. After the period aforesaid, they may be ejected, as is here?
inafter provided in case of intruders.
LXXVII. It shall be the duty of tho Judge of the District Court, or any
Magistrate, on complaint made to him that persons of color have intruded
into any house or upon any premises, as trespassers or otherwise, or that
they unlawfully remain therein without permission of the owner, on
ascertaining the complaint to be well founded, to causo such persons to be
immediately removed therefrom, and in case of the return of any such
person without lawful permission, the party so offending may be subjected
to such fino and corporal punishment as the Magistrate or District Judge
may seo proper to impose.
LXXYILL During the term of service, the house occupied by any
servant is the master's; and, on tho expiration ol the term of service, or i
tliG discharge of a servant, he shall no longer remain on the premises of
the master; and it shall be the duty of the Judge of the District Court, or
a Magistrate, on complaint of any person interested and due proof made,
to cans? such servant to be immediately removed from such premises.
LXXIX. Leases of a house or land to a person of color shall bo in
writing. If there be no written lease, or the term of lease shall have
expired, a person of color in possession shall be a tenant at will, and shall
not be entitled to notice; and on complaint by any person interested to
the. Judge of the District Court, or a Magistrate, such persons of color
shall be instantly ejected by order or warrant," unless he produce a written
lease authorizing his possession, or provo that such writing existed and
was lost.
LXXX. In every case the costs of eviction may be exacted, by order or
process, from the person evicted.
FAT TEES.
LXXXI. "When a person of color shall be unable to earn his support,
and is likely to become a charge to the public, the father and grand-fathers,
mother and grand-mothers, child and grand-child, brother and sister of
such person, sheJ?, each according to his ability, contribute monthly, for
the support of such poor relation, such sum as the District Judge, or one
of the Magistrates, upon complaint to him, shall deem necessary and
proper, and on failure to pay such sum, the same shall be collected by
summary order or process.
LXXXII. In each Judicial District, except the Judicial District of
Charleston, in which there shall be one Board for thc Election District of
Charleston, and one for the Election District of Berkeley, there shall be
established a Board, to be known as the ' ' Board of Relief of Indigent
Persons of Color," which shall consist of a Chairman and not less than
three, nor more than seven other members, all of whom shall be Magis?
trates of the District, and be selected by the District Judge.
LXXXLII. This Board shall meet at the Court House on tho Tuesday next
after tho first Monday in February and August in every year, and at other
times and places, fixed by its own appointment or the summons of its
Chairman, and it may, at its pleasure, appoint sub-Boards, to be com?
posed of such of its own members and other Magistrates of the District as
it may select.
LXXXIV. By tho Board the District shall, as soon as practicable, bc
divided into precincts, within each of which some Magistrate shall reside.
Tho Board is required ko keep exact minutes of all its proceedings, and !
in these shall appear the boundaries of each precinct, as from time to !
time they may be arranged
LXXXV. A District Court fund shall be established in each District,
to be composed of aids paid for the approval of contracts between master
and servant, and of instruments of apprenticeship and for licenses granted
by the District Judge, all fines, penalties and fo. ieitures collected under
order or process from the District Court or a Magistrate of tho District,
fees for appeal from the District Judge, wages of convicts, and taxes col?
lected under the order of tho Board of Relief of Indigent Persons of
Color.
LXXX VI. If the District Court fund, after payment of the sums with
which it is charged, on account of tho salary of the Judge of thc District
Court, Superintendent of Convicts, Jurors, and other expenses of the
Court, and of convicts, shall bo insufficient to support indigent persons of
color, who may be proper charges on the public, the Board aforesaid shall
have power to impose for that purpose, whenever it may be {required, a
t:ix of one dollar on each malo person of color between tho ages of 1
eighteen and fifty years, and fifty cents on ''ach unmarried female person
of color between the ages of eighteen and forty-five; to be collected in
each precinct by a Magistrate thereof : Provided, That the said imposition
of a tax shall be approved in writing by the Judge of the District Court,
and that bis approval shall appear in the journals of that Court.
LXXXVLL For collection of a tax imposed by the Board aforesaid,
every Magistrate of a precinct shall give ten day's public notice, within
his precinct, of thc classes of persons liable to the tax, the sum which
is required from every person of each class, and of thc day when payment
shall bc made. Every person liable to pay, who fails to pay on the day
appointed, shall become liable to pay a double tax, if he shall not make
to the Magistrate a satisfactory excuse; and against him the Magistrate
may issue process in the nature of fieri /acias, special attachment, and
other process most likely to exact payment,; any or all of which shall be
executed by a constable or the Sheriff.
LXXXVIII. It shall be thc duty of every person who is occupant of a
house or promises, within seven day's after notice to report, in writing
and on oath to a Magistrate of the precinct in which such house ur
premises are, the names, sexes, ages and occupations of all persons of
color in the said house, or on the said premises, who aro unable to earn a
livelihood for themselves and respective families, with the cause of disa?
bility as to each one, and also in respect to each one of such persons the
(name, place of abode, and ability, so far as may be known, of every
j relation who is, according to the provisions hereinbefore contained, bound
to contribute to the support of such person. For every failure, without
good excuse, to make report, as herein required, nn occupant of house or
premises as aforesaid, shall be hable to a fins not exceeding twenty dollars,
nor less than five dollars ; to be paid immediately ; or if it should not be
paid, substitution of other punishment to take place, us in other cases of
fines not paid.
LXXXLX. It shall be the duty of every magistrate to make diligent
inquiry into the condition and wants of the colored poor within his pre?
cinct; to give public notice when reports from occupants us aforesaid are
required; to require such reports within a month before each regular
meeting of the Board of Relief of Indigent Persons of Color, and when?
soever else the said Board may direct; to examine such reports when made
to him; from them and o*ther informatiou. to ascertain the correctness of
? of the facts therein stated; to enforce, as far as possible, the obligation of"
persons bound, as before provided, to contribute to tho support of poor
relations, and to make reports to the Board aforesaid as hereinafter di
j reefed, and to the District Court as is required by the "Act to establish
District Courts.'*
I XC. Every Magistrate shall, besides the quarterly reports which he Ls
required to make to thc District Court, make, on the Monnday next prece?
ding the first Monday of February and August, every year, a semi-annual
report to thc Chairman of the Board aforesaid; which report shall clearly
exhibit, for the time since his last preceding semi-annual report, all his
receipts, all his payments, all his commissions, the condition of tbe
colored population within his precinct, thc name, sex, age, occupation and
particular disability of every person of color in that population who re?
quires assistance from the pubhc; the sum which, in his opinion, is neces?
sary for such person, and the sum required for his whole preciont. Lu
the receipts the distinction shall be observed between collections and
moneys turned over to the Magistrate by some other officer, the particulars
and ?um of each hoing shown. The collections shall be classified accord?
ing to tho sources from which they proceeded, or for instance aids fronv
contracts, aids from instruments of apprenticeship, fines, taxes. Under
taxes shall appear the name and sex of tho person from whom each item,
was collected. Tho sums paid for tho support of your relations, and by,
and for whom, shall be set forth. In the expenditures distinctions shall
be observed between actual disbursements and sums turned over to other
officers ; and the different purposes of disbursements be arranged under.
suitable heads. Every expenditure must bo accompanied by a proper
voucher unless it should appear that it was impracticable to obtain one.
For any failure to make a report as herein required, a Magistrate shall
be liable to indictment shall pay a fino not exceeding fifty dollars, nor less,
than twenty dollars.
XCI. Tho Chairman of the Board aforesaid, besides the quarterly
reports which, by the "Act to establish District Courts," he is required to
make to the Distrit Court, shall, at each regidor sitting of tL said Board,
and whensoever else he moy bo required by the said Board, or by the
District Judge, make to tho Board, in respect to his own acts as Magis
trate of a precinct, such a report as is required from another Magistrate ;
lay before the Board the reports made to lum by other Magistrates ; and
also make a full and particular report in which shall be condensed thc
information obtain, d from the semi-ann aal reports of the Magistrates, so
as to show the condition and wants of the whole District and of each pre?
cinct ; which report yhall also exhibit the receipts and expenditures for
the whole District since the report last preceding, arranged under proper
heads, so as to show the sums received from each source, and by what
Magistaate, the sums disbursed for each purpose, and by what Magistrate,
the sums turned over from one officer to another, commissions, expenses
and contributions for poor relations. Each report shall particularly
specify all delinquencies of Magistrates during its period, and the names
of delinquents. For any failure to make report as hero required, tho
Chairman shall bc liable to indictment, and, upon conviction, shah pay a
fine not exceeding one hundred dollars nor less than twenty dollars.
XCII. The Board of Belief of Indigent Persons of'Color "shall determine
the sum necessary for the support of ca h indigent person of color, who
shall be deemed a proper charge on the public, tho sum required by each
precinct, the sum which shall be paid to each Magistrate to be disbursed
by him, when reports from occupants as aforesaid shall be required, and
when a tax shall be imposed. It shall direct the Magistrates respectively
in the performance of the duties required of them in reference to paupers
and the District Court fund, and it shall report to thc District Court all
delinquencies and delinquents.
XCILT. The balance of the District Court fund which, as provided by
the "Act to establish District Courts," shall, under the order of the Dis?
trict Judge be paid to the Chairman aforesaid, shall, under the order of
the Board aforesaid, be distributed to the Magistrates of precincts, and
be by them disbursed for the relief of indigent persons of color, and other
uses of the Board, as may be directed. Tho minutes of tho Board shall
show the sum assigned to each Magistrate, and the receipt of the Magi?
strate for every sum-paid to him shall be taken bj' the chairman of the
Board, and shall accompany the next report of the chairman to the Board
as well as bc exhibited in support of the chairman's quarterly report to
the District Court in which such payment is set down.
XCTV. On satisfactory information to the District Judge, or a Magis?
trate, that a person ot color has removed from another District, and is
likely to become a charge to the District into which he has removed, the
District Judge, or tho Magistrate, shall proceed against such a person as a
vagrant, and. on conviction, he shall be punished as such : Provided,
howcer, That persons of color who were removed by their former masters
from other Districts, within the last five years, shall be allowed twelve
months to return to the Districts from which they were removed ; and
those who have been separated from their families or relatives shall be
allowed to return to them within twelve months.
VAGRANCY A KD IDLENESS.
XGV. These are public grievances, and must be punished as crimes.
XG VJ- All persons who have not some fixed and known place of abode,
and some lawful and reputable employment ; those who have not some
visible and known means of a fair, honest and reputable livelihood ;. all
common prostitutes ; those who are found wandering from place to place,
vending, bartering or peddling any articles or commodities, without a
license from the District Judge, or other proper authorities ; all common
i gamblers ; persons who lead idle or disorderly lives, or keep or frequent
! disorderly or disreputable houses or places ; those who, not having suffi
i cient means of support, are able to work ami do not work : those who
(whether or not they own lands, or aro lessees or mechanics,) do not pro?
vide a reasonable and proper maintenance, for themselves and families;
those win) are engaged in representing publicly >r privately, for fee OT
reward, without license, any tragedy, interlude, comedy, farce, play, or
other similar entertainment, exhibition of the circus, sleight-of-hand, wax
work or the like ; those who for private gain, without license, give any
concert or musical entertainment, of any description'; fortune-tellers; sturdy
beggars ; common drunkards ; those who hunt game of any description,
or fish on thc land of others, or frequent the premises, contrary to the
willoi the occupants : shall be deemed vagrants, cud be liable to tho
j punishment hereinafter provided.
XCVTL Upon information, or oath, of another, or upon Iiis ow?
knowledge, the District. Judge er a Magistrate, shall issue a warrant for
I the arrest of any person of color known, or believed, to bc a vagrant.
within the meaning of this Act. 'The Magistrate may proceed to tryr
: with the assistance of five freeholders, or call into his aid another
'Magistrate, and the two may proceed to try, with the assistance of three
j free-holders, as is provided by the Act of 17?7. concerning vagrants ; or
; the Magistrate may commit the accused to be tried before the District
i Court. On conviction, the defendant shall be hable to imprisonment, and
! to hard labor, one or both, as shall be fixed by the verdict, not exceeding
twelve nv in tbs.