A Digest of the Laws of the United States & the State of South-Carolina Now of Force, Relating to the Militia: With an Appendix, Containing the Patrol Laws; the Laws of the Government of Slaves and Free Persons of Colour; the Decisions of the Constitutional Court and Court of Appeals of South- Carolina Therein; and an Abstract from the Rules and Regulations of the United States' Army |
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ulations for mentioned , which shall be respected and obeyed until altered and
revoked by the same authority , and the said general regulations shall be laid
before the legislature at their next meeting . 243 . Sec . VI . And be it enacted , & c
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ulations for mentioned , which shall be respected and obeyed until altered and
revoked by the same authority , and the said general regulations shall be laid
before the legislature at their next meeting . 243 . Sec . VI . And be it enacted , & c
.
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The authority to decide whether the exigencies contemplated in the constitution
of the United States , and the act of Congress of 1795 , c . 101 , in which the
president has authority to call forth the militia , “ to execute the laws of the Union ...
The authority to decide whether the exigencies contemplated in the constitution
of the United States , and the act of Congress of 1795 , c . 101 , in which the
president has authority to call forth the militia , “ to execute the laws of the Union ...
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The militia officers are under the authority of the state , and may therefore be
commanded to enrol , ( to answer the ... and for all other purposes , the militia are
subject to the control and government of the state authorities , ” ( Houston vs .
The militia officers are under the authority of the state , and may therefore be
commanded to enrol , ( to answer the ... and for all other purposes , the militia are
subject to the control and government of the state authorities , ” ( Houston vs .
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The authority of Vattel is also relied on , but on examination it will be found that
that part of the work referred to , the 8th chap . of the 2d book , is treating only of
those who pass through or sojourn in a country , as contradistinguished from ...
The authority of Vattel is also relied on , but on examination it will be found that
that part of the work referred to , the 8th chap . of the 2d book , is treating only of
those who pass through or sojourn in a country , as contradistinguished from ...
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... I find that this construction , given by the officers of the regiment soon after its
organization , was sanctioned by legislative authority in the year 1813 , nineteen
years after the act of 1794 had gone into operation . For it is expressly declared in
...
... I find that this construction , given by the officers of the regiment soon after its
organization , was sanctioned by legislative authority in the year 1813 , nineteen
years after the act of 1794 had gone into operation . For it is expressly declared in
...
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Page 13 - In pursuance of this authority, the act of 1795 has provided, "that whenever the United States shall be invaded, or be in imminent danger of invasion from any foreign nation or Indian tribe, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States to call forth such number of the militia of the State or States most convenient to the place of danger, or scene of action, as he may judge necessary to repel such invasion, and to issue his order for that purpose to such officer or officers of the militia...
Page 2 - Massachusetts, is to be expended for books for the College Library. The other half of the income is devoted to scholarships in Harvard University for the benefit of descendants of HENRY BRIGHT, JR., who died at Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1686 In the absence of such descendants, other persons are eligible to the scholarships.
Page 36 - ... that then, and in every such case, it shall and may be lawful to and for the said...
Page 13 - ... obstructed. In any state, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested In the marshals by this act.
Page 153 - And in case any person" or persons shall wilfully cut out the tongue, put out the eye, castrate, or cruelly scald, burn, or deprive any slave of any limb or member, or shall inflict any other cruel punishment, other than by whipping or beating with a horse-whip, cow-skin, switch or small stick, or by putting irons on, or confining or imprisoning such slave, every such person shall, for every such offence, forfeit the sum of one hundred pounds, current money.
Page 14 - An act more effectually to provide for the national defence, by establishing an uniform militia throughout the United States " which act is in the words following vizt.
Page 178 - That all and every person and persons whatsoever who shall hereafter teach or cause any slave or slaves to be taught to write, or...
Page 17 - ... shall furnish himself with all the equipments of a private in the infantry, until proper ordnance and field artillery is provided. There shall be to each troop of horse, one captain, two lieutenants, one cornet, four sergeants, four corporals, one saddler, one farrier, and one trumpeter ; the commissioned...
Page 9 - ... to furnish blank forms of different returns, that may be required, and to explain the principles on which they should be made, to receive from the several officers of the different corps throughout the State, returns of the militia under their command, reporting the actual...
Page 11 - State ; to make returns to the adjutant-general of the State at least once in every year, of the militia of the brigade to which he belongs, reporting therein -the actual situation of the arms, accoutrements, and ammunition...