South Carolina
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This Collection serves as a repository for academic and research materials related to the history, culture, and legal developments of South Carolina. It includes a wide range of collections documenting the state's unique historical journey, cultural heritage, and contributions to the broader American landscape.
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Item Open Access Ordinances of the City Council of Charleston, in the State of South-Carolina, Passed since the Incorporation of the City, Collected and Revised Pursuant to a Resolution of the Council, at 114, No. 117, § 9 (1802)(General Publisher, 1802)And be it further ordained by the authority aforesaid, That no person or persons, shall fire any squibs, crackers, or other fireworks, except at times of public rejoicing, and at such places as the intendant for the time being may permit, by license under his hand; nor burn any chips, shavings, or other combustible matters, in any of the streets, lanes, wharves, alleys, or open or enclosed lots of the city, nor fire any gun, pistol, or fire arms, within the limits of the city, except on occasion of some military parade, and then by the order of some officer having the command, under the penalty of ten dollars, for every such offense; nor shall any person or persons, raise or fly any paper or other kite, within the said city, under the said penalty of ten dollars.]Item Open Access Ordinances of the City Council of Charleston, in the State of South-Carolina, Passed since the Incorporation of the City, Collected and Revised Pursuant to a Resolution of the Council, at 153, No. 145, § 5 (1802)(General Publisher, 1802)That it shall and may be lawful for the fire-masters to enter into the houses, out-houses, stables and yards of every owner or tenant of the same in Charleston, wherever they shall see occasion and enquire, search, and examine if any quantities of gun-powder ,hay, straw, fodder, pitch, tar, rosin, turpentine, hemp, oil, tallow, or other combustible matter, are lodged in any such place within the said city, which may be in danger of taking fire; and if the said fire-masters shall find there is apparent danger that fire may be communicated by such combustibles, they shall admonish the owner or the tenant of such house or houses, to remove the sameItem Open Access 1791 S.C. Acts 16, An Act To Amend And More Effectually Put In Force For The Time Therein Limited, The Act Entitled An Act For The Regulation Of The Militia Of This State (Dec. Session)(General Publisher, 1791)That every free man of this state, liable to bear arms in any of the regiments, battalions or companies of foot in this state and who shall appear at any such regiment or battalion muster or at any muster or review ordered by his Excellency the governor, or at any company muster ordered in pursuance of this act, or by virtue of the said act of the twenty-sixth day of March 1784, not provided with a good musket and bayonet, and cartouch box capable of containing at least twelve rounds of cartridges or other sufficient gun and a good and sufficient small sword, broad sword, cutlass or hatchet, and a powder horn or flask capable of holding at least 12 rounds of powder, and a good shot bag or pouch, capable of holding twelve balls of a proper size for his gun, and with three spare flints, shall forfeit and pay for each and every such default, the sum of two dollars, or the sum of half a dollar for each article of arms or accoutrements herein before directed, to be affected and levied on such defaulter, in the manner in and by the said act directed and appointed.Item Open Access An Act for the Regulation of the Militia of this State, at 684, § 5, pt. 7 (1782).(General Publisher, 1782)Any officer or private who shall be found drunk on guard, or at any other time of duty, if an officer, be cashiered and turned into the ranks, or receive such other punishment as the court shall inflict ; if a non-commissioned officer or private, he shall be confined til sober, and serve ten days longer than he was otherwise liable to.Item Open Access 4 Statutes at Large of South Carolina 343-44, An Act to Prevent Sedition, and Punish Insurgents and Disturbers of the Public Peace, § 1 (1838)(General Publisher, 1776)Prohibited any person to “take up arms with a hostile intent.”Item Open Access 4 Statutes at Large of South Carolina 34, An Act for Disposing of the Accadians Now in Charleston, § 10 (1838)(General Publisher, 1756)Prohibited “Acadians” from using a firearm or other offensive weapon and allowed people to seize such weapons.Item Open Access An Alphabetical Digest Of The Public Statute Law Of South-Carolina, at 37, tit. 115, § 13 (Vol. 2, 1814)(General Publisher, 1740)That if any person shall fire or shoot off any gun or pistol in the night time after dark and before day light, without necessity, every such person shall forfeit the sum of forty shillings current money, for each gun so fired as aforesaidItem Open Access DAVID J. MCCORD, 7 STATUTES AT LARGE OF SOUTH CAROLINA 417–19 (1840) (enacted 1740, re-enacted 1743)(General Publisher, 1740)Required ever white male inhabitant liable for militia service to carry a gun or pair of horse pistols in good order and fit for service to church. Also required at least six charges of gun powder and ball. Violators liable for twenty shillings on each violation.Item Open Access 1740 S.C. Acts, An Act for the Better Ordering and Governing of Negroes and other Slaves in this Province, § 41(General Publisher, 1740)And Whereas an ill custom has prevailed in this Province, of firing guns in the night time; for the prevention thereof for the future, be it enacted that if any person shall fire or shoot off any gun or pistol in the night time after dark and before day-light without necessity every such person shall forfeit the sum of 40s. current money for each gun so fired as aforesaidItem Open Access 1740 S.C. Acts, An Act for the Better Ordering and Governing of Negroes and other Slaves in this Province, § 23(General Publisher, 1740)Prohibited any “negro or slave” from possessing or using firearms or weapons without a ticket or license from their master, punishable by seizure of weapons.