pleasure; and with all other rights, privileges and immunities that are now secured by law to like incorporate bodies. SEC. 2. This Act shall be deemed a public Act, and shall remain in force for the term of fourteen years. In the Senate House, the fourteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight. L. BOOZER, President of the Senate. FRANKLIN J. MOSES, JR., Speaker House of Representatives. Approved: ROBERT K. SCOTT, Governor. No. 5. AN ACT REGULATING THE TENURE OF CERTAIN OFFICES AND APPOINT- SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, Present offi- and by the authority of the same, That all State, District and municipal cers to officers appointed by the General commanding the late Second Military ceeded by District, in pursuance of, and under the authority of, the reconstruction appointment. laws of Congress, or appointed or elected under the late provisional Gov ued until suc election or ernment of South Carolina, and not removed by said General commanding, and whose places have not been filled by election or appointment under the new Constitution, shall continue in office until their several offices are filled by the election or appointment and qualification, according to law, of the proper State, County and municipal officers, or until the duties of such officers have been devolved, by authority of the General Assembly, upon other officers duly elected or appointed and qualified according to law under the new Constitution. SEC. 2. It shall be lawful for any County or State officer, elected at the Time for fil- elections of April 14, 15 and 16, or June 2 and 3, 1868, to file the bond ing bonds and qualifying. required by law, and qualify for the office to which he has been elected, at any time within twenty days from the passage of this Act, and no later; and upon the filing of such bond and qualifying, according to law, he shall enter upon the duties of said office. clared valid. SEC. 3. The elections of April 14, 15 and 16, and of June 2 and 3, 1868, Elections de- held in conformity with the Acts of Reconstruction, and all orders issued in pursuance thereof, are, and are hereby, declared valid; and all persons elected at such elections are declared to be entitled to the immediate possession of the offices to which they have been elected, upon their qualifying and giving the bonds required by law. Persons SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons holding holding offi- any office or offices in the State of South Carolina shall refuse to surrences after the der to the person or persons elected at the elections of April 14, 15 and their succes 16, and June 2 and 3, 1868, or to the person or persons elected at the sors punisha- elections hereafter to be held under the laws of South Carolina, not incon election of ble. sistent with the new Constitution of said State, or appointed by the Governor in pursuance of law, such office or offices, together with all moneys, books, records, papers and property of any kind or character whatever, Penalty. pertaining thereto, whenever such person or persons so elected or appointed A. D, 1868. shall have qualified and given the bonds required by law, such person or persons so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by fine and imprisonment-such fine not to be less than one thousand dollars, and such imprisonment not to be less than one year at hard labor in the Penitentiary. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. SEC. 5. That the provisions of this Act shall not apply to the offices of Officers of Judges of the Court of Equity, and of Masters, Registers and Commis- the Court of Equity. sioners in Equity, but that the said officers shall, until the first of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, continue to discharge the duties and functions of their respective offices for the disposition of causes which are now pending. In the Senate House, the fifteenth day of August, in the year of our L. BOOZER, President of the Senate. A. J. RANSIER, Speaker House of Representatives pro tempore. Approved: ROBERT K SCOTT, Governor. AN ACT TO ORGANIZE THE CIRCUIT COURTS. No. 6. Division of Circuits. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, In pursuance of Section 13 of Article IV of the Constitution, the State is hereby divided into eight Circuits, as follows: 1. The Counties of Charleston and Orangeburg shall constitute the First Circuit. first Circuit. 2. The Counties of Edgefield, Barnwell, Colleton and Beaufort shall constitute the second Circuit. Second Cir cuit. 3. The Counties of Sumter, Clarendon, Williamsburg, Georgetown and Horry shall constitute the third Circuit. Third Cir cuit. 4. The Counties of Chesterfield, Marlboro, Marion, Darlington and Kershaw shall constitute the fourth Circuit. Fourth Cir cuit. 5. The Counties of Fairfield, Richland, Newberry and Lexington shall Fifth Circuit. constitute the fifth Circuit. 6. The Counties of Chester, Lancaster, York and Union shall consti- Sixth Circuit. tute the sixth Circuit. 7. The Counties of Abbeville, Laurens and Spartanburg shall constitute the seventh Circuit. 8. The Counties of Greenville, Anderson, Oconee and Pickens shall constitute the eighth Circuit. Seventh Cir cuit. Eighth Circuit. First Circuit. SEC. 2. The Circuit Courts in the first Circuit shall be held as follows: 1. The Court of General Sessions, at Charleston, for the County of Charleston, on the first Monday of February, June and November; and Charleston. he Court of Common Pleas at Charleston, for the County of Charleston, on the second Monday of February, June and November. A. D. 1868. 2. The Court of General Sessions at Orangeburg, for the County of Orangeburg, on the first Monday of January, May and September; and Orangeburg. the Court of Common Pleas at Orangeburg, for the County of Orangeburg, on the first Wednesday after the first Monday of January, May and September. Second Circuit. SEC. 3. The Circuit Courts in the second Circuit shall be held as follows: 1. The Court of General Sessions at Edgefield, for the County of Edgefield, on the first Monday of February, June and October; and the Edgefield. Court of Common Pleas at Edgefield, for the County of Edgefield, on the first Wednesday after the first Monday of February, June and October. Barnwell. Colleton. Beaufort. Third Circuit. Sumter. Clarendon. 2. The Court of General Sessions at Barnwell, for the County of Barnwell, on the fourth Monday of February, June and October; and the Court of Common Pleas at Barnwell, for the County of Barnwell, on the Wednesday after the fourth Monday of February, June and October. 3. The Court of General Sessions at Walterboro, for the County of Colleton, on the first Monday after the fourth Monday in February, June and October; and the Court of Common Pleas at Walterboro, for the County of Colleton, on the Wednesday after the fourth Monday of February, June and October. 4. The Court of General Sessions at Beaufort, for the County of Beaufort, on the second Monday of April, August and December; and the Court of Common Pleas at Beaufort, for the County of Beaufort, on the third Monday of April, August and December. SEC. 4. The Circuit Courts in the third Circuit shall be held as follows: 1. The Court of General Sessions at Sumter, for the County of Sumter, on the first Monday of January, May and August; and the Court of Common Pleas at Sumter, for the County of Sumter, on the first Wednesday after the first Monday of January, May and August. 2. The Court of General Sessions at Manning, for the County of Clarendon, on the third Monday of January, May and August; and the Court of Common Pleas at Manning, for the County of Clarendon, on the first Wednesday after the third Monday of January, May and August. 3. The Court of General Sessions at Kingstree, for the County of WilWilliamsburg liamsburg, on the first Monday of February, June and September; and the Court of Common Pleas at Kingstree, for the County of Williamsburg, on the first Wednesday after the first Monday of February, June and September. Georgetown. Horry. Fourth Circuit. Chesterfield, 4. The Court of General Sessions at Georgetown, for the County of Georgetown, on the third Monday of February, June and October; and the Court of Common Pleas at Georgetown, for the County of Georgetown, on the first Wednesday after the third Monday of February, June and October. 5. The Court of General Sessions at Conwayboro, for the County of Horry, on the second Monday of March, July and November; and the Court of Common Pleas at Conwayboro, for the County of Horry, on the first Wednesday after the second Monday of March, July and November. SEC. 5. The Circuit Courts in the fourth Circuit shall be held as follows: 1. The Court of General Sessions at Chesterfield, for the County of Chesterfield, on the first Monday of January, May and August; and the Court of Common Pleas at Chesterfield, for the County of Chesterfield, on the first Wednesday after the first Monday of January, May and August. 2. The Court of General Sessions at Bennettsville, for the County of Marlboro, on the third Monday of January, May and August; and the Court of Common Pleas at Bennettsville, for the County of Marlboro, on the first Wednesday after the third Monday of January, May and August. 3. The Court of General Sessions at Marion, for the County of Marion, on the first Monday of February, June and September; and the Court of Common Pleas at Marion, for the County of Marion, on the first Wednesday after the first Monday of February, June and September. A. D. 1868. Marlboro. Marion. 4. The Court of General Sessions at Darlington, for the County of Darlington, on the first Monday of February, June and October; and Darlington, the Court of Common Pleas at Darlington, for the County of Darlington, on the first Wednesday after the third Monday of February, June and October. Kershaw. 5. The Court of General Sessions at Camden, for the County of Kershaw, on the second Monday of March, July and November; and the Court of Common Pleas at Camden, for the County of Kershaw, on the first Wednesday after the second Monday of March, July and November. SEC. 6. The Circuit Courts in the fifth Circuit shall be held as fol- Fifth Circuit. lows: 1. The Court of General Sessions at Winnsboro, for the County of Fairfield, on the first Monday of January, May and September; and the Court of Common Pleas at Winnsboro, for the County of Fairfield, on the first Wednesday after the first Monday of January, May and September. 2. The Court of General Sessions at Columbia, for the County of Richland, on the first Monday of February, June and October; and the Court of Common Pleas at Columbia, for the County of Richland, on the first Wednesday after the first Monday of February, June and October. Fairfield. Richland. 3. The Court of General Sessions at Newberry, for the County of Newberry, on the first Monday of March, July and November; and the Newberry. Court of Common Pleas at Newberry, for the County of Newberry, on the first Wednesday after the first Monday of March, July and November. 4. The Court of General Sessions at Lexington, for the County of Lexington, on the first Monday of April, August and December; and the Court of Common Pleas at Lexington, for the County of Lexington, on the first Wednesday after the first Monday of April, August and December. Lexington. SEC. 7. The Circuit Courts in the sixth Circuit shall be held as fol- Sixth Circuit. lows: 1. The Court of General Sessions at Chesterville, for the County of Chester, on the first Monday of January, May and September; and the Court of Common Pleas at Chesterville, for the County of Chester, on the first Wednesday after the first Monday of January, May and September. 2. The Court of General Sessions at Lancaster, for the County of Lancaster, on the first Monday of February, June and October; and the Chester. Lancaster. A. D. 1868. York. Union. Seventh Cir cuit. Abbeville. Laurens. Court of Common Pleas at Lancaster, for the County of Lancaster, on the first Wednesday after the first Monday of February, June and October. 3. The Court of General Sessions at Yorkville, for the County of York, on the first Monday of March, July and November; and the Court of Common Pleas at Yorkville, for the County of York, on the first Wednesday after the first Monday of March, July and November. 4. The Court of General Sessions at Unionville, for the County of Union, on the first Monday of April, August and December; and the Court of Common Pleas at Unionville, for the County of Union, on the first Wednesday after the first Monday of April, August and December. SEC. 8. The Circuit Courts in the seventh Circuit shall be held as follows: 1. The Court of General Sessions at Abbeville, for the County of Abbeville on the third Monday of January, May and September; and the Court of Common Pleas at Abbeville, for the County of Abbeville, on the first Wednesday after the third Monday of January, May and September. 2. The Court of General Sessions at Laurensville, for the County of Laurens, on the third Monday of February, June and October; and the Court of Common Pleas at Laurensville, for the County of Laurens, on the first Wednesday after the third Monday of February, June and October. 3. The Court of General Sessions at Spartanburg, for the County of Spartanburg. Spartanburg, on the third Monday of March, July and November; and the Court of Common Pleas at Spartanburg, for the County of Spartanburg, on the first Monday after the third Monday in March, July and November. Eighth Circuit. SEC. 9. The Circuit Courts in the eighth Circuit shall be held as follows: 1. The Court of General Sessions at Greenville, for the County of Greenville. Greenville, on the second Monday of January, May and September; and the Court of Common Pleas at Greenville, for the County of Greenville, on the first Wednesday after the second Monday of January, May and September. Anderson. Oconee. Pickens. Common Pleas, &c. 2. The Court of General Sessions at Anderson, for the County of Anderson, on the fourth Monday of January, May and September; and the Court of Common Pleas at Anderson, for the County of Anderson, on the first Wednesday after the fourth Monday of January, May and September. 3. The Court of General Sessions at Walhalla, for the County of Oconee, on the second Monday of March, July and November; and the Court of Common Pleas at Walhalla, for the County of Oconee, on the first Wednesday after the second Monday of March, July and November. 4. The Court of General Sessions at New Pickens, for the County of Pickens, on the fourth Monday of March, July and November; and the Court of Common Pleas at New Pickens, for the County of Pickens, on the first Wednesday after the fourth Monday of March, July and November. SEC. 10. The Judges elected and commissioned for the several Circuits shall hold the Courts of Common Pleas and General Sessions for the sev |