for explosion of ble. damages that may accrue thereby, and, moreover, forfeit and pay, for every time he or they shall be found guilty thereof, the sum of twenty dollars, one moiety thereof to be paid to the State Treasurer, for the public use, the other moiety to him or them that will sue and prosecute for the same in any Court of competent jurisdiction in this State, besides his charges therein expended. Master liable SEC. 4. That if any person within this State shall suffer injury to steamboat boiler life or limb, by the explosion of any boiler of a steamboat, or by unless unavoida- reason of the unskillfulness, mismanagement or negligence of the 1837, V1, 571, 1. person or persons having the charge or command of the said boat, or her engine, or by reason of any defect in the said engine or boat, or by reason of the deficiency or want of any matter or thing necessary and proper for the management or seaworthiness of the said boat, the Captain, Master, or other person having command or charge of such boat, shall, for every such injury, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be punished by fine or imprisonment, or both, at the discretion of the Court before which such conviction shall be had: Provided, however, That nothing contained in this and the following Section shall be so construed as to prevent the defendant from showing, on the trial, that the injury arose from unavoidable accident, and without fault on his part; and that said Sections shall not in any manner be construed to restrict the liability of any person to be indicted, tried and punished, under any law now existing. Owners liable for good conduct of master. Ib., 2. Governor to appoint Commis SEC. 5. The owners of every steamboat shall be deemed, and are hereby made, responsible for the good conduct of the Masters or Captains employed by them; and if any penalty incurred by the Master, Captain or other person having the command or charge of a steamboat or her engine, cannot be collected of him by due course of law, the same may be recovered of the owners of the boat in whose service and employment he was at the time such offense was committed, jointly and severally, in the same manner as if they were sureties of such Master, Captain or person in command or charge as aforesaid. Pilotage. SEC. 6. That the Governor of the State shall appoint a Board of Commissioners of Pilots, to consist of three seafaring men, one of 1868, XIV,110, whom shall be a first-class pilot. soners. § 1. Term of office. Vacancy. Ib., 23. SEC. 7. The members of the Board of Commissioners herein provided for shall hold their office for two years, unless sooner removed by the Governor. When a vacancy occurs a new appointment shall be made for the full term. SEC. 8. Said Board shall be authorized to grant license for pilots as first, second, third and fourth class, as they may be entitled from their skill and knowledge of the business. To grant 1 censes. Ib., 1. Pilots. SEC. 9. It shall be lawful for any person or persons to act as pilots in this State who shall be examined and approved by the Board of ̄ ̄1b., ¿ 2. Commissioners herein provided for. City Council vested with con trol of Charles1:83, VII, 98, ton harbor. 24. SEC. 10. That the City Council of Charleston are vested with full power and authority, from time to time, under their common seal, to make and establish such by-laws, rules and ordinances, respecting the harbor and the regulation of seamen, as to them shall appear expedient and necessary; and they may also take such effectual 2 measures for carrying into execution all laws in force respecting the said harbor as to them may seem proper.* 3 Strob., 594; Spears, 769, 9 Rich., 209. CHAPTER LV. SEC. OF MONEY, BILLS OF EXCHANGE, AND PROMISSORY NOTES. Confederate States Notes. 1. Debts contracted with reference to Confederate money to be determined by Federal money. SEC. 6. Decrees and judgments to draw 7. Usury acts repealed. Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes. 8. Promissory notes made negotiable 9. Notes made before death, and ne- 10. Inland bills of exchange to be pro- 2. Value of Federal money: 1. 186'- 28. 3. One day, smallest division of time. Money of Account. 4. Dollars, dimes, cents and mills. Interest of Money. 5. Legal rate to be seven per cent. 11. Endorser not to be held unless 13. Bill of exchange accepted for debt 15. Days of grace on bills payable at 17. Protested bill to carry interest. 20. Jury may render verdict for differ- *For regulations concerning pilotage of bar and harbor of Charleston, see Horsey's Compilation of City Ordinances, p. 83. Debts cor tracted with re Confederate States Notes. SECTION 1. That the value of all debts and obligations, whether ference to Con- under seal or not under seal, created or contracted in Confederate federate money to be determined States notes, or with reference to Confederate States notes as a basis by money. 21. Federal of value, issued by the so-called Confederate States Government, or 1869, XIV,277, in or by any bills, bonds or notes assimilated or made equivalent in value to Confederate States notes by any law or custom of trade during the years 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864 and 1865, shall be determined by the value of said Confederate States notes in the lawful money of the United States at the time such debts or obligations were created or contracted. Value of Federal money. I5., § 2. 1861-January and February. March. April. May. June. July and August. September. October. November. December. SEC. 2. That the value of one dollar of lawful money of the United States in said Confederate States notes is declared as follows, namely: 1. During January and February, 1861, one dollar of lawful money was equal to one dollar and five cents of Confederate States notes. 2. During March, 1861, one dollar of lawful money was equal to one dollar and six cents of Confederate States notes. 3. During April, 1861, one dollar of lawful money was equal to one dollar and seven cents of Confederate States notes. 4. During May, 1861, one dollar of lawful money was equal to one dollar and eight cents of Confederate States notes. 5. During June, 1861, one dollar of lawful money was equal to one dollar and nine cents of Confederate States notes. 6. During July and August, 1861, one dollar of lawful money was equal to one dollar and ten cents of Confederate State notes. 7. During September, 1861, one dollar of lawful money was equal to one dollar and eleven cents of Confederate States notes. 8. On the first day of October, 1861, one dollar of lawful money was equal to one dollar and twelve cents of Confederate States notes, and from day to day thereafter regularly increased in value until the thirty-first day of October, 1861, when one dollar of lawful money was equal to one dollar and fifteen cents of Confederate States notes. 9. On the first day of November, 1861, one dollar of lawful money was equal to one dollar and fifteen cents of Confederate States notes, and from day to day thereafter regularly increased in value. until the thirtieth of November, 1861, when one dollar of lawful money was equal to one dollar and twenty cents of Confederate States notes. 10. On the first day of December, 1861, one dollar of lawful money was equal to one dollar and twenty cents of Confederate States notes, and from day to day thereafter regularly increased in value. until the fifteenth day of December, 1861, when one dollar of lawful money was equal to one dollar and thirty cents of Confederate States notes, and, from day to day thereafter, regularly decreased in value until the thirty-first day of December, 1861, when one dollar of lawful money was equal to one dollar and twenty cents of Confederate States notes. 11. On the first day of January, 1862, one dollar of lawful money 1862-January. was equal to one dollar and twenty cents of Confederate States notes, and from day to day thereafter regularly increased in value. until the thirty-first day of January, 1862, when one dollar of lawful money was equal to one dollar and twenty-two cents of Confederate States notes. 12. On the first day of February, 1862, one dollar of lawful February. money was equal to one dollar and twenty-two cents of Confederate States notes, and from day to day thereafter regularly increased in value until the twenty-eighth day of February, 1862, when one dollar of lawful money was equal to one dollar and forty-eight cents of Confederate States notes. 13. On the first day of March, 1862, one dollar of lawful money was equal to one dollar and forty-eight cents of Confederate States notes, and from day to day thereafter regularly increased in value until the thirty-first day of March, 1862, when one dollar of lawful money was equal to one dollar and seventy-three cents of Confederate States notes. March. 14. On the first day of April, 1862, one dollar of lawful money April. was equal to one dollar and seventy-three cents of Confederate States notes, and from day to day thereafter regularly increased in value until the thirtieth day of April, 1862, when one dollar of lawful money was equal to one dollar and eighty-seven cents of Confederate States notes. 15. On the first day of May, 1862, one dollar of lawful money was equal to one dollar and eighty-seven cents of Confederate States notes, and from day to day thereafter regularly increased in value until the thirty-first day of May, 1862, when one dollar of lawful money was equal to one dollar and eighty-nine cents of Confederate States notes. 16. On the first day of June, 1862, one dollar of lawful money was equal to one dollar and eighty-nine cents of Confederate States notes, and from day to day thereafter regularly increased in value until the thirtieth day of June, 1862, when one dollar of lawful money was equal to one dollar and ninety cents of Confederate States notes. May. Jure. 17. On the first day of July, 1862, one dollar of lawful money July. August. September. October. November. December. 1863-January. was equal to one dollar and ninety cents of Confederate States notes, and from day to day thereafter regularly decreased in value until the twentieth day of July, 1862, when one dollar of lawful money was equal to one dollar and eighty-three cents of Confederate States notes, and from day to day thereafter regularly increased in value until the thirty-first day of July, 1862, when one dollar of lawful money was equal to one dollar and ninety cents of Confederate States notes. 18. On the first day of August, 1862, one dollar of lawful money was equal to one dollar and ninety cents of Confederate States notes, and from day to day thereafter regularly increased in value until the thirty-first day of August, 1862, when one dollar of lawful money was equal to two dollars and seventeen cents of Coufederate States notes. 19. On the first day of September, 1862, one dollar of lawful money was equal to two dollars and seventeen cents of Confederate States notes, and from day to day thereafter regularly increased in value until the thirtieth day of September, 1862, when one dollar of lawful money was equal to two dollars and twenty-three cents of Confederate States notes. 20. On the first day of October, 1862, one dollar of lawful money was equal to two dollars and twenty three cents of Confederate States notes, and from day to day thereafter regularly increased in value until the thirty-first day of October, 1862, when one dollar of lawful money was equal to two dollars and thirty cents of Confederate States notes. 21. On the first day of November, 1862, one dollar of lawful money was equal to two dollars and thirty cents of Confederate States notes, and from day to day thereafter regularly increased in value until the thirtieth day of November, 1862, when one dollar of lawful money was equal to two dollars and thirty-three cents of Confederate States notes. 22. On the first day of December, 1862, one dollar of lawful money was equal to two dollars and thirty-three cents of Confederate States notes, and from day to day thereafter regularly decreased in value until the thirty-first day of December, 1862, when one dollar of lawful money was equal to two dollars and thirty cents of Confederate States notes. 23. On the first day of January, 1863, one dollar of lawful money was equal to two dollars and thirty cents of Confederate States notes, and from day to day thereafter regularly decreased in value until the thirty-first day of January, 1863, when one dollar of lawful money was equal to one dollar and ninety-four cents of Confederate States notes. |