AF OKDIFAFCE
Offered by Mr. B. F. Dunkin.
Be it ordained by the People of South Carolina, by their
delegates in Convention assembled,
That, until otherwise provided, the Governor shall be
authorized to appoint Collectors and other officers connected
with the customs for the several ports within the State of
South Carolina, and also all Post Masters within the said
State; and that until such appointment shall have been
made, the persons now charged with the duties of the said
several offices shall continue to discharge the same, keeping
an account of the moneys received and disbursed bv them
respectively.
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AMENDMENT
Ottered by Mr. John Izard Middleton, as an additional
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clause to the Ordinance proposed by Mr. B. F. Dunkin.
And the Collectors of the Customs are hereby instructed
to levy and collect duties on all goods, wares and merchan-
dize at half the rates heretofore exacted by operation of
the last Tariff Act of the United States government, until
otherwise directed bv law.