Author: South Carolina. Attorney General's Office
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Category : Coroners
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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Author: Thomas P. Walker
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ISBN: 9781331192251
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Excerpt from Proceedings in the Quo Warranto Case: Of the State Ex Relatione the Attorney-General Vs Thomas P. Walker Informing, on the part of the State, showeth unto your Honor, Daniel H. Chamberlain, Attorney-General of the State of South Carolina, that, in accordance with the provisions of a Constitution adopted by a Convention of the people of South Carolina, and ratified by the people of said State on the 14th, 15th and 16th days of April, in the year 1868, which Constitution provides, in Section 30, Article 4, thereof, as follows, that is to say: "The qualified electors of each County shall elect a Sheriff and a Coroner for the term of four years, and until their successors are elected and qualified;" and under authority of the Commanding General of the Second Military District, conferred upon said Commanding General by the terms of the Acts of the Congress of the United States known as the Reconstruction Acts and the Acts supplementary thereto, an election was ordered and held on the 2d and 3d days of June, in the year 1868; that at said election William B. Johnston was duly elected to the office of Coroner for Richland County, in the State aforesaid, which election was duly proclaimed in General Orders No. 122, emanating from the Headquarters of the Second Military District, and dated at Charleston, in the said State, on the 1st day of July, 1868; that subsequently to the order aforesaid, the said William B. Johnston was duly qualified and commissioned as Coroner of the County aforesaid, in the State aforesaid, and entered upon the duties of his office; that by the terms of General Orders No. 120, from the Headquarters of the Second Military District, dated at Charleston, June 30, 1868, Paragraph 7, it is declared that the officers elected at the election held on the 2d and 3d days of June shall, after qualification, perform the duties prescribed for said officers by law, under the existing Provisional Government of the State, until the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina shall otherwise prescribe by law; that nevertheless, notwithstanding the facts above set forth, one Thomas P. Walker, of Richland County, in the said State, claims to exercise, and does usurp and exercise, the office of Coroner, of the County aforesaid, in violation of law, and in derogation of the rights of the people of the said State, and especially of the rights of the aforesaid William B. Johnston. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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