4th July, 1832, are unauthorized by
the Constitution of the United States, and violate the true intent
and meaning thereof, and are null and void and no law, nor binding
upon the State of South Carolina, its officers and citizens; and all
promises, contracts, and obligations made or entered into, or to be
made or entered into, with purpose to secure the duties imposed by
the said acts, and all judicial proceedings which shall be hereafter
had in affirmance thereof, are and shall be held utterly null and
void.

It also ordains--

That it shall not be lawful for any of the constituted authorities,
whether of the State of South Carolina or of the United States, to
enforce the payment of duties imposed by the said acts within the
limits of the State, but that it shall be the duty of the
legislature to adopt such measures and pass such acts as may be
necessary to give full effect to this ordinance and to prevent the
enforcement and arrest the operation of the said acts and parts of
acts of the Congress of the United States within the limits of the
State from and after the 1st of February next; and it shall be the
duty of all other constituted authorities and of all other persons
residing or being within the limits of the State, and they are
hereby required and enjoined, to obey and give effect to this
ordinance and such acts and measures of the legislature as may be
passed or adopted in obedience thereto.

It further ordains--

That in no case of law or equity decided in the courts of the State
wherein shall be drawn in question the authority of this ordinance,
or the validity of such act or acts of the legislature as may be
passed for the purpose of giving effect thereto, or the validity of
the aforesaid acts of Congress imposing duties, shall any appeal be
taken or allowed to the Supreme Court of the United States, nor
shall any copy of the record be permitted or allowed for that
purpose; and the person or persons attempting to take such appeal
may be dealt with as for a contempt of court.

It likewise ordains--

That all persons holding any office of honor, profit, or trust,
civil or military, under the State shall, within such time and in
such manner as the legislature shall prescribe, take an oath well
and truly to obey, execute, and enforce this ordinance and such act
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