Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1861-05-15
srAYLAH.
AN ACT
To proUids against the sacrifice of property and to
snspend proceedings in certain cases.

To proUids against the saorJsts of property and to
suspend proceedings in certain cases.
Passed at the Extra Session, May. 1S61.l
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the General Assens-
6y Of North Carolina, and it IL hereby enacted by
the authority Of the sane, That no execution of
tori Jacias or oenditioni erponds founded upon .
judgment in any suit action for debts and demands
due on bonds, promissory notes, bills of exchange,
covenants for the payment of money, judgments ac-
counts, and all other contracts for money, demands
or contracts for specific articles other than those
upon official bonds or in favor of the State against
non-resdents, shall be issued from the passage of
this act, by any Court of record, by any mags-
trate, for the sale of property, until otherwise pro-
vided by law. Nor shall there be any sales under
deeds of trust or decrees unless by the consent of
parties interested until otherwise provided by law.
SEC. 2. Where such executions have issued, and
are now in the hands of officers whether levied or
not the officer having such executions shall return
the same to the magistrates, or the Court from
whence they issued without further execution there
Of and executions upon the same judgments shall
not issue again until the operation of this act
Provided, that this act shall not be construed to
discharge the lien which has already been acquired
by the taking out such execution.
SEC. 3. There shall be no trials of any
quiring the Intervention of jury, nor upon war
rants before Justice of the Peace in any suit
ton for debts or demands due on bonds, promssory
notes, bills of exchange covenants for the payment
of money, judgments, accounts, and all other con-
tracts Tor money demands or contracts for specific
articles.
Sec. 4. This act shall not apply to liabilities up
on the part Of public officers either to the State,
counties corporations, individuals nor to State,
county or corporation taxes, to debts hereafter
contracted nor to debts due the State nor to debts
due from nonresidents, nor to the annual collection
of interest: Pr"Uided that no note bill of accep-
lance or other obligation, the consideration of which
is any debt or obligation at present existing, shall
be held or considered as debt hereafter contracted
Sec 8. The interest which has accrued since the
first day Of January, A. D. 1850 or which may here
after accrue upon any bond or promssory note
which was payable before the passage of this act
may be collected by action of debt or assumpsit be-
fore any Justice of the Peace, if the amount of in
terest sued for be within his jurisdiction and if not
then in the county or Superior Court: Provided,
however, that no warrant or suit shall be brought
except for the interest Of year or more always
making an even number) by computing the time
from the day when the interest upon such bond or
promissory note begun to accrue.
Sec. g. That any person who is about to remove
his property out of the State without the consent
of his creditors, shall not be entitled the benefit
Of this act
SEC Z. That all mortgages and Deeds in Trust
for the benefit of creditors, hereafter executed,
whether registered or not and all judgments con-
fessed, during the continuance of this act shall be
utterly void aud of no effect
Sec. s. The time during which this law is in
force, shall not be computed in any where the
statute Of limitation comes in question.
Sec. 9. That this act shall be in force from and
after its ratification.