The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1861-05-14


Passed By the erra ses'iO" Of the General assembly Of ~
Carolina conrened in Raleigh Ady I, 1881,
THE STAY Law.
The following is the Stay Law ratified ON Friday last
AN act provide against the sacrifice eProperty and
to suspend proceedings an certain cases.
SEC. /. BE it enacted &c. That no execution Of feri
CaciGs uenre exponns founded upon judgment in
suit action for debts and demands due bonds
promissory notes, bills of exchange, for the
payment of money Judgments, aceourts and all other
Acontracts for money demands contracts for specific
articles, others than those upon official bonds in
favor of the State against residents shall be
issued from the passage of this act, by court Of
record magistrate for the sale of properly uutii
otherwise provided by law, shall there be any sales
under deeds of trust DEGREES, unless by the consent
of parties interested until otherwise provided by law.
q Where such executions have issued, and are
now in the hands OF ocers whether levied or not the
officer having such executions shall return the 10
the magistrate court from whence they issued with
further execution thereof and executions the
judgments shall not Issue again until the operation
of this act Pr0Uided, That this get shall not
he construed to discharge the lien which has already
been acquired by the taking out such execution.
SEC 3. There shall be trials of any requi-
ring the intervention of jury, upon warrants
before justice of the peace in suit action for
debts demands due bonds prOmissoy notes. bills
of exchange covenants for the payment of money,
Judgments and all other contracts, for money
demands or contracts for specific articles.
SEC 4 This shall not apply to liabilities upon the
part Of public officers, either TO the State, counties
corporations or individuals; State, county
poration taxes to debts hereafter contracted
TO debts due the State nor to debts due from nom
residents the annual collection of interest," Pro-
Uidd That note bill of acceptance other oblga
ton, the consideration of which is any debt obga
ton present existing shall be held considered
: a debt hereafter contracted.
SEC. The interest which has accrued since the LIST
( day of January, A. d. 1860, which may hereafter
accrue upon any bond. or prOmissory note which
payable before the passage of this may be collected
by action of debt assumps before justice of the
peace if the of interest sued be within his
inrs 40 i'm Or
Court ProUided horeuer That suit shall
be brought except for the interest for year more
(awa IS making number,) BY computing the
time from the day when the ntesest upon such bond
promissory note began to accrue.
SEC 6. That any person who is about to remove his
property out of the State, without the of his
creditors shall be entitled to the benefit of this
SEC That all mortgages and deeds in trust for the
benefit of creditors hereafter executed, whether regis
tered not and all judgments confessed during the
continuance of this ac shall be utterly void, and of
effect.
SEC. 8 The time during which this law is in force
shall not be computed in any where the statute
of Limitations comes in question
SEC. 8. That this shall be in force from and af
ter its ratification.
80 CAPTIONS-A joint resolution for special
gers of the Executive Department.
$50 An repeal the 9Th section of the 10th chapter
of the Revised Code entitled "oaths."
Joint resolution concerning the equipment and pro-
visioning of Volunteers.
An act TO authorize and require the Governor of \.
farslina to call Convention of the people
An repeal restrictions upon fishing.
An oct raise ten thousand State troops.
An act to provide for the manufacture of arms and
other munitions of war.
Resolutions Federal Relations
An act TO amend the charter OF the city Of Raleigh
aud other cities and towns.
Resolution to pay Commissioners to the Peace Con-
ference at Washington and the Congress at Montsom-
cry sc per day.
Resolution of thanks to his Exceency, the Governor
of the State.
Resolutisa authorizing the Governor to appoint
IOmmiS snneF Montgomery.
F. An act to repeal an act appropriating $4,000 for
lighting aud heating the Capitol
An act for Patrols.
An act authorizing the Volunteers to for dele
gates the State Convention for their respective
Lies, the vote to be sent to the Sherifs by captains
An act to raise twenty thousand volunteers.
We do not think the above is complete list of
Captions, it was made up by the Raleigh Jour
nal, we suppose, before the Legislature adjourned.
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RALEIGH PERCUSSION ZAP FAcToRY.-Owng
to the skill of Professor Emmons in making the
composition, and the mechanical dexterity of Mr.
Charles Kuester in using it for the requisite pur
pose, we shall have as much of that article SO
seutial in war, percussion caps, we may need.
We have seen specimen OF the caps, aud they
fully answer the end in view Prof Emmons has
also suggested the mode Of manufacturing any
quantity of the right sort Of powder. This is a
beginning of enterprises by Southern people to
supply themselves with those things for which
they have been so long dependent on their North
enemies We shall expect to tanneries,
manufactures of leather, of hats, and every requi-
site for the comforts and necessities of life spring
ing up all over the South.-RaLeiyh Register.
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fsE- The New York Day Book says sThat
papers received at our Office, which arc published
in small cities and country towns are for the most
part entirely free of the war-sprit, which appears
in The journals published in the larger cities of
thrty-two Northern country papers which we re-
ceiye, twenty-sx denounce the spirit as sure
to lead to hopeless disunien, and national ruin"
TENNEssEE-Tennesseeh has been declared out
of the Federal Union by the Legislature. The
people viii vote on the secession ordinance the
9th of June. military league will be formed
with the Confederate States, and confirmed by the
Legislature the war expense to be borne BY the
Cunfederacy, and the army to be under the Con-
federate authorities In addition to the secession
ordinance, bill has also passed the Legislature
calling for $4,000 troops aud appropriating five
millions dollars-two millions positively and three
millions conditionally.
MARYLAND PROPOSES TO ACT AS MEpIA-
ToR--In the Maryland Senate the Committee on
Federal Relations reported resolution proposing
a joint Committee of each nonse--two members
from each-to wait the President of the United