Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-10-13
Important Military Order.
HEADQUARTERS DEpARrMExr OF TIE Sou,

Charleston, s. c., October /, 1866.
General Orders, No 49,
I. The Civil Courts of the United Suites
for South Carolina aro open, and all casos Of
which they have legal cognizancc will bo re-
mittcd to thcm. Citizens held for trinl for
violations of the laws Of the United States,
will be surrendered to tho custody Of the Uni
ted States Marshal, on proper warrant De-
positions, evidence and papers in such cases
will be forwarded to tho United States District
Attorney for South Carolina.
III. The Courts OF the State Of South Car.
olina, as now constituted aud to be organized,
arc declared by law to lie open to all persons,
with equal civil rights tlr.c;n, without dis
'inction or Discrimination in any particular,
on account Of color or former scrvitudc All
cases, civil and criminal, in which the parties
are civilians, will be turned over to the Judi
cial tribunals Of tho State, having jurslic.
ton Of the same. Civilians in military Gus
tody, awaiting trial for offences against the
laws of Sputh Carolina, will be surrendered
on proper warrant to the custody of the Sler
if of tho Distrvtin which the crime is charged
to have been committed; aud all depositions
proofs and papers in these cases will be trans
mittcl to tho Prosecuting Solicitor for the
Circuit in which snch District is situntrd
III. Militnry Provost Courts will be dis
continued in tho several Districts as soon as
District Courts shall be organized therein
At the Military Reservation Of Hilton Head,
and on the Sea Islands included within the
territorial limits Of that Post and of the Post
of Charleston, Provost Courts will be contin-
ucd until further orders
~. The .Jails now in the possession of the
Military Authorities will be restored tn the
Shcriifs of the several Districts. Prisoners
undergoing sentence of Military Courts hav-
ing less than thirty Days of their terms of i'm
prisonment uncxrircd, will DC discharged =
All other persons in .]ails, undergoing sen.
tcncc OF Military Courts, will be sent under
guard, with n brief statement of tic case,
showing the offence and term of imprisonment,
to the Commanding Olccr of the Post of
Charleston, who will cause them to be confined
in Castle Pinckney for the remainder of their
respective terms of imprisonment.
Y. Corporal punishment shall not be inhict-
cd upon amy person other than minor, and
then only by the parent, guardian, tcnchcr, or
ndenturc of apprenticeship. Nor shall any
person be sold to service as punishment for
crime, or for other cause, by any authority
whatever. C.. Q. No. l. Par. NVlIl, IIend.
quarters Department of South Carolina, Jan.
unrv lst. 1869
vi. The laws of the States respectively in
this Department. defining and pnnshing va
.r.ncy. applicable, to white persons, may be
enforced against all persons nevertheless, no
one who shall have used reasonable diligence
to obtain employment, or who shall be unable
to work by reason Of intrmity, shall he deemed
a vagrant (G. y. No l, Par NlIT, Head
Quarters Department of South Carolina, Jan
LIST, 1860
~.Nll. No prosecution or suit shall be cntcr-
ta'n,d in the Civil Courts within this Militia
ry pcl"rtmcnt against officers or soldiers of
t''c arnle" Of the United States, or persons
!" anSwiSe thereto belonging, subject to mill
'ary authority. Charged with acts done in their
'n''itary capacity, OF pursuant to orders from
proper military authority; nor against loyal
c'tlzens or persons chareel will, acts done. d.
rectiy or indirectly, against the rebel forces
curing thc rebellion; and all persons, their
agents or servants, charged with the occupa.
t'on OF abandoned lands and tcncmcnts, or the
possession or custody Of any KIND of property
whatsoever, IN cases where such occupation,
use or possession, was authorized by tho pros
idcnt, or by any Of the civil or military leh,rf.
nents OF the Government, shall be protected
from any recovcrics, penalties or damages that
may have beon, or may be imposed. or nd.
Judged therefor in said Courts. (C. o No
., War Department., Il. G.. o., january 18th,
1866.
VIII. District and Post Commanders will
report any instance Of failure of Justice by
reason OF tho neglect or refusal of any Court
Magistrate or Officer to perform any Official
act properly required of him, whereby due
ana r,ghtfnl protection to persons or property
shall have been denied
TX. District and Post Commanders will mr..
rest all persons who havo been or may hcrcaf
ter be, charged with the commission of crimes
and offences against officers, agents, citizens
and inhabitants of the United States, irrcspec.
tive of color, in cases where the civil authori.
ties have failed, neglected or arc unable to ar.