The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-08-15
OFFICIAL.
Headquarters Second Military Dist,,,.
CHARLESTON, s. c., May 80. iSe7 u,


CHARLESTON, s. c., May 80, ISL '',
GENERAL ORDERS,
No. 80.
I. Any citizen, a qualified voter accorainr =.
the requirements of the Act to provide for tt 10
more efficient government of the rebel Stat ,ne
passed March End, 1867 and the act supplementary,
in the provisional government OF North and Sonte
Carolina. ALL persons appointed TO office will he
required to take the oath prescribed by tie ,ot
aforesaid, and to file the duly subscribed ~
sworn with the Post Commander
II. All citizens assessed for taxes, and who
shall have paid taxes for the current year, aro
qualified to serve jurors. 1t shall DC the dnt
OF the proper civil officers, charged with prov
ding lists OF jurors, TO proceed within their Sew
eral jurisdictions, without delay, and ascertain
the names of all qualified persons and place them
on the jury lists, and from such revised lists ali
jurors shall be hereafter summoned and drawn in
the manner required by law.
ILL All citizens arc eligible to follow anv
licensed calling, employment or vocation, smf,
ject to such impartial regulations as may be nro
scribed by municipal or other competent auttor
ity, not inconsistent with common right and the
constitution and laws of the United States TIT o
bond required security shall not exceed the
penal sum of one hundred dollars. One or NOR
sureties being citizens, and worth, in the apGro
gate, double the amount of the bond over and
above just debts, will be sufficient "
~. The mayors of cities and other muncinol
and town officers, and all sheriffs, magistrate
and police forces, required to be yigilant and
of their duties, they will be expected to coon
crate with the military authorities.
V. Post Commanders may summon to their aid
whenever the ordinary means at their dispOsei
shall not be sufficient to execute their orders
such of the civil officers and as many OF the cit
zens, within the territorial limits of the military
post, as may be necessary and the neglect or re-
fusal of any person to aid and assist in the eyecn
ton Of the orders of the commanding officer Will
be deemed misdemeaEor, punishable by sncb
fine lmDrlSOnment ne m
military tribunal approved by the CommandiDr
General
VI. No license for the sale of Intoxicating lio-
uors in quantities less than one gallon or II M
drank on the premises, shall be granted to apv
person other than an inn-keeper The number
of such licenses shall be determined and the fees
to be charged for each license shall be prescribed
aud collected, by the municipal or town autlor
ties and appropriated exclusively for the benefit
of the poor. If any person shall be found drunl,
on the premises where liquor is sold, the license
may be revoked by any magistrate. The tax i'm.
posed by the internal revenue laws of the United
States is additional Charge and does not eyrnsn
the party from the observance of local regula
tions, nor exempt him from the payment of such
other license fees as may be imposed by mu-
nlclpal or other competent authority
VII All contracts hereafter made Goy the man.
ufacture, sale or transportation, storage or nsu-
rance OF intoxicating liquors shall within this
Military District, be deemed and treated as against
public policy, and no civil action, suit or pro-
ceeulnS LOT tue enforcement OF any such contract
shall be entertained in any court
VIII. In public conveyances on railroads, high
ways, streets OF nayigable waters, no dfscrinina-
ton because of color or caste shall be made and
the common ight of all citizens therein shall be
recognized and respected The violation of this
regulation will be deemed a misdemeanor and
render the offender liable to arrest and trial by
military tribunal to be designated by the Com
handing General, besides such damages as the
injured party may for and recover in the Civil
Courts.
TX. The remedy by distress for rent is abolish
cd. Where lands are leased or let Out for hire or
rent, cotton, corn or other produce of the same,
when severed from the land, may be impounded;
but the same shall not be removed. And cotton,
corn or other produce so impounded shall be held
as security for the rent hire claimed, and
may be sold in satisfaction of any Judgment for
the same: Provided, That any unsatistied claim
for labor bestowed upon the cultivation Of such
cotton, corn, or other produce, shall in no Case
be postponed to any demand for rent or hire;
but to the extent of such claim for labor there
shall be lien on such cotton, corn or other pro-
duce, having preference over any claim for rent
or hire.
By command of Maj Gen. D. E. SIcKLEs:
j. w. CLOUS,
Capt. 3Sth U. S.. Infantry,
A. d. c., and A. a. A G.
June IL, 1867. 35-1aw3t