The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-05-29

~ All proceedings for the recovery Of
money under contracts, whether under seal or by
parole, the consideration for which was the pur-
chnse Of negroes, aresuspended Judgments or
DEGREES entered or enrolled for such causes OF ac-
ton shall not be enforced.
implements and fertilizers, louned, used, en-
ployed, or required for the purpose Of aiding the
agricultural pursuits of the people, shall be pros
teeted. and the existing laws which have provi-
ded the most efficient remedies In such cases for
the lender will be supported and enforced wages
for labor performed in theproduction OF the crops
shall be lien on the crop, and payment OF the a.
mount due forsuch wages shall be enforced by the
like remedies provided to secure advances ofmon-
ey and other means for the cultivation of the soil
VII. In all sales of property under execution
orby order of any court be reserved out
of the property of any defendant, who has a fami-
ly dependent upon his or her labor, q dwelling
house end appurtenances and twenty acres Of
land for the use and occupation of the family OF
the defendant and necessary articles Of furniture
apparel, subsistence, implements of trade, hus-,
bandry or other employment of the value of
$500. The homestead exemption shall inure on
ly to the benefit of families-that is to say, pa
rent or parents and child or children-in other ca
ses the exemption shall extend only to clothing,
implements Of trade or other employment usl-
ally followed by the defendant, of the value Of
$780, The exemption hereby made shall not be
waived or defeated by the act of the defendant.
The exempted property of the defendant shall
be ascertained by the Sheriff or other officer en-
forcing the execution, who shall specifically de-
scribe the same, and make report thereof in
each case to the Court.
VIII. The currency of the United States de-
clared by the Congress of the United States to be
legal tender in the payment of all debts, dnes,
and demands, shall be recognized in North and
South Carolina. And all cases in which the
same shall be rendered In payment and refused
by any public officer will be at once reported to
these headquarters or to the commanding officer
of the post within which such officer resides
TX. Property of an absent debtor or one
charged as such without fraud, whether consist
ing Of money advanced for the purposes Of agri-i
culture or appliances for the cultivation of the
soil, shall not be taken under the process known
as foreign attachment; but the lien created by
any existing law shall not be disturbed nor shall
the possession or the use OF the same be In any
wise interfcred with except in the execution of q
Judgment or final decree in cases where they are
authorized to be enforced.
K. In suits brought to recover ordinary
debts known actions er consdct bail, as hereto
fore authorized, shall not be demanded by the suit
or nor taken by the sheriff or other officer serving
The process in suits for trespass, libel, wrongful
conversion of property, and other cases, known
as actions er deicto ball. heretofore authorized
may be demanded and taken. The prohibition
of bail in cases en- contrdctu shall not extend to
parties about to leave the State, but the fact Of
intention must be clearly established by proof.
XII. In criminal proceedings the usual re-
cognizances shall be required and taken BY the
proper civil officers heretofore authorized by law
to take the same, provided that upon complaint
being made to any magistrate or other person
authorized by law to issue warrant for breach
of the peace or any criminal ofense tshall be the
duty Of such magistrate or officer TO issue his
warrant upon the recognizance of the complaint to
prosecute without requiring him to give security
on such recognizance.
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ons, except by officers and soldiers in the militia
ry service of the United States, is prohibited
The concealment of s1ch weapons on the person
will be deemed an aggravation of the ofense. A
violation of this order will render the offender
amenable to trial and punishment by military
commission Whenever wounding or killing
shall result from the use OF such weapons, proof
that the party carried or concealed deadly
weapon shall be deemed evidence Of felonious
attempt TO take the life Of the injured person.
XIII. The orders heretofore issued in this
military department prohibiting the punishment
Of crimes and offenses by whipping. manning,
branding, stocks, piory,o or other corporal punish
ment are in force and will be obeycd by all persons.
XIV. The punishment Of death in Ger.
tain cases of burglary and larceny imposed by
in this military district is abolished. Any person
convicted OF burglary or OF larceny, when the
property stolen is Of the value of assault and
battery with intent to KILL or of any assault with
deadly weapon, shall be deemed guilty of felo-
ny, and shall be punished by Imprisonment ST
hard labor for term not exceeding ten years MOI
less than two years. in the discretion of the court
having jurisdiction thereof Larceny, when the
value of the property stolen is less than S2 shall
be punished by Imprisonment at hard labor for 9
term not exceeding one year in the discretion Of
the court. 49,
XIV. The Governors of North and South
Carolina shall have authority within their juris
dictious respectively, to reprieye or pardon any
person convicted and sentenced by civil court
and to remit fines and penalties. ig 9t
XVI. Nothing in this order shall be con
strued to restrain or prevent the operation OF pro
ceedngs in bankruptcy in accordance with tht
acts of Congress in such cases made and provided
nor with the collection of any tax mpOst, excise
or charge levied by authority of the United
States OF the provisional governments of Nortf
and South Carolina; but no Imprisonment fol
over due taxes shall be allowed, nor shall this or
der or any law of the provisional governments O
North and South Carolina operate to deny to mnol
children or children coming Of age Oh their lega
representatives, nor to suspend as to them any
right of action, remedy or proceeding against ex
ecutors, administrators trustees, guardians, mas
ters clerks of equity courts, other officers o.
persons holding duciary relation to the persons
or the subject matter of the action proceeding
force in North or South Carolina inconsistent
with the provisions of this General Order is here
by suspended and declared imperative.
By command of Major-Gen. D. E. Sickles
j. VICIOUS, Capt.
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