Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-06-08
VERY IMPORTANT ORDER.

VERY IMPORTANT ORDER.
HEADQUARTERS 2D MILITARY DIsrR1cr )
Charleston, S. c., May 80, 1867.
General Orders, No 80.
!. Any citizen, qualified voter ACCORDING +,
the requirements of the {" Act to provide fo,
the more efficient Government of the rebc
States passed March 9, 1867, and the Ac
Supplementary thereto, passed March 23
| 1867, is eligible to office IN tho provisopo
, Government of North and South Carolina -
All persons appointed to Office will be required
to take the oath prescribed by the Act aforc
said, and to file the same duly subscribed and
sworn, with the Post Commander.
III. All citizens assessed for taxes and wbc
shall have paid taxes for the current wear. arc
qualified to serve as Jurors. 1t shall be the
duty of the proper civil officers charged with
providing lists of jurors, to proceed within
their several Jurisdictions, thout DELAY and
ascertain the names of all qualified ncrs ms
and place them on the jury lists, and from
such revised lists all Jurors Shall bc hcrcnrtc,
summoned and drawn in the manner rc,n,;r,,]
by law.
III. All citizens arc eligible to follow o,v
licensed calling, employment orvoca,ion snb.
jcct to such impartial regulations as NAV be
prescribed by municipal or othcr competent
authority, not inconsistent with common RIGHT
an the Constitution and laws of the United
States The bond required as security shall
i;is.n .nSaeeaas aas tacaaa l-sum of ono hundred dol.
worth IN tho aggregate double the amount ~ !
the bond ovm and above JUS, JcDts will be
sufficient.
~. The mayors of cities and other munci.
pal and town officers, and all 81 criHs, maois
t1nII0
liant and efficient in maintaining order: and
in the discharge of their duties thcy will be
expected to cooperate with the military au
thoritics
v Post Commanders may summon TO tl,cir
a'd, whenever the orai mry means ut their dis.
posal shall not be sufic cnt To execute their
orders such of the civil officers an,, as many
OF the citizens within the territorial limits Of
inc military post MS may be necessary; aud
the neglect or refusal of any person to aid and
assist In the execution Of the orders Of the
commanding officer will bc deemed miSln
mcanor punishable by such lnc and impris.
onmcnt as may he imposed by military tr-
bunal, approved by the Commanding Gene
raj.
. VI. No license for the sale of Intoxicating
liquors in quantities less than one galnn or to
nc drank on the promises, shall be granted to
any person other than an inn.kccpcr the
number of such licenses shall be determined
and the fees to be charge for each license
shall be prescribed and collected by the nun
clpai or town authorities, anhnpprnpriatcd ex
clusivcly for the benefit of the poor If any
'r<on shall re found drunk on the premises
where liquor is Sold the license may bc re-
voked by any magistrate. The tax imposed
by the Internal Revenue laws Of the United
States is an additional charge, and docs not
excuse the party from the observance of local
rrgn'at 'ons, nor exempt him from the payment,
OF such ether license fees as may be imposed
ny municipal or other competent authority.
VII. All contracts hereafter made for the
manufacture, sale or transportation storage or
insurance of Intoxicating liquors shall within
this Military District, be deemed aud treated
as against public policy, and no civil action,
suit or proceeding for the enforcement of any
such contract shall be bccntcrtaincd in any Court.
VIII. In public convcyances on rail roads,
highways. streets or navigablc waters, no dis.
crminatlon because of color or caste shall be
made. and the common right of all citizens
therein shall be recognized and respected -
The violation of this regulation will be dccm
cd mistlcmcnnor, and render the offender
liable to arrest and trial bya military tribunal.
to be designated by the Commanding General.
besides such damages as the injured party
may sue for and recover in the civil Courts.
IN The remedy by distress for rent is abol
ishcd Where lands released or let out for
hire or rent, cotton, corn or other nroducr oi
the same, when severed from the land. may bc
inpoundcd but the same shall not be rc.
moved. And cotton, corn or other produce
so 'mpoundcd, shall be held as security FIR
the rent or hire SO claimed, and may be sold
IN satisfaction of any Judgment for the same :
lTo0idc0, that any un,ntisfcd 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
produce, having preference over any claim for
rent or hire.
BY command of Maj. Cen. D. T.. s;rcKLrs.
j. w. CLOUS,
Captain 3Sth U. S. infantry,
y. j. c., & a. a. a. G.
WAsH1SGroN, June 3.-Thc judiciary