The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-04-15

~. All proceedings for the recovery Of money unde,
contrct- whether under SEAL by parole the oonsd
GRAFTON 4or which the purchase Of negroes are
pended Judgments decrees entered or enrolled fo1
such causes Of action shan no; be enforced & .S n
VI All advances Of moneys, subsistence. Implements
and fcrizers loaned used, employed or required fol-
the purpose Of aiding the agricultural pursuits Of the
people, shall be protected. And the existing laws
which have provided the most efficient remedies in
such cases for the lender, will be supported and
forced Wages for labor performed In the production
ofthe rop shall be q lien the crop and payment Of
the amount due for such wages shall be enforced by
Ike remedies provided to secure advances Of money and
other means for the cultivation Of the crop.
VII. In all sales Of property under execution or by
order of any court there shall be pro
perty of any defendant, who has family dependent
upon his or her labor dwelling house and appurte-
nances and twenty Of land the use and oocupa
ton of the family of the defendant necessary ar
ces Of furniture, apparel subsistence, implements
of trade husbandry other employment, Of the
value Of Eve hundred dollars The Homestead, ex-
empton shall nure only to the benefit Of 1nines-that
is to say to parent parents and child children
other cases, the exemption shall only to clothing
implements Of trade other employment usually fol-
lowed by the defendant to the value Of one hundred
dollars he exemption hereby made shall not be waived
or defeated by the act Of the defendant The exempted
property Of the defendant shall be asceraned by the
Sheriff, or other officer enforcing the execution who
shall specifically describe the same and make report
thereof in each case to the court.
VII The currency Of the United States, declared by
the Congress of the Ued States to legal tender in
the payment ofan debts dues and demands aha BIO so
recognized in North and South Carolina And all
In which the shall be rendered in payment and
refused by public officer, will be at once reported to
these Headquarters or to the Commanding Officer Of the
Post within which such officer resides E
TX. Property Of an absent debtor or one CHARGED as
such, without fraud, whether consisting Of money ad
vanced for the purposes Of agriculture appliances for
the cultivation Of the SOIL shall be taken under the
process known Foreign Attachment but the lien
created by any existing law shall be disturbed nor
shall the possession the Of the same be In any
wise nterfered with except in the execution Of iudp-
ent or final decree in where they authorized
to be enforced. ss
x In suits brought to recover ordinary debts known
as actions ez co:rccta bail heretofore authorised
shall not be demanded by the sutor taken by the
Sheriff OF other oc servinR the process In suits for
trespass. libel wrongful conversion Of property and
other cases known actions decto as heretofore
authorized mny be demanded, taken. The prohibit
ton OF bail in cases ez eorac shall not extend to
ties about to leave ha State but the fact Of tutenon
must be clearly established by proof
A In criminal proceedings the usual recognizancas
shall be required and taken by the proper civil officers
heretofore authorized by law to take the same Popt
"-d That upon complaint being made to any rpaeis-
tte or other person authorized by law to issue
rant f. breach OF the peace, any criminal onence it
shall be the duty Of such magistrate officer to issue
bis upon the recoRnzance Of the complainant to
prosecute. without requiring him to give eacury on
such recegnizance. 5
XII. Ihe practice Of carrying deadly weapons except
BY officers and soldiers the military service OF the mi
1eo states IS prohibited The conceament of such
pons on the person Will be deemed an aReravacn Of
onence. violation Of this order viii render the often.
acr alenaoie to trial and punishment BY Military Com.
mission. Whenever woundiug killing shau result
from the of such weapon proof chat the party
or concealed deadly weapon be deemed evidence
OF felontous intent to take the life Of the injured
person.
XIII The orders heretofore issued in this Military
Department prohibiting the punishment Of crimes and
offences by whipping manning, branding stocks pllory
or oener corporal punishment are in force and
obeyed by all persons.
XIV. The punishment Of death in certin cases Of b,1
gary and larceny, impos by the existing laws Of the
provisional government in this Military District is abo
1shed Any person convicted Of burglary; Of larceny
when the property stolen is Of the value OF
doa-s; of assault and battery with intent to KILL or Of
any assault with deadly weapon shall be deemed guilty
OF felony, and shall be punished by imprisonment at
hard labor for term not exceeding ten years nor less
sdlcon thereof Larceny, when the value Of the pro-
er stolen is less than twenty-five dollars sha be pun
1shed by at hard labor for term not ex
ceeding one year in the discretion Of the Court @
Xv The Governors Of North and South Carolina shan
have authority, within their jurisdictions respectively
to reprieve or pardon convicted and sentsnc-
ed BY civil court, and to remit fines and penaues
XVI Nothing in this order shall be construed to re-
Strain OF prevent the operation Of proceedings in bank
rupty in accordance with Acts Of CONGRESS- In guc
cases made and provided, with the collection Of
post excise, or charge levied by authority Of the
United States or Of the provisional Governments OF North
and South Carolina but no imprisonment for overdue
taxes shall be allowed Nor aha this order or any law
Of the provisional governments Of North or South Caro-
na operate to deny to minor or children com
Ing Of age or their legal Representatives nor to suspend
as 70 them any right OF action remedy, or proceeding
AGAINST Executors, administrations Trustees Guardians
Masters or Clerks Of Equity COURTS or other officers or
persons holding aduciay relation the parties or the
subject matter of the action proceeding. ss5g
XVII Any law or ordinance heretofore In force In
North or South Carolina, inconsistent with the mo-
visions Of this General Order is hereby suspended ana
declared inoperative -H
By command of Major-Genera D. E. s1cKRs
J. W. CLoUs,
E24 *. Captain 38th q. 8. Infantry
IL A. D. O., & a. "a AG.
Official: J. W. crous, Aid-de-Camp. ;.yS ss \
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