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Headquarters Second Military Dist

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Headquarters Second Military District,
CHARLESTON, s. c., June 3d. 1867.
GENERAL ORDERS,
No "a.
Isherits, Chiefs of olice, City Marshals, Chiefs
of Detectives and Town Marshals of the several
Districts, counties, cities, towns, and other mu-
nicipal organizations in North Carolina and South
Carolina, will at once, by letter, report to Bvt.
Col. Edacard ". Kinks U. s. Army, Provost Mar
shall General of the Second Military District,
report the name of each officer, his residence,
official station, duties post office address, salary
per annum, and the authority by whom appoint
ed. Coroners Constables and other officers in
this Military District, whose duty it is to make
arrests, and who are not included in the force of
any Sheriff, Chief of Police, City Marshal Chief OF
Detectives or Town Marshal, will make individual
reports to the Provost Marshal General in like
manner and form as above required.
II. Whenever any homicide, rape, mayhem,
felonious assault, burglary, arson, robbery or
iarceny-where the property stolen is of the val
ue of twenty-five dollars and more-shal be COM
mitted within any city or town in this Military
District, the chief officer of police of such city
town shall at once investigate the and report
the facts to the Provost Marshal General; setting
forth the nature of the crime, the name and resi-
dence of the party against whose person or prop
erty such crime has been committed, the time
when and place where it was committed, the
name, description and residence of the offender, if
known; and if the offender has been arrested,
stating what steps have been taken to secure his
punishment; and if not in custody, giving any
information which may be of service in securing
his detection and arrest Sheriffs of counties in
North Carolina and of districts in South Carolina
shall investigate and make report of such Often
ces, when committed within their respective
counties or DISTRICTS and not within the limits
of any city or town, in like manner and form
is herein required of chiefs of police of cities and
towns. When an offender, whose offence has
been reported shall be arrested, report of the
| arrest will be made at once by the officer in
charge to the Provost Marshal General. Con-
soldated Monthly Reports of the above EMU
merated crimes will also be made ny the respec-
tive officers and for the localities above desg-
mated to the Provost Marshal General. Blanks
will be furnished by him upon application. The
| first report to include the period from January
| LIST to May 31st 1867.
III. Whenever any prisoner shall break and
| escape from penitentiary, Jail or other prison,
in the Second Military District, the officer in
charge of such penitentiary, Jail or other pris-
on, shall at once make report of the facts to
| the Provost Marshal General setting forth in
such report the date of escape, the name OF each
| escaped prisoner, his description, age, residence,
| the crime for which committed, whether under
sentence or awaiting trial, whether recaptured
and stating fully the manner of the escape and
| the circumstances under which it was effected.
| Reports in like form and manner will be made by
all officers from whose custody prisoners may
escape while being conducted to or from prison.
Whenever prisoner shall be recaptured, the fact
will be at once reported to the Provost Marshal
General by the officer from whose custody the
| prisoner escaped. Failure to make prompt
port of escaped prisoners as herein required, will
| lnculpate the delinquent officer as aiding and
| abetting the escape.
". The Sheriffs of the counties in North Caro-
| lima, and of districts in South Carolina, will at
| once report to the Provost Marshal General the
condition of the jails, prisons or warehouses I'M
der their charge, or in their respective districts
or counties, as to capacity, convenience and secu
rity, and the names and residences OF the officers
| responsible for the condition and care of such
| iails prisons and warehouses.
| V. All civil officers having charge of any Jail,
prison, or workhouse, in this Military District,
shall, on the last day of each month, make re-
port to the Provost Marshal General, upon blanks
| to be by him prescribed and furnished upon ap-
plication, of all persons who have been confined
in such Jail, prison, or workhouse during the
month"; setting forth the name of the prisoner,
| his description, residence, age, when committed,
| for what offence arrested, by whom arrested, by
whose order arrested, whether under sentence
| or awaiting trial ; if under sentence, by what tr
bunal tried and sentenced if sentenced, for what
period and the amount of fine or costs, if any
how employed; how subsisted; whether dis
charged, transferred, escaped, or deceased; if
discharged, by what authority if transferred, to
| what place and by whom ordered. The first re-
port made under the requirements of this para
graph will include the period from January LIST, to
Nav 31st, 1867
VI All Sheriffs Constables, Police, and other
civil officers and persons whose duty it is under
the laws of the provisional governments of North
Carolina and South Carolina to serve writs
make arrests, are hereby required to obey and
| execute the lawful orders of the Provost Mar
shall General, to the same effect as they are re-
quired by law to obey and execute writs, war
rants, or other process issued by civil magis-
istrates. And any resistance to disobedence
of the lawful orders authority of the Provost
Marshal General snail subject the offender to tri-
| al by Military commission, and, upon convic-
ton, to removal from Office and punishment by
fine and imprisonment.
VII. Duplicates of the reports required by the
provisions of paragraphs H. III and V of this Or
der. to be made by local officers to the Provost
Marshal General, will at the same time be sent to
the proper Post Commander.
VIII. The performance of the duties enjoined
by this order will not be construed to relieve civ
il officers from the discharge of any of the duties
now required of them by the laws Of the local
provisional governments. And any civil officer
the duties herein required of him, or who shall
make any false return report of the matters
herein prescribed, shall be dismissed from his Of
fee, and be subject to trial by Military ComLais>
sion for misdemeanor.
TX. Sheriffs, ConstabIes and other officers,
whose official emoluments are confined to costs
and fees, shall be allowed for services performed
under the orders of the Provost Marshal General
the same costs and tees, to be paid in the same
manner is provided by the laws Of the local
provisional governments for like service under
those laws.
<. All persons in this Military District. who
may know of any threatened breach of the peace,
or of the commission of any crime. offence, are
requested to make complaint thereof at once to
the Chiefof Police or Marshal of the CITY or town
or, if the crime or disorder shall be committed
without the limits of any city or town. to mag
istrate or the Sheriff of the county district and
If prompt action shall not be taken by the officer
to whom the matter shall be reported, such per-
sons are requested to report all the facts to the
Post Commander and to the Provost Marshal
general.
XI. Imprisonment for dcfanlt in payment o.
costs. fees, OF charges of court attorneys pub
! lie officers, shall not exceed thirty days.
By commanded Mnj. General D. E. SIcKLEs:
| ]. W. CLOUS,
Capt. 3Sth U. s. Infantry,
a. D, G., and A. A. A. G..
l June As 1897. 35-1awSt