Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-04-27

der months the sals of all property upon exc.
cution or process, on Liabilities contracted
prior to the 10Th of December 1890, unless
upon the written consent Of the defendants,
except in cases where the plaintiff, or, in his
absence, his agent or attorney, shall upon
oath, with corroborative testimony, allcgc and
prove that the defendant is removing, or in
tend fraudulently to remove, his property be-
yond the territorial jurisdiction of tile court
The sale of real or personal property by fore
closure Of mortgage is likewise suspended for
twelve calendar months, except in cases where
the Payment of interest money, accrning since
the 18th day of May, 1865, shall not have
been made before the day of sale.
". Judgments or decrccs entered or en-.
rolled, on causes Of action arising subsequent
to the 18th of May, 1865. may be enforced
by execution against the property of the de-
fendant; and in the application of the money
arising under such executions, regard shall
DC had to the priority Of liens, unless in cases
where the good faith of any lien shall be
drawn in question. In such eases, the usual
mode of proceeding adopted in North md
South Carolina, respectively, to determine
that question, shall be adopted
" All proceedings for the recovery of mon
ey under contracts, whether under seal or by
parole, the consideration for which was the
purchase Of negroes, are suspended Judg-
ments or DEGREES entered or enrolled for such
causes of action, shall not be enforced
Y. All advances of moneys. subsistence,
implements and fertilizers, loaned, used en-
played or required for the purpose of aiding
the agricultural pursuits of the people, shall
be protected. And the existing laws which
have provided the most efficient remedies iu
such cases for the lender will be supported
and enforced. Wages for labor performed in
the production Of the crop, and payment of
the crop shall be lien on the crop, aud pay
ment of the amount due for such wages shall
be enforced by the like remedies provided to
secure advances of money and other means for
the cultivation of the crop
VII. In all sales of property under c3ccu-
ton or by order of any court, there shall be
reserved out Of the property of any defendant,
who has,s family depcndcntt upon his or her
labor, dwelling house and nppurtenances and
twenty acres of land for the use and occupa-
ton of the family of the defendant, and nee
cssary articles of furniture, apparel, subsist-
cncc, implements of trade, husbandry or 9th.
cr employment, of the value Of five hundred
dollars. The homestead exemption shall in
sure only to the benefit of familcs-that is to
say, to parent or parents, and child or chill
dren. In other cases, the exemption shall
extend only to clothing, implements of trade
defendant, to the value of one hundred dol
lars The exemption hereby made shall rot
be waived or defeated by the act of the de-
fendant The exempted property Of the de-
fendant shall be ascertaincd by the shcriff or
other officer enforcing the execution who Shall
specifically describe the same and make re-
port thereof in each case to the court.
VIII. The currency of the United States,
declared by the Congress of the United States
to be a legal tender in the payment of all
debts, dues and demands, shall be SO rccog-
nized in North and South Carolina. And all
cases in which the same sha =be rendered in
payment, and refused by any public officer,
,sill be at once renorted to these headquarters
or to the CommanG::SSgg '9ffcer Of the Post
within which such officer resides.
TX. Property Of an'absent ,,SSsstor. or one
charged rs such, without fraud, whether con.
sisting of money advanced for the purpose of
agriculture, or appliances for the cultivation
of the soil, shall not be taken under the pro-
cess known as Foreign attachments" but
the lien created by any existing law shall not
be disturbed, nor shall the possessions or the
use of the same be in anywise interfcrred
with, except in the execution Of n Judgment
or final decree, in cases where they arc au-
thorized to be enforced.
X. ID suits brought to recover ordinary
debts known as actions e;c.contractu, bail as
heretofore authorized shall not be demanded
by the suitor, nor taken by the sheriff or 9th
officer serving the process. In suits for
the trespass, libel, wrongful conversion of
property, and other cases known as actions
en.aelictu. bail MS heretofore authorized may
be demardcd and taken. The prohibition Of
bail in cases ca contractu shall not extend to
parties about to leave the State; but the fact
of intention mast be clearly established by
proof
XII. In criminal proceedings, the usual rec
ognizances shall be required and taken by the
proper civil officers heretofore authorized by
law TO take the same: Irovided That upon
complain: being made to any magistrate or
other person authorized by law to issue war;
rant for breach of the peace, or any criminal
etfence, it shall be tho duty Of such magis-