Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1867-04-19
v. All proceedings for the recove-

or unuer seal or by paroi, Inc con.
sideration for which was the purchase
of negroes, are suspended. Judg.
ments or DEGREES entered or enrolled
for suoh causes of action shall not be
enforced.
vi. All advances Of moneys, sub
sistence, implements and fortilizcrs,
loaned, used, employed or required
for tho purpose of aiding the agricnl
tural pursuits Of the people, shall be
protected. And tho existing laws
which have proved tho most efficient
remedies in such cases for the lender,
will be supported and enforced. Wa
ges for labor performed IN the produc-
tion of tho crop shall be lien on the
crop, and payment of the amount due
for such wages shall be enforced by
the like remedies provided 10 secure
advances OF money and other means
for the cultivation Of the soil.
VII In all sales of property under
execution CIR by order of any court,
there ehall be reserved out of the pro-
perly of any defendant. who has family de
pendent upon his or her labor, a dwelling
house and appurtenances and twenty acres OF
land for the uae and occupation Of the family
Of the defendant; and necessary articles of fur
niture, apparel, subsistence, implements Of
trade, husbandry or other employment, Of the
value of five hundred dollars. The home
stead exemption shall inure only TO the benefit
Of families-that is to say, to parent or parents
and Child or children In other cases The exemp
ton. shall extend only to clothing. implements
of trade or other employment usually follow
ed by the defendant, of the value of one hun.
dred dollars. The exemption hereby mad.
shall not be waived or Defeated by tue
act of tue defendant The exempted pro-
blythe Sheriff, or other officer enforcing the
execution. who shall specifically describe
the same and make report thereof in each
case to the court.
VIII. The currency of the United States, de-
elared by the Congress of the United States to
be a'legal tender in the payment of oil debts,
dues and demands, shall be 80 recognized in
North and South Carolina. And all cases in
which the same shall be rendered in payment,
and refused by an 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 nm absent debtor, one
charged as such, without fraud, whether CON
sisting of money advanced for the purposes of
agriculture, or appliances for the cultivation Of
the soil, shall not be taken under the process
known -as /" foreign attachment" but The lien
cpeated:by any ,exioting law shall not be dis
turbed. nor shall Ahe possession or the uas of
the same be in any wise interfered with. except
in the execution of judgment or final decree.
in cases where they are authorized to be en-
forced
x. In suits broughtto recover ordinary
debts known as actions er eontraetu. bail, as
heretofore authorized, slin,l not be demanded
blythe suitor, nor taken by the Sheriff or other
officer serving the process. In suits for tres
pass. libel, wrongful conversion of property,
and other cases known as actions ee delicto
bail as heretofore authorized may be denIan
ded, and taken. The prohibition of bail in
cases &c contractu, shall not extend 10 parties
abont to leave the State; but the fact Of inten.
:tion must be clearly established by proof
XXI. In criminal proceedings. the usual recog-
.nixanees shall be required and taken by the
proper civil officers heretofore authorized by
law to take the came: Pro0idsd; That upon
complaint being made to any magistrate or
other person authorized by Law to issue W ar-
srant for breach of the peace, or any criminal
nff S1,oN 4. J,kx,
or officer to issue his warrant upon thu
'recogniEance of the complainant to prosecute.
without requiring him 10 give security on such
recognizance.
XII Tho practice of carrying deadly wea-
'pops. except by officers and soldiers in the
military service of the United States, is pro
h,bited. The concealment OF such weapons on |
the person will be deemed an aggravation of
'the offence. A violation, Of this order will |
render the offender amenable to trial and |
punishment by Military Commission. When
eyer woundiug or killing shall result from the.
nee Of such wearons proof that the party
carried or concealed deadly Weapon, shall he |
deemed evidence Of felonious intent TO take.
the life Of tho injured person.
XIII. The orders heratofo Issued in this MiL |
hary Depnrtment prohibiting the punishment
Of crimes and offencasby whipping, manning,
branding. stocks pillory BROTHER corporeal pun
:isbmeut are in force and will be- obsyed by oil
persona. 4
XIV The punishment Of death in certain
. cases Of burglary and larceny. imposed by the
: existing slaws of tho provisional governments,
IN this Military District, is abolished. Any
"psrsons ctnHieted Of burglary; Of lasceny when
the property stolen is Of the value Of twenty:
1--WE dollars; Of assault and battery with in
tent to kill, or of any assault with deudiy
weapon; -shail-he deemed guilty of felony, and
shall se.s spun:shsd by imprisonment at hard Ia
absnr fora term no.e1casang ten years, nor
less than two years, in The discret,oh of the
':eourt having. jurisdic.ion thereof. Larcepy..
when thevalue Of The property stolen j. less
thaa twenty:d I've dollar, shall be punished by
hardiabor fora term not .ex1
"eeediog one ysar, In the dissection Of the court,