Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-06-07
Important order from Genera, sickle.

Important Order from General siekles.
We are under obligations to Colonel
FRANK, Post Commanders, for a copy of the
following important order from the DIS.
TRICr CoMMANDER. The changes effected
in our State and Municipal laws by this
order are SO radical and important that il
is necessary all our people should familiar
ize themselves with it and be governed ac-
cordIngly. .s .rt
II will t.A Sc ell that all citizens assessed
for taxes, and who shall have paid taxes for
the current year are qualified to serve as jll-
rors, and the proper civil officers are direct
ed. without delay, to revise their jury list
| in accordance with this order. All citizens
are made eligible to follow any licensed
calling, employment or vocation, subject
70 such impartial regulations as the proper
authorities may prescribe, the bond i'll
no case to exceed one hundred dollars.
Licenses for the sale of Intoxicating
liquors in quantities less than one gallon,
or to be drank on the premises, shall not
be granted to any person other than an
| inn keeper, and the tax thereon shall be
appropriated exclusively for the poor. If
any person shall be found drunk on the
premises where liquor is sold, the license
may be revoked by any Magistrate. No
civil action, suit OF proceeding for the en-
forcement of any contract for the manufac-
ture, sale, transportation, storage or lDsu-
rance of Intoxicating liquors shall, within
this Military District, be entertained i'll any
Court, such contracts being and treated as
against public policy.
No discrimination because of color or
caste shall be made in public conveyances
on railroads, highways, streets OF navigable
waters. A violation Of this regulation
being made misdemeanor and treated &C
cordingly.
The remedy by distress for rent is abol-
ished by this order.
These are the main points of this recent
order, and it will be seen that changes are
made which interest every class of our peo-
pie. The mode by which our laws arc en-
acted and the manner Of their promulga-
ton are SO novel, that it will be hard for
the people to become accustomed to the
change, and they must look to the newspa-
pers for their publication and distribution.
We shall endeavor to provide for their car
ly and frequent publication, lis the two pa
pers selected and paid by the Government,
for the publication of the laws and orders
have deservedly such very limited circ,lla-
ton that but few of the people would other
wise see them.
The order to which we lave referred is
as follows:
| HEADQUARTERS SECOND MILITARY DISTRICT.
! CHARLESTON, s. c.. May Both, 1867.
GENERAL ORDERS.
| No. So
| |. Any citizen. qualified voter according to the
requirements OF the g act 10 JH'oUiLe for the more
efficient government OF The rebel states" passed
March I'd, 1867, d'"L the act supplementary here
10, passed March 23rd, 1867, is eligible to Office in
| the provisional government of North and South
Carolina. All persons appointed to Office will be
| required to take the oath prescribed By the Act
aforesaid, and to file the same duly subscribed and
sworn, with the Post Commander.
H. All citizens assessed for taxes and who shall
have paid taxes for the current year 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 iursdIc
| ", q
all qualified persons and place them on the jury
| lists, and from such revised lists all jurors shall
| be hereafter summoned and drawn i'll the manner
! required by law.
| Ill. All citizens are eligible to follow any IL
censed calling, employment or vocation, subject to
such impartial regulations az may be prescribed
| by municipal or other competent authority, not
| inconsistent with common right and the cOnstitu
ton and laws of the United States. The bond re-
quirod as security shall not exceed the penal sum
Of one hundred dollars. One or more stlrties be-
he ITO thn
amount of the bond over and above just debts will
| be sufficient.
! ". The mayors of cities and other municipal
and town officers and all sheriffs, magistra and
police forces are required to be vigilant and eff
| cient in maintaining order aud In the discharge
of their duties they will be expected to operate
with the military authorities.
| '. Post Commanders may summon to their aid
| whenever the ordinary means at their disposal
shall not be sufficient to execute their orders, such
of the civil officers and as many Of the ctizens
within the territorial limits of the military post as
may be necessary and the neglect or refusal of
any person TO aid and assist i'll the execution of
the orders of tho commanding officer will be deem
ed a mlsdemeanor punishable by such fine and
Imprisonment as may be imposed by a military
tribunal approved by the Commanding General.
VI. No license for the sale Of Intoxicating IL
auors in quantities less than gallon or to be
drank on the premises, shall be granted to any
person other than an inn keeper /; the number of
such licences shall be determined and the fees to
be charged for each license shall be prescribed and
collected by the municipal or town authorities and
appropriated exclusively for the benefit ofthe poor.
If any person shall be found drunk on the prem
iscs where liquor is sold, the license may be re-
| voked by any magistrate. The tax imposed by the
internal revenue laws of the United States is an
additional charge, and does not excuse the party
| from the observance of local regulations nor ex-
| empt him from the payment of such other license
| fees as may be imposed by municipal OF other
competent authority
| VII. All contracts hereafter made for the man
ufacture sale or transportation storage OF insur-
anCe of Intoxicating liquors ehal within this Mill
| tary District be deemed and treated as against
public policy, and civil action, suit proceed
ing for the enforcement ofany such contract shall
be entertained in any court. .
| VIII. In public Conveyances on railroads, high
ways. streets or naTigable waters, no discrimina-
ton because of color caste shall be made, and
| the common right of all citizens therein shall be
recognized and respected. The violation of this
| regulation will be deemed 8 misdemeanor and
render the offender liable to arrest and trial by
military tribunal to be designated by the Com
manding General, besides such damages as the
injured party may for and recover in the Civil
Courts.
X. the remedy for distress fer rent is abolish
ed. Where lands are leased or let out for hire
| rent cotton corn or other produce of the same,
when severed from the land, may be impounded !;
| but the same shall not be removed. And cotton,
corn or other produce so impounded, shall be held
| as security for the rent or hire so claimed and
NAV be sold in satisfaction of any Judgment for