Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-09-07
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HEADQUARTERS SECOND MILITARY DIsTRIcr.
ra Charleston. S. G., May 80, 1867. !

HEADQtARTERs SECOND MILITARY DIsTRIcT
Charleston. S. c., May 80, 1867.
General Orders, No 80
|. Any citizen, n qualified voter according to
the requirements of the Act to provide for tho
more ethcient government of the rebel States"
passed March Cd, 1867, and the Act supple
mentnry thereto, passed March 23d, 1867, il
eligible to Office in the provisional government
of North and South Carolina All persons np-
pointed to Office will be required to take tho
oath prescribed by the Act aforesaid, and to filc
the same, duly subscribed and sworn, with tho
Post Commander.
q, All citizens assessed for taxes, and who
shall have paid taxes for the current year are
qualided to serve as jurors. 1t shall be tho
duty. of the proper civil officers charged Will.
prov idlng lists Of jurors, to proceed within Their
Sc eral Jurisdictions, without delay, and ascer-
tan the names of all qualified persons and place
them on the jury lists, and from such revised
lists all Jurors shall he hereafter summoned and
drawn III the manner required by law.
8. All citizens arc eligible to follow any IL
cchsed calling, employment, or vocation, sub
lect to such impartial regulations as may bo
prescribed by municipal or other competent au-
and the constitution and laws Of the United
States. The bondrequired rs security shall not
exceed the penal sum Of one hundred dollars.
One or more suretics. being citizens, and worth
in the aggregate double tho amount of the bond,
over md above just debts, will be sufficient.
and town officers, and all sherihs, n,agistrdtes
and police forces are required to be vgilant and
efficient in maintaining order; aud in the dis
charge Of their duties they viii Ra tadeta
aid whenever the ordinary meoNs at their dis
posal shall not be sufficient to execd,a their or
ders, such of the tSl ofIcors, and as ifaay of
the citizens wit1iih tile territorial limits of tho
military post as may be necessary; and the
neglect or refusal Of any person to did and MS
sist III the execution Of the orders Of the COM
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punishable by such fine and imprisonment "a
may be imposed by military tribunal, up
proved By the Commanding General.
6. No license for the sale of Intoxicating Ii
qunrs in Quantities less than one gallon or to
be drank on the premises, shall be granted to
bel Of such licenses shall be determined, and
the fees to bo charged for each license shall be
prescribed and collected by the ,nunicipal or
town authorities, and appropriated exclusively
for tic beueft Of the poor. IF any person shall
be found drunk on the premises where liquoris
sold, the license may be revoked by any magis-
trate, The tax imposed by tho internal reve-
nrs laws Of the United States is an additional
chaFge,,' and doss not excuse the party from tho
observance of local regulations, nor exempt him
from the paymcnt Of such other license fees as
may be imposed by municipal or other compe-
tent authority.
7. All contracts horoaftcr made for the man
ufactnre, sale or transportation, storage or in.
shrance of intoxicating liquors, shall, within
this Military District. bedeelhed and treated as
against public policy and no civil action, suit
or proceeding for the enforcement of any suoh
contract shall be entertained in any court.
g. In public conveyanccs on railroads, high
ways, streets, or navigable waters. no discrimi-
nation because Of color or caste shall be made,
and the common right of all citizens therein
shall be recognized and respected. The viola
ton of this regulation will be deemed misde-
meanor, and render the ohenderliable to arrest
and trial by military tribunal, 10 be designa-
ted by the Commanding General, besides such
damages rs the injured party nnny sue for and
recover in civil courts
8. The remedy by distress for ront is abolish
cd. Where lands are leased or let out for hire
or rent cotton, corn. or other produce of the
samo. when severed from the land, may be inn.
pounded but the same shall not be removed.
And cotton, corn. or other produce SO impound-
cd, shall be held MS security for tho rent Or hiro
SO claimed md may be sold in satisfaction of
any Judgment for tho same: Provided, that
any unsatisfcd claim for laber bestowed upon
the cultivation of such cotton, corn or other
produce, shall in no case be postponed to any
demand for rent or hire but to the extent of
such claim for labor, there shall be lien on
such cotton, corn or other produce, having pre-.
ference over any claim for rent or hire ~,
BY command of Mai Gen D. Z. SIcKLEs.
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Capt SSth u S Infantry, A A "A General
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