The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-08-17
OFFICIAL.
Headquarters Second Military Dlstri,.
CHARLESTON, s. c., May 80, 1877
GENERAL ORDERS,

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GENERAL ORDERS,
L Any citizen, qualified voter ACCORDING :.
the requirements of the Act to provide for ~ ~
more efficient government of the rebel Stats
passed March End, 1857, and the act Supplement-,
thereto, passed March Esd, 1867, is eligible toofo
| in the provisional government of North and Sont''
Carolina. Ali persons appointed to Office will bo
required to take the oath prescribed by the ACT
aforesaid, and to file the same duly subscribed ana
sworn with the Post Commander.
| IL All citizens assessed for taxes, and VIII
shall have paid taxes for the current year, Ara
qualified to serve as jurors. 1t shall be the dnt
| of the proper civil officers, Charged with pr6vi
ding lists of jurors, to proceed within their Sew
eral jurisdictions, without delay, and ascertoin
the names of all qualified persons and place them
on the jury lists, and from such revised lists aI
| jurors shall be hereafter summoned and drawn IN
| the manner required by law.
Ill. All citizens are eligible to follow onr
licensed calling, employment or vocation, sub.
ject to such impartial regulations as NAV be nro
scribed by municipal or other competent author
ity, not inconsistent with common right and tbo
constitution and laws of the United States. ho
bond required security shall not exceed tLe
penal sum of one hundred dollars. One or moro
sureties being citizens, and worth, in the aggrp
gate, double the amount of the bond, over and
above Just debts, will be sufficient U
". The mayors of cities and other municno,
and town officers, and all sheriffs, magistrateS
and police forces, are required to be vigiant and
of their duties, they will be expected to co.o1'
crate with the military authorities.
V. Post Commanders may summon to their aid
whenever the ordinary means at their disposai
shall not be sufficient to execute their orderS
such of the civil officers, and as many of the cti
zens, within the territorial limits of the military
post, as may be necessary; and the neglect or re-
fusal of any person to aid and assist in the execn
ton of the orders of the commanding officer will
be deemed misdemeanor, punishable by such
fine and Imprisonment as may be imposed by
military tribunal approved by the Commandin@
General
vi. No license for the sale of Intoxicating Ho-
uors in quantities less than one gallon or r. hi
drank on the premises, shall be granted to any
person other than an inn-keeper The nnmhcy
of such licenses shall be determined, and the fees
to be charged for each license shall be prescribeS
and collected, by the municipal or town authori
ties and appropriated exclusively for the benefit
of the poor. If any person shall be found DRINK
on the premises where liquor is sold the license
may be revoked by any magistrate. The tax i'm.
posed by the internal revenue laws of the United
States is additional charge, and does not excuse
the party from the observance of local reCno
lions, nor exempt him from the payment of such
other license fees as may be imposed by mu-
nicipal or other competent authority.
VII. All contracts hereafter made for the man.
ufacture, sale or transportation, storage or insu
rance of Intoxicating liquors shall, within this
Military District, be deemed and treated as against
public policy, and no civil action, suit or pro-
ceeding for the enforcement of any such contract
shall be entertained in any court.
VIII. In public conveyances on railroads, high
ways, streets or navigable waters, no discrinina-
ton because of color or 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 misdemeanor and
render the offender liable to arrest and trial by a
military tribunal to be designated by the Com
handing General, besides such damages as the
injured party may sue for and recover in the Civil
Courts.
TX The remedy by distress for rent is abolish
ed. Where lands are leased, let out for hire or
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 other produce so impounded shall be held
as security for the rent or hire SO claimed, and
may be sold in satisfaction of any judgment for
the same: PrOrided, That any unsatisfed claim
for labor 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 pro-
duce, having preference over any claim for rent
or hire.
By command of Maj. Gen. D. E. SIcKLEs:
j. W. CLOUS,
Capt 3Sth U. s. Infantry,
A. D. c., and A. A. A. G..
June Is, 1867. 35-1aw3t