The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-06-19

headquarters Second Military Distrisf
cHARLEsros, 8. c., April II 1857

The general restitution prevailing anon
the population of this military district eannC
be relieved without affording means 1or ID
deyelopement of their industrial resources
The nature and extent of the destitution deman
extraordinary measures. The people are Dorp
down by heavy burden OF debt, the crops
grain and garden produce failed last year, man
families have been deprived OF shelter, man
more need food end clothing, needful impl'
ments and auxiliaries of husbandry are yer.
scarce; the Iaboring population in numerous lo
caities are threatened with starvation unless SUI
piled with food by the Government OF the Unite
States; the inability of large portion OF the PEG
Die to pay taxes leaves the local authorities With
out adequate means of relief, and the gravity
the situation is increased by the general dspostio
shown by creditors to enforce upon an Empower
ished people the immediate collection OF al
claims. To suffer all this to go on without re !
straint or remedy is to sacrifice the general good
The rights Of creditors shall be respected but the
appeal of want and suffering must be Needed.
Moved by these considerations, the following reg
ulations are announced, and they viii continue In
force with such modification as the occasion may
require until the civil government OF the respec-
tive States shall be established in accordance with
the requirements of the Government OF the United
States The commanding General earnestly de-
sires and confidently believes that the observance
of these regulations and the cooperation Of all
persons concerned in employing fairly and justly
the advantages still remaining to them, will miti-
gate the distress nowiexisting, and that the ayens
nes of industry enterprise, and organization thus
opened will contribute to the permanent welfare
and future happiness of the people. (
I. Imprisonment for debt is prohibited, un.
less tie defendant in execution shall be convicted
of fraudulent concealment or disposition of his
property with intent to hinder, delay and prevent
the creditor in the recovery of his debt or demand
and the proceedings now established in North
determination of such questions, may be adopted.
| II. Judgment or DEGREES for the payment
of money on causes of action arising between the
10th OF December 1850, and the 18th of May, 1865,
shall not be enforced by execution against the
property or the person Of the defendant. Pro-
ceedings in such causes Of action now pending
shall be stayed, and no suit or process shall be
hereafter instituted or commenced for any such
causes of action.
III. Sheriffs, coroners and constables are
hereby directed to suspend for twelve calendar
months the sale of all property upon execution
of process on liabilities contracted prior to the
10Th of December, 1860, unless upon the written
consent of the defendants, except in cases where
the plaintiff, Or in his absence his agent or attor-
ney, shall upon oath, with corroborative testimo-
ny, allege or prove that the defendant is moving
or intends fraudulently to remove his property
beyond the territorial Jurisdiction of the 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 accruing since the
18th day of May, 1855, shall not have been made
before the day of sale
~. Judgments or DEGREES 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 defendant,
and in the application of the moHey arising I'M
der such executions, regard shall be had to the
priority of liens, unless in cases where the good
faith of any lien shall be drawn in question. In
such cases the usual mode of proceeding adop-
ted in North and South Carolina respectively to
determine that question shall be adopted. -
v. All proceedings for the recovery of
money under contracts, whether under seal or by
parole, the consideration for which was the pur-
chase of negroes, are suspended. Judgments or
DEGREES entered or enrolled for such causes of &C.
| ton shall not be enforced.
| vi. ALI advances of moneys, subsistence,
| implements, and fertilizers, loaned, used, en-
ployed, or required for the purpose of aiding the
| tetted, and the existing laws which have provi-
ded the most efficient remedies in such cases for
| the lender will be supported and enforced wages
for labor performed in eproduction of the crops
shall be lien on the crop, and payment OF the a.
mount due for such wages shall be enforced by the
like remedies provided to secure advances ofmon-
ey and other means for the cultivation of the SOIL
l. VII. In all sales of property under execution
orby order of any court there shall be reserved out
of the property of any defendant, who has fami-
| ly dependent upon his or her labor, dwelling
| house and appurtenances and twenty acres of
| land for the use and occupation of the family of
the defendant and necessary articles of furniture,
| apparel, subsistence, implements of trade, hus-
| bandry or other employment of the value of
| $780, The homestead exemption shall inure on
ly to the benefit of famlies-that is to say, pa
rent parents and child or childrcn-in other ca
ses the exemption shall extend only to clothing,
| implements Of trade or other employment usu-
| ally followed by the defendant, of the value of
500. The exemption hereby made shall not be
waived or defeated by the act of the defendant
| The exempted property of the defendant shall
be ascertained by the Sheriff or other officer
| forcing the execution, who shall specifically de-
| scribe the same, and make q report thereof in
each case to the Court. stsEr-
| VIII. The currency of the United States de-
cared by the Congress of the United States to be
legal tender in the payment of all debts, dnes,
| and demands, shall be recognized in North and
| South Carolina. And all cases in which the
| same shall be rendered in payment and refused
| by any 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 an absent debtor or one
| charged as such without fraud, whether consist
| ing of money advanced for the purposes of agri-
| culture or appliances for the cultivation of the
| soil, shall not be taken under the process known
| as foreign attachment; but the lien created by
any existing law shall not be disturbed nor shall
| the possession or the use 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 enforced.
| x. In suits brought to recover ordinary
debts known as actions contractu ball. hereto
fore authorized shall not be demanded by the suit
or nor taken by the sheriff or other officer serving
the process in suits for trespass, libel, wrongful
as actions ex delico ball. as heretofore authorized
| may be demanded and taken. The prohibition
of bail in cases er contracts shall not extend to
| parties about to leave the State, but the fact of
intention must be clearly established by proof.
| XII. In criminal proceedings the usual re-
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