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OFFICIAL.
Headquarters Second Military District,
CHARLESTON, s. c., June Sd, 1867.

Headquarters Second Military District,
| CHARLESTON, 8. c., June Sd, 1867.
GENERAL ORDERS,
l. SherfS, Chiefs OFF olice, City Marshals, Chiefs
of Detectives and Town Marshals of the several
Districts, counties, cities, towns, and other mu-
nicipal organizations in North Carolina and South
Carolina, will at once, by letter, report to Bvt
Col. Edudrd W. Hinks U. s. Army, Provost Mar
shall General of the Second Military District,
Charleston, South Carolina, setting forth in the
| report the name of each officer, his residence,
Official station, duties, post office address, salary
per annum, and the authority by whom appoint
ed. Coroners, Constablcs and other officers in
this Military District, whose duty it is to make
arrests, and who are not included in the force of
any Sheriff. Chief of Police, City Marshal Chief of
Detectives or Town Marshal, will make individual
reports to the Provost Marshal General in like
manner and form as above required.
III. Whenever any homicide, rape, mayhem,
felonious assault, burglary, arson, robbery or
larceny-where the property stolen is of the val
ue of twenty-five dollars and more-shail be COM
District the chief officer of police of such city or
town shall at once investigate the and report
the facts to the Provost Marshal General; setting
forth the nature of the crime, the name and resi-
dence of the party against whose person or prop
erty such crime has been committed, the time
when and place where it committed, the
name, description and residence of the offender if
known and if the offender has been arrested
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punishment and if not in custody, giving any
information which may be of service in securing
| his detection and arrest Sheriffs of counties in
North Carolina and of districts in South Carolina
shall investigate and make report of such often
| ces, when committed within their respective
| counties districts, and not within the limits
| of any city or town. in like manner and form
is herein required of chiefs of police of cities and
towns. When offender, whose offence has
been reported. shall be arrested, report of the
| arrest will be made at once by the officer in
charge to the Provost Marshal General. Con-
solidated Monthly Reports of the above emu
merated crimes will also be made ny the respec-
tive officers and for the localities above desig
mated to the Provost Marshal General. Blanks
will be furnished by him upon application. The
| first report to include the period from January
! LIST to May 31st, 1867.
| III. Whenever any prisoner shall break and
escape from u pcnitentiary, Jail or other prison,
in the Second Military District, the officer in
charge of such penitentiary, Jail or other pris-
on shall at once make report of the facts to
the Provost Marshal General, setting forth in
such report the date of escape, the name OF each
escaped prisoner, his description, age, residence,
the crime for which committed, whether under
sentence or awaiting trial, whether recaptured ;
and stating fully the manner of the escape and
the circumstances under which it was effected.
| Reports in like form and manner will be made by
all officers from whose custody prisoners may
escape while being conducted to or from prison
Whenevcra prisoner shall be rscaptured, the fact
will be at once reported to the Provost Marshal
General by the officer from whose custody the
prisoner escaped. Failure to make prompt re-
port of escaped prisoners as herein required will
inculpate the delinquent officer as aiding and
abetting the escape.
". The Shcritfs of the counties in North Caro-
lima, and of districts in South Carolina will at
once report to the Provost Marshal General the
condition of the jails, prisons or workhouscs I'M
der their charge, in their respective districts
or counties, as to capacity, convenience and secu-
rity, and the names and residences of the officers
| lln fprt ha and of
jails, prisons and warehouses.
| V. All civil officers having charge of any Jail,
prison, or workhouse, in this Military District,
shall, on the last day of each month, make re-
port to the Provost Marshal General, upon blanks
to be by him prescribed and furnished upon APP
plication, of all persons who have been confined
| in such Jail, prison, or workhouse during the
month, setting forth the name of the prisoner,
his description, residence, aye, when committed,
for what offence arrested, by whom arrested, by
whose order arrested, whether under sentence
or awaiting trial if under sentence, by what tri-
bunal tried and sentenced; if sentenced, for what
period and the amount OF fine or COSTS II any !;
how employed; how subsistcd; whether dis
charged, transferred, escaped, or deceased; if
discharged, by what authority if transferred to
what place and by whom ordered. The first re-
port made under the requirements of this para
graph will include the period from January LIST, to
VI Ali Sheriffs, Constables, Police, and other
civil officers and persons whose duty it is under
the laws of the provisional governments of North
Carolina ana SOuln SarOlnla 10 serve WTllS OF
make arrests, are hereby required to obey and
execute the lawful orders of the Provost Mar
shal General, to the same effect as they are re-
quired by law to obey and execute writs, war
rants or other process issued by civil magis-
istrates And any resistance to or disobedience
of the lawful orders or authority of the Provost
Marshal General snail subject the offender to tr-
al by q Military commission, and, upon convic-
ton to removal from office and punishment by
| fine and Imprisonment.
VII Duplicates of the reports required by the
provisions of paragraphs II, III and of this or
der, to be made by local oficeTsNto the Provost
Marshal General, will at the same time be sent to
the proper Post Commander.
| viii The performance of the duties enjoined
by this order will not be construed to relieve CIV
ii officers from the discharge OF any of the duties
now required of them by the laws of the local
provisional governments. And any civil officer
| who shall refuse or neglect to perform promptly
the duties herein required of him, or who shall
make any false return or report OF the matters
herein prescribed, shall be dismissed from his Of
fee and be subject to trial by Military COmmlS-
sion for misdemeanOr.
TX Sheriffs, Constables and other officers,
| whose official emoluments are confined to costs
and fees, shall be allowed for services performed
under the orders of the Provost Marshal General,
the same costs and tees, to be paid in the same
manner as is provided by the laws of the local
provisional governments for like service under
those laws.
K. All persons in this Military District, who
NAV know of any threatened breach of the peace,
or of the commission of any crime or offence, are
requested to make complaint thereof at once to
the Chiefof Police, or Marshal of the city or town
or if the crime or disorder shall be committed
without the limits of any city or town, to mag
istrate the Sheriff of the county district and
if prompt action shall not be taken by the officer
to whom the matter shall be reported, such per
sons are requested to report all the facts to the
Post Commander and to the Provost Marshal
general
XII Imprisonment for default in payment Of
costs, fees, or charges of court, attorneys pub
lie officers, shall not exceed thirty days.
By command of Maj. General D. E. SICKLEs:
j. w. CLOUS,
| Capt. 3Sth u S. Infantry,
A d. c., and A. A. A G..
June IS, 1867. 35-1aw3t