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Important Order from Gen. Sickles.
Gen. Slck.es has issued the following ord
HkApouARIERs 2p MILITARY DI.rn1f-r

zen. olck'es mas Issued the following order ::
HEADQUARTERS 2D MILITARY District,
CHARLESTON. y c., May 80, 1867.
[Generai Orders No. 3D.
l. Any citizen. II 10y voter according to III.
requirements Of the Act for the more effective
government IF tho rebel Stnies passed March
=, 1867, and the Act supplementary thereto
passed March %, 1867, is eligible 10 Office in
the Provisional Government Of North and South
Carolina. All persons appoint Ell to office will
| be required 10 take the oath prescribed by the
| Act aforesaid. and to file the same. duly sub.
scribed and sworn. with the post commander.
III. All citizens asseFsed for taxes. and who
shall have paid taxes for the current year, are
qualified u servo as jurors. 1t shall he the duty
OF the proper civil officers charged with providing
| lists oi jurors to proceed, within their several
Jurisdictions, without delay, and ascertain the
names Of all qualified PERSONS aud place them
OH the jury lists. and from such revised lists all
jurors shall 10 hereafter summoned and drawn
III the manner required by law.
| III. All citizens eligible 10 follow any
licepsed calling. employment or vocation, subject
to such impartial regulations may be pre-
scnbed by municipal or other competent author
ny, not inconsistent with common rights and
the Constitution aud laws Of the United Sta,es
The bond required as security shall not exceed
| the Psnul sum of flOU-one or more securities
| beng citizens, and worth in The aggregate double
| tho amount Of the bond, over aud above Just
| debts, will be sufficient.
Nv. Mayors OF cities and other municipal and
town officers, aud all sheIihs, magistrates aud
police forces. are required to be vigilant snd
| efficient ~ maintaining order and i'll the dis
charge of their duties they will be expected TO
| cooperate with the military authorities.
V. Post commanders may summon to their
| aid, whenever Tho ordinary means at their DIS
| pOsal shall not be sufficient 10 execute their
orders, such Of the civil officers aud many Of
| the citizens within the territor ial limits OF the
military DOht. Al ha and la
neglect or refusal Of any person 10 aid aud assist
| in the execution Of the order Of the command
| ing officer will be deemed q unisIrmeanor, pun
,h.bs by such fine and Imprisonment may
be imPo.sd by military tribunal, approved by
tho Commanding General
vi. No license for the sale of intoxicating H.
quors in Quantities less Than one gallon, or 10 be
drunk on the premises. shal. be granted 10 any
person oihsr than all inu-kerper; The number
Of .uch Licenses shall be determined aud the fees
10 b. charged for each license shall be prescribed
aud collected BY the municipal or town author-
ties. and appropriated exclusively for the benefit
Of the poor. II any person shall be found drunk
on tho premises where liquor is sold. the license
may be revoked by any mag gistrntc. The tax
| imposed by The internal revenue laws Of the
United States 10 an additional charge. and does
no: excuse tho party from the observance ofIocaI
regulations. nor exempt him from the pas mont
Of such other license fees may be imposed by
VII. All contracts hereafter made for the
manufacture. sale. transportation, storage or
insurance Of Intoxicating liquors. shall, within
this milrthty district, be deemed and treated as
against spnblic policy. andtso civil action,
suit or 4aSseding, for the enforcement of any
such cStttAdt, shall be eassrsatnsd in any
| court. 49, -.s----a
VIII: APublic conssssacAs. on, railroads,
highway. Or navigable wafst$, no disorimina-
tion, .bacAnss Of color or onstes shall be made
and sbs' common right ssssl oi'iaens therein
shall be recognized and +, sssac.ed; The violation
or, .nd render the offender-liahle to arrest and
trial by military .ri6lPafi 10 be designated by
the Commanding General, besides such dam
sges a. the injured. party may sue for and re-
| cover Ia the civil courts.
TX. The remedy by distress for rent is abol.
ished. Where lands sre leased or let OIL for
hire or rent, cotton, corn or other produc8sSf
the same, when severed from tho land, may bs
impounded, but the Same shall not be Iemoxs9;
and cotton, eorn-or other produce 90 impoundSd