Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-09-14
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HEADQUARTERS SECOND MILITARY DIsTRIcr.
Charleston, S. c., May 80, 1867.

HEADQUARTERS SECOND MILITARY DIsrR1cr
Charleston, s. c., May 80, 1867.
General Orders, No. 80.
l. ANY citizen, qualified voter according to
the requirements of the "Act to provide for thu
more cthcient government of the rebel States"
passed March I'd, 1867, and the Act aupple-
mentary thereto, passed March 23d, 1867, il
eligible to Office in the provisional governments
of North aud South Carolina. All persons ap-
pointed to Office will be required to take tho
oath prescribed by the Act aforesaid, and to file
the same, duly subscribed and sworn, with the
Post Commander.
2. All citizens assessed for taxes, and who
shall have paid taxes for the current year are
qualified to serve rs jurors. 1t shalt be tho
duty OF the proper civil officers charged with
providing lists Of Jurors. to proceed within their
several Jurisdictions, without delay, and ascer-
tain the names of all qualified persons and place
them on the jury lists, and from such revised
lists all jurors shall be hereafter summoned and
drawn IN the manner required by law.
3. All citizens are eligible to follow any IL
ccnsed calling, employment, or vocation, sub
ject to such impartial regulations as may be
prescribed by municipal OR other competent au-
thority, not inconsistenr with common right
and the constitutions and laws of the United
States: The bond required rs security shall not
exceed the penal sum of one hundred dollars.
One or more sureties. being citizens, and worth
IN the aggregate double the amount Of the bond.
over and above just debts, will be sufficient.
4. This mayors of cities and other municipal
and town officers, and all sheriffs, magistrates
and police forces are required to be vigIant and
efficient in main tanning order; and in tho dis
charge Of theis duties they will be expected to
cooperate with the military authorities.
8. Post Commanders n,ay5suninnon 10 their
aid whenever the ordinary means ut their dis.
posal shall not be s&fGcient to execute their or.
the citizens withia the territorial limits Of the
military post as may be necessary; and the
neglect or refusal Of any person to aid and as-
sist in the execution Of the orders of the com.
manding officer will be deemed n misdemeanor
punishable by such fine and imprisonment rs
may be imposed by military tribunal, an
proved by the Commanding General
D. NO license for tho sale of Intoxicating H.
quors in quantities less than one gallon or to
be drank on the premises, shall be granted to
any person other than an inn. keeper the num-
t ber OF such licenses shall be determined, and
the fees to be charged for each license shall be
prescribed and collected by the municipal or
town authorities, and appropriated exclusively
tor the benefit Of the poor. If any person shalt
be found drunk on the premises where liquor is
sold, the license may be revoked by any magis-
trate. lhe tax imposed by the internal reye.
charge and does not excuse the party from tho
observance of local regulations, nor exempt him
from the payment of such other license teesns
may be imposed by municipal or other compe-
tent authority. -
z. All contracts hereafter made for the man.
ufactnre, salo or transportation, storage or in
surancc of intoxicating liquors. shall, within
this Military District, be deemed and treated ma
againSt public policy, and no civil action. suit
or proceeding for the enforcement of any such
contract shall be entertained in any court.
o. In public conveyances, oH railroads, high.
ways, streets, or nayigable waters, no discsimi.
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 a misde-
meanor, and render the offender liable to arrest
and trial by military tribunal, to be despna-
ted by the Commanding General, besides such
damages as the injured party NAV sue for and
recover in civil courts.
.. The remedy by distross for rent is abolish
cd. Where lands are leased or let out for hire
or rent cotton, corn. or other produce of tho
same, when severed from the land, muy be i'm.
pounded; but the same shall not be removed.
And cotton, corn, or other produce 80 impopnd
ed, shall bo held as security for the rent or hire
80 claimed, and may be sold in satisfaction of
any Judgment for the same: Provided. that
any unsatisfed claim for laber bestowed mon
the cultivation Of such cotton, corn or Other
produce, shall in no case be postponed 70 anv
demand for ront or hire but to the extent cf
such claim for labor, there shall be q iien on
such cotton. corn or other produce, having nra-
ference over any claim for rent or hire, Q Q ~
BY command of Maj Gen D. i. sicxLss: i,5
j. w. CLOUS.
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