The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1868-02-06
LAWS OF soUTH-cARoLINA.
The following Orders have bee

OWING W 0ci l"ih
non Compliance with certain regula-
ton prescribed by the laws of the
State, and by military orders, for
drawing :juries in South Carolina,
such. drawings have, in some cases,
been rendered irregular and invalid,
it is ordered:
1. That iuries heretofore drawn,
or which, previous to the regular
spring terms of the Circuit Courts
now approaching, may be drawn for
a Circuit or District Court, in any Ju-
dicial District of South Carolina,
whether the provisions of General Or
ders No. 80, or No. SO, or No. 100,
of the year 1867, from these Head
quarters, were regarded in the pre-
paration of the list from which any
drawing was made or may be made,
and whether such drawing was, or
may be, at regular term Of any
court, or at an extra court, or by the
clerk of a court and the sheriff of a
District in the presence of q mlgls-
trate, and whether such extra court
or drawing by the officers ofany court
was ordered by the Governor of the
State, any Judge, Circuit Court, or
Court of Appeals, are hereby legal
lied land the right of challenge as
given by the said General Orders No.
So, and the necessary drawing of
tales, are hereby preserved as hereto
fore.
2. At the next spring terms of the
Circuit and District Courts, respect
lively and whatsoever thereafter new
Jury lists are to be made for any Dis
trict, jury lists shall be prepared for
the list ofyiall male citizens therein
who shall have paid taxes within the
twelve months preceding: ard chal-
lenges shall be allowed in conformity
with General Orders No. SO.
8. Upon the return of the venires,
the presiding judge Of the court shall
be authorized, at the cmpanclling Of
juries so drawn, to set aside any juror
for personal unftncss by reason of
intellectual or moral disqualifications;
provided, that race, color or former
condition of servitude shall not of it
self be a ground Of exclusion.
II. The Court Of Common Pleas
and General Sessions in South Caro-
lima, are hereby invested with con-
current jurisdiction with the District
Courts, of all cases and matters of
which the District Courts have juris-
diction under the Constitution and
laws af the State.
III. The provisions of tho Act of
General Assembly of the State of
South Carolina, entitled " An act to
amend the law in relation to tenants,
approved December 19, 1866, shall
be construed to extend and apply to
all cases of tenancics, whether at will
or for a term limited by the Act Of
the parties, or by operation of law,
and whether such tenancies were Gre
ated by parol or by written leases or
contracts Of letting, wherever rent
shall be due and in arrears, or wher
ever the tenant shall hold over after
the cessation of his right of occupancy.
Whenever application is made to q
magistrate to remove tenant for any
cause within the intent of said Act,
as hereby construed, it shall be the
duty of such magistrate, and Of
the sheriff or constable, to proceed
under the Act herein recitcd, and to
charge no greater fees than those
therein prescribed. .-... -
w. In no sriminal case where
there is appeal from any other court
to the Court of Appeals, shall it be
necessary for. the accused to appear
in person before the Court of Appeals,
but in a case Of capital felony the
Court of Appeals, at its discretion,
with regard to expediency as to the
time and place of sentence, may order
aprisoner to be brought before it.
General Orders No. 13.
l. At any sale Of personal proper
ty by virtue Of execution issued upon
any judgment of any Court of the
State of South Carolina, rendered
prior to the 10th day of December,
1860, or subsequent to the 29th day
April, 1865, upon any cause or ac
ton arising on any contract entered
into prior to the 10Th day of Decem-
Der, 1860, if the highest amount Of
fered or bid at such sale for such
property shall be less than two-thirds
of the fair cash value of such proper
ty, which value shall have been as
certained and fixed on or before the
day of sale, by the defendant, one by
the plaintiff, and the third by these
two, and minute of whose appraise-
ment shall be certified on the process
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