Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-02-20
IMPoRTANT rORDER.

General CanDy mas recently Issued the I0l0Wlng
order in reference to Jurors and tenants:
I. 1t having been Represented that, owing to
certain informalties and compliance with GER
tain regulations prescrbedb 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: i'.i
/. That jures heretofore drawn, or which, pre-
yious to the regular spring terms Of the Circuit
Courts now approaching, may be drawn for 9 Cir
cult or District Court in any Judicial District Of
South Carolina, whether the provisions Of General
Orders No. 80, or No. SO, or No. 100, of the year
1867, from these Headquarters, we're regarded in
the preparation of the list from which any drawing
was made or may be made, and whether such
drawing was, or may be, at arregulsr term of any
court, or at an extra court or by the clerk 1of
court and the sheriff of District IN the presence
of a magistrate, and whether such extra court OF
drawing by the officers Of any court Was ordered
by the Governor of the State, any judge Circuit
Court, or Court Of Appeals, are hereby ,legaFzed;
and the right Of challenge as given blythe said
General Orders No. 80, and the necessary draw.
ing of tales, are hereby preserved as heretofore
q At the next Spring terms Of the Circuit and
District Courts respectively, and whensoeyer there
after new jury lists are to bemade for any District,
Jury lists shall be prepared from the List of all male
citizens therein who shall have paid taxes within
the twelve months next preceding; and challenges
shall be allowed in conformity with General Orders
No. SO. .1." Glis ....lSt.@ @i4 ~ -.
g. Upon the return Of the venires, the presiding
Judge of the court shall be authorized at the en-
paneng Of juries so drawn, to set aside any juror
for personal un6tness by reason of intellectual or
moral disqualifcaions; provided, that race, color
or former condition Of seryitude, shall not of it.
self, be q ground of exclusion 'l1,.},5
IL The Courts Of Common Pleas and General
Sessions in South Carolina, are. hereby invested
with concurrent Jurisdiction with the District
Courts, in all cases and matters Of which the Dis
rict Courts have jurisdiction under the Constitu,
ah III. fH TIE Provisions of The Act Of the General
Assembly Of the State of South Carolina, entitled
"An Act to amend the law in relation to tenants"
approved December 19, 1865, shall be construedto
extend and apply to all cases Of tenancies, wheth-
er at Will or for term limited by the act Of the
parties, or by operation of law, and whether such
tenancies were created by parolor bywrtten leases
or contracts of letting, wherever rent shall be due
or in arrears, or wherever the tenant shall hold
over after the cessation of bis right Of occupancy.
Whenever application is made to . 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 recited, and to
charge no greater fees than those therein pre-
scribed
". In no criminal 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 case Of
capital felony, the Court of Appeals at its dscre-
ton, with regard to expedieny as to time and
place of sentence, may order a prisoner to be
brought before it. ~ ~ -'''i''2 t1fsa ~