The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-01-11

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supported by corroborated testimony, shall al
lege That the defendant is disposing of, remov-
ing, or about to remove, his property beyond
the jurisdiction of the court with intent to de-
fraud his creditors: provided, that no such
judgment, SO rendered, within tho periods
aforesaid, shall be bar to the commencement
in State court, Of o new suit npon the same
| cause of action in any case in which by law
the defendant may romovo or appeal the same
to q court of the United States.
The sale of real or personal property by
! foreclosure of mortgage, is likewise suspended
in the cases embraced in Paragraphs II. and
| III, Of said Order Nc. 10 as above amended
| except in cases where interest money accruing
subsequent to the 29th day of April, 1865,
shall not have been paid before the day of sale
and all previous restrictions on such sales are
revoked.
Paragraph w. of the same Order is modi-
fed by substituting the goth day of April,
1865, for the 18th day of May, 1865.
Paragraph V.of tho same Order is modified
as follows:
All proceedings for the recovery Of money
on contracts whether under seal or by parol
the consideration of which was the purchase of
slaves, made subsequent to the 1st of January,
1862 are suspended. judgments or DEGREES
entered for such causes of action shall not be
enforced
Paragraph VII of the same Order is modi-
fed as follows:
! In all sales of property under execution or
by order of any court, there shall be reserved
out of the property of any defendant who has
family dependent upon his or her labor, a
dwelling house and nppurtenances, aud Gf in
the country twenty acres of land, OF 80 much
thereof that the whole shall not exceed in
value the sum Of two thousand dollars; and in
town or city, the immediate lot upon which
such dwelling house is situated; and necessary
articles Of furniture, apparel, subsistence and
implements of husbandry, trade, OF other en-
ploymcnt, to the value Of five hundred dollars
The homestead exemption shall inure only to
tho benefit of families. In other cases, the
exemption shall extend only to clothing and
implements of trade or employment usually
followed by the defendant, of the value Of two
hundred dollars. The exemptions hereby
made shall not be waived or defeated by the
act Of any defendant who has family depe1-
dent upon him or her for support, and the ex,
cmpcd property shall be ascertaiond and de-
fined by the Sheriff or other officer enforcing
the execution, who shall call to his aid two i'm
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mcnt, and shall make report thereof to the court
Paragraph x is hereby modified so rs to
authorize arrest in civil actions &c contractl
only in cases where the demand is past due
and the defendant has been guilty of fraud
in contracting the debt sued for, or has re-
moved or disposed of his property, or is about
to do so, with intent to dcfraud his creditors
or is about to leave the State with such in
| tent.
Paragraph XVI is amended by adding
thereto, All proceedings in any court Of North
Carolina, or of South Carolina, recognizing or
sanctioning the investment of the funds of
minor heirs, or of females, or of insane persons,
in the securities Of the late rebel government,
| or CHc securities OF Inc OtltcS OF NOrtn caro-
lima, or South Carolina, created for the pur-
pose of carrying on war against the Govern
ment Of the United States, will be suspended
until the question of the validity of such in
vcstmcnt shall have been determined by the
courts of the United States, or By national leg
slation. And nothing in the provisions of
this order or of tho Order No. 10 above cited,
shall be held to bar or hinder the recovery, by
suit of the estate of any minor heir, female,
or insane person (ccstui que f,ast), whether in
the hands Of executors, administrators, trus-
tees, guardians, masters or clerks Of Equity
Courts, and other fiduciary agents, or invested
by them in their fduciary character.
II. General Orders No, 25, Of May 20, 1867
is revoked; and on and after tho FIRST day OF
January, 1868, the distilation of spirituous
liquors in this Military District will be subject
to such restrictions only as are imposed by the
laws of the United States and of the States of
North and South Carolina, respectively.
III. Paragraphs vi and VII of General
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