The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1868-01-09
NoRTH-CARoLINA POLL TAX.
Extract from general orders No. 10, referred
to in the above order of Gen. Candy: asa

to in the above order of Gen. Candy:
Second: Judgment or DEGREES for the pay
ment of money ON causes of action Arising be-
tween the 18th Of December 1860, and the 18th of
May, 1865, shall not be enforced by execution
against the property or the person of the defen-
dant. Proceedings in such causes OF action now
pending shall be stayed, and suit or process
Shall be hereafter instituted or commenced for
any such causes of action
Third: g Sherifs, coroners and constables
hereby directed to suspend for twelve calendar
months the sale of all property upon execution
of process on liabilities contracted prior to the
10Th of December, 1860, unless upon the written
consent of the defendants, except i'll cases where
the plaintiff or in his absence his agent or attor
ney, shall upon oath, with corfoborative testimo
ny, allege or prove that the defendant is moving
or intends fraudulently TO remove his property
beyond the territorial jurisdiction of the Court.
The sale of real personal property by fore
closure of mortgage is likewise suspended for
twelve calendar months, except in cases where
the payment of interest money accruing since the
18th day of May, 1865, shall not have been made
before the day of SALE" 3.... t5o
Fourth: Judgments or DEGREES entered or
enrolled causes of action arising subsequent to
the 18th day of May, 1865, may be endorsed by
execution, against the property of the defendant,
and in the application of the money arising I'M
der such executions, regard shall be had to the
priority of liens, unless in cases whore the good
faith of any lien shall be drawn in question. In
such cases the usual mode of proceeding adopted
in North and South Carolina respectively to de-
termine that question shall be adopted.
Fifth: All proceedings for the recovery of
money under contracts, whether under seal or by
parole, the consideration Tor which was the. pur
chase OF negroes, are suspended Judgments or
DEGREES enteied or enrolled for such causes of ae-
ton shall not be enforced"
81 Seoe,sth. In all sales of property and execu-
ton by order of any court there shall be reserved
out of the property of any defendant who has
family dependent urOn his or her labor dwell
ing house and appurtenances and twenty acres of
land for the use and occupation of the family of
the defendant and necessary articles OF furniture,
apparel, subsistence, Implements of trade, hus-
bandry or other employment OF the value OF
$500. The homestead exemption shall inure only
to the benefit of tamilies-that is to say, parent
or parents and child or children-in other eases
the exemption shall extend only to clothing, i'm
plements of trade or other employment usually
followed by the defendant, of the value OF S1OO
The exemption hereby made shall not be waived
or defeated by the act of the defendant Tho
exempted property of the defendant shall be as
certaned by the Sheriff other officer enforcing
the execution, who shall specifically dcscribe the
same, aud make report thereof In each case to
stTsnth: n suits brought TO recover debts
known actions eontrdctat, bail, as heretofore
authorized, shall not be demanded 10y the srtitor
nor taken by the sheriff or other officer serving
the process: in suits Tor tresspass, libel, wrong
full conversion of property and other cases, known
as actions er decto bail, heretofore authorized,
may be demanded and taken. The Prohfbltion
of bail In cases er contracta shall not extend to
persons about to leave the State, but the fact OF
intention must be clearly established by proof"
80 Foapfeeath The punishment of death in GER
tain cases of burglary and larcency imposed by
the existing laws of the provisional governments
in this military district is abolished. Any per-
son convicted of burglary or of larcency, when
the property stolen is of the valuc of SIS, of as
sauIt and battery with intent to KILL or of assault
with q deadly weapon, shall be deemed guilty of
felony, and shall be punished by Imprisonment
at hard labor for a term not exceeding ten years
nor less than two years, in the discretion Of the
court having jurisdiction thereof Larceny,
trher, the value thereof is less than 49, shall be
punished by imprisonment at hard labor for
term not exceeding one year IN the discretion Of
the court." Wv