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

'qauo uodn 'Gou1o49u STU 10 Ulu!sId Qua eleqM
supported by corroborated testimony, shall al
lege that the defendant is disposing of, remoy-
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 the periods
aforesaid, shall be a bar to the commencement,
in State court, Of new suit npon the same
cause of action in any case in which by law
the defendant may romove or appeal the same
to 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 No. 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 ". of the same Order is modi-
fed by substituting the goth day of April,
1865, for the 10Th day of May, 1865.
Paragraph V. of the same Order is modified
as follows:
All proceedings for the recovery of money
on contracts, whether under seal or by parol
tho co.. sideration of which was the purchase of
slaves made subsequent to the 1st of January,
1868, are suspended. Judgments or DEGREES
entered for such causes of action shall not be
enforced
Paragraph VII. of the same Order is mod-
| fed as follows:
In ali 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 OF her labor, q
dwelling house and appurtenances, and (if in
the country twenty acres of land, or 30 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, or other en-
poymcnt, to the value Of five hsndred 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 a family depe1-
dent upon him or her for support, and the ex-
cmpted property shall be ascertaincd and de-
fined by the Sheriff or other officer enforcing
the execution, who shall call to his aid two i'm
partial citizens to make the necessary apprais-
mcnt, and shall make report thereof to the court.
| Paragraph X is hereby modified SO rs to
authorize arrest in civil actions &c contract.
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 defraud his creditors,
or is about to leave the State with such in
1 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 the securities Of the States Of North Caro-
lima, or South Carolina, created for the pur-
pose of carrying on war aga;''s. the Govern
ment of the United States, will !c suspended
until the question of the vali6.M of such in
vestmcnt shall have been determined by the
courts Of the United States, or By national leg
islation. 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 (cestui que trnst), 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 tiduciary character.
II. General Orders No. %, of May 20, 1867,
is revoked; and on and after tho first day o!
January, 1868, the distillation of spirtuoua
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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