The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1868-01-09
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Headquarters ID Military District.


Judgments or decrccS Cor H., payment or
money on causcS of actioa arising in North
CarosIna, between the Both day Of May,
1861, aud the 20th day Of April, 1863, aud
In South Carolina between the 18Th d,v or
December, 1860. and the 18th day of April,
1863, shali not De enforced, bv execution,
against ino por>oa OF property OF the de-
1endant. Proceedings for such causes Of
action ROW pending shall be stayed, aud no
suit or process shall be instituted or CON.
nenceG on suCh causes OF uc'ion until after
The civil go"crnment 0! III, respective States
shall be established, ia accordance To the
laws Of the United States.
Paragraph Ill Of the same order ia modi.
hed as iUIows:
SherliiS. cNrOncr6, nd cOnstables are
hereoy directed ~ suspend the sale of nil
property upon execution, or process under
auy judgement or decree Of a court Of the
so.caIicd Confederate Suites, Cr Of the
State OF North Carolina rendcrc! between
the 2sth day OF MAY, 1851 and the organ-
zaton OF the provisional government of
sad State, under tho Presidents uiuclamn.
lion OF the 29th day of April, 1855. or Of
the State OF South Carolina rendered be-
tween the l9.h GRv of December, 1860, and
the organ2 2a;ion of the provisional govern.
ment of the safd Sta'c, under the Presidents
proclamation et the 30th day of June. 1868,
unless the written consent Of :he defendant
be entered Of record. and except ir cases
where the plaintiff or his attorney, upon
oath, supported by rrOborative TESTIMONY,
shall aiIege that the defendant is disposnp
OF, removing, or about to remove. his pro
perty beyond tn" jurisdiction Of n court
with intent to drfraui his creditors: Pro.
i fl,..t, 1
within the pcroiS aforesaid. shall be- Der
TO the commencement, in State court, ora
new suit upon The same cause of action in
any case 10 which, b. law. the defendant
may remove or appeal the same to court
OF the United Sites.
The sale of real or personal property. by
foreclosure OF mortgage, is likewise sus,
pended IN the cases embraced In Parnrr7u;I
ii aud III of sad Order No. 10, As above
amended, except in cases whore interest
money actruing subsequent TO the 29th dly
OF April, 1855, shall not have been paid bc.
fore the day of sale, ana all previous re-.
slrictIons on such sales are revoked.
Paragraph " OF The same order is modi
fled bv substituting the 9tfI dav or Anri
1868 for the I9th day OF May. 1865.
Paragraph V Of The same order Is ,,od;i.
ed rs follows:
All proceedings for the recovery Of mon.
ey on contracts, whether under seal or bv
par"i, The consideration of which Was ,nr
PuFciasr OF slaves, mad, subScgpsrt 10 the
Irst day OF january, 1863, are ,uSs,udci -
'"us s'"em'S or 'ccFerS entered for such cau..
es of action shall not be- cEf.rccd.
Paragraph VII Of the same ord .ri is modi, !
fled ~ follows:
IN al sales Of property under execution
or by order Of any court, there shall hr 70
served ont Of the property of any deCrrjan,
VINO has family dependent upon his or her
laoor, n dwelling house and appurlenauccs,
hnd Ut III the country twenty acres of land,
or so III uch thereof That ihe whole shall
not exceed m vUlue the sum of two ihou.
sahd dollars; and in town or city. the
immediate lot upon which such dwelling
House IS situated and Necessary articles of
furniture. apparel, subsistence and implc.
mcntI of husbandrv trade or other cmpiov.
ment, TO the value of five hundred dollars.
The homestead exemption shall inure only
u The benefit Of families, In other cases.
The exemption shall extend only TO CLOTHING
md implements of trade or employment
usually followed by the defendant of the
value OF two hundred dallars The cxemp
mons hereby made shall not he waived or |
defeated by the act Of any defendant who
bas family dependent upon him or her for |
support, and the exempted property shall be |
asceriaincd md defined by the sheriff. or |
other o!hcel enforcing tho execution, vino !
shni' caII 10 his aid two impartial citizens to |
make The necessary appraiscmcnt, and shall |
make report thereof TO the court
Paragraph y is hereby modified so as TO |
authorize arrest in civil actions &c cOniractu |
only IN cases where the demand is past dIe |
anu the defendant has been guilty of a fraud !
IN contracting ;he debt sued for, or has re |
moved or disposed Of his property. or j. |
about to do 20, with intent to defraud his |
creditors, or is about to leave the Stale with
such intent.
Paragraph AVI is amended by adding
thefeto, all proceedings in any court Of
North CarsIua, or of South Carolina, re-.
,cogulzing or sanclioning he investment Of
The iunds OF minor heirs, or Of females, or
OF insane persons, In the securities of the
lhte rebel government, or the securities of
the States Of North Carolina or South Car.
olina, created for the purpose Of carryinr on
war against the Government Of the United
States, will be suspended until the question
of the validity Of such investments shall
have been de crmined by the Courts of the
Unlled Slales, or by national legislstiOn-
And nothing in III 4 provisions Of this order.
nr Of The order No. 10 above cited, shall be
held to bar or hinder the recovery, by suit,
OF the estate OF any minor heir, femals, or
Insane person (cestisi que trusts whether in
She hands of executors, administrators,
trustees, guardians, masters or clerks Of
equity courts, or other fdicuary agents, or
invested BY them in their fduciary charac.
ter.
II, General Orders No 25, of May 90,
1867, is revoked; and on and after the frat
. Gay OF January, 1868, tbs disiillat0n of
sPirituous liquors in this Military Disrrct
, will be subject TO such restrictions only as
are iinposed BY the laws of the United
S'ntos and o:ths States orNorth and South
Carolina, respectively.
d III. Paragraphs vi, and VII, Of General
Orders No. 20, dated Nav 40. 1867, nre