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impartial citizens to make the necessary appraise
ment and shall make report thereof to the court

imrartlal c1tlZenB 10 MAKE the necessary appralse
ment, and shall make report thereof to the court.
Paragraph Z is hereby modified as to authorize
arrest in civil actions er contractu only in cases
whore the demand is past due and the defendant has
been guilty OF fraud In contracting the debt sued
for has removed or disposed Of his property, or
Is about to do so, with intent to defraud his cred-
tor or is abont to leave the State with such intent
Paragraph XVI is amended by adding thereto, all
proceedings in any court of North Carolina, or Of
South Carolina, recognizing or sanchoning the In
vesment 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 Carolina or South Carolina, created for
the purpose of carrying on war againt the
the Government of the United States, will be sus-
pended until the question Of the validity Of such in
veetments shall have been determined by the Courts
of the United States, or by national legislation And
nothing In the provisions Of this order, or 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, female, or In sane
person (cestui que trusg, whether In the hands
of executors, administrators, trustees guardians
masters or clerks of equity courts or other fdicuary
agents. or invested by them in their fducary CHAR
acter.
II. General o:,.. No. 25. of May 90 1867, is re-
yolted; and on and afcr the first day of January,
1868 the distillnlon Of spirtuous 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 re-
spectively.
III. Paragraphs vi. and VII. Of General Orders
No so, dated May 80, 1857, are revoked, and the
power to grant licenses for the sale Of sprituous or
intoxicating liquors is remitted to the proper loca
authorities to take effect on and after the first day
of January 1S68 and to be subject to the following
conditions:
l. The municipal authorities granting the license
shall be answerable that the parties to whom such
licenses are granted, together with their surenes'
shall be responsible persons, and OF good morll
standing in the community and that both principal
and suretes shall be able qualify individually in
double the amount of the bond required. and that
the bond shall be lien upon the personal property
or both principal and surees, and upon proof Of dc
fault shall warrant the summary seizure and sale OF
Sc much of the property of either or both as may be
necessary to satisfy the forfeiture or fine and COSTS
Q. Drunkenness or disorderly conduct on the
premises shall work the forfeiture of the license and
of the penalty of the bond.
8. The owner or keeper Of any bar room, saloon OF
ether place at which intoxicating liquors are sold
and all other persons interested or connected there
with, shall beregarded as principals in any action
OF damages growing out of any assault riot afray
or other disorder occurring the premises or dt-
rectly traceable thereto.
A. ALI bar rooms saloons or other places at which
intoxicating liquors are sold shall be closed on the
dsy or days Of any general or local election and for
the twelve hours next preceding the opening and
n0xt succeeding the closing of the polls at such eec
tom and the sherifs Of counties and districts, and
tho chief of police of cities and towns shall have
power to direct the closing of bar rooms and other
places for the sale of intoxicating liquors whenever
1t msy be necessary in their judgment to preserve
order and quiet
s. The proceeds of all licenses. forfcltures and
fines, under the local regulations or under the pro-
visions of military orders, will be devoted 70 the
support of the poor, and soon as realized Will be
turned over to the commissioners or overseers OF
the poor of the district, county. city or town In
which they accrued, ana the commissioners or over
seers will at the end of each month report to tho
received by them during the month, specifying the
names of the parties from whom 1t was received.
G. The penalties imposed by this order or by the
local police regulations may be enforced In any civil
or military court and upon conviction the court may
award to the informer sum not cxceesTng nifty per
cent of the forfeiture or fnc And II is made the
duty of all sheris constabes, and coroners OF coun
ties and districts, and the police of cities and towns,
to be vigilan in the enforcement Of the polio rogu-
htions and the provisions of this order in relation
to the sale Of intoxicating liquors.
The provisions of this paragraph will be held to ap-
ply to such licenses granted under Gen'l Orders No.
O. to innkeepers, remain une1pired after the lst
Of January, 1868.
~. To promote the speedy trial of prisoners con-
fined for minor offences, and diminish the cost OF
their maintenance, all committing magistrates will
on tho 18th and last days of each month report to
the Judge Of their County District Court all COM
mitments made Gy them during the preceding half
month"; specifying the date Of commitments, the
names of ihe prisoners, and the offences for which
they were committed. to the end that the Judges
may whenever in their opinion the number OF pris-
ouers or other considerations of public interest call
for it. hold specal terms Of their courts for the pur-
pose OF dsposing Of such cases. The additional ex-
pense of holding such special terms will be charge
upon the State Treasury, and the accounts therefor
will be audited and paid Us accounts OF similar
character are now audited and paid, and if the sala.
RIGS now paid the Judges should be inadequate in
view of the additional labor performed by them,
reasonable additc n, upon proper representations
through the Governor Of tho State, will be allowed.
v. Tie pilotage regulations now existing in the
States of North and South Carolina, so far modi
ded that on and after the the first day Of March,
1868, all passenger steam vessels, regulnted by the
laws of the United States and carrying pilot COM
missioned by United States Commissioners, shall be
exempttr trom the compulsory payment OF pilotage.
VI. So much of the Act of the General Assembly
of the State of North Carolina. entitled 'An Act 10
raise moneys" ratfed'on the 26th day Of February,
1867 es makes 1t 1.-The duty Of all persons and corpo-
rations to list and pay the [po tax OF such persons
Liable to the same, as are in their employment on
the first day of April of each year, as aborers, is
hereby rescinded and hereafter all individual taxes
will be assessed directly upon and collected directly
from the individuals from whom they are due; Pro-
vded that the provisions of this order sha not ap-
ply to the taxes levied for the current year. except
that double tax shall not be enforced If the original
tax be paid on or before the first day of March, 1868
BY command OF Bvt Maj-Gen. Ed. Il. S. CANDY.
LOUIS V. CAZIARC,
Aide. Camp, Actg. Asst. Adjt. General
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