The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-05-05

The following important order from district
headquarters was made public yesterday:
HrApouAaTERs SECOND MILITARY DIsTRIcT,
CHARLESTON, 8. c., May Q, 1868. !
General Orders, No. 60.1
q T. The constitution adopted by the conyen-
ton assembled ID this city under the authori-
ty Of the law Of the United States OF March z,
1857, ssto provide for the more efficient govern
ment Of the rebel States" to frame constitu-
tio, for the State Of South Carolina, having
been submitted to the people Of the said State,
and having been duly ratified; and the Conven-
ton having, by an ordinance adopted on the
18th dsy OF March, 1858, provided that the
General Assembly elected under the provisions
Of the said constitution shall assemble In tue
City OF Columbia, on the 18th day OF May, 1858,
the proper officers Of the provisional govern
ment of the State will make suitable arrange
ments for the accommodation Of the said Gene
raj Assembly And for the purpose OF defray-
ing the necessary expenses OF hall rent, furni'
ture and contingencies, until the General AS.
senbly shall otherwise provide, the sum OF
TWENTY-FIVE hundred dollars is hereby appro.
priated from any moneys IN the Treasury OF
the State Of South Carolina not otherwise ap-
propriated.
III. To remove any doubts as to the proper
construction Of sections IA, Is and 16, OF para
graph II, (AppropriatlonB), of General Orders
No. 1S9, dated December 5, 1867, the Treasurer
of the State Of South Carolina is hereby direct
ed not to make any payments from the Treas
ury, of the said State on account OF any appro'
priation made, or for any service rendered, OF
FOR any debt otherwise contracted, prior to the
SOth day Of June, 1855, unless the same shall
hereafter be authorized BY proper Legislative
authority.
Ill Upon representations that since the late
elections MANY laborers have been discharged
from their employment because they e1erclseo
the right Of voting, or because they did not
vote as their employers wished them to vote
Commanders OF Posts are directed to use the
authority conferred upon them BY the trsi
paragraph Of General Orders No. 5S, dated
March 20, 1868, to require that when such per.
sons become proper objects Of public charity,
the commissioners or other municipal ofncers,
having the care Of the poor, shall make the
same provision for them as for other objects o1
public charity; and If necessary to that end, the
commissioners are authorized to levy such
additional poor taxes as may be required.
Like representations having been made with
regard to planters and other persons who have
received advances from the United States
under the provisions of the Circular Of Febru.
ary 81, 1868, the assistant commissioner fol
the State will, upon satisfactory evidence o.
the fact, withhold all further advances to such
planters and others who have been guilty o1
such practices, and take measures to secure
the reimbursement Of the money value OF the
advances already made. 80,
The officers and agents OF the Bureau WILL IL
all cases give their aid in procuring employ.
ment for Iaborers who have been discharged
and to sll such, when able to rent lands and te
work them ON their own account, advances may
be made in conformity with the provisions O.
the circular Of February H, 1858, and Genera
Orders No. %, Of the same date. 4,
By command Of Bvt. Major-G General ED. H.
OANBy: 10 lis v. CAZIARC.
Aide-de-Camp A. A. A. Ct.