The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-05-13
Important Military Order.

Important Military Order.
1he arrangements for the Meeting Of the
New Legislatwe-Mmitatioas Con-
cerming Payments from the State
Treos~y-1he Maintenance Of Dis.
choycd Lad"rcrs--Pcnaltics for the
EmPtoyers ami P,cmiumy /or the Dis.
cAaycd.
The following important order from
district headquarters was made public
yesterdays:
lEADQuARTERs,
SECo.!D MILITARY DIsTRICrs,
CHARLESTON, S. c., May 2, 1865.
Tcnc'W' Orders, No so.
The Constitution adopted by the
convention assembled in this cty under
the authority Of the law of the JTni,cd
States Of March 3, 1867, "to provide for
The more efficient government Of ,h,
rebel stat"s," to frame a Constitution
Tor the State Of South Carolina, having
been Submitted to the people Of the said
S'ate. ana having been duly ratified !;
amt the Convention having, by an ordi-
nance adopted oil tie | 9th day Of March,
1868, provided That the General AS
srmDIy elected under the prov isions Of
he saNd constitution shall assemble in
The Guy OF Columbia, on the 18th of
May, 1868, the proper officers of tie
provisional government Of The State will
make suitable arrangements for the ac.
commodatlon of the said General AS.
s'mhiy. And for the purpose Of de-.
lravmg the necessary expenses of hall
rent, furniture and contingencies, until
the Ccneral Assembly shall otherwise
provide, The sum Of twenty-five hundred
"o''arS IS hereby appropriated from any
moneys IN the Treasury OF the State of
S"nth Carolina not otherwise aDprorria.
ted
IL: 10 remove any doublgas to the
proper construction Of sections II, Is
ana IS, OF paragraph II, (Appropria.
tonS): OF General Orders No. 1870. dated
December 3, 1867, the Treasurer of the
State of South Carolina is hereby direct
rd not to make any payments from the
treasury oftho sad State on account Of
any appropriations made, or for any SER
vice rendered, or for any debt otherwise
contracted prior to the 3Oth dav of
June, 1865, onlcss the same shall hero
alter be authorized by proper Legislative
authority.
Ill. Upon representatives that since
the late elections many aborcrs have
been discharged from their cmplovmcnt
bccansed they exercised the right Of vo,.
ing, 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
oy the firSt paragraph Of General Orders
NO. So, dated March 20, 1868, to re-
1nrc that when such persons become
proper objects public charity, the com.
mlssloncrs or other municipal officers,
having the care Of the poor, shall make
the sam" provisions for them as ror other
Objects OF public charity and if fncccssa
ry to that end. the commissioners are
authorized to lcvy such additional poor
taxes as may be required
Like representations having been
made with regard to planters aid other
persons who have received advances
from the United States under the pro.
visions Of the Circular Of February o.
1865, the assistant commissioners for
the State will, Hpon satisfactory evil
dcnec, OF The fact, withhold all further
advances to such planters and others
who have been gnilty Of such practices
and take measures to secure the reim-
bursemcnt Of the money value of the
advances already made.
Thc officers and agents of the Bureau
wi'slnnll cases give their aid in PROCURING
employment for laborrrs who have been
discharged and to all such, when able
to rent lands and to work them on their
own account, advances may be made IN
conformity with the provisions of the
circular Of February 27, 1865, and
General Orders No. 2s, OF tho same
date.
BY command of Bvt. aj.-Gcn. ed.
Is S. Candy:
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