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OFFICIAL.
Headquarters Second Military District,
CHARLESTON, S. G., December 81, 1867,

Headquarters Second Military District,
CHARLESTON, S. G., December 81, 1867,
General Orders No. 164.
I. PARAGRAPH II OF GENERAL ORDERS No.
10, from the Headquarters OF tho Second Military
Dlstrlct, dated April l. 1867, modified as follows:
Judgments or DEGREES for tue payment OF money
on causes OF act arising In North Carolina between
the 2Gt day OF May, 1861, und the 10Th day Of April
,sGb. aud ID south Carolina between tbs 10Th day OF
Deceu1ber, 1861, and the 18Th day Of April, 1865,
shall not be enorced, by execution. against the
person OF properly Of the defendant. Procssdlngs
for sucL causes of action uow pending shall be
stayed and no suit or process shall be in stitutod or
commenced OF such causes of action until after the
civil government Of te respective States shall be es.
tablished in accordance to the laws OF the United
states.
Paragraph III of the same order is modified as
follows:
Sherffs, coronors, and constables, are hereby di-
rected to suspend the sale Of all property upon exc
cuen, or process under any judgement or docree OF
court of the ocalled Confederate States or OF the
State OF North Carolina rendered between the 10th
day OF May 1861, and the organization Of the provi-
scua government of said sate uudor the Pr, sidents
oroclamatou of the Goth cay OF April 1866, or oil the
State of South Carolina, rendered between the 18Th
day OF December 1sG0 and tt o organization OF the
provisional government of the said State under the
Presidents proclamation OF the 30th day OF June,
s65 unless the writ Gil consent Of the defendant be
entered of record nnd except in cases where the
plaintiff, or his attorney, upon oath, supported by
corroborative testimony, shall alege that the deen'
dant is disposing Of removing, or about TO remove,
his property beyond the jurisdiction of court with
intent TO defraud his creditors Prored thatno such
judgement 80 rendered within the periods aforesaid
shall be bur to the commencement. in State
court of new suit upon the same cause ofscton in
anv case in which, by law the defendant may remove
or auneal the same to court of the United states.
The sale of real or personal property, by foroclos
ure of mortgage. is likewise suspended in the cases
embraced in Paragraphs II and III of said Order No.
o. us above amended except in ncares where interest
money accruing subsequent to the 29th day OF APRIL
1865 shall not have been paid before the day OF SALE
md I'll previous restrictions Oh such sales are re-
voked.
Paragraph " of the same order is modified by
substituting the 2sth day Of Aph 1861 for tho 10th
day Of May, 1865
Paragraph V Of the same crdor is modified as
follows:
All proceedings for the recovery of money on con.
tracts whether under seal by parol, the consie.
ration of which was The purchase OF slaves made
subsequent to the first day of January 1885, arc sus-
pended Judgments docrees entered for such
c.uscs of action shall not be enforced.
Paragraph VII of the same order is modified as
follows
In all sales Of property under execution or BY
order OF any court there sha be reserved out of the
property CT any defendant who has family depend.
cnt upon his or her LABOR, dwelling house and ap-
purtenanccs, and If in thS country) twouy acres of
land or 30 much thereof thar the wiioo shall not
ceed in value the suu of two thousand dollars; and
in town or city, the mmc liate lotupon which such
dwelling house is situated: and necessary articles OF
furniture appar.l, subsistence and implements OF
husbandry trade or other employment, 10 th' value
of five hundred dollars. The homestead exemption
shall inure only to the benefit OF families In oihes
cases the exemption shall extend only to clothing
and implements of trade or employment usually
followed by the defendant. OF the value two hun
dred dollars. The exceptions hereby made shall
mt be waived or defeated by the act OF any dcfen-
dan who has family dependent upon him or her for
s-,o,t and the exempted property sh IL be asccr'
taned ~ defined by the sheriff or other officer en-
forcing the e>aution who shall call to his aid two
impartial cinzehs- make the necessary appralse-
ment and shall make ret It thereof to the court.
Paragraph is hereby moo.a ID so as 20 authorize
arrest in civil actions contr0c.- only in cases
where the demand is pas. due aud the de> .ant has
been guilty OF fraud in contracting the debs ,ued
for, or has removed or disposed OF his property, O.
is about to do So with intent 10 defraud his crcdi
tors or is about to ieavo the State With such intent
Paragraph Xyf amendedby adding thereto, al
proceedings In any court o: North Carolina, or O.
South Carolinu, recognizing or snnctiontng the in
vcstmcnt OF the funds OF minor heirs OF femaleJ
c. of ins ane PERSONS i'll the securities Of the laie
rebel govern mont, or the securities OF the states o.
| North Carol na or South Carolina. created foI
the purpose OF carrying on war ugalnt thc
the Government of the United States, vii be sus
pended until the question Of the validity of such ir'
vestmeuts shall huve 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 sui, of the
estate of any minor heir, female, or In sane