The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-02-01
HEADq'Rs SECOND MILITARY DisrnIcr,

CnARLEsrOs, s G., January 81, 1858. :
General Orders, No. IL,
/. II having beon Represented that owing 20
certain informalities and non.compliance Win
certain regulations prescribed by the avs OF
the State aud by military orders Tor craving
juriss 10 South Carolina, such drawings have In
some cases been rendered irregular and invalid,
1t Is ordered:
1, That juries heretofore drawn, or which,
previous to the regular special terms Of their
circuit courts now approaching, may be drawn
for a circuit or district court, in any Judicial
district of South Carolina. whether tho provi-
siOns of General Orders No. 80, or No. 50, or
No. 100, Of the year 1857, from these head.
quarters, were regarded In the preparation Of
tho list from which any drawing was made or
may be made, ani whatever such drawing wM,
or may be, At regular term Of any court, or at
an extra court, or by the clerk Of q court and
the sheriff Of q district, in the presence Of q
magistrats, and whether such extra court or
drawing by tho officers Of any court was ordered
by the Governor Of the State, any judge. cir
cult court or court of appeals, arc hereby legal
lied and the right OF challenge as given BY
the said General Orders No. SO. and the neces.
sary drawing of tales are hereby preserved as
heretofore.
2. At tho next spring terms Of the circuit and
district courts, respectively, and whensoevsr
thereafter now jury lists are to be made for any
district, jury fists shall be prepared from the
lists Of all male citizens therein who shall have
paid taxes within the twelve months next pre-
ceding, and challenging shall be allowed, 10
conformity with General Orders No. 80.
3. Upon the return Of the centres tho pre-
siding judge.of the court shall be authorized, at
tho empannel!ing of juries SO drawn, to set
aside any juror for personal un6tucss by reason
OF intellectual or moral disqualification Pro.
Uided, that race, color, or former condition or
servitude shall not Of itself DO ground of ex.
elusion.
IL The courts Of common pleas and general
sessions in South Carolina are hereby invested
with concurrent jurisdiction with the district
courts of all cases and matters Of which the dis
trict courts have Jurisdiction under the oon'ti-
tuition and laws Of the State.
III. The provisions Of the &C. Of General
Assembly Of the State of South Carolns, enti.
tied "An act 10 amend the law In relation
to tenants, approved December 10, 1866, shall
be construed to extend and apply to all cases Of
tenanciss, whether ut will! or for n term limited
BY the act Of the parties or by the operation Of
law, and whether such tenaneies were created
by parol or by written leases or contracts Of
letting, wherever rent shall be due and In ar
rears, or wherever the tenant shall hold over
after the cessation OF his right of occupancy
Whenever application is made to q magistrate
to remove a tenant for any canse within the in
tent of said act ms hereby construed. 1t shall be
the duty Of such magistrate and Of the sheriff
or constable to proceed under the act herein 70.
cited, and to charge no greater fees than those
therein prescribed
". In no criminal case, where there Is sp.
peal from any other court to the Court Of APP
peals, shall it be necessary for the accused to
appear In person before the Court Of Appeals /;
but In a case of capital felony, the Court Of Ap.
peals, at its discretion with regard to expedency
as to the time and place Of sentence, may order
q prisoner to be brought before 1t.
By command of Brevet Major General Ed. r.
S. Candy. LOUIS v. CAzrARc,
Aide-de- Camp
Acting Assistant Adjutapt General