Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-04-10


HEADo'Rs SECOND MILITARY DISTRICT,
CHARLESTON, S. c., March 80, 1868.
GENERAL ORDERs
No. 81.
7 Representations having been made
+bot tII,, proper municipal authorities have
in some instances refused or failed to make
an impartial application OF the means I'M
1er their control for the relief of the poor:
it is ordered,
That all district, county, or other NUM-
cipal officers, having the care of the poor
or the disbursement OF public moneys ap
propriated to the benefit of the poor, shall
provide for all proper objects of public
charity, without regard to color or race, t.
the extent Of the means under thelc con
troll or of the authority with which they
are invested and, to the end that The
means oS relief provided by municipal laws,
or by military ord rs, Or by the govern
Inent, may be more immediately and eff
GENTLY applied, this subject is placed un-
der the general supervision Of post com
manders, to whom the reports required by
General Orders from these Headquarters
No. 1914, 1867, paragraph I'LL, section u
will hereafter be made by the commission
ers, overseers or wardens of the poor.
II. On the application Of the Governor
Of North Carolina for modification of 81
much Of General Orders No. 1874 as directs
that the proceeds of licenses for the sale OF
liquors, &c, be devoted to the support OF
the poor, it is ordered that whenever the
wartens or other authorities charged witt
the care of the poor in any city, county OF
town, in the State OF North Carolina, shall
certify that ample provision for their sup
port has been made, and that the proceeds
OF the licenses as aforesaid are not needed,
1t shall be the duty of tue Post COmnan-
der to direct that the proceeds Of licenses
granted by tie State for the retail Of spiri-
tuous liquors, within the jurisdiction of the
said wardeHs, be paid into the Treasury O
the State to the credit Of the President
and Directors of the Literary Fund.
III. In like manner, Post Commanders
throughout this military district, upon SAT
isfuctUry evidence that the poor III any city |
or town within the limits Of their posts |
have been properly provided for, will au |
tail of spirituOus liquors granted by said |
city or town to be paid INTO the city OF |
town treasury but in Ill cases the pro
ceads OF fines, except the amounts adiudg
ed to intOrmcrs, and the tOrieitures i'm
posed viii still be devoted, as directed by |
said General Orders 1914, to the support OF |
the poor
". TO secure a more perfect enforce |
ment Of the provisions of paragraph III. OF
General Orders No. 1874 (S67), and to re-
move some doubts rs TO the construction
of the sixth section of that paragraph, the |
civil courts Of the States of North Carolina |
and South Carolina are invested with juris- |
ctiction TO try and determine ali cases arts
ing under the provisions Of that paragraph.
Us well for the violation of military orders
- Of tho I0aaI -,CIic. oo1
to enforce the summary rene
dies therein provided for.
BY command of Brovet Major-General
Ed. r. S. Candy.
LOUIS Y. CAzARc,
Aid-de-Camp,
Acting Assistant Adjutant General
The following is the full text Of para
graph Ill, referred to in the above Or
Iers
|. The municipal athorities granting the |
license shall be answeIable that the par
ties TO whom such licenses are granted, to-
yether with their surGties, shall be respon- |
5lOle persons and OF good moral standing |
n the community, and both principal and |
7ureties shall be able to qualify individu- |
lily in double the amount of the bond re |
fuired, and that the bond shall be lien |
lpon the personal property of both princi-
pal and suretles, and, upon proof OF de-
lault, shall warrant the summary seizure
and sale of SO much OF the property of
either or both rs may be necessary to sat
sly the forfeiture or fine and costs.
,. Drunkenness OF dIsOrderly conduct on
the premises shall work the forfeiture of
the license and Of the penalty of the bond.
;. The owner or keeper of any bar-rOom,
saloon or other place at which Intoxicating
liquors are sold, and all other persons in
,ercsted or connected Herewith, shall be
regarded is principals IN any action of
damages growing out of any assault, riot,
Itlray, or other disorder occurring on the
premises, or directly traceable thereto.
4. All bar-rooms, saloons or other places
1t which Intoxicating liquors are sold, shall
be closed on the DAY or days Of any gene
raj or local election, and for the twelve
hours next preceding the opening and next
succeeding the closing of the polls at such
election; and the SberItf5 OF counties and !
districts, and the chief of police of cities
and towns shall have power to direct the
closing of bar rooms and other places for
he sale OF intoxicating liquors whenever
it may lee necessary in their Judgment to
preserve order and quiet.
5. The proceeds of all licenses, forfeit
lures and fines, under the local regula ions
D. unutf the provisions OF military orders, |
will he devoted to the support of the poor, |
and, as 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, and the com |
missiOners or Overseers viii, at the end of
each month, report to the Provost Marshal |
General Of the District the amount received !
by them during the month, specifying the
names OF the parties from whom it was re-
ceived.
6. The penalties imposed 10y this order
+ by the local police regulations may be /
enforced in any civil Or military court, and .
upon conviction the court may award to .
the informcr a sum not exceeding fifty per |
cent. OF the forfeiture or fine. And it is |
made the duty of all shcrihs. constables |
and Coroner5 of counties and districts, and |
the police Of cities and towns, TO be vigil |
liant in the enforcement of the police regu |
latioEs and the provisions OF this order F.,
III relation to the sale Of Intoxicating IL |
quors.
The provisions OF this paragraph will
be held to apply 10 such licenses granted |
under General Orders No. 81, to innkeep- |
ers, as remain uneXpircd after the lst of