The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-01-08
OFFICIAL.

ence and implements OF husbandry, trade. or
other employment, to the value Of five hundred
dollars. The homestead exemption shall iuure
only to the benefit OF families. In other cases
the exemption shall extend only to clothing and
implements of trade or employment usually fol-
lowed by the defendant, of the value of two hun.
dred dollars. The exemptions hereby made shall
not be waived or defeated By the act Of any de-
PENDANT, who has a family dependent upon him or
her for support, and the exempted property shall
be ascertained and defined by the sheriff other
officer nforcing the execution, who shall call to
his ud two impartial citizents to make the ncces-
sary apprascment, and shall make report thereof
to the court.
ARREST FOR FRAUDULENT DEBTS.
Paragraph x is hereby modified so as to au-
thorize arrest in civil actions ca corGctu only in
cases where the demand is past due, and the de-
PENDANT has been guilty of fraud in contracting
the debt sued for, or has removed or disposed Of
his property, or is about to do SO, with intent to
dcfraud his creditors, or is about to leave the
State with such intent. $40
EXECUTORS AND TRUSTEES.
Paragraph XIV is amended by adding thereto:
All proceedings in any court pf North Carolina,
or of South Carolina, recognizing or sanctioning
the investment Of the funds OF minor heirs, or Of
females or OF insane persons. In the securities of
the late rebel government, or the securities OF
the Suites of North Carolina or South Carolina,
created for the purpose OF carrying OH war
against the government Of the United States, will
be suspended until the question OF the validity of
such investments shall have 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
suit, of the estate Of any MINOR heir, female, or
insane person, (ceStuiqne hNst,) whether in the
hands OF executors, administl ators trustees,
guardians, masters or clerks OF equity courts and
other tuciary agents, or invested by them in
their fduciary character. -
DIsTILLERIEs.
II. General Orders No 25, of May 20, 1867, is
| revoked; and on and after the first day of Janu-
airy, 1865 the distillation of sprituous liquors in
this Military District will be subject to such re-
strctons only as are imposed by the laws of the
United States and OF the States of North and
South Carolina, respectively.
BAR-RooMs.
No 49, dated May 80, 1867, are revoked, and the
power to grant licenses for the sale OF splrtuous
or Intoxicating liquors is remitted 10 the proper
local authorities, to take effect on and after the
first day OF January, 1868, aud to be subject to
| the following conditions
| l. The municipal authorities granting the IL
/ cense shall be answerablc that the parties to
whom such licenses are granted, together with
their sureties, shall be responsible persons, and
of good moral standing in the community, and
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qualify individually in double the amount of the
| bond required, and that the bond shall be a lien
upon the personal property OF both principal and
sureiies, and upon proof OF default shall warrant
| the summary seizure and sale OF so much of the
property OF either or both as may be necessary to
satisfy the forfeiture or fine and costs.
| g Drunkenness and dsordcrly conduct on the
premises shall work the forfeiture OF the license
and of the penalty OF the bond.
3. The owner or keeper of any bar-room, sa-
I.r rrap fxrhn into iaaft tnrrn
are sold, and all other persons interested or con-
nected Herewith, shall be regarded as principals
in any action OF damages growing ont OF any as
sault riot affray or other disorder Occurring on
the premises, or directly traceable thereto.
4. All bar rooms, saloons or other places at
which intoxicating liquors are sold, shall be
closed on the day or days of any general or local
election, and for the twelve hours next proceed
ing the opening and next succeeding the closing
oi the polls at such election: and the sleritfs 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 the
sale Of Intoxicating liquors whenever it may be
necessary in their judgmcntto preserve order and
quiet.
s. The proceeds of all licenses forfeitures and
fines, under the local regulations or under the
provisions of military orders, will be devoted
to the support OF the poor, and As soon as reali-
Zed 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
mssoners or oyerseer will 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 received.
The penalties imposed by this order or by
the local police regulations may be enforced in
any civil or military court, and upon conviction
the court may award to the iniormcr sum not
exceeding fifty per cent. OF the forfeiture or fine.
Aud it i, made the duty OF all sheriffs, cOnsta-
bies and corOners of counties and districts, and
the police Of cities and towns, to be vigilant in
the enforcement of the police regulations and
the provisions of this order in relation to the
sale of intoxicating liquors.
The provisions OF this paragraph will be held
10 apply to such licenses granted under General
Orders No. 81, to innkeepers, as remain unexpir-
ed after the LIST of January, 1868.
DISTRICT COURTS.
". To promote the speedy trial of prisoners
confined for minor offences, and diminish the
cost of their maintenance, all committing magis
trates will on the 18th and last days of each
month, report to the judge of their county oil
district court all commitments made by them
during the preceding half month, specifying the
date of commitments, the names of the prisoners
and the Offences for which they were committed
10 the end that the judges lnay whenever in theil
opinion the number of prisoners or other const
erations OF public interest call for it, hold special
terms of their courts for the purpose of dispos
ing of such cases. The additional expense Of
holding such special terms will be charge upon
the State Treasury, and tue accounts therefor
will be audited and paid as accounts of similnl
character are now audited and paid, and if the
salaries now paid the judges should be made
quate in view of the additional labor performed
by them, reasonable addition upon the proper
representations through the Governor Of tn,
State, will be allowed.
PuoTAeE.
v. The pilotage regulations now existing il
the States of North and South-Caroina are so Ial
modified that on and after the first day of March
1863 all passenger steam vessels, regulated BY
the laws Of the United States. and carrying pi
. lot commissioned by United States Commission
ers shall be exempt from the compulsory pay
ment of pilotage.
NoRTH-CAROLINA POLL TAX.
VI So much of the act of the General Assem-
bly, of the State of North Carolina, entitled "Ar
act to raise mones," ratified on the 26th day o
February, 1857, as makes it " the duty OF all per
sons and corporations to list and pay the (poll
tax of such prisons liable to the same, as are il
their employment, on the first day of April o
each year, as laborers ''is resciuded, and hereaf
ter all individual taxes will be assessed directly
upon and collected directly from the individuals
from whom they are due; prVsided, that the pro
visions of this order shall not apply to the taxes
levied for the current year, except that double
poll tax shall not e-enforcedif the original ia,
be paidon. before thes1st day of March, eigh
T teen hundred md sixty-eight.
!, By commander
: Bvt. Major-Geneal Ed. r. s. CANBY:
UIS,VsCAZIARC,
.1idede- Camp,
120-tf. Actg. asst. Ad Genl.
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