The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-01-08

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local election. and for the twelve
hours next preceding the opening
and next succeeding the closing of
the polls at such election and the
sheriffs 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 ne
cessary in their. judgment 10 pre-
serve order. and quiet.
! 5: The proceeds Of all licenses,
! foffeitures and fines, under the To-
cal regulations, or under the pro-
visions Of military orders, will be
devoted to the support of the
poor, and as soon as realized, will
/ be turned over to the commission
ers or overseers Of the poor of the
District, County, city or town, in
which they accrued, and the com
fmissioners or soverseers will, at
the end of:each month, report to
/ the Provost .Marshal-General of
the District, the amount received
by them during the month, ,speci-
flying the names of the parties
from whom it was received. : >
6. The penalties imposed +: by.
this order, or by any local police
| regulations, may be enforced in
any civil or military court, and
! upon convection, the court may
award to the informer, a sum not
exceeding fifty per cent. Of the
forfeiture or hne. And it. is made
| 1.-THE duty Of all sherifs, consta-
| bles, and coronefs Of Counties
| and Districts, and the police of
cities and towns, to-be .yigilant in
the. enforcement Of the police reg
tulations, and the provisions of
this order, in relation to the sale
Intoxicating liquor. -:
|, Fhe provisions Of, this para
graph will be held to apply to
such licenses granted under Gene
raj Orders No. 80, to inn-keepers,
as remain unexpired after the 1st
Of January, 1868, e..
q - rI'y
trial Of prisoners confined for mi
nor offences, and diminish s.. the
cost of their maintenance, allcom-
mitting magistrates will, on the
18th and last days of each month,
report to the judge of their Coun-
ty or District Court, all commit
ments made by them during the
proceeding half month, specifying
the date of commitments, the
names Of the prisoners, and the
offences for which they were COM
mitted, to the end that the judges
may, whenever in their opinion
the number of prisoners Or other
considerations Of public interest
call for it., hold special terms of
their courts, for the purpose of
disposing ofsuch cases. The ad-
ditional expense of holding such
special terms, will be a charge up
on the State Treasury, and the ac-
counts therefor will be audited
and paid as accounts Of a similar
character are now audited and
paid, and if the salaries now paid
the judges should be inadequate,
in view of the additional labor
performed by them, a reasonable
addition, upon, proper representa-.
tions through the Governor of the
State, will be allowed. -
Y. The pilotagere now
existing in the States of North
and South Carolina, are so far
modified, that on and after the
first day of March, 1868, all pas
senger steam vessels, regulated by
the laws of the United States, and
carrying a pilot commissioned by
United States Commissioners,
shall be exempt from the compul-
sorry payment of pilotage.
VI: So much of the Act Of the
General Assembly Of the State Of
North Carolina, entitled can act
to raise monies," ratified on the
26th day of February, 1867, as
makes it :'the duty Of all persons
and corporations to list and pay
the (poll tax of such persons liza
bic to the same, as are in their
employment, on the 1st day of
April of each year, as laborers,
is rescinded, and hereafter all in
dividual taxes will be assessed di-
rectly upon and collected directly
from the individuals from whom
they are due prorided, that the
provisions Of this order shall not
apply to the taxes levied for the
current year, except that double
poll tax shall not he enforced, if
the original tax be paid on or be- [
fore the 1st day of March, 1868.
A few days since Mrs. Cooke, living |
about twenty miles above McMinnvlle,
Tenn. put by mistake into her biscuit
sc eo3o op1 tho |