The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-01-15
Extract from general orders No. 10, referre

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Extract from general orders No. 10, referred
to in the above order Of Gen. Candy:
Second: q Judgment or DEGREES for the pay
mcnt OF money on causes OF action arising be-
tween the 10Th of December 1860, and the 18th of
May, 1Si;5, shall not be enforced by execution
against the property or the person OF the deftn
dant. Proceedings in such causes of action now
pending shall be stayed, and no suit or process
shall be hereafter instituted Or commenced for
any such causes of acton'' fs
Third: g Shcriffs, coroners and constables are
hereby directed to SUSPEND for twelve calendar
months the sale fall property upon execution
of process on liabilities contracted prior to the
10th OF December, 1860, unless upon the written
consent of the defendants, except i'll cases where
the plaintiff, or in his absence his agent or attor
ney, shall upon oath, with corroboative testimo-
ny, allege or prove that the defendant is moving
or intends fraudulently 10 remove his property
beyond the territorial Jurisdiction OF the Court.
Tie sale of real Or personal property by fore
closure of mortgage is likewise suspended for
twelve calendar months, except in cases where
the payment of interest money accruing since the
18th day OF May, 1865. shall not have been made
before the day of sale"
Fourth: Judgements or DEGREES entered or
enrolled causes of action arising subsequent to
the 18th day of May $50, may be endorsed by
execution, against the property of the defendant,
and in the application OF the money arising ull-
der such executions, regard shall be had to the
priority of liens, unless in cases where the good
faith Of any lien shall be- drawn in question. In
such cases the usual mode of proceeding adopted
in North and South Carolina respectively to de-
termine that question shall be adopted.
Fifth: All proceedings Tor the recovery OF
money under contracts whether under seal or by
parole, the consideration Tor which was the pur-
chase OF negroes, are suspended. Judgments or
DEGREES entered or enrolled for such causes OF ac-
ton shall not be enforced.
Seventh. In all sales of property and execu.
ton by order of any court there shall be reserved
out of the property of any defendant who has a
family dependent W on his or her labor a dwell
ing house and appurtenances and twenty acres OF
land for the use and occupation of the family OF
the defendant. and necessary articles OF furniture.
apparel, subsistence, implements of trade, bus
bandry or other employment OF the value OF
$780, The homestead exemption shall inure only
t. the benefit of tamiles-that is to say, parent
or parents and child or children-in other cases
the exemption shall extend only to clothing, I'M,
| plements OF trade or other employment usually
| followed by the defendant, Of the value OF slOO
| The exemption hereby made shall not be waived
| or defeated by the act of the defendant Tn,
| exempted property Of the defendant shall be as
certained by the Sheriff other officer enforcing
the execution, who shall specifically describe the
same, and make report thereof ine each case tc
| the Court"
| "7enth: suits brought to recover debts
known as actions e1 contrdcta, bail, as heretofore
| authorized, shall not be demanded by the suitol
nor taken by the sheriff or other officer serving
the process: in suits Tor tresspass libel, wrong
full conversion of property and other cases, known
as actions delictO bail. heretofore authorized
may be demanded and taken. The prohibition
| Of bail in cases contr0ctu shall not extend tt
| persons about to leave the State but the fact o
intention must be clearly established by proof.
" Fourteenth: The punishment of death in Ger
tain cases of burglary and lurcency imposed BY
the existing laws of the provisional governments
in this military district, is abolished. Any per
son convicted of burglary or of larcency, whei
! the property stolen is OF the value of S25 of as
sault ami battery with intent to kill, or of assault
| with deadly weapon shall be deemed guilty o
felony, and shall be punished by Imprisonment
at hard labor for term not exceeding ten year
nor less than two years, in the discretion OF thu
court having jurisdiction thereof Larceny
when the value thereof is less than S25, shall b.
punished by imprisonment at hard labor for
term not exceeding one year in the discretion o
the court"