The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1868-01-09
OFFICIAL.

this Military DistrictwiH be subject to such re-
strictions only as are imposed by the laws of the
United States and of the States of North and
South Carolina, respectively.
sg.- 81. BAR-RooMs. -..
Ill Paragraphs VI and VII of General Orders
No 81, dated May so, 1867, are revoked, and the
power to grant licenses for the sale Of sprituous
or Intoxicating liquors Is remitted TO tue proper
local authorities, to take effect and after the
first day of January, 1868, aud to lie subject to
the following conditions
l. The municipal authorities granting the H.
ccnsc shall be answcrabie 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
that both principal and sureties shall be able to
qualify individually in double the amount of the
bond required, and that the bond shall be lien
upon the personal property of both principal and
sureties, 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.
2. Drunk enness and disordcriy 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-
loon or other rlace Mt which Intoxicating liquors
are sold and all other persons interested or con-
| nected Herewith shall be regarded as principals
, i'll any action of damages growing out of any
! 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
of the polls at such election: and the sherifs 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 Judgment to preserve order aud
quiet. 81 '7sa
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 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
missioncrs or overseer 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.
g. 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 informer sum not
exceeding fifty per cent. OF the forfeiture or fine
And it is made the duty OF all sheriffs, consta-
blcs and coroners of counties and districts, and
the police of cities and towns, to be vigilaDt 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
to apply to such licenses granted under General
Orders No. 81 to innkeepers, as remain unexpir
ed after the LIST of January, 1868.
.... - DISTRICT COURTS. s-.a,
~ 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 or
district court all commitments 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 committed,
to the end that the judges may whenever in their
opinion the number of prisoners or other consid-
erations OF public interest call for it, hold special
ing of such cases. The additional expense of
holding such special terms will be charge upon
the State Treasury, and the accounts therefor
will be audited and paid as accounts of similnr
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, u reasonable addition upon the proper
representations through the Governor Of tho
| State, will be allowed. rr...-,. q, q $50
| PILOTAGE. --
V. The pilotage regulations 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 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 An
| act to raise monies,' ratified the 26th day of
February, 1867, as makes it the duty OF all per-
sons and corporations to list and pay the (polD
tax of such persons liable TO the same, as are in
| their employment, on the first day of April of
each year. as laborer>,' is rescinded and hereaf-
ter all individual taxes will be assessed directly
upon and collected directly from the individuals
| from whom they are due; provided, 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 be enforced if the original tax
be paidon or before the LIST day of March, eigh-
| teen hundred and sixty-eight.
| By command of
Bvt. Major General ED. r. s. CANDY:
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