The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-08-30
LOCAL MATTERS.

| LOCAL MIA 1 thS.
FURTHER MODIFICATION OF THE STAY
LAw.-Gencral Candy has issued the fol-
lowing modification of his order of June
last in reference to the stay law:
"HEADeUARTERs FIRST FRS MILITARY DISTRICT,
| RICHMOND, VA, August 27, 1862
d" General Orders No. 100.
81. Paragraph |, General Orders No so,
of June 20, 1869, from these headquarters,
is hereby SO modified as to extend the time
allowed for the payment of one years in
terest, under the provisions of that order,
to the 30th day of September, 1869, instead
Of August /, 1869; and all levies upon, or
sales of, property not actually sold before
compliance with the conditions hereinafter
specified, by virtue of executions issued for
noncompliance with the provisions of the
said order in respect to the said interest,
are hereby suspended until the said 30th
day of September proximo: Provided, That
the costs of the execution, of the process OF
the court, and of the advertisements Of the
property levied upon, shall be paid forth
with by the defendant rs condition pre-
cedent to the suspension hereby granted
and provided further, That in oil cases
where actual levy has been made, in pur-
suance of any execution issued as afore-
said, the defendant shall execute bond in
the nature of forthcoming bond, with suf'
ficient security, in form as prescribed by
the laws of Virginia in similar cases, fol
the forthcoming of the property levied upon
when the suspension Of execution hereby
granted shall have expired.
"2. The payment of one years interest or
the principal sum due, provided by Genera,
Orders No. 80, Current Series, above cited
to be paid subsequent to January l, 1869
and before August /, 1869, the time fol
which is, by the foregoing paragraph, ex
tended to September 80, 1869, will be indie
pendent of any payment of interest here
tofore made, or to be made, under the
provisions of the act of the General Assem-
bly, of Virginia passed March 2, 1866, with
the amendments to the same, commonly
known as the stay law, and of Genera
Orders No. l49, dated December %, 1868
from these headquarters.
"3. In addition to the payment Of one
years interest, provided for by Genera
Orders No so, Current Series, before cite(
and in the preceding paragraphs, judg
ment debtor, to be entitled to the stay o.
execution provided for by the same, shall
pay, or have paid, to the clerk of the pro
per court, on or before the 30th day of Sep
tember, 1862 all the costs chargeable ant
taxable in the case at the date OF this order
or so chsrgeahle and taxable on the day o.
payment thereof, if the same shall be made
subsequent to this date, and on or before
said goth September proximo.
"a. The military commissioners in theil
several divisions, and the clerks of thu
several courts of this Commonwealth, vii
rive to this order as wide circulation al
possible within their respective jurisdic
tions.
"By command Of Brevet Maj Genera
| Canby. LOUIS V. CAzIARC, A. D. c.,
"Acting Assistant Adjutant- General"
We republish for the information of ou1
readers General Order No. so, referred Il
above, viz:
"HEApQUAETERs FIRST MILITARY DISTRICT, }
.-t. STATE OF VIRGINIA., I
~ "RICHMoND VA, June 90, la69 }
I" General Orders No. so.
II. Paragraph l of General Orders No
149, dated December %, 1868, from these
headquarters, is hereby modified to read Al
follows: ..n ........ .r..-..
"That the stay of executions agains
personal property, 30 far only as the same
exists under laws lately in force, ant
which, by the provisions thereof, expired
on the first day of January, 1869, shall be
and is hereby, extended until the first day
of January, 1870: Provided, That th'
debtor shall have paid subsequent to Jan
,uary l, 1869, and before August /, 1869
! one years interest upon the principa
sum due; but if before the last-namet
4 date such payment of interest shall no
have been made, no execution shall b'
further stayed against personal property
as provided for in this order: :-Aad pro
Uided further, That in cases where the prin
cipal debt is due to the estate Of any minor
widow, Or unmarried woman, or insane per
son, MS the beneficiary of O trust, whether il
the hands of executors, guardians, ad
ministrators, trustees, commissioners IL
chancery, or other tiduciary; or invested
By any such in his or their fduciary capa
city, in addition to the payment Of on'
years interest, as above required, one
third Of the whole arrears Of interest OF
the principal sum due shall be paid by th'
debtor on or before the lst of September
1869, and one-half of the remainder Of th'
said arrears of interest on or before the Is
of November, 1862 to entitle such debtor
to the stay Of execution provided for By
this order.
q II. At any sale Of real estate by yir
tue Of any decree or order of any court o
this State, if the highest amount offered o.
bid ut such sale for such real estate shall
be less than two-thirds of the amount of thu
valuation of such real estate rs assessed il
the last preceding assessment for Stat
taxes, and a minute of which assessed val
uation shall be certified on the process BY
the officer holding the same, then, in ever.
such case, it shall be the duty of the sher
iff, commissioner, Or other officer or person
conducting such sale, at the request o
either or any party to the record. then ant
there to adjourn and postpone such sale fo
the period of two calender months Pro
uided, That the provisions of this paragraph
shall not apply to any case in which th'
debt or liability sought to be enforced wal
contracted or incurred since the I'd day O.
April, 1865, or in which the Commonwealth
is the creditor or party, benefcially enti
tied, OF to taxes, levies, or assessments, -du'
to a county or corporation. -.
"lII. General Orders No. "a, datet
March u, paragraph 2, 8, and 4 of Gene
raj Orders No. 149, from these headquar
ters, dated December %, 1868, are hereby
continued in force and made applicable t
this order. BY command of BreVet Major
General Candy. la-r.c Gz-r-s
LOUIS Y. CAzIARc, A. D. c.,
'::Acting Assistant Adjutant- General
AFPolNTMENT.-General Candy has ap
pointed Job Williams justice of the peace
to the fourth magisterial district, in th,