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SOUTH CAROLINA. 



prohibiting the manufacture of whiskey or 

 other spirits from grain within that district. 

 The possession of a still, it was declared, would 

 be considered presumptive evidence of a viola- 

 tion of the revenue laws, and punished accord- 

 ingly, after trial before a military tribunal, 

 composed of the post commander and two 

 officers next in rank under his command. 



The following order contains several impor- 

 tant regulations : 



General Orders, No. 32. . 



HEADQTTAKTEB8 SECOND MlLTTAKY DISTRICT, 1 



CHARLESTON, 8. C., May SO. j 



1. Any citizen, a qualified voter, according to the 

 " Act to provide for the more efficient government of 

 the rebel States," passed March 2, 1867, and the acts 

 supplementary thereto, passed March 23, 1867, is 

 eligible to office in the provisional government of 

 North and South Carolina. All persons appointed to 

 office will be required to take the oath prescribed by 

 the act aforesaid^ and to file the same, duly subscribed 

 and sworn to, with the post commander. 



2. All citizens assessed for taxes, and who shall 

 have paid taxes for the current year, are qualified to 

 serve as jurors. It shall be the duty of the proper 

 civil officers, charged with providing lists of jurors, 

 to proceed, within their several jurisdictions, without 

 delay, and ascertain the names of all qualified persons 

 and place them on the jury lists, and from such re- 

 vised lists all jurors shall be hereafter summoned and 

 drawn in the manner required by law. 



3. All citizens are eligible to follow any licensed 

 calling, employment, or vocation, subject to such im- 

 partial regulations as may be prescribed by munici- 

 pal or other competent authority, not inconsistent 

 with common rights and the Constitution and laws 

 of the United States. The bond required as security 

 shall not exceed the penal sum of $100. One or more 

 of the securities must be citizens, and worth, in the 

 aggregate, double the amount of the bond over and 

 above just debts. 



4. The mayors of cities, and other municipal town 

 officers, and all sheriffs, magistrates, and police of- 

 ficers are required to be vigilant in maintaining order, 

 and in the discharge of their duties they will be ex- 

 pected to cooperate with the military authorities. 



5. Post commanders may summon to their aid, 

 whenever the ordinary means at their disposal shall 

 not be sufficient to execute their orders, such of the 

 civil officers and as many citizens within the territo- 

 rial limits of the military post as may be necessary : 

 and the neglect or refusal of any person to aid and 

 assist in the execution of the order of the command- 

 ing officer will be deemed a misdemeanor, punish- 

 able by such fine or imprisonment as may be imposed 

 by a military tribunal, approved by the commanding 

 general. 



6. No license for the sale of intoxicating liquors in 

 quantities less than one gallon, or to be drunk on the 

 premises, shall be granted to any person other than 

 an inn-keeper. The number of such licenses shall be 

 determined, and the fees to be charged for each li- 

 cense shall be prescribed and collected, by the muni- 

 cipal or town authorities, and appropriated exclu- 

 sively for the benefit of the poor. If any person 

 shall be found drunk on the premises where liquor is 

 sold, the licenses may be revoked by any magistrate. 

 The tax imposed by the internal revenue laws of the 

 United States, is an additional charge, and does not 

 excuse the party from the observance of local regula- 

 tions, nor exempt him from the payment of such 

 other license as may be imposed by municipal or 

 other competent authority. 



7. All contracts hereafter made for the manufacture, 

 sale, transportation, storage, or insurance .of intoxi- 

 cating liquors shall, within this military district, be 

 deemed and treated as against public policy ; and no 



civil suit, action, or proceeding for the enforcement of 

 any such contract shall be entertained in any court. 



8. In public conveyances on railroads, highways, 

 streets, or navigable waters no discrimination because 

 of color or caste shall be made, and the common 

 rights of all citizens thereon shall be recognized and 

 protected. The violation of this regulation will be 

 deemed a misdemeanor, and render the offender 

 liable to arrest and trial by a military tribunal, to be 

 designated by the commanding general, besides 

 such damages as the injured party may sue for and 

 recover in the civil courts. 



9. Eemedy by distress for rent is abolished where 

 lands are leased or let out for hire or rent. Cotton, 

 corn, or other produce of the sale, when severed from 

 the land, may be impounded, but the same shall not 

 be removed ; and cotton, corn, or other produce' so 

 impounded shall be held as security for the rent or 

 hire so claimed, and may be sold in satisfaction for 

 any judgment for the same : provided that any unsat- 

 isfied claim for labor bestowed upon the cultivation 

 of any such cotton, corn, or other produce shall in no 

 case be postponed to any demand for rent or hire but 

 to the extent of such claim for labor, so there shall be 

 a lien on such cotton. corn ; or other produce, having 

 preference over any claim for rent or hire. 



By command of Major-General D. E. SICKLES. 

 J. W. CLOUS, A. A. A. G. 



It being found impracticable to revise the 

 jury lists according to the second section of this 

 order in time for the next term of certain 

 courts, it was suspended in its application to 

 those courts until the subsequent terms. 



On the 3d of June another general order 

 was issued containing important provisions on 

 the subject of criminal arrests and trials. All 

 sheriffs, marshals, and police officers were re- 

 quired to report to the provost-marshal -gen- 

 eral of the district, Brevet-Colonel E. W. 

 Hinks, their names, residence, official station, 

 salary, and the authority by which they were 

 appointed. "When any criminal otfence was 

 committed in a community, such of the above- 

 mentioned class of officials as had authority, 

 where the crime was committed, were required 

 to make investigation and report all the par- 

 ticulars of the case to the provost-marshal-gen- 

 eral, setting forth name, residence, and descrip- 

 tion of the offender, together with the nature 

 of the offence, and the steps taken to secure the 

 punishment of the criminal. Consolidated 

 monthly reports of these cases were likewise 

 to be rendered. All cases of escape of pris- 

 oners were in like manner to be fully reported, 

 with all particulars in each case. Sheriffs of 

 districts were directed- to make a full report of 

 the condition of jails and prisons within their 

 respective jurisdictions. All civil officers hav- 

 ing charge of any jail, prison, or workhouse, 

 were required to make full reports each month 

 respecting each individual inmate of the insti- 

 tutions under their care. All sheriffs, con- 

 stables, and police officers were required " to 

 obey and execute the lawful orders of the pro- 

 vost-marshal-general, to the same effect as they 

 are required by law to obey and execute writs, 

 warrants, or other process issued by civil magis- 

 trates ; " and any resistance of such order, or re- 

 fusal of an officer to execute the same, subjected 

 the offender to trial by military commission. 



