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A PROCLAMATION.
By the President of the U. 8. of America.
Wherea*, the 4th seetion of the 4th ar
ticle of the CoD8titution of the United
States declares that the United States
shall guarantee t) every State in the Un
ion a republican form of government, and
shall protect each of them against invasion
and domestic violence; and, whereas, the
President of the United States is, by the
Constitution, made Coiumandar-in-Chief
of the army and navy, as well as chief civ
il executive officer of the United States,
and is bound by solemn oath faithfully to
execute the office of President of the Uni
ted States, and to take care that the laws
be faithfully executed ; and, whereas, the
rebellion which has been waged by a por
tion of the people of the United States a-
gainst the properly constituted authorities
of the Government thereof, in the most
violent and revolting form, but whose or
ganized and armed forces have now been
almost entirely overcome, has, in its revo
lutionary progress, deprived the people of
the State of South Carolina of all civil
government; and, whereas, it becomes
necessary and proper to carry out and en
force tha obligations of the United States
to the people of South (Carolina in secu
ring them in the enjoyment of a republi
can form of government.:
Now, therefore, in obedience to the
high and solemn duties imposed upon me
by the Constitution of the United States,
oud for the purpose of enabliug the loyal
people of said State to organize a State
Government, whereby justice may be es
tablished, domestic tranquility insured,
and loyal citizens protected in all their
rights of life, liberty and property. I, Av*
drew Johnson, President of the United
States, and commander-in-chief of the ar
my and navy of the United States, do
hereby appoint Benjamin F. Perry, of
South Carolina, Provisional Governor of
the State of South Carolina, whose duty
it shall be, at the earliest practicable pe
riod, to prescribe such rules and regula
tions as may be necessary and proper lor
convening a Convention, composed of del
egates to be chospn by that portion of the
people of said State who are loyal to the
United States, and no others, for the pur
pose of altering or amending the Constitu
tion thereof; and with authority to exer
cise, within the limits of said State, all the
powers necessary and proper to enable
such loyal people of the State of South
Carolina to restore said State to its Con
stitutional relations to the Federal Gov
ernment, and to present such a Rcpubli
can form of State Government as will en
title the State to the guarantee of the
L nited States therefor, and its people to
{ irotection by the United States against
nvasion, insurrection, and domestic vio
lence ; provided that, in any election that
may hereafter bo held for choosing dele
gates to any State Convention as aforesaid,
no person shall be qualified as an elector,
or shall be eligible as a member of such
Convdhtion, unless he shall have previ
ously taken and subscribed the oath of
amnesty, as set forth in the President’s
proclamation of 31 ay 29th, A. D. 1865,
and is a voter qualified as piescribe'd by
the Constitution and. laws of the State of
South Carolina in force immediately be
fore the seventeenth (17) day of Novem
ber, A. D. 1860. the date of the so-called
Ordinance of Secession ; and the said
Convention, when convened, or the Leg
islature that may be thereafter assembled,
will prescribe the qualification of electors,
and the eligibility of persons to hold of
fice un ler the Constitution and laws of
the State, a power the people of the sev
eral States composing the Federal Union
have rightfully exercised from the origin
of the Government to the present time.
And I do hereby direct—
Firtt. That the military commander of
the department, and all officers and per
sons in the military and naval service, aid
and assist the saithJ’rovisioual Governor
in carrying into <wRct this proclamation,
and they are enjoined to abstain from, in
any way, hindering, impeding or discour-
*gi n 8 loyal people from the organiza
tion of a State Government as herein au
thorized.
Second. That the Secretary of State
proceed to put in force all laws of the
United States, the administration where
of belongs to the State Department, appli
cable to the geographical limits aforesaid.
Third. That the Secretary of the Treas
ury proceed to nominate for appointment
wscssors of taxes, and collectors of cus
toms and internal revenue, and such other
officers of the Treasury Department as are
authorized by law, and put in execution
the revenue laws of the United States
within the geographical limits aforesaid.
In making appointments, the preference
shall be given to qualified loyal persons
residing within the districts where their
respective duties are to be performed.
But if suitable residents of the districts
shall not be found, then persons residing
in other States or districts shall be ap”
pointed. . r
Fourth. That the Postmaster General
proceed to establish post offices ond post
routes, and put into execution the postal
laws of the United States within the said
State, giving to loyal residents the pref
erence of appointment; but if suitable
residents arc not found, then to appoint
agents, &c., from other States.
Fifth. ’Ihat the District Judge for the
judicial district in which South Carolina
is included proceed to hold Courts within
said State, in accordance with the provis
ions of the Act of Congress. The Attor
ney-General will instruct the proper offi
cers to libel and bring to judgment, con
fiscation and sale, property subject to con
fiscation, and enforce the administration
of jusCce within said State in all matters
within the oognizauoe and jurisdiction of
the Federal Courts.
Sixth. That the Secretary of the Navy
take possession of all public property be-
longing to the Navy -department within
•V'
said geographical limits, and put in opera
tion ail Acts of Congress in relation to
naval affairs having application to the said
State.
Seventh. That the Secretary of the In
terior put in force the laws relating to the
Interior Department applicable to the geo
graphical limits aforesaid. .
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set my baud and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this thir
tieth day of June, in the year of
our Ijord one thousand eight hun-
[sEAL.jdred and sixty-five, and of the In
dependence of the United States
the eighty-ninth.
By the President.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
William H. Seward, Secty. of State.
Reconstruction in Georgia.—The
newly appointed Provisional Governor of
Georgia, Hon. James Johnson, is a native
of North Carolina, but was raised in Geor
gia from boyhood. He was a member of
Congress in 1851-2, has occupied a prom
inent posit iou at the bar of the State ever
since, and has been noted for persistent,
though quiet, opposition to Jeff. Davis'
Government from its inception. During
the war he refused all fees and retaiuere
from the rebel Government and prominent
rebel citizens, and in every way used his
influence to discountenance and thwart the
schemes of rebel leaders. His selection
for this important position will, it is be
lieved, be unanimously approved by all
loyal Georgians.
It is generally understood that Hon
John Erskine, of Atlanta, who abandoned
the Confederacy and came North on Sher
man’s occupation of that place, and has
since resided in New York city, will be
appointed Judge of the United States Dis
trict Court for the State of Georgia.
Men do not live as long as they did in
the old time. The men of this age are
very fast, and a fast man soon gets out of
breath. ,
A COMPLETE
LIST OF STAMP DUTIES,
As Approved June 30th, 1364.
AGUEEMI.N f OU CONTRACT, not otherwise
specified; any appraisement of value or
damage, or other purpose; for each agree
ment, or for each sheet of each agreement
kc., or renewal of same $0,05
ASSIGNMENT, or TRANSFER, of
mortgage, lease or policy of insur
ance, er renewal or continuance of
agreement, contract or charter, same
stamp as the original instrument.
BANK CHECK, DRAFT or ORDER for
i he payment of any sum of money
Ir&wn upon any bink, banker, or
trust company, or for any sum ex
ceeding $10, drawn upon any oth
er person, companies or corpora
tions, at sight or on demand 02
BILL OF EXCHANGE {Inland) DRAFT
or ORDER, for the payment of mon
ey not at sight or on demand, or
any TROMISSARY NOTE, (except
bank notes issued for circulation,
and checks made and intended to
be forthwith presented, and which
shall be presented to a bank or ban
ker for payment) or any memoran
dum, check, receipt or other writ
ten or printed evidence of money to
be paid on demand, or at a time de-
eignated, for every $100 or part
thereof 05
BILL OF EXCHANGE, {Foreign) or
LETTERS OF CREDIT, drawn in
but payable out of the United
States:
If drawn singly or in duplicate,
same as Inland Bills of Exchange.
If drawn in sots of three or more,
every bill of each set, for every $100
or the equivalent, thereof, m any
foreign currency in which the bill
is expressed 02
BILL OF LADING, or RECEIPT, (oth
er than charter party,) for any
goods, &c., exported to a foreign
port, (except to British North A-
merica) io
BILL OF SALE OF VESSEL, or any
part thereof, consideration of value
not over $5 M) 50
Every additional $500, or part thereof,
50 cents more.
BOND OF INDEMNITY, every $1000,
or part thereof * 50
BOND, for the execution of the duties of
any office 1.00
BOND, other than required in legal pro
ceedings, or used in connection with
mortgage deeds, and not otherwise
chnrged 25
CERTIFICATE OF STOCK, in incorpo
rated company _ 25
CERTIFICATE OF PROFITS, or any
certificate or memorandum showing
an interest in the properly or ac
cumulations of any incorporated
company, if for $10 and not over
$*> : 10
Over $5'* and not over $1000.. 25
Every additional $1000, or part thereof
25 cents more.
CERTIFICATE OF DAMAGE, or other
wise, and all other certificates or
documents issued by any port war
den, marine surveyor, or person
noting as such 25
CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT, $100 or
less 02
Over $ 1 fW .'.*.".".".05
(Certificates of measument or weight
of animals, wood. coal, or other arti
cles. except Gaugers’ Measurers,
and Weighers' returns; Certificate*
of Record of Deed or other instru
ment in writing, or acknowledge
ment thereof, by attesting witness,
r-quire no stamp.)
CERTIFICATE, of any other descrip
tion ;....05
CHARTER PARTY, (or renewal, &c.,
of same,) contract or agreement for
charter of vessels or steamer of reg
istered tonage, not over 160 tons 1,00
Over 150 and n t over 800 tons 300
Over 800 and not over 600 Ion* *.....6.00
Over 000 tons 10.00
CONTRACT, t'roker’s note, or memo
randum of sale of merchandise,
stocks, bonds, cxchfnge, notes, real
esttae, or o’h-r property issued by
brokers, or persons acting as such,
„10
CONVEYANCE.—Deed or writing,
, whereby any lands, tenements, or '
other realty sold is granted, assign
ed, or transferred, for every $500,
or part thereof 50
ENTRY OF GOODS, at any custom
house, for consumption or ware-
houseing, of value net ever $100 25
Over $100 and not over $500 60
Over $500 1,(0
WITHDRAWAL from bonded ware
house 50
GAUGER*, RETURNS, if for not over
60" gallons gross 50
Over 60" gallons 1,00
INSURANCE, {Uanne, Inland and Fire)
Each policy or renewal, (or assign
ment, Ac., of same,) on which pre
mium is $10 or less 10
Over $10 and uot over $50 25
Over $50 „_..50
INSURANCE, (Li/e.) Policy (orassign
ment, Ac., of same,) not over$1000.......26
Over $1000 and not over $5000 50
Over $5000 >1.00
(Tickets fir contracts of insurance lim
ited to fatal or non-fatal injury to
persons while traveling; also deposit
notes to Mutual Insurance Compa
nies, for insurance upon which pol
icies subject to stamp duties are is
sued, require no stamp.)
LEASE, (or assignment, Ac., of same,)
agreement, memorandum, of con
tract, for the hire, use, or rent of
laud, tenement, or portion thereof,
when rent or rents value is not over
$dlki per annuffi 60
Every additional $2W, or part thereof,
6" cents more.
MANIFEST, for custom house entry or
clearance of vessel s cargo for for-
eijjn port, (except to Drillsh North
America,) tonnage not over 300 ton*..1.00
Over 300 and not over COO tons 8.00
Over 600 tons >6.00
MEASURER’S RETURNS, if for not
over 1 <00 bushels 10
Over 1000 bushels 25
MORTGAGE, (or assignment Ao. t of
same,) Trust, Deed, or Personal
Bond, for the payment of money,
over $100 and not over $500 50
Every additional $500, or part thereof,
60 cents more.
TRUST DEED conveying estate to uses,
to be stamped as a conveyance.
PASSAGE TICKET, to foreign port,
(except British North America,)
costing $35 or less 60
Over $35 and not fiver $50 1.00
Every additional $50, or part thereof,
$1 more.
POWER OF ATTORNEY, to sell or
transfer any stock, bond or scrip,
or for thecollection of any dividend
or interest thereon 25
To vote by proxy for officers of any cor
poration or society, (except relig
ious, charitable, literary societies, . .
or public cemeteries) 10
To sell or rent real esiate >...1.00
To collect rents 25
To perform any act not herein mention
ed 60
PROBATE OF W ILL, or LETTERS OF
ADMINISTRATION, value of es
tate not over $2 K)0 1.00
Every additional $1600, or part thereof
60 cents more.
PROTEST, of note, check, draft, Ac 26
RECEIPT, for payment of money or
debt, over $20, not being ^or the
satisfaction of any mortgagt or
judgment, and a receipt for t he de
livery of property 02
WARE HOUSE it ECE1PT, for an j goods,
wares, merchandise or property,
not otherwise provided for, depos
ited or stored in any public or pri
vate warehouse, uot exceeding $500
in value ]0
Over $500 and not over $1000 20
Every additional $1000, or part thereof,
10 cents more.
..to
60
6Q
For any goods, Ac., not otherwise pre-
v ded for, held on storage in any
pnhlin or pfi’ivato warehouoo or yanl.,
WEIGHERS’ RETURNS, for weight
not over 5000 pounds 10
Over 5000 pounds 25
LEGAL DOCUMENTS, Writ or other
original process, (except those com
menced by the United States, or
any State,( for beginning suits in
any Ceurt of Record (or Court not
of Record if amount claimed is
$100 or over:) or on Appeal from
Courts of inferior jurisdiction to a
Court of Ricord
Upon every confession of judgment, or
cognovit, for $100 or over (except
where tax for Writ in beginning of
suit has been paid)
Warrant of distress, amount of rent
claimed not over $100 26
Over $100 50
Affidavits in suits or legal prooceedings
exempt.
PROPRIETARY, Medicines, Perfum
ery, Cosmetics, Preparations, Ac.,
each package retailed at not over
25 cents 01
Over 25 cents and not over 50 cents 02
Over 50 cents and uot over 75 cents 03
Over 75 cents and not over $1 04
Every additional 60 cents, or part there
of. 2 cents more.
FRICTION MATCHES, or lucifer
matches, or other articles made in
part of wood, and used for like
purposes, each package of 100
matches or part thereof 01
SEGAU LIGHTS, and wax takers, dou
ble the rates imposed on matches.
PHOTOGRAPHS. AMBROTYPES, DA
GUERREOTYPES, Ac., on each
picture retail price not over 25
cents 02
Over 25 cents and not over 5" cents t>3
Over 60 cents and not over $1 ,jo
Every additional $1, or part thereof, 5
cents more.
(Photographs, or any sun picture,
being copies of engravings or works
of art, or used for the illustration
on books, and on photographs so
small in size that stamps cannot be
affixed, pay an ad valorem duty.)
PLAYING CARDS, price not over 18
cents each pack
Over 18 cents and not over 25 cents..'.......(Tl
Over 25 cents and not over 50 cents >10
Every additional 60 cents, 5 cents more.
SkUr The indiscriminate use of all kinds of
stamps (except postage or proprietary.) is per
mitted, care being taken to affix a stamp or
stamps of the proper amount.
The person using or affixing the stamp or
stamps, shi'll write thereupon the initials of his
name and the date upon wliich the same shall
be attached or used, so that the same shall not
be used again, under a penalty of $60; or they
may be canceled by such other method as the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue may pre
scribe.
Documents mads in any foreign country, to
be used in the United Elates, shall pay the
same duty as when made here. •>
Powers of Attorney, or other papers rela
ting to applications for bounties, anearages of
pay, or pensions, require no stamp; neither do
indorsement o! negotiable instrument, nor any
warrant of attorney accompanying a bond or
note when such bond or note shall be stamped;
and whenever any bond or note shall be secu
red by mortgage, but one stamp duty is requi
red, provided the stamp duty placed thereon'
is the highest rate required for said instru
ment, or either of them.
All willful neglect to comply with the con
ditions of these Stamp Duties will be punished
as the law directs.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereat, the President of the United
States of America, ou the 8th day ©1-De
cember, A. D., 1863, and on the 36th day
of March, A. D., 1*64, did, with the ob
ject of suppressing the existing rebellion,
to induce ail persons to return to loyalty,
and to restore the authority of the tuned
States, issue prooiaiualtous offering amues
ty and pardon to certain poisons who had
airectly, or by iinplicatiuu participated in
the said rebellion, and as many persons
who had so engaged in said rebellion, have
since the issues of said proclamation, fail
ed or neglected to take the beuelit oti crod
thereby, uuder which many persons have
been justly deprived of ait claim ami par
don tlic.eumlor, by reason of their parti
cipation quectly, or by impheatiou iu said
rebellion and continued hostility to the
Government of the tinted States since
the date oi said proclamation, now desire
lt> apply lor and oUiuiu amnesty and par
don. io the end and heieaftcr that the
authority of tiie Government of the Uni
ted Stales may be restored; and that pcaie,
order and freedom may be established, I,
Audrey Johnson, President of the Uni
ted States, do proclaim and decree, that
i hereby grant to all persons who have
directly or indirectly participated in the
existing rebellion, except as hereafter ex
cepted,-amue-ty and pardon, with restora
tion of all rights of property except as to
slaves, and except in cases where legal
proceedings uuder the laws of the United
States, providing for the confiscation of
property of persons engaged in rebellion
have been instituted, bat on the condition
neverthe e>s that such person shall take
and subscr.be the following oath or affirm
ation, ai d thenceforward keep and main
tain sa.d 01th inviolate, and which oath
shall .be registered for permanent preser
vation, and shall be of the tenor and ci.eut
following, to wit:
X do solemnly swear, or affirm, in pres
ence of Almighty God. that I will heuce-
lorth fuithtully support and defend the
Constitution of the Uu. ed States and the
union of the States thereunder, and that
I will henceforth faithfuliy support all laws
and proclamations which have been made
during the existing rebellion w in reibr-
ence to the emancipation of slaves. So
help me God.
The following class of persons are ex
cluded from the benefits of this proclama-
; tiou :
First. All who are or who shall have
bc^n pretended civil ^r diplom itic officers,
orotherwise foreign or domestic agents
ol lie pretended (JoUiedcrate government.
Second. Ail wh > left judicial stations
under the United St>ies to aid the rebel
lion.
Third. AH who shall have been mili
tary or naval officers ol said pretended
Confederate government above the rank
Colonel in the army, or Lieutenant in
the navy.
fourth. All who left seats in the Con
gress of the United States to aid in the
••baiiiuli.
Fifth. All who resigned of tendered
the resignations of their commissions in
the army or navy of the United Stale-, to
evade duly in resisting the rebellion.
Sixth. All who iiave engaged iu any
way in treating othuwisc than lawfully as
prisoners of war, persons found in the
United Surtes service as officers, soldiers,
teamen or in other capacities.
Seventh. All • arsons who have been
or are absentees lima the United States,
for the purpose of aiding the rebellion.
Lighth. Ali military and naval officers
in the rebel service, who were educated by
the Government in the Military Academy
at West Point or the U. S. Naval Acad
emy.
Ninth. All persons who held the pre
tended efficc ol Governors of States in in
surrection against the United States.
Tenth. Alt persons who icit their homes
within the jurisdiction and protection of
the United States, and passed beyond the
Federal military line into the so-called
Confederate States, lor the purpose of aid
ing the rebellion.
Eleventh All persons who have been
enga 0 ed in the destruction of the com-
nusice of the United States, upon the high
seas, and ail persons who have made raids
into the United States, from Canada, or
been engaged in destroying the commerce
of the United States, upon the lakes ud
rivers tha operates the British Provinces
from the United States.
Twelfth. All persons who arc ^at the
time when they seek to obtain the benefit
hereol by taking the oatii herein prescri
bed are iu the m litary, u.ivul or civil cus
tody, or are under bonds to the civil, mil
itary or naval authorities of the United
States, as prisoneis of War, or persons de
tained for any offenses of any kind, cither
before or after conviction.
^— ThirUmuth. All persons who have vol
untarily participated in en.id rebellion and
the estimated value of whose taxable pro-
jperty is over twenty thousand dollars.
Fourteenth. All persons who have ta-
; kcn the oath of amnesty as prescribed in
( thc President’s proclamation of Dec 18,
r A. D. 1863, or another of allegiance to
the government of the United States, since
the date of said proclamation, and have
not thenceforward kept and maintained
the same inviolate, provided that special
application may be made to the President,
for pardon by any person belonging io the
excepted classes, and such clemency will
be^ be rally extended as may be consistent
wiui the faces af the case and the peace
and dignity of the United States.
The Secretary of State will establish
rules and regulation.'-1 >r administering and
recording said amnesty, both so as to en
sure its benefits to ilie people and guard
the Govornment against fraud.
In testimony whereof 1 luve hereunto set
my hand, and caiued the seal of the
United States, to be affixed. Done at
the city of Washington, the twenty-
ninth day of May. in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-five, and of the independence of
the United States, the eighty-ninth.
(Signed) ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President :
-(Signed) Wm. II- SxwARD,
• Store ?*fy of ^tato
<n
STATE OF SOUTH CjZOLIAA
insruicT.
ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT.
This Agreement Entered uta between
ol the one part, and the * or
Headquarters Depa rtment of the South-
HILTON HEAD.V- €., June 27,1865.
[Ossi-BM. Okuebs, No. t’02.]
With a view to establish, aud preserve good
order, settle disputes, enco urage industry, com
pel obedience to laws and orders and educate
the pour, the following ml te and regularons
arc hereby established, and wiU ha pM in ope
ration throughout this Department with m lit
tle delay as practicable:
I. District Commanders will divide their'
commands into sub-districts of sawable size,
eaeli ooi' prls’ng one or more counties, parishew
congressional districts. To ea«h sntt-dia-
Freed men and W’omen of
Plantation of the other part Witneetelh:
That the latter agree, far the remainder of
the present year, to reside upon and devi ce
their labor to the cultivation of the plan*at on
of the former. And they further agree, that
they will in ali respects oonf >rm to such rea
sonable and necessary plantation ruies and
regulations as may prescribe;
that they will not keep any gun, pistoh or
other often-ive weapon, or leave the plantation
without permisMOu from their employer; that
in alt th ugs connected with their duties as la
borers on said plantation, they will yield
prompt obedience to all orders from
or his agent; that they will be
orderly and quiet in their conduct, avoiding
drunkenness and other gross vices; that they
will not misuse any of the plantation tools, or
agricultural implements, or any animals en
trusted to their care, or an^'boafc. fiats, cans
or wagons ; that they will give up at the ex
piration of this contract, all tools, Ac., belong
ing to the plantation, and in ease any proper
ty of any description belonging to the planta
tion shall be wilfully or through n'-gligonce
destroyed or injured, the value of ilie articlis
so des royed shall be deducted from the por
tion of the crops which the per-ons so offend
ing shall be entitled to receive under tuts con
tract.
Any deviation from the conditions of the
foregoing contract shall, upon sufficient proof,
be puni-hed with dGminsal from the plantation;
or in such other manner as may be determined
by the Provost Court; and the
persons so dismissed, shall forfeit
l '»iot they will u-nipjn a commanding officer,
.^ h a suitable number of troops) aa Assiat-
ant tV'™ 1 Marshal, and an Assistant Frovoat
Ju.l-e .'permanent Provost Guard will be
' B - the immediate orders of the A»-
Marslisl.
or a part of his, her or their portion of the
crop, as the Court may decide.
In consideration of the foregoing services
duly performed, agr os,
after deducting bushels of corn
for each work animal, cxclusHoly used iu cul-
tiviHing the crops for the rr ont year, and
the amount of cotton nece.-vvy to pay for bag
ging and ropes, to turn over to the sa d freed-
men and women, one-half of the r-mmining
cotton, corn, rice, peas, potatoes, wheat, &c.,
made this season. He further agrees to fur
nish the usual rations until the coutraci is per
formed.
All cotton seed produced on the plantation
is to be r -erved for tlieuscof the plantation.
The freed men, women and children are to
ho treated .n a manner con-.io-nt with their
freedom. Necessary med cal attendance will
be furnished as heretofore.
Any deviation from the conditions of this
contract upon the part of the said
or hi - agent or agents, shall be punish
ed in such manner as may be determini d by a
Prevost Court or a Military Commission. This
agreement to cou:<uue till the first day of Jan
uary. 1866.
Witness our hands at this
day of 1865.
placed untio.
sistant Proves, c . ^
II. Within 8U, )-d stnot Superior Pro
vost Courts, an 1 C.r,' u ' i rroTost c 1 ourts .
posed of not more than 4l*‘ ee members «*«h
shall be held at stated t;mt:' , “ n,1 V'™*- The
superior and circuit provosi ,0 iT** 0
concurrent jurisdiction over all
innfler specified that can be properly'
fore them.
III. The Superior Provost Court will Ldbff-
unlly hold its sessions at sub-district he.vl-
quarters, and be presided over by the Asaistan*-
Provost Judge, who may associate with him,
one or two respectable loyal citizens, giving
the prefureuceto local magistrates, other things
being equal.
IV. Circuit Provost Courts shall be held at
important ) oints and at stated times, within
the sub-district, and shall be presided over by
one of the members of the Superior Provost
Court, designated by the sub district comman
der for that purpose. The president of the
Circuit Provost Court may associate with hhn
one or two loyal citizens.or magistrates.
V. The courts above named shall have pow
er to try all cases between citizens and soldiers,
and all crimes and all violations of military
orders and the laws of the United States which
do not eome within the jurisdiction of a court
martial, and to issue the usual process for the
person or j attendance of wimt.^e}, and decrees for the
the whole, | possession of proper y, and for the payment of
HcaJ Quarters Mili ary Li t. E. S. C.
TllIi.D SEPARATE BRIGADE.
DARL1NGTOX, h’g 11, 1865.
debts, damages and costs. The decrees will
go oa'y to tuc right of possession and not of
property. They may impose fines not exceed
ing one hundred dui irs >t00,) and imprison
not exceeding two t anths. Offences by citi-
/c is requiring a severer punishment, will be
tried by a military commission. They will ap
point their clerks and other officers, shall
keep a record of llieir proceedings subject to
the revision of subdistrict and higher com
manders, and will adopt rules and forms of^
procedure, which shall be as simple as possi-
.ble. Citizen members of courts may be allow
ed three dollars for each days’ attendance.
The fee* charged will be merely sufficient to
pay all expenses.
VI. Appeals from the Provost Courts will
be L td to the sub-district and district com
manders. under such rules and on such terms
as the district commanders may provide.
VII. All parties to suits before the Superior
or Circuit Provost Courts may em loy counsel.
But all persons bringing suit or appearing
ns counsel be lore said courts, as v.,. • u* the cit
izen member; of so d courts, will b" required
to give proof thai they have taken the oath of
allegiance.
\ III. It is the duty of the military author-
iiies throughout this Department, when cal
led upon to do so, to aid the assistant commis-
s one s un i agents 1" , he Bureau of Refu
gee- Frcedinea and Abandoned Lands,” in
the ecution of thei • duties under the laws of
the I niled States and the orders of the eora-
missiolter of said Bureau isrued in accord
ance therewith : and, when there is no such
[Genebal Obdek, No. 6 ]
It having come to the knowledge of the , .
General Commanding, liiai a large amount of * 11 coniniis:,'.tier 01 agent upon the spot,
property, formerly belonging to the so called
“Confederate Government,” is now in ilie
possession of citizens witii.n this District, it is
otdered.
That all such property, of whn'ever descrip
tion. be immedoitoly reported to the nearest
Marshal in the District, by pc; 1 or persons
having it in posse)-ion, that an xaet account
may be taken of the same for the future dis.
position of the Govt rnnient.
Asst. Provost Marshall arc directed to ar
rest all persons who fail to cc , wlb the
above order, and Hike them to i e Sub. Dis
trict Superior Provost Court for trial.
By Command of
Brig. Gen. BEAL.
C. B. Fili.ebiiowm,
Lt. fit A A. A. O.
[Official.] July 18, 1«05.
Head Q11 driers Military Dist. E. S. C.
THIRD SEPARATE BRIGADE,
DARLINGTON, S. C., July 12,1865
[General Ordeb, No. 7.]
The attention of Con.■ anding officers is a-
gain called to the nece c. y of continual ener
gy in maintaining ihe discipline of iiieir com
mands. To prouioto the objeei it is hereby
ordered,
I. No Coi i nirsioned officer will quarter a-
way from Lis command wiinout special per
mission.
II. Daily Drills and Inspections ns prescrib
ed by existing orders ini! nut be <i,6con:i>iurd.
III. Soldiers are forb IJen to invade upon
the private property or premises of any citizen
without authority. Violation of this provis
ion, or of any of the Military rules or “ arti
cles of war,” will be severely punished.
Complaint being entered of such violation
before any Asst. Provost Marshal within the
limits of this District, the said Provost Mar
shal shall lie-'d the same, and if the cau e of
complaint b“ in his judgement sufficient, he
shall make charges against th- accused and
'caus him to be brought to trial before the
Sub District Superior or CircuiUProvost Court
according to the magnitude of the offence.
By Command of
Brig. Gen. BEAL.
Cn.vs. B. Fillebbown,
Lt. & A. A. A. 0.
[Official.] July 18, 1805.
THE
ft
to take cognizance themselves of all violations
of sue 1 laws and ordtrs. All eases of such
vr I. ..n may be tried before the courts herein-
abr - 1 ’itilhoriyiyl.
IN. Ail c.ri. s properly coming within the
juri al’ction of these courts will be brought to
trial promptly, and all unnecessary arrest of
ci mmis will be avoided.
X. The existence of the courts licreina-
V live authorized, will cease whenever and
wherever, the functions of the officers of the
civil laws are restored to operation by proper
authority.
XI. District and sub-district commanders
are directed to provide, whenever practicable,
for the education of the children of the poor
within their commands, and for tffiat purpose
they are authorized to detail regimental chnp-
laliiMHi i non-comuussioncd officers and pri
vates for teachers.
The education of the children of Refugees
and Freedmen will be relinquished into the
hands of the assistant commissioners and
agents of the Vreedmca’s Bureau, whenever
they are in readiness to take charge of the
same.
By Command of
Major-GcnereLC A. G1LLMORE.
It L. M. Bi'roer.
[OrrtriAL.] Aeet. Adjt. General.
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HeaJ Quarters Military Dist. E. S. C.
THIRD SEPARATE BRIGADE.
DARLING7ON, S. C. July 12, 1865.
[Circular, No. 4.]
Notice is hereby given that all claims for
the poen-ssion of property whether real or per
sonal in temporary use by the Military Au
thorities of the United States within this Dis
trict will 1 e adjudicated by the Courts estab
lished under O-neral Orders No. 162, C. 8.
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‘Special atteniion will be paid to claims for
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Horses, etc. The Government does not desire
to retain posses ion of the property of loyal
citizens when ’hey can prove their elaims
thereto.
By Caramand of
Brie Gen. P” at.
ftaAs. 1 ?7'F lI , L i !BROWSt
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[Official.] j tt i y 18> 1865 _
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