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51 7 , - t JlvV V-wW- 11 ' If" WaPPSmmwamjm Tm;uBriruimAHD tits LA:P8TnB ABPt XXCliyOfUlERTY II I'll I II II " ' '' , M '.. - - . . "" ! -r-"S'r.'l' f ' I 'i "' i i Yl.AL.n. uiiaLiouuttUUUUy.il. u, APKIL 11, 1866 It. 2332. I Hrv 4 am L;, , i MM V i THE TAT LAW. fn cf fa eaanj Juritdietion of the CowU p oniric ttuUi of Pleading therein Section I. He it enacted bjr the General Assee&ly af the Suit ef Nerth Cereliaa, til it U beret enacted be the authority of tHt same, That from aad ifter the first ef July, A. U. 1SS6, the eeveral Superior Courts of law shall ha e etelisive original jurisdiction te hear, try inl determine all caasesef civil nature not cognitabte before a jestice nf the peace, ami arisiar eat of ceatracti entered rata before the first day of Ma j, in the year 1885, eicept when the preceediage shall be by attachment t Pro Tided that aethinf herein contained ahall prevent Cenrt ef Pleae tad Qaarter Sea aieai frtai Cmpanaelliog a jury ta try ceo trevtrtita respecting villa a pea issues de eitavit vet notu Presided further, That all writs ef debte. assumpsit, convenaetand account isaaed ta Spring Term, 1816, ahall be retained ta Fall Term, 1766 1 Prat ided farther, That ia all suits, ex contractu, the defendant ar defeadaata ahall be allowed ail menthi from the re tern tern ta plead or demur. See. . Be it farther enacted. That ia all caeca coaaeaitted ta the etcleai? e juris iictKta of the Superior Ceerta af law, av ectiaa Int of thia act, where aaita have artalj ere a breaght d are new pending ia anj af the said ceerta, it ahall be the datjr af the coart ta give the defendant farther time far trial, aatil the 8pring Tern of IS67. aihea the eaae ahall itaod ffr trial aa other atita? la all atber catea, taita mj be broaght and pratecated to joegweat according to the regalar cearae of the coert. Sec. 9: Be it farther eaacted. That la all cases aa aforesaid, peadiag ia the 8a pcrior Court a, in which jedgaeata have been heretofore taken, ar mav be hereafter takrn ia the Saperior Ceerta, and tpen which eircatiena have iiseed ar mav is aae, it shall be the detv ef the shen'tT ar ther officer in whose hands each eieca tioas have been or eaaj be placed for col lection, to endorse a lev? epn the prwper tj ol the defendant or dcfendiats sufficient to aatitfv the same, and retara each cteca tien without makiof a aale ( and apon eaid retarn, it shall be the detv af the clerk, 69 dava before the acit term of the court to ie a wmdititni trponat or Jlcri facial, at the election of the plaintJ, returnable ta the tie it term of the coart for the costs, and Hteafih of the earn recovered; and atl alias esecatioas apua jedrraenta here tofore taken, ahall be returnable in like manner, and ahall tsiue for the like proper tion of the judgments. Provided, Noth ing contained in thia section ahall be held ki revive dormant judgments. 8ec.4. Be it farther enacted, Phataeon the return of eiecutioa aa aforesaid, it shal be the duty of the clerk, aittjr day before that terra f the c-urt which ss held twelve woaiha from the term to which sach elocution waa returned, ta issue aaolher awiViem rrpeaoa or fieri facial. at the electioa of the plaiatif, returnable to aaid teim for one-fourth of the remainder f the sums recovered, and interest thcreea t ami apon said retarn, it shall be the duty ol the eifii, amy nays oeiore tnat term ol tue court which is held twelve meaths altei aid return, la isiae cxecuttoa asaforesiMi for oae half of the remainder uf the in tr covered, and interrst thercoa; and upMM said return, it shall be the dot; il the clerk, sitiy daya before that tern ol n.r court which is held twelve moulds aid said return. t issue execution aa aforrail. for the truislnder of tle sum rrc vriui and intenai thrironi Providrd, Thai il the drlfiid.nii shall pay into nllice, or &lr before the U il,a receipt from the plain lif therefor, ant orient said inMalmenu, before the iimr filed for issuing eiecutimi ai aforeaid, in urh case eiecution shall te suye Mi c : uuUlmenl I And, pio vided luiHi. r, Tuat Hie judgment shall constitute u, Im ii tn tue land ol the defen dant until j '-lsrinrnt is satisfied, nr the lien ! I r J iiy the act or laches of theplaintilT ec. 5, llr ' lurther enacted, That ia much of the ITth section, chapter 115, af the Kavtsed Cade, aa aabjeeta a iherif ta a penalty af one hoadred dollar! (ar not ei ecating and returning process, be, and the same ia nereay repealed, except aa pre tided in thia act, as ta all penalties which may be alledged ta have been inturrtd by m compliance wiia me provisions ai lata act. See. 0 Be it farher eaacted. Thai it ahall ba the duty ef all conatablfl rod, oth er eflcers ta levy any extecuUta at hirb may ba ia their handa, (ssaed epea jadg cnents heretefsre rendcfld bf msfiitraU. aad ta retara the aama together with aaid levies to the jaiticcs of, the peace who is sued the same, ar ta aofpa ether magiatrate in uid cauaty, wheie da tr it shall aa, op oa the applicatioa af the plainiif, la iaiue a weiitfisViMe2enar(rtifaibtlnot aaaaer than twelve meatha from the date Urefe aad for the like preportiea of the sum re covered, as herein before prescribed 4a ctecetiea issued frsm the Superior Courts, and ao (rem twelve meatha ta twelve months until the jedgaacat .ia satiated t Provided, however. That when there ia aa persoaal property, ar net suGcient te aa tiafy the plaiatiaTa demand, it shall ba the daty af each officer ta tery.iht esecatieq aa the defendaat'a land, and, whea there il aa persoaal orocrty, or tha same ahall have bceo ethauated by aalea a herein di rccted, ta retara the aama to Ihi nett Su perior Gaart of the ceuatr, where the aama proceedings ahall be bad as ia caaae af ori ginal jurisdictien in enforcing payment by etecutian. Sccf. Be U farther eaacted. That here after all aivil warraata iaaatd by jaaticel of the peace, where the proceed ins ia net by attachmeat, shall ba made returnable fer trial twelve months after tte dste af isaa ing such warrant, aad not before: and aa justice of the peaee ahall have power or ja- rudictioo to try aay sucn warraata before the cxpiratian of twelve months from isn iae the aamet Provided, That the defsa dant is a rcsideat of the State ; aad all el ocutions issued by a justice of the peace, shall be made returnable twelve muntha from the issuing af the aamet and apwa tml of each warrant either party may ap peal from the judgment to the nett ex ceeding term of the Superior t-mrt by giv ing security as ia now provided by law, in caesef an appeal frumjeetices's judgment; and upo judgment there had, acc -rdiif to the co.irse of the court and open all judg meats givea by a magiatrate and ao appeal therefrom, execution ahall issue and he returnable ia like manner aad time, and for the like proportion of the sum recover ed as heiein before provided, where suit i brought n the Saperior Court t Provided, however. That all proceedings before any jetic or justice for aay forcible entry or detainer, or a tains t anv ether person hold ing urr ajainst a landlord, or ia any otli- r C4se foandrd in tort, where jurisdiction ha herriolon' Ur-cn given, ar may hereaf ter be gieii '. or more justices to ex isting law, fiull not be subject ta the pre vision, bM -II ach cases may be prose cetrdny judgment and execution in the wanner prescribed by law prior ta the I lth S-vtemHer, 1861, or provided in any act or cs t mi citing uch wrongs and confer r.nj such jurivdiciion. K-c. . Be it further enacted. That if my sheriff, clerk nr aiher eRicer, viofotf n of the provision of this act, he ahall forfeit the sum of two hundred dollars, ia to- recovered by any person suing lor the me in the name of the State, end ahall 'i be subject to indictment for misde te omr. Sec. 9. Ba il further enacted, Thit none nf the provisions of this art ahall apply to m collection of the Mate or county reve nue, nr repeal any of the existing modes or remediea provided by law for the collec tion of the same. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That the tax ie apon justices' judgments, return able i o the Superior Court, shall u the same a i now taxed in the several Cuuntv rCouris Src. It. Be itfurthrr enacted, That the time af four years be extended to exeiumrs aid aJminiatratsrs, wherein t: :ttle the tlfates of their teatatora or int ea. and farther time in which ta pJ, at the discration af the courts. ft Cec. 12. Be it further eaactcl, That the revisions at thia act. extendi? the time of pluding and the return of cearlUo, man net apply to cases arising tcriap ttt T, Kevised Code, entitled fctturat-; wl prtceediagl may be iastitttfaprn accuud ta judgment and eieeot&a ia all retpects aa ia provided in the aaid chapter, tr any act or acta aince pasted, cenceraine; attachmentt). Btc. 13. Be it farther enacted, That any active or aoit heretofore broaght ander any tshtiac law, retarnabte ta the nett fall term of aay Saperior Court af la or equi ty ahall be deemed to have bean properly a-rsmght ta aaid courts as if instituted after ttit next spring term of said eeorts, and ahall be proceeded with according to the provisions af thia act. Sec. 14. Be it further enacted, Thtt aa act, entitled An act to change the juris diction of the caarts and the rules of plead ing," ratified the 17th day of September, 1161, and also an act entitled " An act to restore the enarte and tor other parpnaes," ratified the 14th December, 1183, be rad the same are hereby repealed; and, except aa herein otherwise provided, foil jurmlie tita, civil and criminal, at ceafermJ in the Coaaty Coarta, and the aaid Superior CeerUjof Law and -Equity, in the Revised Cade ahall be aad the same is hereby re stored t Prsvt-led, That no aae of the pro visions of thia act, save the. first section thereof, ahall apply ta aaita apon the ofi cial bends af aherifti, coroners, coasts hies, clerks of the Coaaty and Sapetler Ceerts, aamV derka aad masters in Eqaity, aor tlebta caatracted since the first eJay of May, 186J; but the remedy in such cases shall remain aa it existed in the year I860. Sec. 13. Be it further enacted, That in all aaita brought by any bank of the State, or by aay assignee or endorsee ol said bank, ar any officer of aaid oank, that it shall and may be lawful for the defendant or defen dants, te set off, br pleas or on trial, any note issued by said b.nk or its branches, whether the same has been presented for payment or not, any law or uage to the contrary aotwithstantling, but said plea of set of, or set off oa trial, shall not avail ta carry costs against the plaatif, unless there has been a tender of such payment before suit has been brougntt Provided, That this act ahall not apply to any delit reduc ed by the scale of depreciation l Confe derate currency. Ratified on the 10th day of March, 1866. SCALE OP DKPRfiCIATIO.V. J bill to be entitled An et to eiMih a Senle f Depreciation of the Confedtrott Cur reney. Whereas, By an ordinance of the Con vention, entitled ' An ordinance declaring what laws and ordinances are in force, and for other purposes, ratified on the 18ili day ol October, A. D. 1865, it is made the duty of the General Asrmblv to provide a scale of depreciation nf the'Confederate currency from (he tune uf its first issue to the end of the war ; and it is further there in declared that "all executory contracts, solvable in money, whether under seal or oi, mode aftci ihe deprecia in of said currency before the 1st dy of May, I86J, and yet unfilled, (except ofScial bonds and penal bond payable to the State.) shall be deemed lo have been made with the un derstanding that they were nulvabte in money of the aaid currenc,'' aubject neveriheieas to evidence of a different in tent of the parties to the contract there fore, He it enacted be the General Acmblv of t ie S'ate of North Carol i in, and it fs hrirtiy enacted by the authoritr of the si ne. That the folfowing ac-ile of deprecia tion he md the same is hereby adopted and csijsduhed as the measure of value ol mie gold dollar in Cenfedera e currency, for each month, and the fractional parts of the m i..iii of December, 1864, from the 1st day ar November. 1861, to t!e 1st day nf Mav. tRrt.f. t - v ; -"V " J 8eale of Deprseiation af CnWnu CttreieT, lo (fold Dollar btibf ih unit sail sMasan fcf value, Meuihs. lift Jinuary February, Match, April, Kt, iuae, -folj. Aucurt, 8e4eniUr, UctoMr, Iieverober, December, ' De. 1st to 10th inclusive, Dvc. tl ta Sllh inclumo, Dse. ft to 1 1st bietetivo, taCX. 18S3.I 196VI 18I3J 41 SI OO llt 00 II CO t 16 3. J 00 I 61, 4 CO SO S 00 1 si: a to t -oil a ao l ail a aa t ftili II S 00 ti 10 S I1 14 00 50 15 i floxa oo Li. W WW S3. 03 CI 00 30 SO 100 Of 19 00 18 00 31 00 S3 01 ti OS 3S 10 30 00 Ji 16 15 00 it 00 And wereas, many gtate and difScall disputea tnay arise between executars administrators, aMur-tlaae aad trustees, and their legatres, distributees, warda and cea tuysqne and troata. arising tram the depre ciation of Confederate currency, Stat treasury notea and bank notes, incident to and growing pat of the Ute war; and that law suits sod expensive litigation may. be obviated. Be it therefore enacted. Thai in af! inch cases, the parties are hereby empowered to form a full and perfect statement of the case on both sides, which case shall be sub mitted to the determination of one aT the Judges of the Superior Courts, chosen by' the parties, who is dcteby author itei) la consider aad determine the aame aordiBX to equity and gtot conscience; . ProvWed, however, That no part of th'n section shall be constraed to eaton br hinder aay peraen from proceeding in the usual course of law, if he shall deem the same necensry. A true copy. J. A. ENGELHARD, Clerk of Senate AH ACT, To Eilahlhh the Ifctt of lnttrttt and Rc peal Chapter HA of the Retittd Cede, en tilled" Uoury;9 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina, and it ia hereby enacted by the aathe ity of the same, That the legal rate of interest apon all sums ol money where interest is allow ed, shall be six per cent, per annum for auch time aa interest may accrue, and no wore : Provided however. That any per son may for the loan of money, bat open no ether accoant, take interest at a rate so great aa eight per centi, if both the con sideration and the rate of interest shall be set forth ia an obligation aigaetj by the party to be charged vr his ngent. ' And if any person shall agree to take a greater rate ol interest than sis per cent, per an num, when no rate is named in the obliga tion, or a greater rate than eight per cent, when the rate is named, the interest shall not be recovered at Law or in Equity) and in all trials at Law or in Equity, when the plea of Usury shall be relied on, the defendant may examine the plaintiff upon iMth, either by deposition or io open Court, according to lite c ure wl the CourU Ue it turthcr enacted. Thai Chapter 114 of the Kevued Code, entitled "tUuiy," is hereby repealed, nod this act iiallbe in force front its ruBcaUon. Ratified the twclliii day of March, 1866 A mere accident has just led to impor tant discoveries in the rum of the old ma nor houe ol Crbastro, wi.icn stand in the gorge ol Ucea, bet em Pinnceand Arsgoo The receut high winds threw down part of the wall of the Southern Tower, aim ex posed to view the period ol (fothic domi nation. Excavation were r icli.uely; commenced, and have brou'' d'ht a great quantity of jewelry, I kiini-j, as diadems, bracelet, ring, , is The diadem bear some reM-m: .'ir to the cm wll preserved in she CIu.m- ,.'ti eiinand enable to fornr n jetuia't i iiiiw a$i the art of Visigottu
The Durham Recorder (Durham, N.C.)
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