Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1861-07-03
AN ORDINANCE,

AN ORDINANCE,
To propide for the disposition of State Troops and
Volunteers. raised under the Acts Of tile Gener-
al Assembly, respectively entitled "An act to
raise ten thousand State Troops" ratified the 8M
Of Nay, and "An act to provide for the public
defence" ratified the 10th day Of May, 1851, and
for other purposes
l. Be it ordained 6y the Delegates Of the people
of North Carolina, in ConUention assembled, That
the State Troops levied under the act of the Gener
al Assembly, first aforesaid, which have been form
ed into Regiments, with proper compliments of Off
GERS and men, be, and the same are hereby trans
ferred, by regiments to the Confederate States of
America, upon the same terms and conditions, as if
they had been raised under the authority of the
said Confederate States.
2. Belt further ordained 6y the authority atore-
said, That all levying and recruiting of troops
der said Act shall cease and determine from and
after the Goth day of August next; and that all
troops which shall have been raised under said Act
prior to that day. shall be organized into Regiments
and transferred to the Confederate States, in the
manner and upon the terms and conditions a!ore-
said. And if there shall be an excess in the number
of said troops sufficient to form battalion compa-
nies or company, such excess may be organized ac-
cordng to its appropriate number, and transferred
s. Be it further ordained, That all appointments
of officers, under said act ether in the line in the
staff over and above the nu,r'er appropriate to and
required by the regiments battalions and companies
thus organized, shall cease and be vacated on the
said Goth of August next and that His Excelency,
the Governor may in his discretion, order any
| Quarter Master, Commissary or Medical stores,
owned by the State. and not required for immediate
| use, to be turned over to the said Confederate
States, upon proper receipts for the articles thus
delivered, to be taken by the officers accounta for
| the same.
T. Be 1T further ordained, That all commissions
to officers in the aforesaid State troops issued by
the Governor and Military Board under authority of
the act of the General Assembly to create Military
Board ratified the 10th day of May, 1861, who shall
remain in service after the Goth day of August next
as aforesaid are hereby ratified and confirmed, not
wthstandng any provision in the Constitution Of
the State for different mode Of appointment.
5. Be it further ordained, That the naval forces
and vessels of this State be transferred to the Con-
federate States, upon the terms and conditions
that are provided as to State troops in the second
section of this ordinance the said vessels to be paid
for or accounted for upon terms to be agreed upon
by the Governor with the Confederate States; and
that after the goth day of August next all naval
officers of this State shall be discharged and all
sells Of the Navy not accepted by the Confederate
States shall be sold under the direction of the Gov
! ernor.
AND WHEREAS, The President of the Confederate
States, through communication from the Secretary
of War, has informed this Convention that he will
accept from this State into the service of the Con.
ederate States two thousand volunteers for twelve
months in addition to the four regiments already in
said service, and cannot accept any greater number
of volunteers for twelve months,
g. Be 1T therefore ordained By the authority afore
said That all volunteers who have been called out
by the order of the Governor for twelve months,
Al. n(or n
two thousand men to be designated BY the Cover.
nor and rendered to the President for servV afore
said, shall be discharged on the Goth day of August
next; Provided, That any of said Volunteers who
shall signify their desire to enlist in the State troops
aforesaid or in any corps that may be called Tor by
the President in the mean time, shall be discharged
forthwith to the end that they may enter such ser
vice; and prorieed FURTHER, that the Governor shall
again tender such volunteers by regiments to the
President of the Confederate States and if the Pres
dent shall agree to accept them any part of them
by or before the Goth day of August next it shall
be the duty of the Governor to order them or as
many of them as the President shall accept into
the service of the Confederate States and discharge
only the residue. Prorided further, That any vol
unteers discharged aforesaid, SHALL in addition te
their pay be allowed reasonable expenses for travel
ing to their several homes; and pr0eaasa turther
that the Governor may order out the militia as vol
nent danger thereof
Z. Be 1t further ordained, That all provisions o.
the Assembly authorizing the raising of greater
number of men, or Of different species of forcs
than is hereinbefore comprehended, or as are other
wise inconsistent with this ordinance are hereby
repealed and declared of no effect.
8. Be it further ordained, That the Act of thu
General Assembly, entitled IAN Act to create 8
Military Board" be and the same is hereby repealed
from and after the Goth of August next: Procsded
That the Office of Military Secretary shall be con
tinued until the Goth day of September next fol
the purpose of settling the military accounts.
9. Be 1t further ordained, That no oath shall bt
required to be taken by the officers or soldiers O
any of the forces aforesaid except the oath Of allie
glance to the State of NorthC Carolina prior to theil
being mustered into the service of the Confederate
States; but each man shall be held and deemed tt
be in military service and subject to the rules ant
articles of of the Confederate States, from tht
time Of his signing the articles of enlistment.
10. Be 1t further. ordained, That 1t shall be tht
duty of the Governor to take immediate measures
and issue tie necessary orders, to carry into eec
the foregoing provisions of this ordinance.
Read three times and passed.
June 9th, 1861. ssz...
| WELDON N EDWARDS,
Pres of the Convention.
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