Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1863-12-04
AIITo WHOM TTMAycONcERN.

TO ALTO WHOM 1T MAYCONCERN.
A T The November term 1868, OF the County
IA Court vi Augusta, the following order was
entei ed Ol record to wit
.lrIeted that Ii lst End, Srd and 9th section Of
he ..l ~ assembIy for the relief of INDECENT So-
ders aud sailors and their families, passed Slst
De ,ober l-.s BE- published f.r two weeks In the
Spectator mud ID. vmdieator, and that copy Of
the notics BE- posted The dor Of the Coart-bouse
aud III lbv s'ierk's Office Of this Court.
AN A ri FOX THE itEhiEF Or THE INDl--
GENT StLJIEAfl AND SAILORS OF THE
STATE 0F vIaUlxIA WHO HAVE BEEN,
ny sEkvICB AND THE WIDOWS AND
MINOR CHILDREN or BOLDIEhS AND
aAILORs WHO HAVE DIED; w NAY
HEREAFTER DIE. IN SAID SERVICE, AND
now IN THE SERVICE.
Passed October 3lst, 1861
l. 4. 10 IL enacted by the General Assembly.
that IL shal be the duty Of the sJanty and corpo-
r. lion courts or this UcinmonWealth 70 order the
sbetjDs and sergcants Of such counties and corpos
rntions TO make list Of all INDECENT soldiers ang
Corporations IL ths Confederate rervlcs Or State
service, witt have been. or may be, disabled or
honoraby discharged, and Of their families, and
Of the families pf those who may be nT 10 re scri
Woe, and Of the T!uous and Inor chi'afh a ~
the service. etd slid list shall BE- relJrned and de-
positea IN The clerks Office Of such couties or cor
porations Mt the next regular term theredfterj and
It sha be the duty Of the magistrates In each mag.
families in hsi bssiive dia.riets to tie said term
of the county cohrtsJ and said Courts shall tHehj
and from time to time thereafter, at any regular
term thereof, [to1 examine said list and add to it
or strike from it such names as 1t shall deem just
and proper. ~ qfH.
O. 1t shall be the duty Of said courts to make an
allowance in money or supplies to the persohs ahd
families mentioned in the first section Of THE set,
! Of such liberal amount and in such proportion as
they may think Just and sufficient for their main
| terance and said allowance shall be charged on
the county, city or town. and provision snail be
made for its payment in the manner prescribed b y
law for sums legally chargeabe on couaties, cities
and towns.
| 3. Whenever any county court shall be satisfied
that aay such soldiers and sailors at the date
OF tn cir enlistment residents of any county OF the
| ommonwealth, and whose families may have been
| or may hereafter be driven from their homes by
fear Of the public enemy, and are residing in such
county it shall be the dnty ofsuch court to enroll
such soldiers and sailors and their families accord
inc to the provisions of the fist section OF this act
and to make the same provisions for their support
as for those soldiers and sailors and their families
described 10 baid section. The said county court
shall state and certify their account for tho sup
mort of such refugee soldiers and sailors and their
families. and forward the same to the Auditor OF
| Public Accounts, and it shall be the duty OF the
/ Au0ito to paw said accounts by wal rants upon
| the Treasury Of the Commonwealth
| 8. This act shall be given In charge to the grand
;uries Of the circuit cUrts of said counties and cor
nDrations, and shall be in force from its passage
and shall continue in force until SIX months
I [afterl the ratification of treaty OF peace be-
/ tween the Confederate states anu 'ne oni'e'
States
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