Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1863-12-08

~ PeTs)ns calling Ter letters ia the above fist
viii please s.y ihey are advertised 0 herwise they
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TO ALL WHOM If MAY COsCFRN.L
z At the November term, l563 IF the Lo6hty
Court OF Augusta, tee foos ing order entered Of
record ii VII
Ordered tnet the Ist 81 3D. and sta sections of the
sct OF Assembly tor thu Teef # INDECENT soldiers snd
Sailors sn1 tas tstaEes a4ssd 3lsI cattbsr 1863
ne pubisuea fer tso ~eeks 10 hs lectatOT and the
Yildic.5cT, and that copy IF tie ponce be posted
tEs door Of hs Cours House AID 10 ne Clerks Of
ace OF this Court
An ACT FER TEE RELIEF OF THE INDECENT
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF The STATE OF
yIhGiNIA MdO FAVE BEEN. or NAY Be,
! bis BL2D IN ThE MILITARY SERVICE AND
| IAE WIDOWS AND MINOR GU LDREN OF
| SOLDIERS AND SAILORS WHO have DIED.
| OR MAY hEkEaFTER Die, IN SAID SER
! VICE, AND OF THE INDECENT FAMILIES OF
! THOSE NOW IN THE SERVICE.
| Passed October SIst, 1868
l. Be 1t enacted oy the General Assembly, That Il
shall be the duty OF N couaty and poraon courts
Of this commonwealth TO order the sberits and SCI
geants of such counties and corporations to maka =
list of ell iadi gent soldiers and sal ors enlisted f.
their Respective counties and corporations 10 the Con-
iederate servce or State service, ITO hare been a.
may be- disabled or honorab y DISCHARGED and
their families, and of the families oil those who of
be now In the service, and OF The wdaws 80, may
children OF such as may rave died, uos = minor
die. in the service and SAID list shae y hereafter
and deposited IN the cle7ka office De returned
compilations at tee next res0'sr term os
| ~ - 80 - -iagStf ateS each mo ole
seria! district 70 rel orr list said persons and
l2es 10 'heir respective districts TO The SAID TO Is
tie epuhty c@ars; and said courts shall thon -
iroin u'e 10 time thereafter, any reynls- .arn
tt.ereot, examine said list and add 10 ~ oT s.;L
from it such names as 1t shall deem lust and
q 1t shall be the duty OF said courts to make an si
iowance IN money or supplies the persons and fam.
lies mentioned IN the first section this act of snch
liberal amount and IN such proportion as tLey NAV
think just and sufficient tor their maintenance. ana
said alio anee sha be charged The county city or
town, and provision shall DE made Its pay inert In
ths manner prescribed by law for suns legally char
geabls counties, cities and towns.
g. Whenever any county shall be ga tis6ed that
any such soldiers and sailors We're at the date of their
enlistment residents OF any county Of The Common
wealth, and whose families may have teen or NAV
hereafter be driven from then homes by ear of the
public enemy. and resiain IN such county ii shall
be the duty of such court to enroll such soldiers and
sailors ard Their families according 10 the provisions
of the Tst section of this ard make the same
provisions Tor their support for sold ers and
sailors and their fan lilies des crheG in said section
Fhe said county court snail rv their &C.
count for the supper OF such refugee soldiers and
sailors and their families aud f.rward the same 10
the Aaditor OF Public Accounts aud it shall be the
Idnty of the Auditor ~ pay ald accounts by warrants
| ut,on the Treasury of The Conimonw g. LIN.
8. This act shall De given charge the grand iu-
Of the circuit SAID ceuutles and corpo-
rations and shall be in force from its passage and
shall continue il force until six months afte- the
ratification OF treaty of peace between the G. nfed-
| craze States and the United ota,es
| Dec ST