Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-03-20
BY THE GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA,
A PROCLAMATION


The Gepesl Assembly Of Virginia having passed 10
the projection Of Tobacco and tie prodvcon gs,
n .h ui V kaosn Thers re- Joss Iss
Governor do append hereto s0Py Of 10, act and s
believed that scarcity of provisions or Of prOveLd
exists Al resent as TO give just public safety boz
With The ineana transportation eay limited many pOr
best producing district. oyerrn Or dt'oaed by
vans fo prudent TO- should mpel all classes sbsn
don a. possible the clhya Ion such crops
necessary sueuanee and TO increase 70 the Utmost
Of production article which used food for
or bea The Gene al Assembly has OF thought
% altogether the production OF tobacceo bat hays .svred
ey gnan devote such aud he int ed eoiore
to The growth OF such crops will enable ha TO In
% MS stock Of animals for food and give to all the people OF
| H TS osI ind an mundane
h h n ssrn, ny otis OF our women, can never be
heat k:e and arm Of power let II not be said ,h., The
,a =, ,hs n Invoke the earnest consideration OF
Given ny hand a. Governor, and under III.
H. sea- o. me Eo%mon.ea,h At Richmond, TIL, 6h day Of
wealth.. $ ' ." '! John n i IErc sGIsA'
TO Tosiceo INCREASE TEE Pnopuc
Lox VI GRAN.
Passed March 12th 1851
Whereas The comfortable support soldiers the field
and the maintenance Of their he pleas families at home
uas on % Su s@
which engaged and whereas the actual or threatened
10. g large 81 nc ~ ss nsnS s
comparatively which the ur,u Of agriculture
are TO be subs d. and whereas Of the hat
labor this portion OF tie state shall not
production OF grain into other channels
i h8La d Of waot OF bread
Be therefore enacted by the General Assembly That u
shall not be lawful for person. either for himself another
10 plant within the limits Of hS State, 10 any year. gT
OF than twenty hundred plants
baud the Of sixteen hynve years. actually and
regual employed 10 the cultivation the rof Geld hand
provided, hat shall be lawful for plan plant
thousand and no planter AhA plant OF
| thsn eighty thousand plants.
g. 1t IhAl be the duty Of engsgd leading
In The cultivation OF tobacco either himself
annually TO reader oath 10 the commits
Of the and district In which such person may
accurate st OF all such field hands, which list the said
soner HEREBY req ed 70 take and with Iropty
y bIUks
Any person viol,ng the provisions the hr section ofs
act shall be deemed guilty Of msdemeaaor,
Ia than hundred dollars
thousand do and shall forfeit the
the tobacco produced by him beyond the pech in sad
" Section TO be paid To the county Of the county In witch
the expenses Incurred by such county n providing soldiers In
| service, and supporting their miles.
For volxtion c the second Of tls ret either by
Commissioner OF the offender shall DC
deemed soy OF msdemeanor punishable by hne Of not less
| than ten dollars fer each oh.nce
shall be the duty Of the judges Of the circuit q
the attorneys o. the Commonwealth In the county toye
ties shall be the duty Of the commissioners OF the
inform the the Commonwealth In their
tive countless OF all violations thereof which may their
knc aud the si shall the o9enders to be
prosecuted
hsll be passage continue
in force during the existing with the United Stated and
| longer.
| A copy from the rolls.
| TeSte, WIN. =. GORDON, Jr,
| mh20 -t3t q. II. d. and X. OF x.