The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-03-18
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10y tbs GOVERNOR CE VlKGikIk-A
ID PEoGLtEAT.ON.-Tb General Assembly
al yirgiri. having f.s' ed act to limit the pr
duetloa OF tobacco and inereE.e !hs production OF
or ain and |. being IF vitsi impo ,anse to the pso
pie Of this State that its provisions should &c
tnown: Therefore, !, John LErCHzR, Governor
do appyeod hereto = copy of the act. and 'nvoAe
she special attention Of pl.nters and farmers to It's
coateu,s 1t 10 rot believed tah. s1ch scarcity OF
provisions or OF proverder exits at present 81 10
give jast alarm for ths rubiie ssfe,y bit With the
means Of transportation greatly limited, end nsry
portions o: our hest producing districts orsran or
Gssoiasd by vAndAi foe, p,udeot forecast should
irpe sill elias 30 aba III IS far as possible, tbs
cultivation IF srca crops IS are 10. necessary for
sdsleasuoe; aud so iEcie.se, &c tae utUions power
of pSDluc,ion. svsr7 ari Sc which lay b. usej as
food Yer man or beast The General Assembly
have not Il ought proper to PROHIBIT slioscthsf the
probation Of tonsCco, but have underworld 10 re-
ss'ain tho G1sI'ity. Woud l. no: bs patriotic
ana wise fer every tire Sisglnian TO derots such
land ~ be intended ferstniore FOX tobacso TO the
growth OF such crops will enaals aim to increase
his stock OF snimsis s0r food, snd size TO ali tbs
recpls CT tee State all a.uldaacsi
Yhe Ind a4.sS'e so;ri. and generous devotion O.
the houthera men, and the seif-ac. sing patriot
Ism Of onr women, can never be su6dUe6 by .hs
strong arm of over; lie. /: not bs said that the
heart sickspe and he rervrs were weakened by
the power OF famine or threatened wsns. invoke
the earnest consideration Of she peopls to this a
portrait subj CT.
~, Giyen uodsr my band st Richmond. sod
IL $nn6er tha seal OF TIE Commonwealth tbs
w; l6.n Gs7 os March, 1853 and in the sTth
wear Ct tho ComnCu wealth.
J0Hs LET0HEa
<n act to Limit tie Production Ct Tobacco aas In.
crease tie Production IF Graia.
sasssd Aai.h i2.h, il G.;
Whueas, .ns comfort able support sf our so,oierJ
in ths Hsid and tie -aainsnanca Of their HELPLESS
fs,uilias a. home, is ne! oliy duty OF patriotism
aus humanity, but is sbsouseiy sgeen.isi to the
,fot n at pcI. ind
den &c ia wh;an afe engaged; and, whereas, tie
actual or threaten cccup a.on OK large portion
Of tho 6tsse by the public eEsmy, aid tLa ce7as.
txt:on Of other port.ans OF ii, leaves bit snail
portion comparatively, IN which tAe pursuits of
agriculture can be peacefuliy and safely followed,
and frola which both army and people are 10 he
gubsisted AID, whereas. l: Ia of tho last inpor.
lance that the labor OF this portion IF ihe sta.e
shall not be diverted from the production Of grain
iato other channels So as to incur the ssza:d Of
want If b cad;
l. Be ii therefore enacted " the Gsnerai Assembly,
That it shall not ba Lawful for any person, either
fer himself o. another to psut within tina limits cf
:tis state In any onS yo1, :go< quantity Of 10.
bacco than twenty Gss hundred tiaaia for each
hand between ihs Gses CT s,X;aea and fifty Ave
ysgrs, ectu kiiy and regularly employed n tbs cui-
tivAt.on thereof es Esid hand, provided that IL
shall bs lawful io- any @lsntsr 10 r.snt crop OF
ten thousand PLANTS, snd no planter shEil plant &
crop of ire tSan eiah:y thousand plants
. u sasll be t1e duty Q. svsrv person engag I'D
or Cs6luiuE tHF Gs,S tcG4e-
CT, either fJr riulstn or another gclU liz 70 Esn.
der sn oath to TIA IN saoi8r IT ths revenue of
The couuty emd district wi1h ruth p3rant. ID q
reside an 81 erra las. Of sueG field kGEdi " hiet.
.iat the ,aic commissioned Il hs:aEy IeSsired to
take and return with Tho property books.
}. kDy person violating the provihions of the
frs. ction Of this sct ahsil ue dsSzled gniy Of
isdsrne 81 or and shall be Ii Led il sun nos les,
than fys hundred dollars more than Fl 20 .ho,i.
ssnd doIlAr.; and shall, moreover forfeit the full
vaIus Ct sli Ihe tcbscso produced by him beyond
the am rrt specEi in ssia first section. bs pc
- the Lcunty Court OF the county in which the Of
fence NAY have been ccNmitted. hYd sppiiad In
dafrsy'rg tie ,snsss Incurred by such county IN
pr. wiling for sy.diers in seIvc, snd suppo ting
thair fAmtli-s
/ For violation Ct The gseenl sec.icn OF this
ast, eitlsr By piGDser or COMMISSIONER of the
reyea u.s. tbs ifs1dsc sEsi be deemed guilty Of a
mi.demesnor. puastshe by aas OF 40. less tnsn
ten dollars i each I'll inee.
S 1t sheli bs ths ihty q the jod yss OF the Cir
Quit Courts AID ~ the attorneys OF the Common
eaith il the County CoaTts 10 sive tas act spe
cal,y In charge % u. grand iarics OF the al
c)unt,e.; sna 1t shalt be the autr If tie c, n,s
sioners " ths revenue TO Inform h. Attorneys fer
the Commoawea l.h in thar respective Counties CT
al violations shasecf whi:h Iaay CONS - their
kpowiedse; and The said Attorneys ahst cas-, tie
offenders to bs prosecuted
q Thi aes sh4! be- In fores from it passage and
shah continue IL fGyeo .saIiog ta3 exisiiug war
with ths Uni:el States sld i3asss.
a trus copy fiull tie rJil4 n -sts.
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