Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1865-01-31

! upGl nni H. ss,<r:d ei.:,:asr t2oilarypsr mont
a,,j ia the srs.,t 81 .h. idss :; any slsFes
ahii4t s, employed, t.! H., -; q la easny
or hy 6shqre ID ttf :; eng, Gr h2 WOUNDS CT
d7a:l. Irhc:ta hy 80 :NeuY. or by dipcae.
cant! !aotsd whtias III a;.y fs:y;cu .ccairod Of
nsid slave,, sni bs r'gs.: &C rail- s;rrins. then
tbs cTnsfE ,h:rso!. ::sFaesjvclysAAG l., els
sitlsd to receive thu NIL ral:is ot&tGh alaySI,
| to BE- ascert.igsI .:"d fixed by sgresnent 81
| :he tim, ss!d s!avss .aro 81 hired, uadsr rules
| to bs lre o.ibod 10y he Secretary Of War.
$50. 3. That Whenever tAo Secretary OF
War o: ths general commanding the Trans
Mississippi department pasil DO unable 10 pro.
Onre tho eervirsg Of slaves Ey hiring th;m, az
abrra rrcvidst, in s;tGaars LumhcrB, thea i;
shall DO lawfu! ior t!s tait Secretary or Gon~
sral to Criss thu improvement sHh 10 lnproea
&c many male slsr:d, within tie sg>B named
in tho SECOND stoton q this sc:, Gnd for the
fnrpoess snd uros hhara sisted :. the waot5 uf
:ho Htrgioe may rkp,nsf.
Provided Thct rsif isSp.esy,nen! rEaIl b.
mads snaniany 70 lie yuls4 and regulations 8
pccVi1ed in tho Liza ,ei iie ,Sta.ea wh6fein
theY are iepronseI; and in ti.e ,hssuoa oi each
'swr IN sc30:catGo With ecCI rules and rsiu-
lisionl not irroneisssat with the pTayirions Of
thia act as shs Soc;s:afJ of War sha!l from
timo 10 TIN, Prescribe
Provid,b, Thnt slaves Eu imr.sfasd shall.
w?.i's. in tis goyerAneEt employment, rLosiye
the saIe clo:Ling and rstlne allowed to slaves
} hired frt m their oNntr4, hnd IN the eTeut Of
sIeir luas e death in tho ,Ieyl:tr CT from The
CAUSES abOys ss.te J, their Valas shall 10 esti:
mated nnh Gicd ~ provided hy tho ti,st esc-
s:on cf nn act 70 rcraIstn impTeFh,6 ents, rasssd
on tho 2G:h March 1873. ard rsid as in the
c.ge o. rlayes hired from il:cir owners, snd
ihc ra.u, Of tha !riro of alia a3a7r3 tiall 10
fixed in like IaanTar.
Ssa. T. Thss She Secretary Of Was and the
aaneral c,mnianG H.! Tho I-aus .a:!ssisrippi
Gf siGvsa, r.gr,sto i;li sSne "a far as rrncsi-
cable, 70 tl,ht bIays1 shall be lax .n from, taui.
sSt.:a l.. proportion 10 the nUmbar hold or irn
pressed iar'eiI, nn,iag i.;a ar, wheEher n1rc:l
Ly tii;I.,.a "i ruc;, Ha!s ~ n. but M. ;..avs
t.,aa o.5 fFs1y tys !cals Rl-Y:-. .wirhia ths
sail .a.al Of eigi.tesn and forty iiro vsars,
shall hO ihk;n fTahi aGS one 1Hher, Nor whc1s
Sn oTge. has !e31 thsu five male elarea R,th;n
fni asss, shall !a;l slave bs jmm:stsi, and
Ill i"'nttsdmsnts under this eot rha!l, IN
lar rs practicable, b5 taken in equal ratio
l,un oil owners in tbs sac,o lncaii,Y, city,
county Of district: rtn.!ded, That ia ssch
caas cara hs lakan 10 sllow each oTnsr credit
for all r;sio s,aF15 lsIne.n tia sgsH aforesaid
heretofore Impressed, CT iIp::acad undsr this
oct, Ii h;ssh - tia g'yar5mc3t, who are still
in dsrT;'r. CT wt!,r'sy ta75 iie! CT beer laEt
Wills i; 8trVi2e: Provided, lu7.hsT, Thst ii
thg Governor ot any STATE sisll nsrtifv to ths
8.cre,aT5 OF Wa: q tbs t2niasaling G:ntrai
"f its T-a:a fi.g.is-irri Department.: DIST
si-y:s ranaal tS Impressed IL su loositv,
aluliJ, district, parini 0r .i:f ,i sauh S!!a:s
wish"it G-est G;ifiE:e:: 20 fr3a locality, c0nr,.
tv. distris.. parish Of cit7, tiisn tho qp3ia G:
said lcca!.tJ, a5.nIT, iislr:Tt Tifisti nr city
ahHl be i.uFrasead tr"rl a!!,r, r ir.ianr s;ioh
3Ato
S;c. S Ii tay STARE il ,.:r isl. fu rcr,ia5
Whni is not llkti. ,lertio #yia, sse i!i.ia;ons
or this soi, gac! aiST shall Ia forthwith, Te-
tuTrsi to th8 0Rner on ,ismaId srd proof 81
lhs fact; prayidai, hovavor, That Nothing
hercin ccntains IL shsl he 10 cdARlrncI o. to
exempt tn5 %.;. f;o.a furnishing ia isir quota
Of slar.s for ilIs l.G7piSsa ..s!sin srso;fsd and
a,n.rijng 80 tns r,oviaionH e? Tia ans.
s'ua. G. Duplicate r'lir si:su ~ p,e2pssi ..
Mi .,s SiaYes ,.i-:l :. i.nires':l .:,r:&r tls
aEL. Slin!i ah..ii yactaio Il description: o. III.
n.-ea. ia. nam 30 sui eilion|ts If t'rs niyneis;
arl s .t,ian,er,t II tie va'.ls AID raie of hi;e
ui tn r!aVss 81 t'.s tate they sra hi1e3 nr im-
pir-s 4, cus o! %5ie!. l.l.J sisii, in the STATES
tss: ci Tho M,e,irsippi river, ts forwarded 20
this G.cr.farY OF Nrr, and in Ssrsc wes: Of lie
mis5igs pri riTo1, to ;hs headquarters cf iae
general cpmmea@in! that ,.srartmsit. sni ihs
0!haT fdll rt,:!l IL tent .hc ssnosal ariGIahnd
ing tbs Amy T:.sro raii hla:es lnay hc err
played; and tls III. "a having catrgs ot said
slaves. ui 0i thu Gu'h u5on whitiI they may
be engex god, shall hara ndupf ut said roll. s!.j
shall regularly on.or thccGi is na;n,a Of tha
lth.. OF dntiarin Whic!, sai,i s:agts x,u gsd
.oL any :snees nhInh .asT 10 mad, tl.fsin,
and Of l!.s al,stu:e, rirkues', "r death o. any
If s&M slaves, aad make monthly reiurns
thereof 10 he general mmandinr ths army
whcrs said s'ayse sIe employed, who bhuil
tram nit the saIu, 10 tls S.orslaiy III War oT
to tbs C0nn: :ahl,.'g G::rsEal il Inn 'rtsns-Mi-.
sisnippi D.paslE.nt, c= the duss may be.
SEQ. {. That oil laTa CT psrts Of laws pro-
vidirg fer The hiking OF impreasmsnt OF slaves
ha, aud the game GA h.reby repealed, except
50 far az they may provide fr regulating aid
liking, in csts ~ .mFTses,astrt, Tho yalus OF
ssid slsvea II The 7E us ii t.e:, ssi vices.
So, 8 No Slaves sh,ll h.a hereafter Impress
oi, s1o,st il TuIsua3cs it t',5 Tris 'siolo Of
thin act, and any tiii:ii Hho Giay violsts tho
PROVISIONS il:orcpf hall be o5uTf niart;Gled, and
Gil conviction caahiertd
On rnltiGn, lla Houso odj9urEea
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