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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsfl0237 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF FLORIDA.
to use their influence with the proper department at Richimond 1862.
to carry the following resolution into effect, viz:
Be it reolved, That all prsons holding office in the State of Ilesolwtion.
Florida under the Conilderate Govcrnnent, subject to tie mili-
tary service tinder the Conscript Act, be removed and their places
filled with persons not subject to tie military service under said
Conscript Act.
Passed the louse of llcprcscntatives Decemiber 8, 1862. Passed the Scnate
l)cccmbcr 10, 1802. Approved by ti Govcrior Dcecmber l2,1802.
[No. 10.]
RESOLUTION relative to tho Public Lands in Clay county.
Bie it resolved by the Senate and Ifouse oJ .Representative qf
the State of' Florida in General Assembly convened, That tle
Register of Public Lands be and he is hereby required to make Reagister to fur-
out and transmit to the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Clay county s,,,p
townshipplats o all the lands in said county, designating thereon da.
what lands hav6 been entered, and what lands belong to the
School, Seminary and nternal Improvenent Funds, and the price
of each tract, and also to ihrnish a list showing the dates of all
entries and the names of purchasers of each tract of land.
Passed the Iouse of 1opresentatives Decemiber 10,1862. Passed tie Senate
December 11, 1802. Approved by tie Governor Decmber 13, 1862.
[No. 20.]
RESOLUTION rcquesting the President to allow persons in this State liable
to conscription until 1511 March, 1803, to volunteer In the Confederate service
for the defence or the state.
WHElREAs, the citizens of the State of Florida, capable of bearing
arms, have enlisted in the service of the Confederate States to
so great an extent as to leave but few at borne tbr the protec-
tion of the women and children of the State and the control of
the slaves: And whereas, the number of slaves and the quan- l'reamble.
tity of provisions, cotton and tobacco in the State, left thereby
comparatively ulnprotected, by reason of tile small number of
troops scrving in Florida, the proximity of the coast to the rich
planting regions, and the accessibility of the country, by means](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsfl0237&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)