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An Act to provide for the wants of persons wounded in the service of this state, and of the widows and children of those killed in the said service. 1814 86 (1814.11)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsla0070 and id is 1 raw text is: Monies hereby given shall not be alienated. Preamb!e. which their said children.wer killed, or died, Undl tbo end of the neat session of the legislature. Stc. 8. .dnd be it farther eqacteds That the governor be, and he is hereby authorised to draw quarter!y upon the public treasury, a warrant in favour of any of the said per* sons, for the sums due to them respectively, by virtue o tbe. present act, Sac. 4. .nd be itfurther enactcd, That all sale or trans for of the rights acquired by virtue of the present act, shall be null and void, and that it shall be- the duty of any person claiming the payment thereof, by virtue of a powcr of attor- acy or an authorisation, whatsoever, to take an oath before one of the parish judges of this state, that be has no intereat in the said claim, and that to his knowledge no sale or transfer of the said claim has been made, and that ho will pay the amount he may receive to the persons above.-aam- ed; and that any person wyho shall take a false oath oc. that subject shall be liable to be prosecuted, and as convice tion thereof punished as guilty ofiperjury. D. J. SUTTON, Spieaker of the house qf representativcs pre. tem. FULW AR SKlPWITH, President of the senate.- APPRovED, February 6. 1815. WILLIAM C. C. CLAIBORNE, Governor of the state of Louisiana. AN ACT To providefir the wants oflpersor wounded in the setves, of thi8 state, and .f the widoaws and children qf those kill- ed idi the eaid service. Whereas the approaching adjournment of the legisatur6 does not admit of their making in a permanent manner an provision for the relief of persons wounded in the defence or this state and of the widows and children of thosewho- were killed on the field of battle, or who died in conse quence oftheir wounds. Sac. 1. Be it enacted by the senate and house of refre. sentatives of the state of Louisiana in gentral asseAbly ;pn- vined, That each and every officer, non. commissioneil oA. ce and private of the militia of this state who shall have. been wounded in the service of this state or in that of the Lk 9 ates, so as to be unable to earn his livelihood, and who shall obtain from the surgeon of his regiment a certificate specifying the nature of the wound and the disability result- ing thercfrom shall be entitled to receive quarterly from

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