About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

Resolutions providing for the appointment of Commissioners, etc. 1860 42 (1860)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsms0369 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF MISSISSIPPY. ART. 7. To E. Murreil, thirty-hree dollars for stationery, hardware, &c., furnished .last sessicn of the Legisl at re. SEC. 2. Be itfur7ser enacted, That this act shall be suflicient authority for the payment of the sums of money mentioned in the first section ; Provided, That the Auditor of Public Accounts, shall be, and he is hereby required to take from the person, to whom said money is payable,'a receipt in full to this dat e, for services and itcms stated in the above oldims. And that this act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved, November 30, 1860. CHAPTER XI. RESOLUTIONS providing for the appointment of Commis- sioner, &c. Resolved by the Legislature of the State of .Missis- sippi, That the Governor be requested to appoint as many Commissioners, as in his judgment may be necessary, to visit each of the slaveholding States, and designate the State or States, to which each Commissioner shall be conimissioned-whose duty\ it shall be to inform them that this Legislature has passed an act calling a Conyontion of the people of the State, to consider the present threatening relations of the Northern and Southern sections of the Confederacy, aggravated by the recent election of a President upon principles of hostility to the States of the South ; and to express the earnest hope of Mississippi, that those States will co-operate with her in the. adoption of efficient measures for their common defence and safety. Resolved, That should any Southern: State not have convened its Legislature, the Commissioner to such State, shall appeal to the Governor thereof, to call the Legislature together in order that its co-operation be immediately secured. Approved, November 30, 1860. 4 2

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most