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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsva0796 and id is 1 raw text is: ORDINANCES OF TIE VIRGINIA CONVENTION.
' Be it therefore ordained, that no person elected to cither house of ections to
.general upsem.
the general assembly of Virginia, at the election held on the twenty- bly legalized
third (lay of May eighteen hundred and sixty-one, shall be disqualified
from taking or holding hie seat by reason of his holding a military
commission, or receiving pay or emolument in the military service
of Virginia or the Confederate States of America at the time of his
election, or afterwards.
No. 55.-An ORDINANCE to Rpel'd the Ordinances concerning the
Advisory Council.
Paimcd Juno 19, 161.
Be it ordained, that the several ordinances of the convention to Ordlnnn eH au-
thorizing council
authorize the appointment of an advisory council, to define its au- repeaI]Cd
thority, to increase its number, and to prescribe the compensation of
its members, be and the same are hereby repealed.
No. 56.-An ORDINANCE adopting the Constitution of the Confederate
States.
Passed Jj 9, 1861.
We, the delegates of the peoploW Virginia, in convention assem- Conntition of
C onfederate
bled, do, in their name and behalf, assent to, ratify and ordain th Stateb adopted
constitution of the Confederate States of America, adopted by the
congress of the Confederate States of America on tie eleventh of
March eighteen hundred, and sixty-one: and we do hereby make
known to all w' ,.n it may concern, that the said constitution is bind-
ing upon the people of this commonwealth. But this constitution is nigit to repeal
and annul re-
ratilie and adopted by Virginia, with the distinct understanding on served
her part, that she expressly reserves to herself the right, through a
convention representing her people. in their sovereign character, to
repeal and ntnul this ordinance, and to resume all the powers hereby
granted to the confederate government, whenever they shall, in her
judgment, have been perverted to her injury or oppression.
No. 57.-An ORDINANCE in relation to thn Iluttonsville nod Marlin's
Bottom Turnpike Road.
Passed June 22, 1861.
1. Be it ordained, that the sum of twelve hundred dollars is hereby 31oney nppro-
.. rlatud nd pald
appropriated for the purpose of miaking repairs for miitary purposes npoil thea order
on the Huttonsvillo and Marlin's bottom turnpike road, to be paid out of the governor](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsva0796&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)