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Resolutions passed by the Governor and the Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida, 1836. 1836 66 (1836)

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WHEREAS, Under the Militia law of this Territory, passed
and 'pprovod on the 15th January, 1836, the citizens of this
Ttrritnrv are permitted to commuto and exempt themselves
from the obligation of defending the homes, the firesides, and
the lives o the g.od people of Florida, nuinst the savage foe,
by the payment of a sum o( money : ANn WHEREAS, It is re-
rorted, that sundry persons have availed themselves of this per-
milieu, and have paid considerable sums therefor, to the officers
entitled or supposed to be entitled, to receive the same : Now,
therefore,
Be it Resolved by the Governor and Legislative Council of
the Territory of Florida, That all such sums of money so paid
end received, or that may hereafter bo so paid and received,
shall be, and the same is hereby appropriated as a fund for the
relief of, ind to be distributed to the poor and orphan children
belonging to this Territory, whose parents or fathers have fallen
or may fail victims to our enemies in the present murderous war.
B3e it further Reusolved, That all Military officers, or other
persons who have received, or may hereafter receive any such
sum or sums, shall without delay pay over the same without any
defaicatioui or commission, to the Treasurer of this Territory, to
be held by him for such poor or orphan children, to be distribu.
ted for their use in such manner as may he directed by law.
And be it also further Resolved, That any officer or other
person, who has or may receive any such sum or sums, and
shall fail to pay, or cause the same to be paid over to the said
Treasurer, as directed in the above Resolution, shall be liable
to indictment before the Superior Court, and to fine in double
the amount of any such sum or sums of money, which he shall
so fail to pay to the said Treasurer.
rPassed, February 8th, 1836.
Approved, February 12th, 1836.
WnrnAs, The War with the Seminole Indians in Florida
has been most destructive to the lives and property of our fel-
low-citizens in the Eastern and Southern Odirict in this Terri-

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