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Joint Resolution in regard to the requisition for Slaves to work on Fortifications. 1863 87 (1863.12)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsva0839 and id is 1 raw text is: RESOLUTION9. No. 11*-R61ntIoW coucerniltg tile Pay of Soldiers In the Confederate ..Btates Army., Adopted December 18, 1863. 1. Itesolvedithat irtieopiniouof thogeneral assemblyof Virginia, loeroaetin some provision for the increase of the pay of the soldiers in the army soldiers' pay of tie Confederate States should at once be made by the congress of ggested the Confederate States; and that the senators from Virginia be in- strueted and the representatives in congress bo requested to take im- mediate steps to pass d law providing for such increase of pay as will, under the present circumstances, be just and adequate to supply the wants of the soldiers in the army. ' 2. Resolved, that the governor of this commonwealth be requested T o e trans, to communicate the passage of the above reolution to our senators miled to CO and representatives in congress. No. 12.-Joint Resolution for the appointment of as Conmnittee to enquire Into tile Treatinont of Conscripts at Camp Leo. Adopted February Q5, 1801. Whereas it has been stated in the public press of this city and Preamble elsewhere, that the conscripts at Camp Lee have been subjected to larsland inhuman treatment, and it is due alike n the officers in charge and to the conscripts, that such a charge should be investi- gated: Therefore, Resolved by the general assemnbly, that ajohut eominitteeo of three inve.tgiaing on the part of the senate and five on the part of the house of dele- coommtte,. gates be appointed to'enquire and report whether any, and if any, what abuses or inhumanity may have lmecn practiced or tolerated at Camp Lc, in the treatment of conscripts, and that they report to the assembly the result of their investigation. wS No. 3,-Joint Resolution in regard to the requisition for Slaves to work on Fortifications. Adopted Febriary*19, 1864. .Whereas, in view of the pressing importance of inaking extruor- Preamhe dinary efforts to produce as large crops as possible the present year : And whereas tie recent requisition by the confederiLte authorities for slave labor to work on fortifications will, if carried out, interfere seriously with the farming productions of the state : Therefore, Be it resolved by the general assembly, that the governor of this Release of state be respectfully requested to confer with the authorities of the slaves %uggeted Confederate States, ami urge upon them the necessity, in the present emergency, of releasing the slaves from said rcquisition, if in the judgment of the confederate authorities this release may be granted consistently with the necessities of the military situation. No. 14.-Joint Resolution in relation to B. F. Murray, Sheriff of Shenan-, doalh County. Adloptvd February 29, 1861. Whereas it is represented that B. F. Murray, sheriff of Shenan- Preamble doat county, transmitted to the seat of government the sum of twelve thousand five hundred dollars, to be placed to his credit on the taxes collected by him for the year eighteen hundred and sixty-two, which, by a misapprehension, was credited against his collections for, the year eighteen hundred abd sixty-three: Be it therefore resolved by tile general assemly, that if the audi- Auditor autho- tor of public accounts shall be satisfied that the payment was impro- rTized to correct

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