2. Be it further resolved, That he distribute among the members of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama, copies of the proceedings and debates of the State Convention, to each member one copy. Approved, December 10, 1861. JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the printing of twenty-five hundred copies of the Act to Regulate Judicial Proceedings, for distribution. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly convened, That twenty-five hundred copies of the act, entitled an act to regulate judicial proceedings, be printed in separate sheets as early as practicable, for distribution, and that the Secretary of State be instructed to transmit said copies to the several probate judges, in proportion to the representation from each county. Approved, December 10, 1861. JOINT RESOLUTION Requiring the Secretary of State to furnish for distribution copies of the Ordinances and Constitution of the State of Alabama, with the Constitution of the Provisional Government, and of the Confederate States of America. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly convened, That the Secretary of State be and he is hereby required to deliver to each member of the Senate and of the House of Representatives, ten copies of the "Ordinances and Constitution of the State of Alabama, with the Constitution of the Provisional Government, and of the Confederate States of America," as now published, to be delivered to the judges of Probate in each county, for distribution among the proper oficers of the State. Approved, December 10, 1861. JOINT RESOLUTIONS To the Provisional Congress. WHEREAS there is an obvious and unjust inequality between the salaries of commissioned officers and the pay of non-commissioned officers and privates in the provisional army of the Confederate States of America, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly convened, That it is the sense of this General Assembly, that the pay of non-commissioned officers and privates should be increased. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That the members from the State of Alabama be, and they are hereby requested to bring the subject matter of these resolutions to the consideration of the Provisional Congress now in session in the city of Richmond, and to exert their influence in favor of the passage of a law in accordance with the principles declared in the first resolution. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That his excellency, the Governor, be, and he is hereby requested to transmit a copy of these joint resolutions to each one of the members from this State in the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States. Approved, December 10, 1861. JOINT RESOLUTIONS Authorizing the Governor to ascertain the value of the steamer Florida, taken for the public use, and make compensation therefor. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly convened, That the Governor be, and he is hereby authorized to ascertain from such proofs as may be furnished him, or from such as he may be able to obtain, the value, on the 16th of July, 1861, of the steamer Florida, one of the passenger steamers formerly of the New Orleans and Mobile mail line, which on that day was taken possession of for public use, under the order of the Governor, and is now in the service of the navy of the Confederate States; and upon ascertaining such value, the same to the owners of said vessel out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: Frovided, the sum paid shall not exceed in amount, or terms, the offer made by the own to pay ers to sell the same vessel to the public authorities of the State of Louisiana. Approved, December 10, 1861. SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE, MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, February 5, 1862. I hereby certify, that the foregoing Acts and Joint Resolutions are correct copies, from the original rolls deposited in this office. P. H. BRITTAN, Secretary of State. TABLE OF THE RATES OF INTEREST IN THE SOUTHERN AND CONFEDERATE STATES Compiled in pursuance of an act approved February 18, 1948. Maryland..... 6 per cent South Carolina........ 6 per cent. North Carolina.... 6 Tennessee Alabama.. Kentucky. Virginia.. Arkansas-Legal interest, 6 per cent.; conventional interest 10 per cent. Texus-Legal interest, 8 per cent.; conventional interest 12 per cent. Missouri-Legal interest, 6 per cent.; conventional interest, 10 per cent. cent. Mississippi-Legal interest, 8 per cent.; on lent money, 10 per Louisiana-Legal interest, 5 per cent.; bank interest, 6 per eent.; conventional interest, 10 per cent. SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE, Certified to be correct. P. H. BRITTAN, INDEX. ACADEMIES-See CORPORATIONS. ACKLIN, A. A.— Act relative to grant of administration on estate of 193 ADMIRALTY— Act amending act of 1858 relative to admiralty cases ALIEN ENEMIES- Act in relation to debts due to........ APPEALS- Act giving appeal from order of chancellor appointing Act giving appeal to county superintendent from APPROPRIATIONS- 219 59 62 223 For fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1862....... 9 12 ..... 70 For pay of members and officers of General Assembly 74 42 41 To encourage the manufacture of salt.... 27 To carry out the act authorizing the seizure of salt To encourage the manufacture of fire-arms, &c........ 183 For equipment of volunteers, and purchase of arms 18 ....... 232 233 29 75 76 78 |