By the Governor of Virginia — a proclamation.
--Whereas, it is represented that
Miller's Tavern, the place last appointed for holding the sessions of the
County Court of
Essex county, is infected with contagious disease, therefore, by virtue of authority vested in the
Executive by law, I
John Letcher,
Governor of the
Commonwealth of
Virginia, do hereby require the justices composing the
County Court of the said county of
Essex to hold the next regular sessions of said Court at
Hollywood, in that county, and thereafter to continue to hold the monthly sessions of the
Court at the same place so long as the reason for the change hereby authorized shall continue.
Given under my hand as Governor, and under the less seal of the
Commonwealth, at
Richmond, this 9th day of March, A D 1863, and in the 87th year of the
Commonwealth.