The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-02-04

may hne bun, not exec eding eight dollars, I'M
ieis. az or oetore the court after the return is
made, he fhews caufe to the contrary.
V. An ACT 10 amend the aa relative to attach.
menss, contains the following proviiions
ANY creditor, whole claim amounts to ten
dollars or 400 lbs. of tobacco, hut is no. payable
until future day, may go before any magif.
tra'e Oh the county or corporation where his
debtor rehdes, or, lin cafe of his removal from
The fate,) where he laft relitlrd, and MAKE oath
to the true amount of his debt and the time it
VIII be payable, and that he has uft caufe to
'uipect aud verify believes that fuch de btor
will remove himfelf with bis effects out of this
commonwealth before the debt will be payable,
or hath actually 70 removed, and alto that he
had no knowledge when the debt was contract
ed OF the intention Of the de btor 70 TO remove ::
whereupon fuch nagihrate. taking bond ard
iecurlty of the creditor rs in other cafes of at
tachnents, ihall ifiue an attachment againft the
eHects OF the debtor retnrnable to the next
COURT winch attachment NAV be ferved on the
goods OF the debtor or on any garnifhee, If
the debtor ihall not, on or before the return of
the attachment, enter into bond and good iecu-
rlty for the payment of the debt when it will
become due, the court, on due proof of the
Juitice thereof and of the debtors intention TO
remove or OF his having actually removed out
or the commonwealth, ihall grant Judgment as
m other cafes of attachment; but fuch attach
nents are rcplcvabie in the fane manner. as O.
ther attachments, and execution fhall be ftayed
againit any garniflee, wso ffates that he is in
debted, or will be indebted at future tav TO
the defendant, til the claim of the plaintiff or
ilich garniihee's debt TO the defendant fhaII be-
come due, and the goods condemned A,al he
fold on credit till the plaintiffs claim .l,al be
payabie-The officer telling fuch goods fl,all
take BOND ana good fecrrity from the purchaf.
er, and aillgn the fame 70 the plaintiff to the a.
mount of his debt, intereft and COTS: &, where
the amount of fales exceeds fuch debt. &c. fhal
take bond with fecurity for the furplus and
aign 1t to the defendant. Where the debt
Hail be lcis than ten dollars or 400 lbs. of to-
bacco, an attachment may be obtained as aforc-
'aiu' returnabie before any magiftrate of tie
county or corporation, who may grant iudg.
ment, direct iuch iae, and nay exeL ution as a
fvrefaid.
Whenever the plaintiff in any attachment
HAIL aliedge that any garniihee hath not diff
covered the true amount ofthe debts due from
MN 10 the defendant, or what goods ofthe de-
tendant are IN his hands, the court fhall direGf
4 Jury to he lmpaDnelled, without the Formally
of Peadinss, imme diately (unlefs good caufe
for continuance he fhewn by either party) to
enquire INTO the trne amount due from the gar
mihee TO the defendant, and what goods of the
HS'SHId'ii are III MS handS.
1T the verdict be againlt the garnilhcc, the
court mali give Judgment as if he had confetd
the facts found by the jury and if the Jury
mud in his favour. he lhall recover his COTS A.
saint the plaintiff. In like manner iurv lhali
be inpanne!ied to try the right of property,
when TIE goods taken by virtue of any attach
ment are Claimed by any perfon other than the
debtor.
In all cafes Of attachments, the defendant NAV
make defence, and any other perfon claiming
The property attached may interpead, without
giving bail provided that the property at
tached hall not thereby be rep'evicd.
vi. An act which takes effect on the IN
ct June next, among Other things directs,
.nat inspectors of tobacco fhal infped ali
transfer tobacco after it is picked and before it
Is weighed, and make each ho.ihead weigh
1850 lbs. nett AT 'eat that inspectors, pickers,
ana cooPcrS OF to5acco fhall not, either directly
or indirectly, be concerned in the traniportati-
on OF tobacco by water from their warehoule
under the penalty OF / 90 dollars for each hoec
head nor fhall they for themfelves or Others
pnrchaie, fell, item, manufa Sure, lend, or ex-
change any tobacco infpe6ted at their ware
houie, under the penalty of ten dollars per cwt
that every IniPettor ihall flow away and fecure
at night every hid. oftobacco infpeete d during
Il day, under the penalty of 10 dollars Der
'N"N'o NSiiS iIdDlc I'D the HCttEl OF
the party injured that inspectors fl,all prize
and cooper up all refufed tobacco which the
owner hall not chute to have picked fhall
weigh the fame, and mark the grofs weight ON
each caik, and preferve and deliver it to the
owner or his order, (for which they flrall re-
ceISe so cents per hog head } malignant mani
felt for each hogihead 70 delivered and any
perfon telling or manufacturing refufed tobac-
co without iuch manifef, fllaIl forfeit 100 dol
lars per hogihead that any perfon having a
hoihead oftobacco refufed may carry it with
the mantet to any other warehoufc and the
inspectors, hra detroying the manfeR, NAV
view the tobacco, and, if they elteem it of good
quality, may either grant receipt for It, AS
now required by law, or another manfet, (for
which so ents fhall be paid) exprefIing the re-
view, and that 1t was fecond time refufed, af-
ter which, it lIall not be carried to any other
warehone for re-infp aetion, but may either be
picked or fold, with the manifeft as aforeC,id.
The taxes are the fame as thofe for Ian year, e.
the appropriations do not differ materially,
Having been elected member of the council
of fate, can no longer continue in the fenate,
and therefore, returning my grateful acknow-
Judgments for the confidence repofed in me by
the people of my diitrict, take this opportu-
nifty mott affeetionately to bid you farewell, s.
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