Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-03-13


SESSION or. 1862.
[coNTINuED.l
S. An Act allowing persons arraigned OF
misdemeanors IN certain cases, the right
of challenge. -
Where a person shall be put on trial tor
a misdemeanor, punishable by confinement
in the penitentiary, such person shall be al
lowed the same right Of challenge as IS al
lowed in case Of felony. TO commence
from the passing.)
6. To amend the act, entitled an act 70 a
mend the act, entitled an act tor reducing
into one the several acts tor regulating
the inspection of tobacco.
This law provides for the sale OF tobacco
which shall remain undemanded IN ware
house 5 years after it shall have been m
snected. or brought down frona an upper
;nspection. The proprietors are to pay the
same storage as heretofore, and the com
monwealth is bound 10 make good all losses
which may happen, by fire, within 2 years
from the time of its inspection. Judgment
on fen days notice, may, be recovered by
the auditor, for all monies due from IN
sDectors to the commonwealth; and any
ne,eon injured by a breach OF the condition
of On inspectors bond, may institute a suit
thereon in the name of the governor; CO.
nv Of the bond, certified by the cierk'ct the
county where taken, shall be legal evidence.
Remedy is given to executors and admmls-
traitors for obtaining duplicates OF tobacco
notes lost in the life time of their testator or
;ntestatc, or between thor death and the
qualification of The executor or admlnistra-
tor.
To exbIai,a and amend the oct concerning
the iand-o6fce, SIC.
This=act authorizes the register to receive
And warrants and grant Others in exchange
xghere the indorsement IS only by writing
Z the name. or an unattested assignment;
provided thatthe applicant shall make oath,
that to the best of his knowledge, the IA
dorsepents have been fairly made, ard that
he the riqht1ul proprietor. The original
,yarra,ts. with the aGidavits, are. to,he pre-
served BY the register, who,quarter-yea
;s.rrouirsd TO publish a LIST of them, with
the endorsements, IN some paper published
IN Richmond, together with the names and
residence of those TO whom exchange war
rants have been issued. Treasury warrants
shall hereafter only be assignaEle by written
ass;on4nent attested by two ermore witness
80. and no exchange warrant shall be grant
. ed for an original unless It be SO assigned.
The fees of the register, for a COPY of the
patent, not exceeding 400 words, is 63
cents !; and for every so words thereafter 8
cents: For a copy of aplat and certificate,
not exceeding ten courses, 63 cents; and
for every course afterwards two cents FOR
every other copy, where the fee IS not hxed
by law, which doth not exceed 200 words,
IS cents and for every thirty words there
after three cents. 90 commence from the
passipg,)
8. To repeal the act, more cBeetRaifst to Pre-
yertmalicious md oe1atialtS sttitS.
This acf merely repeals the act OF the ed
of January, 1908. To commence from
the passing.)
9. To extend the remedy ef the c0mmoa-
zCfaLth IN certain. cases III chancers'.
This act gives to the superior court Of
chanccrv for the Richmond district, exclu-.
siye jurisdiction in all cases, where suit
NAV Sc instituted in behalf of the common
wealth, Notwithstanding the defendant may
. reside out of the district. And all suits
hereafter brought against the commonwealth
Shall be IN that court only. Suits depending
in the williamsburg and Stauntcn chancery
districts, are to be transferred to that of
Richmond. To commence from the pass
ing)