Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-03-11

the several Acts concerning the Court OF Ap,
peals," provides that hereafter there should
be FIVE Judges of that Court, with salary Oh
two thousand FIVE hundred dollars each. The
session of the court is to be Permanent from
and after the lst day of March next: Provld-
ed that adiournments for short periods to suit
the convenience of the Judges may take place;
but the number of days Of session IN each
wear must be $50 at least, unless the business
be sooner dispatched.
2. "An Act to amend the Act entitled an
Act to amend the several laws concerning
slaves, permits all persons citizens of this
commonwe alth and residing therein, who now
are, or hereafter may be entitled by marriage,
descent or devise to any slave or slaves IN any
| other of the L. S. of America, or in ary of
the territories thereof, to remove such slave
or slaves into this state and to keep the same
therein: Provided that such person or pei
| SONS, within 50 days after such removal, shall
produce and offer for record to the court OF
the county or corporation, IN which he, she,
or thev may reside, certificate from the
court of the county or corpcratloa, or other
court of record having jurisdiction over the
place, from which such slave or slaves shall
have been removed, specifying the manner
in which such persons shall have acquir
ed title thereto, and containing description
of their persons and names, duly authentlcat-
ed in the manner prescribed by law tor the all
Identification of deeds executed by persons re-
siding out Of this state and to be recorded in
the courts Of this comnonwcaith.-.-(S See Rev.
Code LIST vol. chap. 90, sec. S, p. 1879 Clerks
fee for recording the certificate to be the
same as for recording deeds of personal es-
tate. This act 10 commence Ill force from
and after the passage thereof, wiz. Jan. 18th,
lSll) and to continue in force two years and
no longer
8. " An Act to amend the Act entitled an
Act e prevent the destruction Of Oysters
within this commonwealth (passcd the 9th of
January, 1911, auG to be in force from the
passage thereof declares that if any person
shall use any drag, scoop, or rake, or other
instrument, except tongs, such as have been
generally used for the purpose of catching
Oysters within the waters of this state every
person SO offending, and being thereof con-
victed before a magistrate of either Of the
counties adjoining the water course in which
the offence mas been committed, snail forth
with pay the sum of twenty dollars, or in case
Of failure so to do, shall at his or her election
receive, on his or her bare back, SO many
stripes as such magistrate shall direct, not ex.
cecding twenty, or suffer sixty days imprison-
nent. unless such fine of twenty dollars be
| sooner discharged. One half of this fine to
| be applied towards lessening the county levy ;
! the other half to the use of the inforTer, in
! Case tie evidence was sufficient to convict the
| offender without his or her testimony other
wise tie whole to be applied towards lessen
! ing the county levy.
4. An Act " to provide for the education of
the Poor passed Feb IL, 1910 directs, that
i all sums of money which have accrued, or
! may hereafter accrue to the literary fund, es-
ts.blished by an Act, entitled An Act to ap.
proprate certain escheats, penalties, con6sca-
/, lions and forfeitures to the encouragement of
| learning" passed the I'd Of Feb Islo) shall
! be vested in a company consisting of the 60
vernon, neutrality-suspicious., treasurer, attOr-
aey-general, and president of the Court of
| Appeals, for the time being, under the demo-
minati..n Of the President and Directors of the
Literary, Fund; who, or any three Of whom,
shall constitute board for transacting all bu-
.iness relative to the said fund. The compa.
nv are to report to the General Assembly once
i'm every year, the state of the funds commit
ted 10 their charge, with such recommends
tons relative to the improvement thereof, as
to them seem advisable; and are empowered
TO raise, annually, (for term of years not
exceeding seven) by lottery, any sum not ex-
ceeding $4,000 dolls. in farther aid of the said
fund under certain specified regulations. For
the more speedy end certain collection of the
literary fund, the said company are required
to appoint, in each county and corporation, an
agent, for the collection of tie funds of such
county or corporation; who shall act without
any fee or emolument, and who is to report
from time to time, such portion of the said
fund as any officer appointed to collect the
same nav have collected and failed to pay into
the public treasury, or such portion thereof
as NAV be unsolicited in the hands Of any per
son and to authorize proper actions to be insti.
tuted for the recovery thereof AS seon as a
sufficien. fund shall be provided, it shall be
the duty of the directors thereof TO provide a
school, or schools, for the education of the
Door, in every county in this commonwealth.
$. An Act " to explain and amend an Act
entitled an Act to appropriate certain eschea:s