Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1814-03-03


States, in conformity with the act Of Con
gress "to encourage vaccination" to furn
lsh the citizens Of this commonwealth ap
plying for the same, through the medium
Of the post Office, or in any other way
! with genuine vaccine matter, and direc
tions how to use it, free of any fee, chsrg,
or expense under certain regulation
| therein mentioned: Takes effect from it,
passage.
| An act to compcl the manufacturers o
salt petre to keep their works enclosed,
requires the owners or occupiers of any
such works to keep them enclosed with a
strong aud close fence, five feet high al
| least, and keep the same constantly in GOOD
repair Except the said works shall be in q
| house, or close camp sufficient to keep out
stock ofevery description) under penalty
of 90 dollars, in case of neglect, occasion
ing injury to any person, Ito be applied to-
wards lessening the poor ratesO and a
liability moreover, to the action Of the per-
son injured. 1t also provides, that if, from
the negligence of the owner or occupier OF
any works in a house or close camp, any
person shall lose any horses, cattle or other
stock, by getting into said house or camp,
he or they shall for every such neglect, be
liable to the same penalty, and subject to
the same action and recovery. Take
effect from the list of April 1915
An act. - to amend The several acts con.
corning the superior courts Of law, and for
other purposes" ;plssed February 9TH,
1914, and taking eject the LIST of March,
1919 provides, l. that if Judge of the
general court shall be charged with any
crime, or offence whatsoever, against the
laws of this commonwealth, he shall be
triable before the general court only I'M
less the prosecution against him be by i'm
peachment or the offence be congnizable
before some tribunal other than superior
court of law; directing the mode of bring
ing the person accused to trial &c) 2
that when, in any criminal prosecution
depending before any superior court Of law
for county, the judge of such court shall
be so nearly connected with the accused.
or with the person upon whom the of
fence chargesble may be allelged to have
been commmitted, as to render it unfit
that he should preside on such trial, he
shall enter upon record the cause of such
unfltness, and that he is unwilling to pre-
side upon the trial and, if the offence
charged be cognisable in the county court
the Judge shall forthwith cause the pro
ceedings to be certified thither, and the
trial to be had there and if the offence
charged be not cognizable in the county
court, the cause shall be continued until
the next term and the clerk of the su
purior court shall forthwith certify 70 the
general court the tendency of such pro,
secution, and a copy of the entry TESTIFY J
ing the uniitness and the unwillingness of
the Judge TO preside at The trial where
upon the general court snail assign some
other Judge to perform that duty; 3.
mat, When, during the session of any su
peror court, process of arrest shall be
awarded, IN any criminal prosecution a
gsinst the body of the accused, or Of
witness In contempt, it shall be lawful
for any sheriff, or proper officer, to whom
such process shall be drectei, to execute it
In any part OF the commonwealth, (whe
Their within or without his county) where
such accused person, or witness may be
found in performing which duty, lie shall
have all the power given to sheritfs by
The act ito amend the laws respecting
criminal trials" passed the 3Oth of January,
lol2; l. that it shall be law al for any
Judge or the general court, IN vacation,
TO remove any cause from one court in his
circuit to any other court in his circuit
or to remove cause depending in any
court within his circuit to the most con
Venient court in an adjoining circuit 5
that the Judge of any superior court of
law at the end of any term, when the
same may be necessary, may adjourn said
court to such day, in the recess, as to him
may seem the most convenient to the
sultors; and, agreeably to such adjourn
ment, shall hold an intermediate court
Tor the purpose of finishing the business
before him %. that all process. whether
original, mesne or final, issuing from a
ny superior court OF law, may be made
returnabe to the rule day after the eman-
alton OF such process, or to any rule day
previous to the next term and when such
process shall not be exc :uled. the clerk