Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-02-16

'cIdt Souh'y duu CoIpOTdtion courts unless 7
i shall have been Eefore that day, certified
To be recorded IN some other court within |
which the same may now be recorded. Any
conveys nce which shall hereafterbe record,
cd after the expiration of the time now al
take effect and be vand in law as to credi-
tors and subsequent purchasers from the
time III such recording, and frem that time \
only Every deed respecting the titles to
personal chattels, hereafter executed, which
by law ought to be recorded, shall be record.
ed in the court OF that county in which such
property shall remain: and If, afterwards
the person claiming title under such deed
shall permit any other person, in whose
possession such properly may be, to remove
with the same, or any part thereof, out of
the county in which the said deed shall
be recorded ; and shall not, within twelve
months after such removal, cause tie said
deed to be certified te the court Of thar coun>
ty, into which such other person shall so
have removed, and to be their recorded,
such deed shall be void in law as to all ere.
ditors and subsequent purchasers Hereaf-
ter, every partition of any tract of land or
lot, and every assignment of dover, in any
tract OF land or lot, made under any order
or decree of any court, & every judgement,
or decree, by which the title to an tract of
| land OF lot shall be recovered, shallb duly
recorded in the court ofthe county in which
such tract OF land or lot, or the greater part
thereof. shall lie and. until so recorded,
such partition, or assignment, judgement. or
decree, shall not be received in evidence In
support of any right claimed by virtue there
of.---Passed Feb 9Th, 1914. Takes effect
from LIST March, 1914.
80. An act, !" to amend and explain the act,
tentitied, an act, concerning taxes on lands %
contains . great variety of provisions, many of
which are highly important; bat it is too leng.
| thy and compile tied to be inserted i'm a sketch
| oil tins nature; especial one thousand Goa
pies are ordered to be printed for the Use OF tile
members of the General Assembly.
VI An act concerning Sarah Easton and
| Dorothy S,orer'' NT[t, +
92 Anact g Incorporating company to open
and improve the navigation of the Great Kama.
wha river within the distance therein mention.
| ed"
%. An act, imposing axes for the sup.
port OF government" passed Feb 10th, 1874,
raises the taxes generally, SO per cen with
few unimpor' ant deviations from that ratio. !
81. An act concerning special courts fap
| reals, and bills &c review" passed Feb. 18th,
| 1914. amends the act Of 1899 on tn, subject of
special courts. by requiring the attendance of
! the Judges of the superior courts Of chancery
"
chancery" as directed by that law, and increas.
eS the compensation of the judges attending
such courts to five dollars per diem. AS to bills
OF reveiw, it declares that, hereafter, no bill of
review Shall be granted by any superior or in
ferior court of chancery to any decree pro
nounced, in cause heretofore finally decided,
unless the game shalt he applied for within
! three years after the passing Of this act; nor to
any decree pronounced in cause which shall
be hereafter finally decided, unless the same
he applied for within three years next after
sac final decision: save to infants, &c. three
years after their disabilities shall have been re-
moved.
e5. An acttopay the officers of the General
Assembly'tor Tia. il services during the present
| session. 80
90. An act concerning the clerk of accounts
IN the AUDITORS once, (passed Feb. 18th, 1915
adds tothe salary CT hat officer S SIS per an.
nun.
81. An act to amend an act, entitled, an act
to amend the act, entitled, AN act directing the
mode ofappointing apublic printer, prescribing
his duties, and for ether purposes therein men.
tioned, adds to the salary of the public printer
y 100 per a-tnuin.
9S An act establishing town on the land of
John G.'Jackson in the county of Harrison.
SO. An act to amend the act, entitled an act
Incorporating company to establish turn.
pike from the termination of Hunting creek at
UoEe run 10 the Occ0quan
100. An act to provide more effectually fov
the sale OF eight thousand shares of the stock
| of the Bank Of Virginia, and to apply the pro
ceeds OF such sale, directs the sale to COM
mence on the 18th of March 1914, and continue
| until the 3lst, or until the sale shall have pro,
ceeted so far that the advance, above par. on
that proportion which has been sold, is equal
in value, CATER deducting the commission al
lowed Tor the sale, and the expenses attending
fl,a n ths,u ~rI, IN
VIE en- the treasurer and auditor shall stop
the further sale and such part as shall then re
man unsold, shall be reserved and subscribed
for by the Treasurer i'll behalf of the common.
wealth, and be paid for by the nett advance,
above par, received on the part sold the com.
monwealtli to hold such shares Of stock, as any
private holder would, who had become the
purchaser the rest ;-subject tothe same pre-
MUM, and entitled TO the same dividends
90 This act contains several other pr6yisi ms,
concerning the manner of conducting the sale.
&c. which need not be inserted in sketch of
THIS nature. The purchasers. are to pay IS,
over and above the advance above par, on ca, II
share, at the time of the purchase and the
residue, on or before the 30th April
i01. An act concerning tn eAdiutant General.
requires the officer. during the present wsr, to
visit his office in the city of Richmond nj lie asst
once IN every three mon. hs, and to superintend
the duties thereof; and makes him removable.
at any time, from Office, by concurrent reso.
luton OF both houses of the General Assembly.
102. An act to explain and amend an act, re.
ducing INTO one the several acts concerning
forcibie entries and dctainers, renders the law
on that important subject simple, persp icuous
and convenient, by laying down correct and ca
sy forms Tor making the complaint by the party
injured, for the warrant to be issued by the ma
gisirate for the charge to, and verdict of, the
Jury ;-and FOR the judgment to ne rendered
either for the'plantif or defendsnt.-It directs
the trial to be had in a summary way. wifhnnl