The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-03-02

own discretion without rerard to existing lsw. &c
stricting re distribution to s.eehcdcrs or r.stc.
sible house Keepers; provided that in very .ls
he shall take q receipt for the arms 50 dei,ef
when a;y Ii u:euart col mel com'nan 40, faaa
be called into the tee service ~ shsH lsye .ie
exclusive right to appoint his field and rcenental
staf ofiieers--provided that he sslI The pay
master aei Iusrter master TO give bnad snd
rity to the Governor end his ssors, n the sum
OF S7Vyp--The officers of the several Banks es-
tssl,sbed by the authority OF The Commonwealth,
and their respective brarches exempted from
performing the ordinary 7niGsia duties but are Ii.
sble to be drafted and detalsd for actuaf se,eice.
All supernumerary officers, who hare held comm S.
sions, without sny corresponding command, for
more than two years, shall be Immediately return.
ed to the general mass of militia, and enrolled with
ont delay * in future, whenever an officer shalt
become supernumerary, he shall apply TO the court
ct his county to fill the next vacancy, correspond
ing to the ompission which he holds IL the regi.
ment TO which he belongs--snd in he fails 10
make such application, it shall be the duty of the
officer, in whose bound, he resides to enrol and
mister him in the company under his command.
The training of The commissioned officers OF this
Commonwealth shall hereafter take place at such
times within the months OF April and MAY in oh
year, and at such places, as shall be fixed b. the
commanding officers of the several b,igstes within
| their respective regiments 1t shat hereafter be
the duty of such commanding officers of briga,es to
attend at the regimenta' mus,ers within their res.
peet've commands, in each year-and, in future, il
attend the resmental rs within the brieades to
which they respectively belong.
l0S An act" anthorisng the Executive to lease,
.or term Of years. the water, after passing the
Boring Mill for The erection of WOODEN maSufsea
tory" 4.. .t..,:. 1921
los An act. ''leoncernisg Ro,fe Eldr;dge, ssnr."
ITO. An act, to amend the several acts of As
semby prescribing the mode OF ascertanng the tax
soie property within the commemorative, and of
collecting the public reveHue,v is generally tran.
script OF the act passed in Fe5.Isi3 on the same
subject, with the following additional provisions and
aiterati9ns.-Ihe commissioners OF tn revenue are
required to make out correct lists Tin a. separate
column prepared on their books) Of all M ne free
negroes and mu,attoes above the age of I6 FEARS
who are subject to poll tax, imposed BY the re.
venue law, to be collected and accounted tor BY. the
sneris, IN the same maurer and at the same time
with the other taxes. Where the receipts reouir-
ed, by the 9th and 10th sections of the act of Feb
1913, to he filed with the clerks of courts are moi
hru 't IS made the duty Of the clerks to certify the
faet 70 the huditor-aHd a penalty of three hun
dred dollars is imposed any clerk who shall f,;
TO transmit the list ut receipts to the Auditor with
n the time directed by law or to certify the fact
.hat sueh receipts have not been filed. The words
I nom ana sitter the first day of May next are
lot obvious reasons, omitted at the beginning OF
the section imposing penalties on>pedlars trading in
TN or pewter, without 'icense-If any- Auction er
or Yentre' Master shall at any time fail to make
s"ch return as the law requires him To make to the
commissioners Of the revenue, he shalt for every
such offence, forfeit, and pay the sum Of one thous
AND dollars and il is made the duty of the comm -
sioners 10 give Information the county or corpo
raeon court OF every such failure At the next e M
whether monthly or quarterly, after suoh failure
shall have occurre{l-Tke tax on clerks a. courts
IS IN every case where the amount Of fess charped
oythe clerk together with GRospances far public ser
p9ces, exceed. one thousand dollars--In all cases
where licences are required by this act and not,
otherwise provided for il shall be the ,,uty of the
commissioners OF the revenue to give inform a;on
TO tker respective courts of all failures 70 Obtain
sueh hcens"s-but any otter p rson may give such
ntNrmstIon, or eroceed by warrant, action Of debt
nformstios or in 'ietment, the case NAV he To re-
cover any nue. or penalty hereby irnposed-If any
pc lar, exhibitor Of public show or venler OF lot
terry tickets, shall fail to obtsia license any court
hsvag urisd elton, may try any information lodged
oetcrF IN min summary way, * render Judgment
insidnfer provi e. the poiA n accused shalt have
easonable notice thereof, to be adia6eed BY the
court; Il rovted that the said court NAV grant
son,Pusnse, usoh his rendering sufficient 1.-The
nrst section OF the act eectually to enforce
the payment certain fines into the public trea
not to be construed to entitIe clerks to the
fe" of one dollar, for taking receipts from sheriff
ana transmitting copies to the auditor where the
fIne doe mot exceed one dollar; and in such cases
the clerks, hereafter. shall be required to take
receipts, or transmit copes.-Tf- Until the
first day of May next, there shall be levied aud
cohected, tor every piece of velum, parcbrent
or paper, upon which shall be written or pr,d,ed
any note or bill made payable or negotiable. or
winch msy be paid or Degodsted, at either Of
the pubic banks of Virgins, or at the branches
thereof, thr same rates and to he co,l.c,aJ i,
the same way, as are prescribed BY the revenue law
IF last year; And the stamp master and easher,
shall aeconnt for, and pay the amount BIZ them seye
rally received, on the first of July next
Ill. AN act " releasing TO Elizabeth Maybe,rv
the commemorative right to certain lands therein
mentioned"