Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-03-06


tors of the delivery and unloading of
ballast from on board any ship or vessel.
within certain district, 10 be by them
asceriained and, if the court of any
snch county or corporation shall fail 10
perform this duty, every justice or al.
derman so neglectng or falling, shall
| forfeit and pay the sum Of fifty dollars,
io be recovered by presentmeni or infer
nation IN The superior court of law of the
county in which such justices or alder
men may reside. The clerks of The Sc
veral courts ofany county or corporation,
adjacent 10 any such bay, navigable river
or creek, shall sci mp a copy OF this act
on or before the first day of February
IN each year, in each of The court houses
ct their respective counties or corpora
lions, under tue penalty Of ten dollars for
| every failure or neglect aud, for the per.
Torrance OF His duty, the clerks shall
| be allowed The sum of two dollars to be
paid them out OF The county levy Of their
| respective counties. I'm other particulars,
tliis act, IN substance, corresponds with
the revised bill.
10Y. An act, 4" authorizing the appoint
ment of a clerk for the settlement OF
military accounts, and for other purpo-
ses."-By virtue of this act, the Execu-
tive are TO appoint clerk TO settle and
adjust, under the direction and coniroul
OF the auditor all the remaining claims,
] rot heretofore settled, existing against
the tate in consequence of the late war
which said clerk, so appointed, shall re-
ceiye a compensation moi exceeding one
| thousand dollars per annum, and be con-
| ilnucd in Office so long as his services
may be deemed necessary by Tie EHecu
4 n
| several acts concerning pilots and regu
laiing their fees" does not materially va
~ from rhe revised bill.
100. An act, " reducing into one &C,
the several acts providing for the poor,
and declaring who shall be deemed va,
grants" cOniormably with lis title, is
merely digest of the existing laws, with
no alteration.
40. An act, "to reduce into one act
the several acts Of Assembly allowing "a
reward for killing wolves" To this the
same observation applies.
| Ill. An act, concerning VIM. Jarvis,
and others
I liz. An act. reducing into one act
the several acts directing the method OF
proceeding in courts of equity agains,
absent debtors, or other absent defen-
dants, and for settling the proceedings on
attachments against absc onding debtors"
Under this act, Il suit i'll Chancery may
DE brought against any absent defendant
having lands or tensments within the Com
monweaIlh. No sale, however, of any
lands or tenements belonging 10 such
absent defendant shall be deyeed for the
satisfaction OF any debt appearing TO be
due from him, unless the personal fund
III the power of the court shall be INSULT
Client Tor that purpose; nor shall any
such sale be dccreed until such lands or
tenemcnts shall have been fairly valued
by discreet commissioners for that pur-
pose appointed by the court, and acting
upon oath, and the valuation so made
shall have been returned into court nor
shall such sale be decreed until the plain
+ tiff, or some one for him, shall have filed
in court, or in HE clerks office, bond
with good security, in double the value
Of such lands or tenemenis for perform
ing The future orders and DEGREES of The
court in thai behalf.
Il3. An act, auihorizing Mordecai
Barbour 10 receive toll TOR passing his
bridge erected across The Appomattox ri
ver."
, ia. An act, 10 reduce into one act
, The several acts now i'll force, regulating
impTesses, and the compensation 10 lndl-
for public uses, makes no alteration in
, The laws heretofore established.
= ll5. An act, authorizing the eman-
cipaiiOn OF The slaves of lard Bacon,
deceased"
li6. An acr, " 10 reduce into one act,
P the several acts for regulating HE inocu-
, IaiIon, and Tor The prevention OF the small
) poX, IN substance corresponds with the
: revised bill.
: III. An act, to reduce into one act
J the acts now IN force TO prevent The des-
5 truCilon OF oysters IN this Common
wealth" BY this act (Which passed Pc
S bruary 10, 1919, and takes effect from
: that day. il is provided, that il shall moi
{ be lawful for any person or persons 10
{ carry oysters out OF this Commonwealth
, and sundry regulations are made 10 pre-.
, vent it. In oiherrespects the provisions
! are III substance tie same with those in
The revised bill.
llS. Anact, concerning Lewis Webb.
: 40. An act, "to reduce into one, III
| acts and parts of acts concerning aliens.
e All the provisions in The revised bill ar,
= stricken out, and tie following subsii
e tuted when any alCl shall heretofore
: have purchased, or contracted 10 pur
r chase any lands or tenements within Til.
e Com mOnwealih, or shall hereafter pur
: chase or contract 10 purchase any sucl
{ lands or tenements, and before the same
(. shall have been escheated by an Oific,
= found. such alien shall have become
citizen OF tie United States, in pursuanc,
= of the laws thereof, in every such case
: all the right, title and interest i'll sucI
e lands and ienements which shall have ac
j. crued TO the Commonwealth, o6zko tn
e president and directors Of the lIlerar
$ fund, by reason Of the alicnage OF suc
purchaser, shall br, and The same is here