Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-03-09

privilege OF an administrator. as 10 the
preference of his own debts he shall al |
low Il susticieut maintenance, out Of the
estate, tor The wife and family of such
convict, an, the vile shall Re entitled to
the same proportion al the estate, as If lie
had ,ihd iiivs,a;e. The trustee shall AN
avail. retain in his own hands such com.
prnsai,onos the court shall deem reason
ablr snd competent to his srrv,css.-
This at rcr"al' the Gath section o. The
revised act Tor establishing peniien,i
AIRY house, aud Tor the punishment of
crimes.
ll3. An act TO abolish The inspections
OF ship'sivtf, and tor other purposes,
provides that The inspection of shp.siutr,
and The brand Number two, ss heretofore
required by law to be marked on the
lead OF every barrel OF -Four passing IN.
spection, shall here Alter BE- abolished and
discontinued.
Ia. An ACT tn amrnd al act, entitled
" An act 10 reduce into one act The sevr
raj acts concerning the appointment of
harbor- masters, and declaring their doe
ties forIeInedying OF the many grievan.
ces and Inconvenience WHICH result from
The aci now In force. aud Tor The purpose
OF declaring Tie duties OF hsrbor masters,
asregards The poii OF Norfolk ami Ports.
mouth, provides thai ilir borough court
OF Norfolk aud the county of Noiuls shall ap
point two lii peIsess |" ACT as haibor within
their respective Jurisdictions Who shall take an oath
and enter into bond with sufficient security IN the
penal sum OF 500. which soJ stall he lodged in The
clerks oiicr. They shall have full power cansr all
ships and other coming ito the NorfoIk
anu Portsmouth la moor in such places they may
Judge mosi conducive 10 general safely, within MY
iaihoms OF aly wharf, nor shah any vessel ude a,
single anchor longer than tide. lie masters OF the
vessels shall immediately afie coinns anchor rig in
their Jb booms spIi,.sail yards all fore aud aI,
spasi ana have their lower and top saul yards Upr.d.
So mat The passage OF n.hrr Vessels and the navigation
Of tue ferry shall nn' he obsac,ed. refusal Ia any
master 10 observe ,Lese directions shall .unj.ct him
nne Of niiy dviats.-1he hathn. masters shall have
power In remove wharf vessels not EMPLOYED
To make too' Tar others that are eHr.yed in receiving
or disebaigIg cargo the psrsoH Iet.sing 10 ~,
me o hy dollars and IL there be person hoard
To iehi".e the vessel, the masei owner guee
~ pa, ae SSi ehs' oi s"eh barber master
Is to have power to remove iron, the county wharf al
bats, lighters. sc The person refusing 10 obey his
ues, 10 io ie'I the suhi 81 Two dollars and slave,
To receive cUtporal PUNISHMENT exceeding ei,y
"sbes The La'bOr master shall Keep feg,,ier Of
vessels their Recommendations, naue Luriten masters
name, the port TO ~hiCa r, belong, The last
om, which rss;er a, To lie subject 10 tie inspection
ofany person who iaay apply Tor Ii. same Ayss,e,
that may ancI-r abeve point al which the Gag
sah al Furt NurOik she'll bear Moth East i. square
resed vessel afeta pay for he hatbor masters r.,
So AZ foe end q rIsged vessel as 10 be u COW
rfed by waftah all vessels sailing under cva.ing
eePse, oi the batthen OF IS and under are 10
be exempt nom these fees. unless where they actually
require his assistance. Mailing IN tbs ever,
ia be Construed as applying TO vessels which may put
DAY or any OF the rivers within tkis stale and all such
vessels an then huneward passage declared exempt
iron the fee tany dispute arise bstwesE tive masters
oi Vessels respecting ANY matter apperiainng 10 their
vessels, he haibor master shall be called decide
lr c0Liro,ery and TIE who may lie found ia error
shaii pay The haihor master Zee Of S3Tbe ban Dor
masters are ID he appointed in ID. month tba,
IN which this act shail G" into operation. aud bold their
appointments during good beha, Tits act es uto
elect gu The lsI DAY 81 May next.
rs. An aci aulhorisiug the auditor Of
public accounts 10 administer oath. in
| certain cases, empowers him To admins
ter The oai'is required by law 10 be taken
| by sterlfs aud guards employed in con-
Veying prisoners 10 the peniteniiary, be-
, tore The settlement OF their accounts and
also the oath required 10 be taken by an
attorney IN iaci tO .niiile him 10 draw
pension and all the oailisto be taken in
support of any claim presented 10 him ip
his oihcial character f; this oath TO be as
binding as II administered by Judge or
justice, and any person falsely taking
| such oath. TO he liable TO the penalties Of
wiliUl perjury. To take effect from the
ZIG. An act concerning Thomas 0.
Nliu4ms.
III An act concerning Grand Juries,
pE"v,dcs That hereafter no offence, on
| w!!ch he tine imposed by law does not ex-
ceei The sum o! two dollars, shall be pre-
SeniabIe by Grand jury and takes eff
itci from iie passage thereof.
llS. An act 10 amend and explain an
acl more effectuaily to prevent the circu.
laiion OF notes emitted by unchar:ered
banks, passed February the 22j, 1920
Whereas, il 10 The p3licy oi this Common
wealth To prevent the circulation of such
noles, under the value of five dollars, as
tend to expel the current coins from cir
cuid,ion, whether such notes be emitted
by chartered or uncliariered banks with
in or without the state, and whether
emitted by bodies polite or corporate,
or by associations, or by indi,i iuals
aud whether iI.ey shall have been hiade
heretofore, or shall he made hereafter.
and il bath been found that the laws made
tor that purpose have proved iRadequale,
therefore BE IL enacted by the General ASv
sembiy, that 1t shall not b. lawful for any
person or persons, body poIilic or cor
poiatP, 10 pass Iii payaieut or otherwise,
for valuable consideration, or in any
manner, directly or indirectly, 10 cirSm.
late or cause 10 be circulated, any bond,
note, bill, draft. check, ticket or token,
whereof the whole or any parl shall be-
emgraven or printed, purporiing or evi-
denring that any sum OF money, less than
five dollars, is due or viii be paid, or is
required to be paid, to any person or
persons. body polite or corporate, or 10
the bearer or holder, whatsoever or by
whomsoever such bond, note, bill, draft,
check, ticket or token shall have been
made. Aud If any person shall offend
hereiH, he shall forfeit and paw 10 the
Commonwealth, for the benefit Of the
literary fuud, the sum OF ten dollars for
every offence, 10 be recovered with costs,
by iufOTmailOn, indictment or present.
meu,, III any court OF record within this
Commonwealth having jurisdiction there