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


ties. all cases in which the law impose a
hne IN damages upon any sheriff or other Of
ficer. Tor MT returning process to him irsc ct.
ed. TO judgment thersupon. whether in Il.
vo"r Of, r sgrnst the ffcer, shall be..a bar
to future proceedings for subsequent failure
q return The same process, but such dan,ag-
es may be assessed. or such fne imposed
from time 10 time, until the process shall be
returned, or Until it shall be made appear
that the process Came OF be returned.
Whenever any person shall be nominated
by the higl. sheriff rs his deputy, and the
court before whom he is so nominated shall
refuse to enter upon the recor, their opinion
that he is i man of honesty, probity al G
good demeannr. as required BY the 18th sec
ton OF the act passed Oh the 1lth OF Janua-
ry 1879, entitled "an act to reduce into one
all acts and parts Of acts relating to the Gp
ptin'ment and duties of sherifTs," it shall be
their duty tn enter their reiusa! on record,
and such entry shall he final al conclusive
against the admission of said person to the
Office of deputy sheriff in such connty. at
any time tht reafter, unless such entry shall
be resc;nded during HE same term by
court IN which all the same members shall
be present, such only excepted as having
been warned for that purpose, shall refuse
u attend; or shall be rescinde'l at any time
by court in which shall be present a ma.
joriiy Of the acting Justices of the county.
Wher ever any sheriff or other officer shall
have distrained any goods or cha tells for the
satisfaction % any taxes, military fines, coun.
ty levies, poor rates, clerks or u her officers
fees, and payment shall not be made to him
at or before the next succeeding court of his
county or corporation he shall advertise
and sell such goods and cli;t,els in the
same manner as it they had been taken ua-
der an execution of ficri faciss, unless the
owner of the property, or his agent shall re-
quire an earlier sale thereof, and in such case
the sheriff shall proceed TO sell the said pro-
perty, after reasonable notice Of the time
and place of sale, i'll such manner as If tits
act had never passed. Ia settling the &C
counts of sheriff. and guards for bringing
prisoners to the penitentisry, tie auditor
shall allow such sheriff and guards At the
rate OF one liar for every twenty miles
they were necessar ly engaged IN travelling.
81. An act to amend an act, entitled, an
act to reduce into one the several acts con.
corning the recovery of debts due to the pub
lie, ard the sales Of lands for Judgment, on
behalf of the Commonwealth, provides, that
the auditor OF public accounts, shall be, and
he is hereby authorised and required, to ap
point fit aHd proper persons az agents for
the purpose of selling under his direction
and control, oil tracts or parcels land, ta-
ken under execution against public debtors
and purchased by the Commonwealth
Every agent So appointed by him shall give
bond 10 the governor for the time being, with
such security as shall be approved by the cx-
ecutivc conditioned for the faithful rerfor.
nance OF his duties, and for the punc,ual
payment of all monies which shall come
into bis hslds by vrue of his office, and
shall be allowed such compeni alton for his
services as the executive shall deem just and
adequate, not to exceed ten per centum OF
the money actually paid into the treasury "
The auditor may invest such agents with pow.
er and authority to superintend the collec
ton OF all debts and airearages due he Com
monw ealth, in cases where in his Opinion
such agency will conduce 10 the publie
interest: and where from information he
shall believe, that tho interest Of the Com
monwealth viii be promoted, he shall be, ant
is hereby empowered to sipulate, through
such agents, with public debtors for tn,
payment by instalments ofdebts due the Com
monrealtl, in consideration of such addition
al security and indemnify as shall be Offered
by such debtors, and accepted by him. TIL,
compensation allowed 10 such agents shall
in like manner be adjudged by the execu
on the money actually paid into the treasury
Hereafter it shall be the duty Of the audito
to appoint collectors Of the public taxes, in nj
cases where the sheriifs of the counties an,
corporations III this Commonw hav
failed to perform that duty. Such collector
shall have 4 reasonable time allowed then
by the auditor for making the collection, an,
shall, before they act, give bond and SC
curity, before the courts of their repectiv
counties and corporations, to the governo,
for the time being, and his successors in o.
flee, conditioned for the faithful Performance
Other duties, ADD for the plInctual payner
into the treasury of all monies which sha
come into their hands. They shall be allow
ed reasonable compensation for their sci
vices, to be agreed OF by the executive, be
fore they proceed TO discharge their dutic.
not exceeding twenty per ceutum on thci
collection. Hereafter, where the land OF an
public debtor is taken i'll executionto satisf
any demand or debt due the ate, it sha
not be lawful for any agent to purchase In
same on the pert Of the Commonwealth. c,
ccpt in those cases, wherein the land havin
failed to sell for three -fourths of its value !
cash, and being exposed TO sale on thre
months credit, pursuant to law, shall not SC
| for one moicty of the value assessed therI
| upon by the county valuers; ia which case
the agent Of the commonwealth may pu
chase the same, If in his opinion, the int
| est of the Conmonwe viii be promote
thereby. The auditor of pubic accoun
Shall annually report To the General Asser
bly, his proceedings under this act, settiI
foith particularly all the agents appoint,
by him, all debts collected, and all proper
purchased by them. the compensation allo,
cd them for their services, and all arrang
mcnts made with the public debtors for Il
instalmeBt of their debts.
80. An act 60 fix the re-sssessment
lands and teHements within the county
iienTico.
SC. An ACT 10 amend he at enttIe
"an net 10 amend The ac1 for cleari
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