Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1822-03-08


within the said regiment, after discharging all
Other drafts otthc commanding officer on the
said fund. The commanding officers of rcgi-
mepts shall have the same authority To order
patrols, when they deem it necessary, that is
given TO the commanding officer of battalion
blythe dissection of the law concerning patrols ;
and the patrols SO appointed. are required to
perform the same duties, and shall be subject
10 the same fines as patrols appointed by the
commanding officer of battalion which fines
shall be assessed, collected, accounted for and
appropriated, as in other cases of militia fines.
81. An act authorizing Catharine Wager
and James b. Wager to erect toll bridge
across the Potomac river, at Harper's ferry.
a3. An act appropriatins the public reve-
nue.. The principal appropriations are, To
the expenses of the general assembly 100, 900
dollars to the salaries and allowances Of the
officers of civil government, including allow
ances to sherilfs and attornies for attendance in
circuit courts, and to marshals for attending
superior courts of chanccry $4,000 dsllars !;
TO commissioners of the revenue, and clerks
for examining commissioners books, $4,000 |;
TO defray criminal charges, including services
of jailors and jail guards, $4,000 dollars to
militia establishment, including services of
clerks OF courts ofenquiry, Sc. $4,000 dollars !;
To officers OF the militia, including adutants
and brigade inspectors, 5000 dollars to Pc
ntentiary and internal charges, 1000 dollars {;
10 transportation Of criminals to penitentiary,
5000 dollars; to officers salaries of penitenti-
airy, 5000 dollars; to the public guard at
Richmond, 1000 dollars to slaves transport
cd and executed. 10, 900 dollars to the luna r.
tic hospital at Williamsburg, 10000; to the
expenses of guards at the arsenal at Licking
ton, 5000 dollars to Hening's Statutes at
Large, 1000 dollars to sinking fund, 100, 900
dollars and to pensioners, 5000 dollars.
So. An act to amend an act entitled an act
TO reduce into one act, the several acts con-
ccrnsng executions and for the relief Of insol-
vent debtors--repcals SO much of the 10th
section of the Revised execution law, as au-
thorses the clerk Of the court where forth
coming hond shall be lodged, to award execu-
ton thereupon; anal provides, that it shall be
lawful for the court TO award execution there
upon, as formerly. upon motion on ten DAYS
notice. This act also repeats SO much of the
act of February 25th, 1919, Revised Code of
1919, LIST vol. p.-) us authorises capias ad
respondendum Ia be returned tn some rule day
IN the clerks Office; provided however, that
nothing therein contained shall he construed
10 change or affect the mode of commencing
and prosecuting suits in the superior courts
of law. All sales of property taken under
execution or other legal process, shall hereafter
be between the hours of ten in the morning
and four in the afternoon. This act takes
effect the lst of April, 1899.
60 An act TO amend the several acts con-
corning the recovery of debts due the pubIic.
and the sale Of lands for judgments on behalf
ofthe commonwealth, provides, that the agents
already appointed and hereafter to he an
pointed, by the auditor, in pursuance of an
act passed February 2Sth, 1891, shall have
iuii power and authority, under the control
ard direction Of the auditor, and subject TO
the limitations and Restrictions in that act pre-
sciihed, to purchase, on behalf of the common
wealth, any land sold b. virtue of an execu-
Ion or decree, i'm satisfaction ofany claim.
debt or demand due to the commemorative
And where any lands which heretofore NAV
Rave been, or may hereafter become the pro-
peTty OF this commonwealth, shall have been,
or may hereafter be sold, in pursuance Of the
directions of the auditor, il shall be lawful for
the agents appointed To sell the same, to exc
cnie To the purchaser or purchasers thereof, a
20 cd and sufficient deed, conveying such title
as the commonwealth shall possess to such
lands. Upon all judgments and degrees oh
famed, IN behalf ofthe commonwealth against
any public debtor, and their securities, @,
against any oftllcm, the lands and tenemcnts
oil me defendant or defendants shall be liable
To execution and sale in the same manner as
the lands and tenements Of sherfs and col
lectors and their securities are liable in cases
OF Judgments on behalf of the commonwealth
against them. The several collectors of the
pnblic taxes, now in office, or who may hereaf-
Ter he appointed, shall have power to appoint
one or more deputies, who shall, each of them
before entering upon his duties, take, before
ihe court OF the county or corporation in
winch such arrears may br due, the proper
of. Al
such deputy, appointed and qualified as
aforesaid, shall be considered as the acts oil
ms principal and for every failure, neglect or
breach OF duty, his principal or his executors
or administrators, shall have the same remedy
against him and his securities, and against the
executors and administrators Of such deputy
and his securities, as is given bv law TO a
sheriff against his deputy and securities, and
against Their executors and administrators
II shall and may be lawful for all deputy eel
irctors OF the public taxes to collect and make
distress for all such taxes as may be due at the
time OF the death oftheir principals; and every
such deputy shall be accountable for such
taxes IN like manner as if the principal collec-
for had lived. 1t shall be lawful for the co,In-
ty courts to qualify any person or persons,
Tor the purpose of completing the collection
Ofany collector of the public taxes in any
county where such collector and his deputies
shall die before such collection shall be COM
pleted; and the person or persons so appoint
ed, after having given bond and security to
the executors or administrators Of such coIlec-
for to be approved Ofby the court, for the faith
iul performance of the duties Of the office,
shall have the same power in all respects for
collecting such taxes as the principal collector
would have had
The personor persons so,appointed, shall in
oil respects be subject TO the same penalties,