Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-03-12

than that now held by the commonwealth. O,
10y the Board of Public Works, or BY the Lite
rars Fund. The aforesaid sum ut Hlty thou
sand dollars, or such part thereof as shall b.
required, shall he loaned by the preside N,
and directors of The Board of Public Works
1t the said hoard think il exprGirnt, To the
rector and visitors of the Uni, ersiiy of Vr-
ginia. Tor the purposes hereinafter mentioned
for period not exceeding one year: Pro-
vided, that satisfactory assurance can be given
to the Board of Public Works, that the sum
so loaned can he reimbursed 10 them, with
lawful interest, out of Tue fund herein appru-
prIated Ia that purpose.
| s. BE it(uriher enacted. That the rector and
visitors shall be entitled tn receive, out of
the first monies which shall he paid Inv IN.
government of the United States, for the ba-
lance of the debt due tn this commonwealth
on account of advances and expenditures dur =
| Ing the late war, sum not exceeding iifiy
| thousand dollars, and SO much more AS will
he sufficient tn pay the interest on the loan "a
| r"resaId-and the monies so received hy the,
rector and visitors out of the debit due from
the government of the United States is here
ny pledged for the repayment of the money
so to be loaned by the Board or Public Works
The money so borrowed by the rector aad
visitors, or If none be- borrowed by them,
the money so received from the government
OF the United States shall be applied TO the
purchase of such books and apparatus for the
| University as the said rector and visitors
shall think proper
a. BE Il further enacted That in the month of
June, 1927, thu stockhoId-rs of the said Far
pers' Bank of Virginia shall establish al Dan
| vile, IN the county of Pitisylvania, an agency
or office of discount and drpusiie, with ii api-
tai of fifty thousand dollars, with IA power la
~. i.,.l.t 4
at any time To sum not ,Xcepding one hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars; which capital
may ID. provided in such manner, and from
snch resources, OF the Corporations AS the said
Stockholders shall deem eXpedient the said
agency or Office Of discount and deposite To
ne managed IN such manner, and To be sub
Ject 10 such rules and regulations as the
lsiockholders at their general meeting shall
prescribe.
.. rms act shall commence and be in force
rom and after the time when its provisions
snail have been approved by the stockholders
in The SAID bank, at general meeting 10 be
convened therefor on or before the first day
ot May next, and such approval shall have
been made duly certified Ia the executive of
this commonwealth. At such meeting no
st"ckholder shall r"te by proxy, unless such
proxy be appointed after the thirty first day
of March 1924.
30 An act concerning courts martial and
brigade inspectors, provides that in time of
peace, n" court martial for the trial OF an,
mi ia officer shall be- ordered unless hy the
authority Of the Governor. The bill, also
contains many other minute regulations on
that subject, too numerous 20 be detailed iu
ms sketch. Ii directs, moreover, that The
brigade Inspectors shall, in all cases, in the
discharge of the duties of their several Offices
ACT In due subordnaflon to the com Inissioned
officer highest in rank, present and an duty.
96. An act anihorisins the president and
directors of the Board of pihic Works, To
subscribe for part of the stock of the Man
Chester anu Petersburg turnpike company.
81. An act comcerning William Stone
SO. An act prescribing the mode OF granting
licenses to brokers. Every broker is required
To pay tax, of SEQ, and ihereupon to "hian
license for one year. The penalty for car
rying on tEe business of "A broker, without
license, is two hundred dollars. This act is To
commence in force On thu first day of Nav,
1924.
49, An act imposing faxes for the support
al government, contains pro visions 10 the
same effect, IN general, with the act Of the
same nature last year but new tax Of eight
cents, upOn every hundred dullars value agree
ably 10 the eqnaIizing law, is imposed on all
unmprovrd l,ds In towns.
100. An acI 10 revive and amend an art
entitled, an act Incorporating Il company to
establish a turnpike road from the town of
Stanton 10 James ri. ~.
lOl. An ACT declaring a part Of the Middle
RIVER M Augusta scounty, aud paIt of the
North river in R0ckbiiGgc county, public,
highways.
lO2. An act authorising q loan for purposes
nf ernalimprovement. This net ;uthoria,s
the president and directors of the james RI
yer COMPANY to burrnyy mn th,, cr.,t;t of tba.
State, sum not exceeding S4O0, 900, at 6 per
cent Interest, irredcemabe for twenty years
Fol the payment of The interest, aud The final
redemption OF the principal are appropriated
the sum OF $4,000, out of the income of The,
fund for internal Improvement, the surplus
tolls and rents of water rights. hrlnnciug 10
the James River Company, and the Doti pro-
ceeds arising from the canal and the tolls on
me kanawha road and river, when compet-
"a !; ais" the surplus fund belonging 10 the said
company, arising from the unexpended ba-
lance of the appropriation Of s1G 900 Of the
revenue of the fund for internal Improvement
II these appropriations prove inadequate, the
General Assembly pledges itself To provide
other and sufficient funds for that purpose and
until such provision be made, The REVENUE Of
the iuDd ior internal Improvement is pledged
The money thus TO he borrowed is to be an
piled To the completion of the Kanawha road
and river, the completion of the James River
Canal mp TO Maiden's Adventure falls and The
cutting at canal along The margin nf James
river to the lower end of Irish falls, in Am
herst' to the month of North river, in Rock
bridge. 1t requires further surveys lo be-
made, &c.
103. An act appropriating the public rpvc-
nue., prov ldes Tor tie payment of all The cx-
l'eDses IL gC'ernmrnl, not differing materially
rom the appropriations heretofore made OK