Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-02-25
To Com. DAVID PORTER.
ACTS
OF THE VIRGINIA LEGISLATURES.
I'M .ict TO amend The several .Acts concerning til,
Penteattiary Institutions.
II. WIVES.

I'm .ict TO amend The several Acts conceyning The
PenHentiayy Institution.
PASSED, Feb. 8th, 182l.1
Be 1t endcted 6y the General .4ssenlbfy, That
IN addition 10 the sum of twenty five thousand
! dollars appropriated by the seventeenth section
oi an ACT no amend the several laws concerning
the Penltentiary institution Tor the purnoses
therein mentioned, the Governor with the advice
OF council shall be, and he is hereby authorized
to draw fromthe Treasury from time 10 timeIf ra
further sum OF four thousand dollars TO be paid
out OF any monies III the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated; which money, drawn, shall be
paid by the Executive TO the persons entitled
thereto under the provisions of this act or of the
aforesaid act, with all the forms and conditions
prescribed in the said seventeenth section to
the Executive or Others for making such pay
ments.
BE IT further enacted, That the said superin
tendant, under the restriction aforesaid. shall
take measures to pros ure an add ,tional suppl,
OF water IRON the nclghboring springs by means
OF pipes, and that he shall also look out fo, in
son, choose ndpurchase wool-cardinr machine
to be worked by the convicts.
Bet FURTHER enacted, That il shall be tbe du,v
of the Directors of the Penitcntiarv. benccfor.
ward, In turn or as they may agree among them
selves, to visit the Hospital in company with TIE
superintendent, once i'll every week of the wear.
and 10 make with him, Joint report on the con-
dition and treatment othe sick according to their
own Judgment, which reports shall be conmuni-
Gated TO the Executive whenever required, or
deemed proper by the board
BE 1t further enacted, That the privilege of
granting permits to visit the Pententiary, Shall
hereafter be confined to the Governor. or in his
absence or inability 10 the Lieutenant Governor,
or IN his absence or inability to the President OF
the Council.
Bet further enacted, That the store-keeper
and general agent, shall be allowed for the pres
ent calendar year, the sum of two thousand dol
lars as his salary, in place of the commissions
formerly allowed him, and he shall moreover be
allowed the necessary contingentexp of tie
store.
lie hf"rther enacted, That the said agent be.
and he is hereby authorised to employ, as here
toiore, two clerks, the first at salary of eight
hundred dollars, and the second at SALARY OF
four hundred dollars per annun to be paid out of
the public Treasury i'll tie same way that other
officers are paid
BE At further enacied, That Joint Commit
tee of the two Houses of the General Assem-
bly,, shall be annually appointed to examine and
report on the state and condition of the Peniten
tiary.
This act shall commence and be in force from
and after the passing thereof.
IN art 10 amed Tie acf, eutiflcd esn,e iffyFer
to amend the penat tocs Of iris Common
1cenltb.n
BE 1t enucted By he Gcnern .1sseDrbIy, That
If any free negro or mulatto, after the first day
of March next shall fclouiousy take, steal and
carry away, any goods or chattels, under the
value of ten dollars, or any other thing under the
value often dollars, the stealing Whereof made
felony by law, he or she so offending shall be
deemed guilty of petit larceny, and shall in all
respects be subject to the same proceeding, tri-
al, conviction, sentence and punishment, as are
now prescribed by law, for free persons guilty
OF petit IarCeny-and if after the said first day
OF March any free negro or mulatto shall feIoni-
curry take, steal and carry away any goods or
cbattels 10 the value Of ten dollars or upwards.
or any other thing to the value of Ten dollars or
upwards, the stealing whereof is made felony by
law, he or she so offending shall be deemed giiii-
ty OF grand larceny, and being thereof duly con-
vIcted, shall be punished by stripe, sale trans
portstion and Punishment in the manner prescri-
bed, by the third section Of the act passed on
the twenty-frst Of February eighteen, hundred
and twenty-three, entitled, ian act farther TO
amend the penal laws of this Commonwealth
Bet further enacted, That faDy person ban.
ished from this Commonwealth, under the pro
visions Of This act, or of the aforesaid act pass
ed the twenty-iist day of February, eighteen