Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-02-25

voluntarily return within the limits OF this state
or voluntarily abide therein; the person so offend
ing shall be adjudged felon, shall suffer death
without benefit of clergy, and may be arrested.
tried, convicted and executed, in any county of
the Commonwealth wherein he or She NAV be
found.
Bet further enacted, That if any free negro
or muatto, at any time before the commence
ment of this act, shall have been guilty of felo-
nlousiy taking and carrying away any goods or
chattels under the value of ten dollars or anv
other thing under the value of ten dollars, the
stealing whereof is made felony by law, and
shall have been convicted thereof at any time
and sentenced to the punishment prescribed bv
the aforesaid third section of the above recited
act, it shall be lawful for the Executive of this
Commonwealth, with the consent of the person
SO convicted, to commute tue punishment for
stripes, or such other punishment as may be
deemed more prnper;-anl the Executive shall
have full power and authority to cause such sub
shtuted punishment TO be inflicted in such man.
ner as they may prescribe.
And whereas, doubts have arisen i'm the con-
sruction of the first section of the aforesaid act
passed the tweDty-first of February, eighteen
hundred and twenty three, in consequence of
the second provIso therein contained, which said
proviso seems to have been retained, after some
amendment of the section, had rendered it SUI
periluous; for remedy Whereof
BE 1t further enacted and Declared, That the
aforesaid first section of the said act, shall be
construed and held as if the said second proyiso
were not therein.
An act aPpr0prtating the Public Revenue.
PASSED, Feb. 9th, 1925
/. Beiendctcd6ytae General .Assembfv, That
the taxes and arrears of taxes due prior to the
LIST day of October last, not otherwise appropri-
ated, and all other branches of revenue, and all
public monies not otherwise appropriated bv
law, which shall come into the public Treasury
prior to the lst day of October next, and the
surplus of all appropriations heretofore made,
shall constitute general fund, and be appro-
prlated as follows, to wit:-to the expenses of
the General Assembly, & 100, 900; to the salaries
and allowance OF the officers of civil govern
ment, $40, 900; the contngenteXpenseso of courts,
$685. 900; to the commissioners of the revenue
and the clerks for examining commissioners
books, S2G, 900; TO defray criminal charges, in
Guiding services ofjailors and Jail guards, S42,-
600; as civil contingent fund, SIG, 900; as a
military contingent fund, 500; to militia estab-
lishment, including services of clerks of courts
OF enquiry, adJutants, provost martials and eX-
presses, and for the purchase ofdrlIms fifes and
the pay of musicians, where the fines in the re-
giments are insufficient, S25 900; TO the officers
of militia, including the Adiutant General aud
Brigade Inspectors. S4,5O0 to the internal char
ges of the Penitentiary house, So 600; To trans
portation of criminals to the Penitentiary house.
$1,000 TO officers salaries of the Penitentiary
$4,000; to the public guard at Richmond, Sl6,-
500; to expenses OF representation to Congress
aud State Senate, 8 900; to slaves transported
or executed, $4,000; TO public warehouses, in
Guiding pay of superintendent, $1,000; add
lltl tpr fhn
unexpended on the lst day of Oct last, under
the act passed On the 26th day Of Feb. 1924, one
thousand dollars; to sherffs, clerks and mar
shails' fees $500; TO the support OF the Lunatc
Hospital at W ilarnsburg Sl2,500; to the
expenses Of the Guard at the arsenal at Licking
ton, S4O0i; for collection and transportation of
arms, $500; for defraying the expenses of the
manufacture of arms $1,000; for repairing the
Pententlary with the ass stance of the convicts.
Sl0,679; to pay interest on S3l9, 900 of the I
per cent. debt, So, 800; to lie sinking fund,
$4,000 to be applied to the payment of interest
and the redemption of the principal of the old
six per cent. certificate debt; for the payment
of pensions allowed by law, $4,000: for detlay-
ing the expenses incurred in purchasing of, and
distributing Hening'S Justice, SO, $50; to defrav
the expenses of erecting Lunauc Hospitable
west of the Blue Ridge, $4,000; TO defray the
cAIiGiSSS lHCuTTGt DIT 4 OfK III tne reception OF
Gen. La Fayette, Sl0,179; to pay the claim o.
Lewis A. Pauly $500; TO refund 10 Harold
Smyth, $685. to defray the expenses of engray-
ing the map of this State, $4,000; to pay an un-
expended balance of the appropriation for the
Improvement of the Public Square, agreeablv 10
the act of the General Assembly passed in the
session of 1859, $1,000; for purchasing wool
cardng machine for the use of the Penitentiary
$500; to pay the claims of certain officers for
their communication pay, agreeably to the acts
ofthe present General Assembly, $4,000; TO de-
fray the expenses to be incurred in cleaning
packing up and removing TO the Lexington az
senaI portion OF the public arms, 81 900.
2. .4Hd be it further enacted, That SO much
of the public revenue, and all other public mo-
MES not otherwise appropriated by law, as NAV
be received into the public Treasury after the
30th day of September next, and the surplus OF
all other appropriations heretofore made, shall
constitute a general fund TO defray such expcn
SEES authorized by law. as are not herein particn-
larly provided for, AM to dcfray the current and
other expenses OF the Commonwealth in the fs-
cal year, which will commence ON the lst DAY
Of Oct. next, and terminate on the 3Oth day o
September, 1926; and the Auditor ofPublic Ac.
counts IS hereby authorised and required TO issue
his warrent5, in the same manner as If the funds
''e'' 'eN-' pNS''i'"t SUBJECT 10 SilCn
exceptions, limitations and conditions as the
General Assembly may hereafter prescribe by
law.
3. This act SHALL commence and be in force
from and after the passing thereof.
Bank Of tic UaiLed .St1tes.-Un Ter the head
of "Oficial Document" will be found an ac-
count of the latest of the General Statements OF
the bank of the United States which were elici-
ted by the motion of Mr.. CAMBRELENG, calling
for them. This statement shows the Bank to
be in prosperous condition, and doing a good
business, as is apparent from the fact that the