Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-03-03
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80. An act authorising a re.assessnent ofun-
improved lots, provides, thst the court OF any
corporation within this Commonwealth, aud
the court of any county wherein a town or towns
not Incorporated may be, thinking the owners
OF unimproved lots, or paris OF lots, III any OF
the said towns, aggreyed IN the late assess
ment, shall be authorised 10 cause the same to
be re-sssessed. 10 the manner and according to
the principles recognized and prescribed BY the
resolution Of both houses of Assembly OF Feb.
18th. 1870, authorisIug ! re -assessmsnt OF the
lands in certain counties, the expense whereof
shall be levied by the coart OF such county or
corporation, upon the real property therein,
which NAV be 50 re assessed, and collected In
such manner as the SAID court shall prescrloe'
vhsresoeyer such re-assessment snail be made,
.rd tbA tables Of asse ssrrent returned 10. and
ann,oved by the Executive, the Executive shall
rdnsn,;, the sane to the auditor OF public ac-
counts who shall forthwith have the same copi-
cd and sent TO the commissioners OF SAID coun.
ties and corpOratiors: and the expense thereof
ohaIl be defiayed IN the same manner rs the ex-
nense of the tables which were erected to he
made BY the general act concerning the assess
uent of lands and houses And, II sdch tables
of assessment shall IN ATTY case De approved
aud transmitted to the auditor, on or before
ehe fifteenth day Of April in any year, the tax
ON the said property for such year, as wei as
for subsequent years, shall be ieVIso ana col
Iected agfeeably thereto. Nothing IN TINS act
shall authorisC any re-assessment 10 De Haze
after the end of the year 1850
Al An act TO amend the act entities, an act
10 reduce into one act, the several ac'ssnd parts
y ac,s. concerning Witnesses, and prescribing
+he manner Of obtaining and executing commis-
.;on. for taking their dispositions in CERTAIN cas-
i'd, that ,.yn m iagtOnSrS. or other per-
sons APPOINTED BY the authority OF foreign
courts. 10 take dispositions OF witnesses resldsng
in this state, shall have and exercise the SAME
mowers to compel their attendance, as commis'
sioners appointed under the authority oil our
avn courts have; and said witnesses shall be IL
able 20 the same fines and penalties Tor failure
to sppear or give evidence, OF tor gwen false
testimony, and shall be entitled 10 the same
compensation as witnesses summoned uHdefIDe
authori g Of the courts OF the Ctmmonweai9'
provided, that said commissioner shall IN all ca
sea he citizens oftbis Commonwealth; and pro-
x;ded ,,so. that no witness shall DC compelled
Ia attend in such case, unless the party requlr.
ing his attendance shall have PAD oFfehaefeu
to The witness, a reasonable time before ne Is
required to attend, the amount OF one day at
tendance ut least, and all mileage AID TERRACE
TO which he may be entitled, for gong 10 ana
returning from the place OF taking SAID aepoSi'
,ions. Every fine for failure TO attend and give
evidence in obedience to the summons wht h
NAV he issued by such commissioners or other
ne ssons. shall be recoverable upon notion, on
rea.onable notice, in the superior or inferior
eourt of any county or corporation where the
witness NAV reside; and such court shall have
full pewer TO compel such delinquent Witness
by attachment or other proper process, TO at
tend ard give his evidence before such com
nissieners or other persons, at such time ana
place as the court shall designate. But no
commissioner, or other person appointed to
take depositions, shall have authority TO ecm-
pel any witness TO go beyond the HINT OF the
county in which he resldts, tor the purpose
of giving his deposition.
43 An act calling in the SIX Ter cent ceIhh'
Gates, provides, that the holders or owners OF
cid State certificates, bearing an interest OF SIX
per centum per annum, SHAH, on or before the
trst day of September next, present the same
tor redemption to the auditor OF public &C
counts, who shall thereupon issue his warran,
or warrants on The treasurer, for the amount oi
principal and interest due on such certificates
ii tke holders or owners shall fail or refuse, on
or before the first day of September next, TO
Dresent the same for redemption, the interest
thereon shall, after that peaod cease, and all
warrants thereafter issueo, shall be Tor The ?rln-
cipal sum due, and interest up to that day
Tie auditor rs required to cause this sctta be
pubIished tor three months sdccessiVeiy, N
SINE ne wspaper published in the cities OF Rich
nond and Washington, and in the towns OF
,Lyncbburg, Fredericksburg, Wincl ( ter and
Norfolk. Nothing he,ein contained Is 70 have
any application to that portion OF the SAID Ger
Utica IS which il now held by the president
s.ddrectors OF the literary fund
-. An act releasing 10 William Kerr the
Common e-l.h's righI to a piece OF land Il
A.ncbssler.