Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-02-22

Su"u'ah anu appoint another, or make such
other order as they shall think best calculated
TO protect and secure those interests Guar
cians so appointed, shall, as o,her guardians,
give bond and security, and be subject to the
control of the courts; and their securities shall
be entitled to the like benefit and protection. as
is granted to the securities of committees.
~ An act concerning the county court of
Henrico.
so An act to prevent the sale Of foreign lot
terry tickets within tins Commonwealth, pro-
vides, that every sale, within this Common
wealth, OF a lottery ticket, or any part or share
thereof, in any lottery not authorised by the
laws oil this Commonwealth, aud every bargain,
contract, or agreement, made within this Com.
monwealtb, Tor the sale, or for the procurement
tor another person, OF any such lottery ticket
or any part share thereof shall be a ms,Ie.
meanor: and every person who shall sell any
such lottery ticket, or any part OF share thereof
either IN person or by proxy, or who shall bar
gam, contract or agree either in person or bv
proxy to sell or TO procure for another, or to his
or her order, any such lottery ticket. or anv
part or share thereof, or who shall act ,Iirectix
or indirectly, as agent. attorney, or proxy. in
the sale OF any such lottery ticket or any MARI
or share thereof, or IN the bargain contract mr.
agreement, for the sale of any such lottcrv
ticket, or any part or share thereof. or for tho
procurement of any such lottery ticket, or apv
part or share thereof, for another; and shall no
convicted OF any such offence before the super
ior court OF law, or the county corporation
court, within whose jurisdiction any such o,s
fence shall have been committed: shall fnr,.;t
and pay, for each offence, the sum of one bund
red dollars, and shall be imprisoned at the dis.
creton OF the court, for term not eyceedinp
one month. IL shall not be lawful for any per.
son to open lottery Office, or other place. for
tratickng or dealing in lottery tickets other
than such as are authorised by the laws of this
commonwealth, by sale otherwise. nor n
set up or hang out, any sign or token whether
painted printed written, on wood, paste-boarI
paper brother thing, giving notice. or designed 10
give notice, TO the pr blic that lottery tickets onsh
as are prohibited by this act NAV be purchased
or procured, at such Office or other place or
through the and or agency of any such person
or persons whatever; and every dav that anv
such office, other place, shall be one,,ed nv
kept open, or such sign or token set I'm kont
up or hung out, IS hereby declared an entire
and separate offence: and every person who
shall Commit either of the said offences and he.
as aforesaid, thereof convicted, shall forfeit and
pay for the first day that such Office or othe,
place shall be opened or kept open, after ile
commencement of this act, the sum of two
hundred dollars and for the first day thai such
sign or token shall be set up, hung out or con-
tnued, after the commencement of this act the
sum OF two hundred dollars; for each dav ,l,era.
alter that such office or other place shall he
opened or kept open, or such sign or token 60,
mp, hung out or continued, the farther sum of
twenty dollars; and, upon such conviction the
offender shall moreover be imprisoned AT the
discretion OF the court, for a period NOT Iess
than one month, nor more than six months.
The Judges OF the superior courts oilaw, and the
Justices OF the county and corporation courts
shall constantly give this act in charge to the
grand juries impannelled and sworn in the said
courts respectively. This act takes effect mn
the 1st of May, 1926.
80 An act concerning James Tut.
80. An act concerning the expenses of GRIM.
nal prosecutions, repeats so much of the act con-
Corning criminal prosecutions, lin the Revised
Code OF 1879 as requires the auditor of nubI;c
accounts to transmit to the sheriff of the conn.
ty, or serjeant of the corporation. where the es
tate ct any convict may be, an account of The
expenses OF his or her prosecution; aud declares
that, where any person is hereafter convicted
upon any prosecution, the expenses of which
are by law required to be paid out of the estate
of such convict, it shall be the duty oftbe clerk
of the court, in which the conviction shall have
taken place, las soon as may be after sucIt cor
vlction) TO make up statement of all the ex-
penses OF the prosecution, with which the Z ON
Tnonwealth may be chargeabIe as well in the
court III which the conviction took place as in
all the preliminary proceedings, together with
all jail fees and charges for dieting and guards
accrhIng before conviction, and to issue execu
ton for the amount thereof. in the name of tbe
I commonwealth, against the goods and chattles
lands and teneinents of the said convict directed
to the sheriff of any county or the SERGEANT of any
corporation, where the goods and chattIes. lands
or tenements, or any part thereof of the said con
wet, may be found ; on which he shall endorse.
that mo security of any kind is to be taken. and
shall cause the same to be delivered to the sheriff
or serIeanf. to whom any such execution is di.
Tected Where the conviction shall have been
IN superior court of law, and any preliminary
in the prosecution shall have been
had in an inferior court it shall be the duv of the
clerk of the inferior court to certify to the clerk
OF the superior court Of law, all the expenses
of such preliminary proceedings, incurred 10
the prosecution, and chargeable to the Common.
wealth and when any expenses shall have been
incurred for guards, at any time prior to the con-
viction, 1t shall be the duty Of the court allow.
ing such expenses, to enter Of record at The
time OF such allowance, on account of what par
tcular prisoner. they or any part Of them have
been allowed The sheriff or serjeant TO whom
any such execution is directed, shall receive the
same and levy and collect the amount and make
return thereof as upon any other executice ofa
similar kind, and shall account for and fzy into
the public treasury, for the use Of the Common
wealth. at the time prescribed by law for the paV-
Tnent OF hnes and arnercements, all money made
Within the preceding twelve months, upon any
such execution, and shall be entitled to the same
commissions, and be subject to tle same pains
and penalties for failure IN any of the dutes here
by required of him, and the same mode of reco-
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