The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-02-25

80. An act directing the claim OF Lewis
Abraham Pauly 10 be audited by the auditor
of public accounts.
80. An act aHihorising john Galiahan To
erect . toll bridge across tue ruad leading
from Cosington, scrUss the Richmond
mountain to Meetings. min.
10. Al act stfthorisIng reasscssmeni oi
unimprosed lots, provides, that the court
Of any corporation within tins com mon'
wealth, and the court Of any c0uHty " here
1T town or towns not incorporated may
be, thinking the owners Of unimpro'ed lots,
or parts lois, in any Of the said towns,
aggrrsed in the late assessment, shah be
authorised To CAUSE the satne 10 be reassrs'
sed, in the manner, aud according 10 the
principles recognised aud prescribed by the
resolution OF both Houses of Assembly, of
February 81, 1920, authorisiug a reas-
sessnenl OF the lands IN certain counties.
the exp.nse whereof shall be levied by the
court vi such county or corpordtlon upon
the real property therein, which may be 50
r. assessed, collected ia such mauner as the
SAID court shall prescribe. WheresoeVer
such reasssssmrnt shall he made, and the
tables Of assessment returned to, and ap-
proved by the Executive, the Executive
shall transmit The same TO the auditor of
public accounts, who shall forthwith have
the same copied and sent 10 the commits
sloner3 Of the said counties and corpora
TONS and the expense thereof shall be
betrayed IN the same manner as the tex-
penSc of the tables which were directed to
be- made by the general act concerning the
assessment of auds aud houses. Aud, if
such tables of assessment shall in any case
be approved and Transmitted To- the auditor,
Oh or before the fifteenth day Of April IN
any year, the tax On property for such
year, ~ well as for subsequent years,
shall he levied aud collected aarreabIy
thereto. Nothing in this act shall authorize
any reassessmrut 10 be made after the end
Of the year 1895.
~. An act To smeud the act entitled an
act 10 reduce into Que act the several acts
and parts IF acts concerning witnesses, and
prescribing the manner of attaining and
commissions for taking their de-
positions IN certain cases, provides, that
commissioners, or other persons, appointed
by the authority If foreign courts, 10 take
dispositions of witnesses residing in this
state, shall have and exercise the same
powers IL compel their attendance AS com
mlssioners appointed under the authority
OF our own courts have aud said witnesses
shall he liable to the same fines and penal
ties for fallar" to appear or give evidence,
or Tor gIvlag false testimony, and shall br
entitled 10 the same compensation rs wit
nesses summoned under the authority Of
the courts of this commonn ealth provi
ded, that said commissioners shall IN all
cases be citizens of this commonwealth
aud provided also that no witness shall be-
compelled In attend in such case, ualrss
the party requiring his attendance shall
nave paid or rendered tn the witnesses, a
reasonable tlmr before he Is required TO
attend, the amount of one. day. Attendance
At least aud all nlIlrage aud f"rril%c To
which he may be entitled, for going Ia and
returning from the place of taking SAID de
posiiuns. Every fne for failure tn attend
and give evidence in obedience tnthe sum
mons which may be issued by such com
mlssioners or other prrsoos, shall be- rcco-
serahlc upon motion, ON reasonable notice,
IN the superior or inferior courts of aI,y
county ar corporation %here the witness
may reside and such court shall have full
power To coupe! saca Ieliulayut witness,
by attachment or Other proper process, TO
attend aud give his evidence before such
commissioners or other persons, at such
time and place as the court shall designate.
But no commissioner, nr other person 40
pointed to take drpositions shall have au-
tharltyto clhnpcl any witness Ia go beyond
the limits of the county in which he re
sides for the purpose OF giving his dsposi,
ton.
d. An act calling In the Six per cent.
certificates, provides, that the holders or
owners of old state certificates, bearing an
interest ofslx per centum per annum, shall
on or before tue first day of September
next, present the same for redemption to
thr auditor Of public accounts, who shall
therrupon issue his warrant or warrants on
the treasurer, for the amount of principal
aud interest due Oh such certificates. II
the holders or owners shall taiI or refuse, on
or before the frs, DAY of September mkt,
To present the same e.: rtdempginh, the
interest thereon after that period shall
Cease, ard all warrants thereafter issued
shall be for the principal sum due, and
interest Up to that day. The auditor Is
rr9niredt c cause thi, act tn be Published
for three months successfully, in some
newspaper published in the cities Of Rich
mond and Washington, aud in the towns ID
LNucI burg, Fredericksburg, Winchrs,el
and Norfolk. Nothing herein contained
IS 10 have ANY application to that porlraAl OF
the said certificates which is held by the
president and directors OF the literary
fluid.
40. An act releasing to William Kerr the
communicable .lghl to piece of land IN
Manchester.
a. An act concerning persons who have
suffered by the loss of slaves or other pro
pert", taken aud carried away by the enc
my during the late war brte.n England and