Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-04-24
SKETCH OF TIE LAWS

An act concerning the inspection of
-four and Indian meal in certain coun-
ties, authorising any person to send to
market upon the Ohio and Mississippi
rivers or their tributary streams, west
OF the Allegauy mountain, without be
ing subjectt to the forfeiture prescribed
By the fourteenth section of the act re-
gulating the inspectic" of flour, Indian
meal and bread, passea Feb. 18th, 1919.
AT act to authorize the construction
of a turnpike road from Leesburg in the
county OF Loudoun, to some point on
the s. shore of the Potomac river, at or
near the town OF Cumberland in the
State of Maryland.
An act to enlarge the powers Of the
county courts of Amherst, Nelson and
Albemarle, for the purpose Of opening
a more direct road from Lynchburg to
Charlottesville.
An actto invest the Washington Mon
ument Fund; directs the Executive to
invest the said fund in six per cent stock.
or in loans to individuals or bodies cor
porate, and the profits to be semi annu
ally invested; and when the fund shall
become sufficient, the original design Of
the subscribers to be carried into effect
An act changing the times of holding
certain superior courts of chancery, and
county courts Of Kanawha, directs the
court at Wyihe court house, to be hold
en- on the 20th days of May and October;
al Greenbrier court house, to be holden
on the | 9th days Of June and Novem
Der, at stanton on the first Mondays
Of July and December, in every year:
the county courts of Kenawha for May
and October shall be on the fourth Mon
days; and the quarterly terms of June
and November, shall be held in the
months OF May and October.
An act to amend an act, entitled an
act authorising the Executive to pur-
chase certain copies of the Revised
Code, passed the 4th day of February,
1923; reduces the number authorised
to be purchased by the said act to 500,
and the pIice To dollars.
An actimposing taxes for the sup
port of Government; makes no altera-
ton in the act of the last Legislature ex
cept that the value ofhouSes of private
entertainment, on which a 4th of the
value is charged for the license is redu-
ced from TOO to $500
An act concerning the arm Of the
Lynchburg and Salem turnpike road.
An act to amend an act authorising
the erection of dam across an arm of
James river.
An act to amend an act entitled. an
actto reduce into one act, the sever al
acts concerning executions, and for the
relief Of insolvent debtors, prescrlbes
that every person intending to take the
oath of an insolyent shall give notice
thereof taAhe plaintiff or his executors,
SC. If they reside in the county, and
the notice shall be accompanied by a
copy Of the schedule which he means
TO offer; but if the parties are not in
the county, then the notice to be given
to the Attorney at Law; gives the Com
monwealth the sameeright TO sue out a
ny new writ Of execution against the DO.
dy or estate Of any insolvent debtor, as
is allowed to individuals; and declares
that the discharge of any debtor upon
taking said oath or under provisions OF
the law, concerning Jail fees, shall not
prevent the suing out of writs of .feri
tacias upon the same judgment, with
out any notice to the debtor, or any
order of Court. and gives the Common
wealth as other parties, the right to sue
out writs Of casa, orf 70. against per-
soEs thus discharged, so that such writs
do not affect any other estate than the
party was entitled to at the time of his
discharge.
An act to distribute part of the
small maps Of Virginia to the several
counties and corporations thereof; re
quires the executive to distribute one to
each county and corporation, at the
time the laws are distributed, TO be pre-
served aad kept as the court shall di.
rect.
An actto amend an act, entitled, an
act to reduce the expenditures of the
Militia, and for other purposes, passed
the 29th of Feb. 1927, provides, that
the clerk Of each regiment and battalion
courts shall be allowed, for making out
and certifying each list of fines, the sum
Of two cents for the name of each per
son entered thereon, anc repeats the
allowance of FIVE dollars for making and