Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-02-28
VIRGINIA 1Ee1s1ArUaE.
SKETCH OF IRE l.AWS

t!te session ~ lt2T-2S.
l. An act concerning Malcher Strupe; chances
the time for paying his pension.
z. An act Ia amend an act, entitled, on act es-
tabiisblng new regiment in the county of LOU
doun; gives 10 the field officers the power TO iay
of the regiment, and in case of equality the Bri
sat!ier General 10 give the casting vote
+ o. An act 10 amend the act providing for the C.
'ec'!on oil bridge across the APPROXIMATION river at
The town OF Petersburg; appoints additional com
Inissioners, and authoriscs the abutment of the
yer, opposite 10 the said town
e; An act TO correct an error in the assessment
o. The lands of John Kring decd
D. An act TO repeal the act entitled, an act con-
rcerning branch pilots on the river Rappahannock
passed W arch 9Th 1927
o. An act extending the operation of the act en-
ulied, an act 10 encourage the killing of crows
within certain counties; gives the county courts
me power To extend the act OF the Ioti, February
1926, 10 their respective countless
q. An act establishing ferry from the land of
A Ata Aiiner in the county Of Wood across the
Ohio river.
g. Az act 70 establish the Town of Mount Sidney
IN the county of Augusta on the LANDS of Henry
b. Roland and Hugh Glenn.
u An ACT Incorporating company to construct
turnpike road from the Rivanna river near Char
iot'esVllle, 10 intersect viii, the Stanton and
Seottsviile turnpike road; with a capital OF fifteen
thousand dollars
10. An act authorising the Visitors of the Uni
Versity to appoint a Rector pro tempore.
q.
releasing 10 Joseph Semple and others the Com
rnonwearth's right to tract of land
Il. An acf concerning Edward y. Watkins
ana John Archer; autbofises them TO erect two
wharves at Bermuda Hundred in Chesterfield
county.
l3 An act TO amend an act, entitled, an act
concerning the provisioning of lands in the coun-
y OF Surry, aIid for other purposes; repeats the
"a secuon OF Tie said act, and authofises the
court 10 appoint processioners for provisioning the
lands in said county: and RENTS all penalties i'm
Cured by the Magistrates of Goochland county for
fuling to appoint processioners under said act and
a9'hoi1ses their appointment at the February or
March term next.
Il An act concerning the town of Smi,hfeId
m the county of Isle of Wight; autheriscs Joseph
Atkinson to discontinue one lane and open another
in said town.
To- An act changing the times of holding the
county court oil Powhatan 10 the third JpedRes-
Gtiy u. epery month, and prescribes the months of
march, Iudy, July and October for holding the
quarterly courts.
10. An act changing the times of holding A.
','sha superior court; 10 the last Mondays in
March or august
H. An act TO amend an act, entitled an act in
cooperating the Tuckahoe Canal Company; autho-
rises the company to construct n rail rnad in lien
Oh the canal, to render navgabIe any part of Tue
Kahoe creek between the river and the mouth of
luck Branch, and 10 cross the creek at an,, point
above Iuckahoe bridge, foT the purpose Of CON
s'rueutS their works under certain restrictions.
is. An act repeating the act establishing the
i%ing William Asylum for the poor and for other
purposes.
~. An act 10 amend the act; entitled, az. act in
cooperating company 10 construct turnpike
ROAD across the Warm Spring Mountain author
lses the company TO commence their road al the
warm Springs, aud proceed eastward according
10 Tire survey OF the Principal Engineer and qives
we privilege OF opening road from the eastern
point OF said road 10 where the road from Staun-
Ton to the Warm Springs first crosses Thompson's
creek.
70. an act appointing additional commissioners
ior viewing, locating, and making a road from
p. I Gap IN the Blue Ridge, TO Fauquier
courthouse, and for other purposes
IL An act concerning the town of CIarksburg
III me county OF Harrison; extends ts limits and
provides for the election Of trustees and reaula-
tons Tor the government thereof
q an act providing for furnishing the Uniyer-
isty OF Virginia with additional books and maps,
ana Tor other purposes; gives TO the said Cniyer-
SHY copies OF Hcning's Statutes at Large. the
Revised Code, Reports Of the Supreme Court of
Appeals, the Sheet Acts and Journal of the cois-
iature, and any other books and maps which arc
or may be published by authority of the State,
ahd directs the printing of $50 copies of the Iour
nals OF the Senate and House OF Delegates of the
year l776. 80
%. An act 10 alter and reform chancerv nro-
ceedings in superior and county courts extends
tue operation OF the LIST, I'd, Sd, 4th, 5th 9th 9Th
9Th 10th, and 18th sections of the act to alter ami
reform proceedings IN courts OF chancery, passed
GndEceTV
the county and corporation courts; prescribes tha
same rules ior making out copies OF records upon
Appeals 10 superior courts are prescribed in the
lllh section OF sad act in appeals from the chan
Gerry courts TO the court OF appeals; allows either
party to take dispositions within the State yyithnrt
obtaining commission thereof; aliolishes the ne
cesslty OF making up complete Vecords of anv
cause, unless specially directed by the court and
declares That when it shall be pioper TO decree
the execution Of any deed for the conveyance of
real estate the court may appoint a commissioner
for that purpose.
- An act concerning Philip Rootes Thomson
and Mary Tease; gives further time 10 cotpplete
The toll bridge at the mouth Of Coal River. In IA
nawha county. "
70 An act topresCrbe the mode of couductinr
separate elections; directs the proper officers To-
lsAe ana hold the said elections upon the pripci-
pies, WIN the privileges, and subject TO fbe re-
sponsibiies enioined BY the act reducing into one
the several acts concerning the election of mem.
peIs OF inc General Assembly requires the court
~ theiF ebrury March term annuaIIv to an
point commissioners TO superintcnd the same and
supply any vacancies that may occur previous Il,
the election; directs the high sheriff TO anpoint
one oil bis deputies 20 attend ut each place fh,
persons hOlding such elections TO return tie roll
Oook, ana reduce the votes Of those who may have
Eoted twice, to one vote, and the grand iurv 10
present such persons, and imposes penalties ON -
ccrs Tor failure OF any duty required Of them II
we court idls TO appoint upc-intcndents ~ auv
ume' he persons last appointed to continue fo 5c
anu a0ih0rises separate polls for CHOOSING cler,,,s
TOT president and Vice President syhereve a son
afatc erection Tor members of the General Assem-
ny may be authorised, and the cofnrnissionors an
Py'n,en ~ me Executive 90 superintend shc said
e.eouV"s' are 20 appoint other commissioners 10 act
al such separate places
III j. All the qIbsnnoert a.t. &c.,. a. 60. r.