Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-04-28


to desire the appointment. and thcreupou.
the county courts to recommend fit person
to the Executive to ill the office: surveyors
at all times liable TO removal spon coed
! cause shewn.
iss An act authorising the construction
OF turnpike road along the margin of the
James river canal through the Blue Ridge:
/ apPropnates nine thousand dollars OF the
Fond for Internal improvement, for the pur.
pose of making a road from the lower end
the mountain section OF the James river ca
nal, to point az ofnear ;be North river; the
road-tolls and profits to be under the control
of, and belong to the James River Comma.
ny; and on account Of the appropriation .ex
onerates The State from the subscription for
two filths of the stock of the Lynchburg and
Blue Ridge Turnpike Company.
l4e. Al act regulating the payment of
| Judgments or DEGREES against the Common.
wealth, prohibits the payment Of any such
Judgments or DEGREES without a special act
of appropriation therefor
las. An act concerning the appointment of
| agents for the kanawha road and River. and
the Blue Ridge Canal; repeats the law autho-
| rising The appointment OF an agent and au-
thorses the James River Company TO ap
point no; more than two agents al a salary
for beth not exceeding eight hundred dol
/ lars.
| lac. An act to provide for the opening of
road FROM Richmend to Fredericksburg
and Tor opening road from the town of Fal
! mouth 10 the termination of the tgrnpike
road from Alexandria 10 Douge run in the
county o. Fairfax; authorizes books fer sub
Scorpions 10 be opened for making the same
$50. An act further directing he course Of
administration Of personal assets; provides
that IN tho administration Of the personal as
SETS OF decedents' estates, debts due by spe.
ciaiiy and promissory notes signed by the
{ decedent or some person legally authorised
! therefor, are to be considered Of equal dig
nifty. The act takes effect on the fiist OF
June.
l3l. An act further 10 regulate the prac
tice Oh SUNG ont and prosecuting writs OF
sclre iacias, authorizes an administrator de
ionis non oil tcstator or person dying in
testate, to sue forth a scite facias TO revive
ana prosecute to judgment, a suit commen-
ced 10y the executor or administrator npop
contracts made or cause Of action accrued
IN the life time Of such testator or intestat.
the writ may be served on the defendants a.
gent or attorney in fact, if out Of the Com
HonWeai;h, or II no such agent or attorney
by publication IN some newspaper for four
weeks.
l34' IN act requiring accounts Of sales
made under execution TO be returned TO the
eiers ob'ce; requires sheriIls, sergeants OF
other offlcers, under penalty of ono hun
cred dollars, to make return Of the accounts
oil safes within thirty days after snch sales.
specifying the articles sold, and the prices
thereof; the penalty recoverable by either
plaintiff or defendant, OF by the purchasers
OF The property, from time to time, repeated
until the return be made.
lo1 An act to reduce the shipping duty
on tobacco; reduces the duty to thirty cents
a hogshead; the act takes effect on the first
OF October.
l65 An &C. making further provision FOR
the extension of the kanawha turnpike, to
BIG Sandy river; authorises the James Ri.
yer Company to borrow on the credit of the
Componw cath, fifteen thousand dollars, fol
the extension OF the said read
l69. An act concerning lands returned de-
inqueht Tor non pay lnent OF taxes, and ma
King disposition of certain lands so delin
quent, and Of certain essheated lands. forthe
benefit OF actual and bona fide holders there
Cd under grants from the Commonwealth
provides, that all lands Except as alterwarl.
exeerted) WHICH were vested IN the Presiden,
and Directors OF Literary Fund under the
act OF February, 1914, and not redeemed be
lore The FIRST of January last, shall fores CT
hereafter be rcdeemable; vests in the Lite,
rary Fund all laeds except as aforesaid } the
taxes wherein are in airear for any wear pr
or TO 1920, and for that year, and subsequent
TO that year, and which shall be unredee med
| on the hrst OF November, 1888; all such lands
as were sold in August, 1916, and redeemed
by the Executive under the act OF February
1917, If unredeemed on the first of January
1852; and all lands hereafter returned delin-
qnent Tor non payment Of taxes and not re-
deemed within three years from the last day
oil December of the year when the deIin
queney occurs; provided, that only the title
and estate Of the person in whose name the
lands have been or shall be returned dein-
quent at the time OF the delinquency, or of his
heirs and devisees, or of purchasers claim
ihg under him, shall he vested as aforesaid;
and provided, that two years shall be allowed
persons under disability of infancy, cover
ture, &c. after their disability removed, and
10 their heirs and devisees, to redeem such
lands. The act directs the auditor TO cause
alphabetical lists of lands returned delinquent
and redeemable, to be made out and printed.
and distributed throughout the Common
wealth and the other States; and the act it
self TO be printed in two newspapers in other
States, and in as many in the State as he may
thihk necessary, for period not exceeding
one month. The auditors certificate to be
evidence OF delinquency and forfeiture, and
no impeachment allowed for irIegularity, not
appearing on the face of the proceedings
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