Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 182?-183?, 1832-04-13
SkcECSes Of EGaSs
Passed at the last session of Gene
RI! Assembly Of Virginia.

An act authorizing the sale of trust estates
| IN certain cases prcScrihes that when the
trustee or the person for whose benefit the
I trust is created, shall think it advantageous
TO make sale oithe estate, they may exhibit
blll III the county or corporation court or
IN the superior court OF law and chancerv for
The county or corporation where the estate
or part thereof IS, setting forth the whole es-
,a'e IN trust and the iactsshewing the advan-
tages to result from the sale All persons
interested 10 be made parties; the court to
! appoint guardians, al Item, for in ants and
me facts showing the proprieiy OF the sale TO
DE proved by disintereStcd witness. Where
mere are infant parties, no deposition allow
ed TO be read, unless it be taken in the nres-
ence OF the guardian or upon interroooiories
! agreed upon by him. II the court he satisfied
OF the propriety of the sale, and that injury
10 The rights no one will result thereFrom
u sale Shall be deCreed in such manner and
on such terms as they think fit, retaining a
ilen upon real estate sold on credit for the
payment OF the purchase money; directs
no" me proceeds are TO be applied andho
me shares OF persons dying intcstate shall
descend. Neither trustees nor guardians
nor The person for whose benefit the estate is
held, to be permitted TO become purchasers :.
the cost OF suit TO be paid out ofthe estate and
no sale TO be deCrecd if the deed CREATING the
trust prohibits it,
AN act 10 raise money by lottery TO build
bridge across the North river at or near
Grattan,s ford in the county ofRockingbam.
an act concerning the Cumberland road :;
PROVIDES, that when the government of the
United States shall have surrendered that
| part OF the road which lies in this state The
The board OF public works shall take the
same uhuer Their care, and cause gates and
'oil houses 10 be erected, and shall appoint a
superintendent 10 attend 10 The repairs and
preservation OF the road and applies The tolls
received 20 The payment of the collectors and
superintendent, and for the preservation and
improvement of the road prescribes The
rate OF tolls, eXempting passing to or from
public worship, from visiting friends within
the county, from attending 10 their common
business on their fatmS or woodlands. or from
funeral, or mill or school or common place
OF trading or marketing within the county
OF ONO; the stages, &c. carrying the United
STATES man, troops, military stores and
Ihilllia authorizes reduction for annual
passengers, reserving TO the legislature of
virginia The right 10 alter at pleasure, but
prohibiting an increase Of tolls above an a.
mount necessary 10 defray the expences of
repair, &c. The act to take effect when the
assent OF the government ofthe United States
is obtained.
AN act prescribing general conditions on
winch future subscriptions TO the capital of
JOINT stock companies shall he made ON he
nall OF the commonwealth provides that
previous 10 any subscription TO such comma
mes, the board of public works shall be furn e
lShed with a satisfactory certificate, stating
mat one-iourth al least OF the private sub
Scorpions of not less than three-fifths oftbe
STOCK has been actually paid, and that the
remainder is either SO paid or made by SOL
VeHt persons also with list ofstockholders,
showing The number of shares Of each; and
II any private improvement has been COM
mehceo, statement showing the money re-
ceIVed, on what account received. the amount
expended, with the balance of money ON
hand, the contracts entered into. the pro
gress made in the work lis dimensions, mode
OF construction, and map OF lis location
oirecls The instruments on the part ofthc state
10 be paid, one-fourth on the production Of
Inc drafts OF the treasurer or authorized AGENT
OF the company, and the remaining three
iourthS on similar drafts, in six equal semi
annual instruments proportionatc with the
payments OF private subscriptions at the dis
erection of the board; if the fund for internal
improvement will justify the payments. IfI
the fund proves Insufficient, then the sub-
scrlptlons TO this different companies 10 he
paid in the order in which they stand, accord
ing to the date Of the resolutions kline, The
said subscriptions the board ofpublc work.
TO have tho right 10 appoint a number Of
directors in all future Incorporated comma
MES proportionate to the stock so subscribed.
participate in dividends in pronortioD
with the amount paid by individuals tba
proxies representing the state TO vote on all
questions except in the election of directors
Every company to report TO the board Of
public works annually, on or before fbe Nh
day OF December, its income, and expendi-
lure, including payments of Stockholders ne
well as tolls, stating the progress and con
dltion OF their works, list of The stockbold-
ers, and the number OF their shares and
such information as the board may REQUIRE
The second auditor to be informed within
sixty days after the declaration of anv divi-
dend due the state to be paid into the treasury
10 the credit Of the fund for internal improve
nent.
An act fixing the school quotas of certain
counties therein mentioned and drectincr the
payment thereof
An act providing for the publication of
The laws concerning overseers Of tbe moor.
ana The poor of this commonwealth ;reouires
the auditor of public accounts to cause fifteen /
hundred copies ofal the laws in force ON 1
the subject of the poor, 10 he printed in
pamphlet form twelve Of the said comics TO |
be distributed TO the oyerseers of the moor in |
the several counties OF the commonwealth. |
m act making further provision for the /
rellet OF lnsolveni debtors prescribes that l
when any principal shall he surrendered bv /