Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1837-04-27


'"'y neXi, there shall be established ne "
CRAZE Of Flour, called Family
An act 20 revivo an act incorpor,,;,r H..
S'aun'on and Jennings Cop Turnpike Con,
Pa"y, passed February Goth, 1888, and also
an ac' amending said act, passed March 7th.
1000 ana allows the Company two wears for
me commencement OF its ope ruiions and an
IhoriHes them 10 raise by subscription. SO.
OOO p'''"' W.
An ACT amending the act entitled an &C, 10
provide for the more effeciual punishment OF
certain offences Furnishes with death any
slave, Tree negro or mulatio, for rape, or the
attempt to commit rape upon white female
infant, or adult.
An act directing Survey ola road from
arren'on 10 New Market, by tho way o!
ashinglon and Sperryville in the county OF
Rappahannock, and Luray in the county of
Page, and also survey fora branch of said
road by Port Republic TO Staunton. so az 10
connect Warrenton with Staunton the sur
vey to be made ny direction OF tho Board Of
Public Works.
An act requiring the clerks of the
! Courts OF Appeals and Circuit Superior
Courts Of Law and Chancery to perform
certain services therein mentioned re-
quires these clerks, on or before the LIST
day of November, annually, to report to
the clerk OF the House of Delegates the
number OF suits commenced within their
respective courts fol. the preceding wear.
ending the Both of August the number
pending at the time of the report; the
number decided, aud the days their courts
were actually in session, from which re.
ports the clerk of the House of Delegates
to make condensed statement and re-
port the same to the observation-disclosures.
ses penalty of fifty dollars on the clerks
for failure TO make the report required.
to be recovered in the General Court. o.,
motion Of the Auditor of Public Accounts
the clerk of the House of Delegates to
report to the Auditor the clerks so iaiI.
ing.
An act TO amend the act, entitled an
act providing for the better security of
| persons charged with criminal offences
| provides that where there is no sufficien,
Jall provided In any county or corpora
ton, all persons committed to Jail, shall
be committed to the Jail Of some adioin-
ing county, in the mode directed bv the
act on that subject, OF January 9TH.
1886.
An act TO amend the act providing for
geological survey of the State, and for
othe: purposes authorizes the principal
geologist OF the State to employ addition
al assistants to perform such duties as he
may prescribe, to be removed and dis.
charged at his pleasure appropristes an
additional sum of So, 900, two thousand
OF which to be apportioned among the
said assistants as to the Board of Public
Works shall seem best. The ac, takes
effect on the LIST Of = pril.
An act prescribing general regulations
for the incorporation of Manufacturing
and Mining Companies requires thai
sucm companies, hereafter incorporated
shall be governed by its provisions; gives
the power to such companies TO make
contracts, and to sue and be sued, to use
a common seal, to hold real ard personal
property, aud to make bylaws author
ICES books ior subscriptions to be OMEN
ed, where and when the corporators NAV
choose; provides for calling general meet
tngs OF subscribers Tor the acquisition
OF land or property; for the appointment,
OF directors; provides the ratio of votes
10 be given provides for the choice OF
president and officers, agents and clerks.
Tor the qualification Of such officers. for
} the organization OF general meetings: III.
term OF office of directors prescribes the
mode of making acquisitions upon sub.
scrioeTs; the recovery of subscriptions
the proceedings against dellnquents, and
thesale OF stock, renders subscribers whc
transfer stock before the whole amount
due therefor is paid, liable for the paw
meht OF the residuum, in case the person
to whom the stock is sold shall fail tc
pay the same /; declares the stock and
other property Of such companies perso.
nal estate real estate, sold or bouob,
however, to be conveyed by deed. and
as much, to be liable TO the pavmen, -
the debts of the company, aud to sale
under execution, as lands OF public debt
: oFs are soid.-Provides for issuing cert
hca'es oil stock, and for the transfer there
Of 4; Tor Keeping regular journals of In,
proceedings ofsuch companies. and bool
OF accounts for declaring ind maxim,
dividends OF the profits aud renders ,b'
directors liable TO creditors, fer diyidin,
the capital OF the company under pre-
'ehce OIL dividing the profits, and III,
stockholders who participate in the div
: ldendS, liable to the extent of the cani,a
received. Provides that, whenever four
, hiths OF the capital shall become concen
UatFo IN the hands of less than Eve per
sons or more than half thereof shall re-
, main IN the hands Of one person. 70
more IMAM six months, the privilege