Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1838-05-16
SKETCH OF THE ACTS
Passed By the General Assembly Of
Virginia, at The January
Session. 1898.
& NTINu ED.

Natural bridge turnpike near Retreat
furnace IN Bote,ourt, down Purgatory
creek 10 the Valley stage road.
1872. An act Incorporating the Faraa-
vile savings bank.
1873. An act concerning Griffin
SioIlings and james RI. Fry; gives
them further time to complete the slope
in the dam across Little Cole river.
l94. An act directing survey Of n
route for road from the Tennessee
line to the Pound gap of Cumberland
mountain.
1876. An act to provide for the sur.
vey of road from Morgantown to a
point on the North. western road at or
near Clarksburg.
LOG. An act to authorize survey OF
q road across the Calf Pasture noun.
tain.
1877. An act to incorporate the Mar.
shall Academy iii the county OF Ca.
bell.
1913. An ac, establishing the county
Of Roanoke.
100. An act to provide for the con-
s,ruction OF road from Smy tn court
house to the plaster bank.
900. An act concerning the Rich
mond and Petersburg rail road.
20l. An act concerning the com.
missioner of the revenue of the county
of Frederick.
a02. An act extending the time for
receiving subscriptions 10 the stock of
the Falmouth and Alexandria railroad
company, and directing a subscription
for three fifihs Of their capital by the
board Of public works; allows them
two years longer to receive subscrlp.
tons.
203. An act TO authorize the school
commissioners OF Middlcscx county 10
expcnd a sum OF money in establishing
district schools in SAID county.
204. An act concerning public
roads provides that such counties as
have adopted and subsequently dispen.
sed with the general act concerning
roads, and the acts amending the same,
passed in 1925 and 1897, md are
thereby subject to the operation oil the
provisions of the act oil 1919, shall also
be subject TO the acts amending The
said aci Of 1919, which passed prior to
the act Of 1885 authorizes the courts
of the counties which have adopted the
act Of 1885 to dispense with the up
polntment Of commissioners OF roaos,
as provided by said act, and to retain
the mode of appointing reviewers, us
prescribed in the act of 1919; enables
the surveyors of roads by voluntary
agreement, to obtain the use of the
necessary teams and implements for
working on their precincts, without
resorting TO inpre ssment for that Pur-
pose the value of the articles thus
procured to be ascertained us hereto
fore.
2O5. An act chGnging the time of
holding the circuit superior court OF
Charlotte county; to the 18th days OF
a pril and September.
SOC. An act to increase the capital
stock OF the Roanoke navigation COM
pany, and for other purposes the stock
TO be increased to an extent not excee-
ding s CSC, 900, and iftakon to be APP
plied to improve the Roanoke river be
tween CASTOR and the confluence OF
the Dan and Stanton Rivers the Dan
river 10 Danvile, and the Stanton RI
yer to Brookneal; the legislature re-
serving the power to require the compa
nv TO extend their improvements 10
Weldon.
2O6. An act concerning the judge
of the sixteenth circuit in the eight Ju-
dical district authorizes the Judge to
omit the spring terms of his court Tor
this yeor in the counties Of Munroe,
Mercer, Giles and Montgomery, bat re-
ouires him to hold a special term for
the county Of Giles on the 4lh oil May.
aOs. An act to suspend the act in
creasing the banking capital OF this
commonwealth; suspends SO much OF
that act as relates to the Bank OF Viz
einia, the Farmers Bank and the Bank
Of the Valley and their branches, until
the first of April, 1880; and authors
yes the treasurer to continue the loans
Of the surplus revenue Of the U. States
TO said banks at five per cent. inter
est.
900. An act authorizing loan on
behalf of the state to the Portsmouth
and Roanoke railroad company.
40. An act TO provide for the esta-
bl,shment Of the Virginia Asylum Tor
the education Of the deaf and dumb
and of the blind; establishes II on
site to be selected by joint resolution
Of the legislature under the the govern
nan, ne seven visitors, to be annually
appointed by the president and d.ree C
tors of the literary fund. There are 10
he two distinct schools, one Tor the