Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1838-05-23

al reports from the directors Of the |
Cumberland Gap road, and other like
public roads; requires all directors OF
roads constructed partly on individual
and partly on State account, TO make |
an annual report to the Board Of Pub
lie Works, by the first Monday in De-
cember; stating the measures taken in
prosecuting their work, the contracts
made, the amount Of money contrlbu-
ted by the courts of counties, and how
applied, the amount by individuals, the
location and mode oil construction, the
cost per mile, the salaries Of officers,
and the receipts and expenditures Of
money.
800. An act concerning the Natural
Bridge turnpike company continues
in force the acts Of 1882 and 1888,
relating to said road, for two years,
and fixes the Eastern point Of ter
minaton Of the road at Galbraith's tay-
ern.
32l. An act to prevent free persons
Of color who leave the State from re-
turning to it, IN certain cases; provides
that wherever sdch persons, whether
infant or adult, shall have gone or
been sent out Of the State to be educa-
ted, they shall be considered as having
emgrated, and prohibits their return.
If such person returns, and be an in
FAINT, the overseers of the poor are TO
bind him or her out as an apprentice,
until he or she is twenty-one years old,
and then to be sent out Of the State
and if an adult, to be sent out forth.
with. Tho act to take effect from the
first Of August.
322. An act concerning Lewis Raw
lings, deputy sheriff Of the county of
Spottsylvania allows hlm the amount
of certain lists Of deinquents.
1913. An act incorporating the trus-
tees Of James River Academy, and for
other purposes.
1924. An act authorizing volunteer
company Of Light Infantry or Rife.
men to be raised within the bounds of
the 92d Regiment of Virginia militia,
and for other purposes; provides also
that If any regiment in the Common
wealth now is or shall be dissolved, so
far as to have no officer TO superntend
the election Of officers, the county
courts may recommend to the Cover.
nor for each company lnthe regiment
a captain, who is to be commissioned
as if elected by the officers.
325. An act TO amend the act, emit.
tied, an act to provide for the construc.
ton Of road from the Pennsylvania
line in Monongalia county by Morgan
town to the Beverley and Clarksburg
road increases the appropriation here
tolore made for said road, to twelve
thousand dollars-the residue necessa.
ry to make the road TO be contributed
by the counties Of Monongalia, Ran.
doIph and Preston, and the payments
by the State to be in the proportion OF
three. ffihs to two.i0hs.
$40. An act providing for the nego.
tiation Of loans for purposes of Internal
Improvement; authorizes the Board Of
Public Works in negotiating loans for
the State, to borrow the money at the
lowest rate of interest that can be OBJ.
tanned, not exceeding five per cent,
the interest payable semi-aunually, the
principal to be irredcemable for TWEEN.
ty years, but afterwards at the plea.
sure of the General Assembly. The
stock Of the company for which the
money is borrowed, its dividends ana
other nett income accruing 10 the
| State the nett income and other pro-
! Cts Of works in which the State is in
terested other than those Of Joint stock
companies on which the money Dor.
rowed is to be expended, are pledged
TO redeem the principal and interest Of
such loans, and if these stocks, divi.
dends, &c, are inadequate for the pur-
pose, the General Assembly pledges
itself to provide other and sufficient
fumes, and to levy taxes therefor and
until such funds are provided, so much
of the income Of the fund for Internal
Improvement, not otherwise specially
appropriated, as may be necessary to
supply the deficiency, is also pledged :;
and if the said income from the said
fund and stocks and dividends, &c.
should be insufficient to pay the semi
annual interest, the same shall be sup.
piled out Of the public Treasury, and
If there be not money sufficient in the
Treasury, then the money is TO be
borrowed for the purpose. The Board
of Public Works are authorized to
procure any Of the loans either in the
United States or in Europe, and for
that purpose to appoint agents TO ncgo.
tiato the same and to provide for the
payment Of the interest in London or
elsewhere. The act also authorizes
any Of the banks in the State to act as
the agent oftho Board for this purpose,
and after the money is borrowed, until
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