Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1840-04-16
SKETCH or THE ACTS
Passed ~ The General Assembly Of Tfr-
ginia---Ssssion Of lS39-fO.
scoSctunEp
I2l. An act 10 incorporate the town Of

lea. An act amending The charter o.
the Appomattox Coal Mining Company
increases their maximum capital to $780,
600, and authorizes the Company to hold
an additional quantity of land.
l23. An act 10 authorize two separate
elections in the County of Prince George
one TO be held at Templeton, and the 9TH
or at the Brandon old Church.
la. An aci Incorporating tho Fallen
Creek Manufacturing Company; with a
capital not less than $4,000 nor more
than 100000, to manufacture cotton,
wool, hemp, flax, aud silk, or either OF
them, in the County orChes,erfclj.
1875. An act to incorporate the Dupuy
and Bryant Coal Mining Company, in tue
County OF Powhatan with capital not
less than sic, 1000, nor more than $780,.
600.
lac. An act TO incorporate Frcnch's
Hotel Company, in the borough OF Nor.
iolk.
1877. An act TO change the placc Of
holding a separate election in the County
OF Nansemond requires The said election
hereafter TO be held at the house now
the residence Of Elisha II. RawIs, 10 said
County.
l2S. An act providing for tho payment
TO the Woodstock, Strasburg, and New
Market Academies, IN the County Of She.
nandoah, the proportion Of the surplus
literary fund allotted 10 those Academies
by the School Commissioners ofiho Coun-
~.
lao. An net TO incorporate the town Of
Wllliamsport, in the County Of Harrison.
100. An ACT authorizing Alexander Ii.
Creel to establish Ferry across The Ohio
river nom his land, al the mouth OF Green's
run, in Wood County, To the opposite shore.
l3l. An act authorizing tho ballast
muster at Fredericksburg 10 appoint as.
sistants.
l32. An act TO revive and amend the
act entitled IN act prescribing the mode
OF electing Trustees foI the town ofCo-
vington, in the County Of Allegheny, and
for other purposes repeats HE act in
cooperating said town, and rcvi,es the
other aci relative 10 the election Of Truss
tees.
1873. An act 10 revive the act entitled
an act authorizing john Whitaker to erect
a toll bridge across Peak creek, IN the
County Of Wythe, now Pulaski.
1874. An act TO authorize separate
election at tho Buffalo Springs, IN the
County Of Nelson.
1875. An act Incorporating the Trus
tees OF the Harrsonburg Academy, in the
County OF Rockingham.
1856. An act concerning sales under
DEGREES Of Courts and the fees of Clerks,
and dispensing with refunding bonds 10
executors and admnistl 10 certain
cases prohibits tie Courts in constituting
the act Of 2lst March, 1886, from allow
ing greater commission on sales made un-
der DEGREES in Chnncery than are allowed
by that act, and whenever u sale is made
by one Commissioner, and the proceeds
DO made by another Commissioner or OH
or officer, the Court is to npporiion the
commission between them as nfy be
deemed Just; allows the further time Of
one year TO the Clerks and other officers
OF the State to place their fee. bills VIII eli
were due ut the time Of passage Of that
act, in the hands Of the proper officers for
collection; authorizes lega,ets or distrib-
utees Of testator or lntestate, alter The
expiration Of two years from the qualIh-
cation Of an executor or administrator, TO
apply to the Court which granted the pro.
bate or administration, TO require oil per.
sons having claims against the decedeni
TO exhibit the same for settlement, and
upon the publication Of such requIsltion,
it shall be lawful Tor the Court, il no legal
claim or debt be exhibited, 10 order the
executor or administrator to pay to the
,egatees or distributes the whole amount
Of money or other estate due to them
without requiring refunding bond, or the
Count may prescribe the amount OF money
or property which the executor or ADM.
nistrator may retain uniil such bond be
given. The legatees or distributes 10
be liable TO any creditor who may appear
within ten years, and to be made to con-
tribute ratenbly TO pay such creditor
Appeals 10 lie from County Courts upon
orders relative TO the subject matter Of the
act to the Superior Courts, and then deci-
sion to be final. Courts OF Chancery III
suits between legatees and distributes
and executors and administrators, have
power to dispense with reiundlng bonds.
1877. An act for the support and educa-
ton Of poor girls within this common
wealth; authorizes the Oversccrs OF the
Poor. and School Commissioners, in any
County of the State, to pay to the Mana
gers OF the Female Orphan Asylum, IN
borough Of Norfolk, city
Of Richmond, or other similar Institutions
now existing in the State, for the supper.
and education ofsuch poor girls, from each
Of the Counties, as shall, with their appro-
baton, be placed in those Institutions, such
amount as they now are or may hereafter
be allowed by law to apply TO the support