Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1841-04-15
NUMBER a.


naton. hundred ard ht,y lee, Of grouud II very
direction around earh abusmens 81 every hsia 81 on
| the line of their read
! 60. An act 10 amend the act, entitled an ID, d
eslye and angend an act incorporating the ,awn II
Ciarksyile 10 the county OF Mecklehbure author
ties the trustees 10 borrow ten Thousand dollar to
Improve their streets impose taxes on oil pren.
esty IA said town subject taxation hy Tho revenue
laws Of tie State, not exceeding ifs cents on eve
y hundred dcarr value Of real property, ard ,wet
d fave cents all ,iihables and on Gil Their prop
city not exceeding that imposed by the Siae unless
authorized by a majority o. the voters qualified to
vote for the trustees Of said tovr.
20. An act a1thorixe separate election in
each OF the counties OF Roanoke aud Augusta, in
/ The former at hoase occupied a. store Nv
See le & Fowler at the Cove spring; and IN the
! laitr at tAe house now orcpried by Bceiamin y.
Graham 10 the town OF Grsenville.
III. An act establishing an inspection &c naur at
the depot Goidonssle in The equity Of Dang;
sui ject the rules and regulations pre- sIihed ior
| other similar inspections.
~. An ecl concerning the Virginia Marine lnsu.
rance Company: changes It's name TO the Virginia
Fiie and Marine Insurance Company; and antho,-
ICES the a TO insure aganst fie, bnilduss good.
wares, merchandise and furniture.
10. An act 10 alhorixe the commercial agerts of
The United States in foreign countries 10 take drr.
osiiions and the aekrow lcdgmcnt Of deeds and
OF her writings; authorizes all American ministers
plenipotentiaty, charges ufiaires ecusnls gem q
consuls, vice eonsuls and commercial agents, daily
appointed and recognized in any foreign ceuptry 10
take the acknowledgment proof (hy the nnsber
qf Witnesses leguired by law) Of eny deed,
mortgage conveyance Of lands, ,enemenis, slaves
OF real property in Virginia, end Of the execution
Of any instrunsat Of whiting for the sale, tiausler
II assignment Of any property, real or persona,
and Of rights and debts; and also of any power
Of attorney other writing to be used or proved
IN this Safe before any cour, police oileer
and To administer oaihs aflifmations for like
purposes makes such acknowledgement or proof
valid, and authorizes such deeds, &C., to be admit-
ted record in the proper court, by the clerk in
his Office. The act declares that ahidavits taken
in any other Of the United States, or any district o.
territory tbeIeci in any foreign country shall be
deemed duly authenticated when subscribed and
taken before some officer &c such Slate, &C. suthof-
zed BY the laws thereof to administer an oath or
aii. nation, and shall have annexed thereto GER
cate OF the clerk other proper oiser of court
Of record, under the seal Of such court or any Of
TIE officers agents before mentioned, veIifS ing
the genuneness of the signature Of said officer, the
existence Of such officer, and his authority TO adj
minister oath affirmation.
"a. A act concerning the Hastings Court OF tie
town Of Winchester; afier the first of April the
frat Saturday in every month is fixed tho day
Tor holding the court.
rs. An act to incorporate the Petersburg Gas
Light Company with copi,a not less than e..
teen more than Fifty thousand dDllais.
76 An act for devising system of popular I'd
uoaiion requires the President and Directors of
the Literary Fund To report 10 the next Legislature
a School System to the benefits of siueat0n
| to tho people OF the State.
~. An act to refund 10 Emory and Henry Coz
lcgs sum of money FOR taxes on land enormously
| charged on the same.
70. An net changing the time Of holding the
Circuit Superior Coutt Of Augusta, prescrihes TINT
the court shall hereafter be held the FIRST days Of
June and November, annually.
| 10 An act concerns he estate of Martin Daw-
son, deceased, and for other purposes; anthorizes
the President and Directors Of the Literary Fond
10 take and hold the said cstats in for the
to which the school fund Of the counties of Aldo
marie and Nelson is applied in the said counties,
conformably to tho will Of said Dawson; and pro-
tides. that il any person shall hereafter by Fiit in
his life time or by devise give any sum Of money
other property to the President and Directors of
the Literary Fund for the use of any county
poraiion, the same may be taken and held as such
donor or testa,or may have prescribed, provided
the same ba restricted To literary purposes or pat-
| poses Of education.
so. An act to amend the several acts appropriate
| ing the snrplas revenue OF the Literary Fund pro-
yilss that the School Commissioners If any cour-
4 ~ OF WHO nave maze OF shaH mise IA
appropriation Of tl,e surplus ofthe Literary
| Fund, to any College Academy, may at the ex-
piraion Of any iiscal year, withdraw snch appro-
pristion, whom the claims Of other Colleges OF
| Academies, the exigencies Of lie poot may rem
der il, in their opinion, proper.
81. An act incorporating the Peters Mountain
| Turnpike Company, to construct turnpike from
some point on the Prices Turnpike and Cunsber-
land GAP Road, bet~eeu Lybrook's and Snidow's
ferry, in Gilrs, to the Red Sulphur Springs, IN Non.
roe, with capital Of $ls 900 TO be raised by sub-
| scription.
80. An set 10 amend the sct entitled an act in
cooperating the Western Insurance Company; pre-
seribing regulations for voting Tor directors and for
the election Of those officers.
90, An net authorizing the payment Of cer,nin
sum Of money on Of the income Of the fund for ir-
ternai improvement; TO ray Tor extra work done
in constructing the bridge across Jackson's riyer,
at Cpvington.
81, 40 net to amend the no, entitled, an act in.
cooperating the Giles. Fsyetie and kapawts Turn.
| pike; authorizes he company 10 extend theif road
to The furnace Of Foar and PeySon on the south side
| of The Kanawha ,iver
S.. m act concerning ferries provides That tho
privileges reserved by the act q March 3 1890,
concerning ferries, in favor of person- conveying
in their own boat the members Of their family md
others IN their employment, shall moi be extended
10 any association Of persons formed for The rur-
pose OF defeating evedihg the provisions OF seid
act, and imposes on each and every member OF
such association all the pcnailies Of said act
SO. An act concerning leases; provides that
whore no express agreement exists TO the contrary,
and the tenancy be from yeer 10 year, the same
shall end at the expiration Of any current year, no
ice having been given by either landlord or tenant
at least three calendar months before the eed {
the year. But where leases are Tor term OF
yenrs certain or f5r any definite time, no notice is
required from either party.
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a Pioneer GoSE.-T'he last Warren
l(Ohic) Chronicle notices the death OF Mr..
Eleazer Gibson, Of Garfield, soldier of
the Revolution, aged eighty seven years.
MIR. G. moved from Sharon, Conn, to
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