Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1842-04-14

an offering book open to the inspection OF
the public. Directs the bonus heretofore
required TO be paid by creating additional
stock 10 the name Of the Commonwealth
for the benefit of the fund for internal i'm.
provemeBt. shall be paid semi annually
INTO the Treasury Of the State. to be ap.
piled in payment Of interest on the public
debt created for internal Improvement.
And the act authorizes the Legislature at
any time hereafter to modify or repeal the
charters Of the banks at pleasure.
An act authorizing a loan TO the James
River and Kanawha Company author
iZes the Treasurer Of the State 10 issue
certificates OF stock TO the said company
to the amount OF $3.50 900, irredeemable
for twenty years, and thereafter at the
pleasure of the Legislature. The com.
pauy to pay ou, Of its revenue into the
Treasury, the emi.annual interest on the
said certificates in speci :or its equivalent,
at least thirty days before tt said interest
is due, and also the annuity to the old
James River Company. The said cert.
fcstes Of stock to be applied in redemp
ton of its bonds guaranteed by the State,
and pledged to the house of Morrison,
Sons g. Co., in London, and any other Of
said bonds hypo,hecated in Holland. -
And when said guaranteed bonds 10 the
amount Of one hundred thousand dollars
shall be redeemed, they shall be delivered
to the Treasurer Of the State in lieu Of an
equal amount of the SAID certificates OF
stock, and shall by him be cancelled |;
and the remainder of the said guaranteed
bonds, when redeemed, shall be applied
by the company in redeeming their out.
standing scrlpor post notes, and to the
completion Of the canal now under con.
tract above Lynchburg. The certificates
Of stock are not to b. pledged or disposed
of except by bona fde sales, or in pay
m.'nt of the debts Of the company, and
are not TO be disposed Of at less than their
par value, without the consent Of the
Board of Public Works.
The company are prohibited from en-
tering into any new contract or agreement
for work to be done on the line OF its i'm
proyement, and the State is not to be
bound in any manner, nor its stock to be
bound for the ful6lment ofany new con-
tract which may be made for the continu.
ance or extension Of the canal beyond the
exten, to which it is now under contract,
unless such new contract be authorized
by law. Directs the appointment Of three
proxies TO represent the State in the gen.
eral meetings Of tho stockholders; und
requires the proxies Of the State to vote
for such reduction Of the salaries and
compensation OF such oil the officers and
agents tor the company as they deem the
interest Of the State requires; the reduce
ton to be at leas, ten per cent. upon all
said salaries over Ave hundred dollars.
An act concerning the militia Of this
commonwealth; requires the commandanss
of brigsd es,' in their annual returns 10 in.
cluds the regiments Of which no return
has been made, by estimating their
strength at the number reported for the
prior year; requires the adjutsnt general
to report the names of such brigadier gen.
erals or commandants Of brigades as shall
fail to make their annual returns. Re.
quires the commandments of companies to
enrol the names Of all persons within their
company districts between ls and As
years who are exempt by law from militia
duty, and to designate such persons rs ex
empts, and the number Of such exetnpts
shall be noted in all company, regimental
snd brigade returns. Authorizes the en-
hs,ment Of volunteer company Of Rifle
men in the city Of Wheeling, to be attach
ed to the fourth regiment !; also n similar
company in the 10Th regiment in the city
Of Richmond and company of cavalry
from the 43i and ll0th regiments in the
county of Franklin directs ordnance to
be furnished to the Wheeling Artillery ;
the purchase OF drums and flies for the
18th regiment for the use of the light
companies in said regiment; empowers
tn. Governor to make such change in the
uniform for volunteer companies as he
may deem expedient; fixes the fine for
failing 20 attend mus,ers at Is cents for
each failure throughout the State. And
prohibits the division of regiments unless
the new regiment to be created by such
division, as well as that from which il is
taken, shall consist of at least four hun.
bred men rank and file.
An act concerning A lien C. Hammond
and the heirs Of John French, deceased.
An act to proven, frauds on the election
laws. Declares any person who shall
vote upon any deed not bona fde execu,-
ed for good or valuable consideration, but
executed merely to enable the pretended
grantees TO vote, to DO guilty of misde-
meanor, and u be liable therefor, TO fine
Of not less than ten nor more than one
hundred dollars, 20 be recovered with
costs by Indictment or information and
to be subject to Imprisonment in the jail
Of the county, not exceeding three months,
at the discretion Of the court; declares
also, that the parties TO such deeds, know
ing the character thereof, and conserving
to the same, and their alders, abet,ors, and
advisers, shall be guilty Of a misdemean-
or, punishable also by fine Of not less
than fifty dollars, recoverable in like man.
ner, and subject to like confinement in the
county jail, Requires the courts to ap.
point FIVE freeholders, residents Of the
county, superintendents, 10 superintend
the election ut the court house Of each
county, in addition to the superintendent
required by the forty-slxth section of tho
act passed in 1881; prohibits electors in
elections Of State Senators and Represent