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

require; ana declares that tho penalty oil
the bond required to be given by any
plaintiff before the execution oc any de.
cree for the purpose aforesaid, shall be lr
a sum equal to double the amount of such
decree in his or her favor.
An act authorizing the Board OF public
works to purchase land Cos sites for toll
houses; authorizes the purchase Of sufii
cient land for tina, purposes on any public
work held exclusively. blythe sSste, no
Exceeding ten ncres in quantity and one
hundred end fifty dollars in value and
ratifies any similar contracts heretofore
made, giving the board also the power to
obtain by condemnation, such sites where
the same cannot be acquired by purchase.
40 act authorizing the degree Of gradu.
ate of the institute to be conferred on ca
diets Of the Military school at Lexington ;
authorizes the governor and visitors aud
faculty of the institute to confer such de-
grees.
An act to amend the charter Of the
Charlestown and Jefferson county savings
institution, and the Winchester and Fred
erlck county saving institutions, and for
other purposes; reduces the number oil
directors Of the first institution to seven,
and of the last, to nine and authorizes
the several savings institutions incorpor-
ated in tls commonwealth to receive from
any person, body polite or corporate, the
interest in advance, not exceeding one
per centum for every sixty days, upon
any public stock, bond, other paper, or
sealed instrument, or security, which by
their charter they Gre authorized to dis.
count.
An act to amend tho act entitled an act
to incorporate the town Of Point Pleasant
in the county Of Mason; makes all the
provisions Of the act TO incorporate the
town of Sisterviile. passed I'd February,
1889, from and after the first section, ap.
plicable to the said town Of Point Plea.
SAINT authorizes the trustees to establish
wharves and landings, and TO alter or re-
pair the same, and to collect taxes for
using them.
An act for the further protection of
wild fowl /; prescribes that The fine impos-
ed by the second section Of the act TO pre-
vent the destruction Of wild fowl, passed
10Th March, l64l, shall be recovered in
the manner therein prescribed for tho sole
benefit Of the person who will sue for the
same gives the officers named in the
third section Of that act, power under the
warrant therein authorized to be issued to
seize and capture all boats, sail boats and
skiffs with their tackle and aPpurtenances,
ammunition and arms belonging to, or
found in possession of any person who
has $50 days next preceding the issuing
OF the warranty violated or who may DO
at that time violating the provisions Of that
act, and upon conviction ofthe offenders,
forteits the same absolutely to the use Of
the captofs. And gives these officers the
power Of employing and mpressing at
their own expense as many boats as they
may deem necessary for the purpose.
An act concerning sales ofcertain pro-
pery under wri,s Of renditioni crponds !;
provides that the provisions Of the first
section of the act to amend and continue
in force an act to amend and reduce into
one the several acts concerning execu-
tons all, for the relief Of insolvent debt
ors, passed February 23d, 1922, shall not
be dispensed with, in regard to sales Of
slaves, mules, work oxen, or horses un.
der such writs, unless the creditor, his
agent or attorney, as well as the debtor
give authority in writing to that effect.
An act fixing the allowance TO jallors
for the support Of prisoners and limiting
the fees for commitment and release, and
conce rnng sherIffs, clerks and other Of
hcers !; provides that the inferior and su
perior courts shall make such allowance
TO jallors for prisoners, with whose sup.
port the commonwealth is by law charge
able, not exceeding thirty cents per diem
for each prisoner. Prohibits any allow.
ance tor more than one commitment and
one release Of the same person for the
same cause or offence, and disallows more
than one fee ioi summonng justices to
call courts and attending the court for
more than one criminal on the same
day, whether charged with tho same or
different offences. Prohibits the clerks
of the county courts, charging more than
one fee for attending called courts, though
the criminal be examined for different Of.
fences, and provides that whether the
court be held or not, no fec shall be
charged for an adjourned court in the same
case. Allows compensation to sheriffs or
other officers for one guard only in con.
veying convicts to the penitentiary, un.
less the court shall direct greater num-
Der.
An act to amend the act passed 7th
February, 1917, entitled, an act prescribe
ing certain general regulations for the in
corporation ofturnpike companies, and
for other purposes requires notice OF
at least fifteen days to be given TO the
person entrusted with the care and repair
of the road, or to the president, or some
one of the directors of the company, OF
the meeting Of freeholders summoned 10
examine the places in said roads CON-
planned OF; requires the magistrate 10 state
in his report OF the examination OF the
road, whether the places out OF repair DO
IN more than one section thereof, and sus-
nends the tolls on the section so found out
OF repair. The act not to apply to roads
wholly owned by the state.
An act amending the laws in relation to
the duties Of clerks Of courts aud for other
purposes makes it the duty Of the clerks