Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1843-04-27
SKETCH OF THE ACTS

Passed 6y The Genera Assemyo Of Virginia. in 1912 49,
An act prescribing the punishment of slaves,
Tree negroes, and rMattoes poisoning, or attempt
ing to poison and for selling NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
| IL felony Tor any slave, free negro, or mulatio,
wiliulIy, malicously, and unlawfuly, to admin
lster or attempt TO administer, cause TO be adj
Ininistered, taken, any medicine, deadly poison.
or other noxious and destructive substance, or
thing, with intent thereby TO murder, punishable
with death, without benefit Of Clergy-pronoun-
ces II mlSdemeanor for them to sell, or attempt
to sell, or to PREPARE administer, Except by d.
recilon OF their master or mistress, any medicines
CT any kInd-such offence, on conviction before
Justice OF the Peace, TO be punishable with
stripes, not exceeding thirty nine-repeals the
25th, Goth, and 9th sections of the act of March
End, 1919, concerning slaves, free negroes, and
inulattoes--and declares, that if any slave, free
negro, or muatto shall administer. or cause to be
administered, any drug, or substance, whereby
the abortion OF any pregnant woman is caused,
such free negro, or mulat,o, shall be sentenced to
the Penitentiary, for term not less than fve nor
more than ten years, and such slave shall receive
thirty -nine lashes for the first offence and shall
suiler death for the second offence.
| An act concerning the laws in relation to ga
ming; repeats the 4ih section Of the act of 26th
! March, 1912, concerning the circuit court for the
2lst circuit for the trial Of criminal causes and
! Tor other purposes, and revyes all acts repealed
by that act; prescrhes that in all prosecutions
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The hne is now twenty dollars and tho fee of the
commemorative attorney is twenty dollars, the
fine shall be thirty dollars instead OF twenty and
The attorneys fee shall he ten dollars.
An act concerning general meetings of the New
Shenandoah company; authorizes general meet
ing 10 be held whenever proprietors are present
having three hundred shares of stock; notice
thereof to be published in the Stanton and Win
chester papers.
An TO In mechanics M
nent for their labor and materials expended in e.
Tecting or repairing houses ana other buildings
ana their eppurtenances; gives TO such persons
making contracts in any city, borough or town in
the State lien upon all the right title and inter-
est OF the proprietor in the lot and buildings erec-
tea thereon to secure payment for erecting the
building and furnishing materials therefor the
lien to have the effect OF mortgage bat not to be
operative unless the contract for erecting the
building, &C. be reduced to writing stating plain
iy the terms and stipulations of the contract in
all respects, be signed by the parties, and be re-
corded in the Clerks office of the county or cor
poratlon IN which the lot or building NAV be and
| that such lien shall only continue in force for
eight months from the time when the last install
ment becomes due, unless legal process shall have
been commenced within that time TO enforce such
lien. Suits thereon to be commenced by bill in
equity and to be proceeded in, in all respects, as
other suits in equity.
An act concerning jailors' fees; prohibits the
Clerk Of any Court in the State to issue an exc
cuiion Of copias ad satiJacieadum in any case
whatever where the plaintiff resides out of the
State, until the said plaintiff, or some one for him
in the State, shall give security for the payment of
the jacr's fees; and directs that the Seth section
Of 1871, changing the existing laws relative to lu-
natc asylums, shall be hereafter construed so as
to permit the jailor under authority of the county
or corporation Court, to employ the same attend
ant or nurse for two or more luna:ics who may
be confined in his Jail; the Cour, to adiudge the
allowance for nursing the lunatics and the same
to be paid by the Auditor.
: An act concerning tho lien Of judgments; re.
quires the Clerks of the several county and cor
poraton Courts to keep and preserve in their Off
ces judgment docket book, with an index there
to, in which shall be docketed such unsalisGed fl.
nal judgments and DEGREES, forthcoming bonds, re-
cognizances and other bonds having the force Of
judgments, on file in their Offices, as any person
interested therein shall desire 10 have docketed.-
For this service fee Of twenty-five cents on
each case docketed is allowed the Clerk; lands
OF parties to judgments or DEGREES not to be bound
unless such docket be made within twelve months
from the passage Of the act, or ninety days before
The land shall be conveyed to the purchaser. The
act TO take effect from the first of August next.