Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-05-16
SKETCH OF THE ACTS
Passed by the General Assembly Of Vir-
ginia, at its SESSION 1874.
lCoNTIEUED.

county Seveniy-nye dollefS ehch, tnestWn
commissioners oil Harrison and the TWO of
Monongalin, and the one Of Randolph,
one hundred dollars each; aud authorizes
the county courts Of said counties TO re-
arrange the commissioners districts there.
IN.
IS. An act concerning John P. Hud-
dleson ofFeyette county; RENTS an excess
of taxes paid by him improperly.
Sc. An act authorizing the treasurer
10 make temporary loan on behalf Of the
Commonwealth; directs him, upon the re-
QUESTION Of the Executive, TO borrow from
the banks as il may be necessary, an
amount not exceeding two hendred and
twenty thousand dollars; and authorizes
the banks to loan said sum---the whole to
be repaid on or before the 18th December
next.
81. An act incorporating the trustees Of
the Western branch academy in Norfolk
Co. limits the amount of the property to
be held by them to twelve thousand dol.
lars.
So. An act authorizing the payment of
sum Of money out of the Literary fund
to the representatives of Joseph Gatewood,
deceased; refunds 10 them five hundred
and eleven dollars and fourteen cents, the
amount Of certain escheated land, sold for
the benefit of the State.
SO. An act concerning William II.
Witten, Of the county OF Mercer; allows
him seventy. five dollars, the balance OF
his compensation as commissioner OF the
revenue for the county Of Mercer.
go. An act, to incorporate the Presl-
dent and Directors Of the asylum for the
maintenance and education Of the poor Of
York James City and Williamsburg; au.
:horzes the courts Of said counties and
city to appoint directors, who are vested
with powers Of corporations generally,
and at their general meetings TO make
estimates ofthe expenses of maintaining
the poor, and to levy therfor, proportion
ing the levy according to the number OF
paupers sent TO the institution from said
counties and city authorizes said direc.
tors to purchase and settle farm, and to
erect suitable buildings thereon for the
accommodation of the poor. The act TO
be submitted TO the people of the said
counties and city for ratification.
81. An act authorizing the Rivana
Navigation company to purchase and hold
three acres of land.
90. An act 10 provide for the extern
sion Of the City Point railroad to such
points on James river as they may think
convenient.
90. An act authorizing the sale Of
portion ola lot in the town Of Morguntown
belonging TO a church.
"a. An act installing the debt due
from the James river and Kanawha com.
pany authorizes the company to pay the
amount advanced them by the State in
three equal nstalments Of $29,274.
95. An act concerning the school
commissioners Of Dinwiddie authorizes
the Second Auditor to allow to said com.
missioners a credit for 456 dollars and o
cents, applied by them to the use of VIM
field Academy.
SO. An act to repeal so much of the
act Of Goth March, 1882, concerning the
taking Of oysters in the county of North
ampion, and from Wilson's creek in the
county of Gloucester, as applies to the
county of Northampton.
OF. An act changing the time of hold
ing second and fourth quarterly terms of
the county court of Warwick; to the
months of Juno and December, instead Of
May and November.
9S. An act concerning the town of
Manchester authorizes the trustees TO
establish water works in said town, ond
gives them tho necessary powers to exc
cute the same, and enIarges the powers OF
the trustees generally.
90. An &C; 10 prevent more etfectualiy
Instructions TO the passage of fish in the
waters of this Commonwealth prohibits
any nonresident 10 float or drift seines or
nets In any Of the waters of the State,
with a rope or line fixed to the bottom,
whether loaded or not or so constructed
as to keep such seines or nets IN an erect
position below the water, under penalty
of one hundred dollars. Gives magis-
trates the power to issue warrants requlr-
ing the apprehension OF any person offend
ing against the law, and TO recognize the
offender TO appear at the next quarterly
court or circuit court, to answer for the
said offence, and directs the court TO pro-
coed to trial without delay. Upon failure
to enter into the recognizance and give
security, the offender may be committed
to jail Gives the officer TO whom the
warrant is directed the right TO take with
him the power Of the county, and execute
the same in any part ofthe State.
100. An act concerning lands west oil
the Allegheny Mountains; gives persons
whose ands have been sold under the acts
Of 1887 and 1888, ten years from the date
Of tn, sale to present their petitions TO the
Circuit Court of the county in which the
land was sold, TO have refunded the sur
plus of the proceeds Of sale, agreeably to
said last act, and if the Court be OF opin-
ion that the petit oner is tho true owner OF
The land, the said surplus is to be refund
ed out of the Literary Fund the Court
in all cases, before final order, to make
an order of publication describing the land,
so as to notify all claimants of their rights;
and gives the Court the power to settle
the rights of conflicting claimants. The
act also authorizes any person interested
ia any land so sold, and that may be sold,
within three wears from the sale under