Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-05-23
SKETCH OF THE ACTS
Passed By the General Assembly Of Vir-
ginia, at its SESSION 1874.
lC0NCLUDED.l

1l9. An act providing for the publica-
ton of the laws concerning overseers of
the poor and the poor OF the Common
wealth requires the Auditor of Public
Accounts TO have two thousand copies Of
all such laws, together with all laws in
cooperating trustees for charity schools,
TO whom the duties of overseers Of the
poor have beer transferred, published in
pamphlet form, to be delivered to the Elk.
ecutiye. and twelve Of them to be sent to
each county of the State IN the same
way and at the same time, with the acts
of Assembly; one copy to be given TO
each overseer Of the poor.
100. An act providing for the pay
ment of water rent at the Capitol directs
the Superintendent of Public Edifces to
contract with the corporation ofthe City
Water Works, and appropriates fifty dol
lars to pay for the rent Of the present year.
l2l. An act making additional APP
propriations for furnishing and supporting
the Lunatic Asylums of the Common.
wealth; appropriates four thousand dol
lars to the Eastern Asylum, and eight
thousand dollars to the Western Asylum,
to be applied to furnishing the new addi-
ton to said Asylums, and the support and
maintenance thereof.
l22. An act authorizing the furnish
ing cannon to the 37th, 4lst, 92d, and
IIth Regiments provides that, when the
cannon now held by said Regiments shall
be returned TO the Public Armory, the
Governor shall furnish said Regiments
with one, and, if he thinks proper, with
two mounted six Founders complete.
1913. An act making an appropriation
for the Eastern Lunatic Asylum; appro'
PIRATES five thousand dollars for repairing
the OLD buildings of said Asylum.
le4. An act changing the time OF
holding the Circuit Superior Courts OF
Rock bridge and Amherst; fixes the Court
of Rockbridge on the twelfth days OF
April and September, and the Court OF
Amherst on the Friday after the third
Monday in March and August of every
year.
I25. An act concerning the Superin.
tendents of the Eastern and Western Luz
natic Asylums, Williamsburg and Staun-
TOM exempts them, except within thirty
miles of the respective Asylums, from the
operations of subpGnas, summonlng them
TO different parts of the wealth,
to give evidence or professional informa-
ton on questions of insanity, and allows
them to give their testimony in the form
OF dispositions, to be entitled TO the same
validity as if present, and testifying in
person.
1875. An act for the relief of Abigail
Patterson; authorizes her, under certain
restrictions, to release her right OF dover
in certain estate.
LAT. An act authorising the Literary
Society of Romney to transfer to the
Romney Academy any money raised by
lottery for said society.
1913. An act 10 incorporate the Shen-
andoah Copper Mining Company, with a
capital not less than 100000, nor more
than a million Of dollars.
1919. An &C. allowing to the Orderly
Sergeant of the Public Guard the pay
now allowed by the law TO the Lieuten-
ants Of said Guard, for services rendered
as Brevet Lieutenant allows him sixty.
nine dollars.
100. An act to incorporate Fredericks.
burg Cemetery Company, and for other
purposes incorporates the said Company
and authorizes the trustees of the town oil
Fairmont to purchase land, to be used as
public cemetery.
l3l. An act authorizing the sale Of
certain real estate, belonging to the III