Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-04-11
SKETCH OF THE ACTS
Passed BY the General Assembly of Vr-
ginia, at its SESSION 1874.

/. An act TO provide for the payment
Of repairs to the Hall Of the House Of Del
egates; appropriates thee hundred snc
three dollars nineiy-eight cents for thai
pur. ose.
.. An act changing the time of holding
the courts in the tlrst judicial court; pre-.
scrbes that the clycuil court for The coun-
ty Of Norfolk shall be held on the LIST oil
April and 25th Of September; for Nsnse.
mond on the 10Th April AMI 18th Octo-
Der; for Greenesvjlle on the Goth April
and LIST November; for Southampton on
the I'd oil May and 7,h November; for
Surry on the 18th OF May and 18th Oc-
tobtr;. f r. Isle of Wight on the l6tn May
and 18th OF 0ctob-r, fsr.Pii1cess Anne
on the 25th May and Cad September; and
for Norfolk Borough on the LIST June and
18TH November.
3. an actto reduce the pay OF MON.
bers olthe General Assembly aflrr GER
tain period Of its srss.on; provides, that
after The expiration OF seventy five days
from the commencement OF the present
and all future sessions OF the Legislature,
the pay of the Speaker Of both Houses
shall be reduced TO four dollars per day,
and OF the members 10 two dollars per
day.
A. An act changing the tine OF hoiding
the circuit and county courts Of certain
counties therein mentioned; fixes the day
for the circuit court Of Roanoke on the
Thursday after the Sd Monday ia March
aud August; the circuit coutt Of Lewis
on the a0lh OF April and September the
circuit court of Randolph on The 9Th day s
of May and October; the circuit court Of
Barbour on the 18Th days OF May and DC
tober; the circuit court Of Harrison OF
the 25th days of May and October, and
the county courts Of L wis on the ID
Mondays, and Of Brsxton Oh the Sd Mon
days IN each month. The act to take
effect from the LIST March next.
5. An act changing the tune Of hold
ing the circuit superior court OF Fayette
county; prescribes that the said court
sha be held on the 30th days of March
and August annually.
6. An act reducing the penalty Of the
1r asuier's bond; fAes the amount Of The
said penalty at one hundred thousand dol
lars.
Z. An act TO authorize separate cleo
tim IN each of the counties OF Marion,
l. wis and Wood autnorizes an election
to be teld in the county of Marion, at the
house now the residence Of Nj h las b.
Yost, on or near pawpaw creek; in the
county Of Lewis, a. the stors-house Of Ste.
phen P. Jackson, in the village Of Jane
Lew; and in the county Of Wool, at the
house now being erected by Abraham
Enock, on the Northwest side Of Hugh's
river and IN the county of Marion. at
the house of jeremiah Hess. ST., on Little
Blngsmon creek, and at the store house
Of Geo. Ryan, on Booths creek, instead
Of those directed by law to be held at the
house Of John Cochran, on the Wesl Fork
river, and at the house of Isaac Thomas,
on Fiat run, in said unity.
8. An ac, prescribing the duties Of in.
spectors Of tobacco in certain cases that
when any tobacco shall be made or grown
in any of the States West Of Virginia, and
received in any war house in this Stale,
fur insp cion, i, shall br the duty o. the
Inspector to stamp or mark on tine hogs
head The gross, tare aud nett weight, and
the name Of the warehouse where inspect
ID and also the words Western tobacco
on each head and on two sides of the
hogshead or cask, and tho same, when
exported or transported, to be accompa-
MED by corresponding manifest; impos-
es the like duty upon said tobacco as is
required to be paid on other tobacco de-
lv, red for expiration, and requires the
inspectors to perform these duties under
penalty oftwenty dollars for each neglect.
REQUIRES the owners Of such tobacco in-
PRODUCED into this State, whether in the
leaf or in strips, to have the same inspect.
ed, and imposes p' nalty zone hundred
dollars upon every person who shall ship
or export the same withou; It's being in
sppcted, or who shall lraudulen,ly alter
or remove any mark n ICED thereon by
the inspector; said penalty to be recov-
er.d by Information 10 any court DIRE
cord where the offence sha have b. en-
cotnuitted--nne half to the Comm
wealth., and the otler hall TO tqe informer.
8. An act app ,rlion'ne the scbo i quo
tas OF Fl ,rrison. Lewis Randolph. WJod,
Barbour and Richie; gives TO the county
of HARRISON $fl5 AZ; 10 the county Of
Lewis $409 81; to the county OF RAN
dnlph S206 81; to the county Of Wood
1856 40; to the county Of Barbour $l3l..
60. and requires the Treasurer of the
Schools Commissioners of Wood county
to pay to the Treasurer Il Richie county
out Of the quota of lS44, $ll6,3l. the
proportion of the latter county Tor 1913.
TO- An act concerning the survey OF
the coast Of Virginia; gives authority 10
any person employed by virtue Of an act
OF Congress, passed February i0,h, ls07,
and Of the supplement thereto. 10 ent r
upon lands in this State for the purpose oil
exploring, surveying, iriangulating or
dwelling, or dong any thing necessary to
eff CT the objects Of said acts; provi les a
mode for assessing the damages TO the
owners oflands SO entered upon and used;
and imposes penalty OF fifty dollars,
upon any person who shall w'fully injure,
deface or remove. any gnal, mon0m' nj
or builiing, or any appendage thereto,
erected or used by virtue of said acts of
Congress, to be recovered before any JUS
tice of The peace ofihe county where the
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