Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1846-04-16

! making said repairs. Gives authority
I to the Governor and Council to sell the
lot on which the museum building now
stands, with the vacant lot attached
thereto, and the public lot on Franklin
street, and requires them to cause
court house to be erected at cost not
exceeding $4,000 dollars, on the lot
on the Eastern side of the capitol
square, between the Governors sta
bles and the museum, for the court of
appeals, the general court, the court of
chancery, and the law library, with a
conference room for the court of APP
peas, and clerks offices for said courts.
The proceeds arising from the sale of
/ the property ditectedt to be sold: to be
appropriated 10 the erection of said
courthouse, and the residue TO be paid
out Of the Treasury. utthe Execu-
tive is authorized, if he deems it prop
er, to dispense with said sale, and with
! the erection of the said courthouse,
and to fit up Ne museum for court
| house, or to suspend action relative
thereto until the end of the neYt ses-
sion Of the Legislature, and in that
case the museum is to be repaired to
! preserve it from decay.
An act providing for the collection
of delinquent militia fine tickets
Prescribes that all militia fine tickets
returned as delinquent By reason ofre-
moval or non residence, according to
the 9Th section of the act of March 9Th,
| 1884, relative to the militia, shall be
transmitted, postage paid,by the clerks
of the regimentsl courts to the clerk OF
the county o: corporation in which, the
delinquents are supposed to reside; and
ii is made the duty of said last clerks
to place them in the hands of the sher-
if or sergeant for collection, transmit
/! ting the receipt ofsuch sheriff or ser
geant therefor to the auditor. The
postage paid by the clerks of the regl-
mental courts is to be refunded them
out of the militia fines.
| An authorizing the establishment
of a Branch Bank at Martinsburg IN
! the county of Berkeley; authorizes the
Bank efthe Valley, or any other Bank
| in the State, to establish branch at
Martinsburg, with a capital not excee-
ding 100000 dsllars, and for that pur-
pose 10 open books Of subscription for
! that amount, and makes the said stock,
; when subscribed for, part Of the cap
ital stock Of the bank establishing said
I branch.
! An act to extend the charters of the
Shenandoah copper mining company
and the Warren copper mining compa-
ny in the county of Warren. Revlves
and extends each of these charters for
two years from the 14th February,
1916.
An act to amend an act entitled an
j act concerning the overseers of tire
poor. Provides that the penalty
prescribed by the lst section of the
act concerning everseers, passed goth
! February. 1929, upon each clerk, agent
or president, and not from the over
] seers Of the poor as prescribed in the
4th section of said act.
| An act amending the act entitled,
an act 10 prevent the citizens of New
t York from carrying slaves out of this
;. Commonwealth, and;to prevent the es-
cape of persons charged with the COM
f mission of any offence, passed March
18th, 1S41, and all acts amendatory
thereof. Repeats the said act and a
mandatory acts, except as to the coun-
! ty of Accomac, and continues them IL
), force in that county.
/, An act concerning the Western luna
fl tic asylum at Slannton; appropriates
81, 900 to purchase one hundred and
4 twenty acres of land adjoining the
lands of said asylum for the purpose of
TIE same, and provides that if the own
er of said land and the directors cannot
agree upon the terms of the purchase,
Il the land may be condemned by appli-
cation to the county court Of Augusta;
the damage assessed TO be paid by the
Fl said directors, and the land to be YES
ted in them and their successors.
i An act TO reduce the capital stock of
the Bank of Virginia and for other
4 purposes; reduces the capital to the
sum of 9, 900, $40, and reduces the par
value of its stock from one hundred to
| seventy dollars per share. Distributes
said capital as follows: to the Bank at
Richmond Sl0,S70 dollars; at Norfolk
80 Z
\ 200, 900 dollars; at Portsmouth 2o5,-
), 00O dollars; at Fredericksburg 900, 900
! dollars; at Petersburg 400, 900 dollars
4 at Lynchburg 300, 900 dollars; at Dan
] Vile 10000 dollars,a Buchanan 1O3,-
RI coo dollars; at Charleston $50, 600 dol
, lars. Gives the bank, (in lieu OF the