Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1846-04-16

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missl0ners Of the teyentie 10 take lists AZ the
taxes assessed ailhe tme that lhe Isis 6, state
taxes are fasen, The Board 81 Commission
ers are Incorporated wi,h power q held not
exceeding $4,000 worth 81 property, real and
personal. They may purchase sites. and erect
schoolhouses ihereon. OF rent buildings there
for. and pmvide them with ihe necessary lixe
lures. They are 20 report annually 10 the
Board Of the Literary Fund the number Of
schools IA lhe county, the price log tuition,
and the number Of children taught, and the
operation 81 the system. The officer whacolr
leets the tate Revenue. Is & collect and ac-
count loT the taxes collected under this act to
the treasurer OF the school commissioners. and
70 receive for collection such commission not
exceeding five per centum as the court may
allow. As soon as fhe slsiem IS III operation,
the school quotas due the county from the
Literary Fund are to be paid 10 ihe treasurer
If the Board of school Commissioners and
the trustees under che act Of Isl of February,
lsti, appointed to establish q poer-hense IN
SAID county arc aunually to ray to said treas.
ureF ans surplus remaining FROM the profit ~
the gleba flBd after maintaining the poor Of
the county. The boapi are 70 appoint q treas
uTer and clerk, or unite the two offices INTO
one, as they may deem proper. and prescribe
theit duties and compensation, and the sheriff
IS to be treasurer uil one is appointed. They
are 10 employ telchcr and all the whitE 0hl
dren in each district shah have the right % az,
tend the school for the district free Of charge
The sheriff on the fourth Thursday III Aprl,
1916, is TO open pol al the court house or
the county 20 take lhe sense Of the free white
a3ug males assessed with revenue fee the pre-
eeding year. and who hssa paid It. and OF all
Others qualin-d - vote for members OF the
Legislature, upon the propretY Of accepting
OF rejecting this act aud majority IS TO decide
the question The RICH, is reserved to the
Legislature to amend or repeal the act upon
securing 20 the county al Che time Of repeal
any property which ~ the time may belong to
the corporation IN this act created.
An act concerning costs Oh rccogni2auees
fer breaches Of the peace; authorizes the courts
where judgments shall b. given in favor otthe
accused, 70 adjudce costs Ia his favor against
the party upon whose oath the raeognizance
was obtained execution to issue for the same
rs in eiYil eases.
An act authorizing the Lynchhurg and
Campbell courthouse turnpike company 10
augment their capital, and fof other purposes
authorizes the company to add 10 their capital
$4,000; and gives them power 70 extend
their road as they may deem expedient
An act incorporating a company TO con
struct a turnpike road from Howar1sville. in
the county of Albemarle, to the bridge across
Rocktish river IN the county OF Nelson. Cap
tal Slj.000--to BE- raised by subscription
The company is subject 70 the provisions of
the general turnpike law passed February 9TH,
1917 bat they are all allowed 90 dispense with
summer or side roads, and paving with stone
or gravel, aud to make their road only thirty
feet wide. They are authorized % establish a
;ollgate when their road Is constructed 20 Rob
ert's ford across Rockfish river, and another
where they please when II is completed.
An act concerning Sherlls' and other Off
GER commissions on executions. Allows the
smne commissions as were allowed before the
pa sage Of the act concerning their commits
sions, passed March 2Sth, lSI3 except that
on executions on forfeited forthcoming bonds,
thc commission shall be one half of thai here
tofore allowed, aud no more.
An act 70 provide ioT the punishment Of per-
sons convicted Of arson in certain eases Pro
yides, that ifany free person shall commit ar
son, or shall have heretofore committed arson,
as defined by the Isl section Of the az. On that
subject. passed February 6, 1919, and il shall
appear 10 the jury on tire trial that tho life OF
no person was destroyed, or intended 70 be de-
showed. and that there was some eXtenuating
fact attending the commission Of the same,
which ought 70 lower the grade Of the 0iiencc
the Jury may find such eNtenuatlng fact along
with their yirdct Of guilty. and may tx the
punishment 10 confinement IN the Penitentia
ry for life, or for any shorter period not less
than ten years. The court is also empowered
after verdict 10 grant a new trial IN order 70
graduate the punishment 10 tAe justice q t4o
case.
An act to provide tor the revision Of the cri-
minal code Allows Chapman Johnson.(w
was first appointed to revise thus code, and
who was prevented by illhealth from compile
ting il for the work executed BY him, the sum
Of 81 800 Appoints Robert G. Scott TO com
plete the reyisal, and allows him therefor =
$50, and authorizes him % employ a clerk, OF
a compensation of t500 the revisal, when
co,npleted, to be delivered BY him to the Clerk
Of the House Of Delegates, who is 70 cause it
10 be printed for the use Of the next General
Assembly.
An act to provide for the revisal Of the ciyh
code Of this Commonwealth. Appoints John
NJ. Patton and Conway Robinson for this pur-
pose, aud makes il their duty 70 collaie and
revise al the general statutes now IA force, cx-
cept the criminal code, and report 70 the next
l. legislature which Of said statutes ought 10 re
man in force, with drafts Of such bills as they
think ought to pass, suggesting such contra
dicGons. omissions, or nnperieetions as they
may perceive, and the mode Of reconciling,
supplying, or amending them, arranging I'M
der appropriate chapters, tales and sections,
ell the acts and parts Of acts relating TO the
same subject, which ought 10 be continued or
adopted, with such notes and explanations as
they shall deem essential 10 a clear understan-
ding Of the same, noting such acts as ought %
be omitted, and making the revision N such
manner as 70 be concise, plain and ineligible.
The revision thus made is To be delivered by
the revisors 10 the pubic printer, 70 be printed
for the use Of the Legislature. The act appro-
PIRATES to the said reyisors the sum Of 5000,
10 Be divided between them. The act repeats
the act reducing the pay Of the members OF
Assembly after certain period OF It's session,
passed January 9, 1874, and provides that as
soon after the passage Of tins act as may be
consistent with the Constitution, the pay Of
the members shall be the same as 1t was before
Inc passage Of said act for ninety days and
after thai time tie pay Of the speakers Of both
houses shsll be reduced to four dollars, and
hat of the members 10 two dollars per day.
An act concerning trials in criminal cases.
Provides that in all prosecutions iof offences
punishable bg death or confinement IN the
,enitenuary, he sheriff or other officer shall
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