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An pcs fepeal . much q The act entitled az &C,
prescribing The moie of eleeiing trustees iuf ins
Town Of Daskcsville IN The county II Befkeiey anu
vesting them with coFpoia ale powers and 81 elecuns
trustees of the Town of R0nncy in The coanty ~
Hampshire, u concerns lie i0wn II DatEess I've.
Repeas the frst eight sections Of said act, SAVING
rights aud remedies now-exisiing.
An act Il amend The act entitled an aetio llmti
the ASSESSMENT upon titheables and % authorize
tax upon property Tor The purpose OF deifaylng coan
y expenditures within The county Of BeIkeiey,
any debt incurred under said act 10 issue ceIilt-
cafes OF dehl in such amounts and reimburse Die ~
such times as tlnay deem ekpedieni transleTfanie
by deiiyeIy and endorsement
An act directing the Governor to present sword
70 Francis o,way Byrd, for his gallant conduct IN
An act allowing the commissioners Of The reve-
nue. for the county of Loudoun compensation ior
listing dogs
An &C, making IN appropriation 70 the Yirginial
Military Institute, for The support and eddealiun 3.
additional cadets. Appropratcs seven hundred and
tn dollars annually, u provide for supporting and
educating the additional cadets required By the aci
which provided that the hoard Of visitors should ap-
point cadet for each senatorial district m The
/ State.
An act nroyiding for The purchase OF furniture for
| the Eastern and Western Asylums, and for Other
purposes Afpropriafes $500 Tor the Western, and
S626G Tor he Eastern Asylum purchase furniture
and % provide clothing for the additional number
of patients that may be Feeeivedsin each, and per
lion OF tie last sum PaY The excess OF the price u
+ the buildings contracted for the Eastern Asylum
over the last appropriation.
An act Incorporating The Western Telegraph
! Company 10 maintain line Of Telegraph from
Ha.fers-F Ferry to the Ohio River through Virginia
An act TO amend the several acts concerning the
1 Mariinshurg and Winchester Turnpike Company
Directs The road to be divided into two precincts The
| first to extend from Martinsbarg 10 Bankers Hill
OF TO the Frederick line, as the Company may deter
mine IN general meeting, and the other from tht
point selected to The town Of Winchester; and npor
the subscription by solvent persons Of three lourih
OF the sum required 10 be subscribed by fudiTidua
for either section of the road, the subscription Q
the State is TO be made. Reduces the capital t
$4,000; and provides that in lieu OF asubscriptoi
by individuals Of $4,000 as required BY The act o
1888 when 5000 is subscribed and paid, or proper
" secured tie State shall Subscribe 900, and $
on IN like proportion until the amount OF its reduce
\ capital IS made up.
i An act imnosn g taxes for the support Of govern
ment Imposes for the present and all future years
until amended BY the legislature, the same take
Imposed for the hast year with the following ex
i ceptions To the tax on interest, and profits .
moneys loaned out on bends other securities, an
upon bonds or other securities purchased, Is atlachc
provisolhat no such tax shall be levied except up
on such interest profits as shall have been r.
eeivcd. converted intoprincpal or otherwise appre
priated during the year next preceding the tim
fixed BY law for listing property. Stocks of th
State Of public corporations, or of other State
or foreign Stat = are not taxed unless they excec
one hundred dollars principal and beEpnd that, n
same lax is levied as last year. Resident dentist
are taxed I'VE dollars last year the tax was impose
upon them in every county in which they praclise'
Nonresident dentists are taxed in every county,
This act docs not contain the clause in the last &C
cxempting Physicians, surgeons, dentists and alto
neys at law from taxation asNuch, until they hav
been practising one year. In the tax on auct0neer
. in towns containing population not eIceedin
three thousand il their sales do not exceed ten thot
sand dollars they pay tax Of twenty dollars onl
-last year it was that amount, without limit as
the sales. Auct1pcers may take oitf license
sell real estate : 1y, ami for that they are TO pa
j fifty dollars Thetax on merchants and auctoneel
3Dommencng business may be apporioned aeeordin
YSSDthe fractional part of the year for which the
licenses are granted, and in the succe ding year, ii
merchants tax shall be twenty dollars, and theau,
tioneersi tax one hundred and fifty, without reie
ence to preceding sales. Exhibitors Of shows are
pay ten dollars Tor license for every twentstfor
hours or FIR eact Gaie If performance. Bowling a
leys, if al watering place. kept place Of put
lie resort are tax edten dollars ii elsewhere twent
dollars and application must be made 10 The coaI
ty or corporation court for authority to exhibit
keep the same, and the court have power at an
time, upon ten days notice. TO revoke the license
Billiard tables in private houses for pirate use al
taxed ivedollars Printing presses are exempt fro
taxation. 10 be continued