Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-01-11
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA.
SENATE, Friday, 4th.--The Senate was
called to order by Mr.. Trout, Of Augusta,
i'll the absence of the Lieutenant Governor.
Mr.. Mitchell, Of Bedford, from the Com
mittee on Banks, reported, without amend
ment, House bill to incorporate the Farmers
and Mechanics Bank Of Charlottesville. The
bill was subsequently taken up and passed
BY Mr.. Coleman That the Committee
on Finance be instructed to inquire into the
expediency Of providing suitable memorial
to mark the grave Of the late Peter Francis
co, of revolutionary memory. Adopted
Saturday, 5th'-Senator Ould, by leave,
introduced bill to exempt the homesteads
of families; which was referred to the Com
mittee on General Laws
[Fhe bill proposed to exempt from execu-
ton for debt homestead Of not more than
one hundred and sixty acres in area, nor
more than fifteen hundred dollars in value. I
The bill to amend the second section of the
stay law was taken up and passed.
Monday, It'll MIR Boiling, from the
| Committee on the judiciary, reported, with
out amendment, House bill to amend and re-
enact section % of chapter 1862 of the Code
of 1860 in relation to the compensation of
jurors. The bill passed ayes p noes /.
HorsE, House bill No. 69.-To amend
and re-anact section 20, chapter 100 of the
Code, in regard to witnesses in prosecutions
for unlawful gaming.
The bill prevents any prosecution of any
witness for gaming, but compels him to tes-
tify, his evidence not eliminating himself]
Senate bill amending the stay Law was
considered and passed.
The follawing is a copy Of the bill.
| SECTION 2.-The foregoing Section shall
not apply to any case in which the debt or
liability sought to be enforced was contracted
or incurred since the I'd day of April, 1865,
Or in which the Commonwealth is the credi-
ter or party benefcally entitled or to taxes.
| levies or assessments due to county or cor
por,, ton: or inwhich an officer of county
or corporation is liable for taxes, lcvies or
other moneys collected, or which should have
been collected oy him for snch county or cor
poration; or in which the parties interested
shall consent to sale; or in which, if the
parties, or any of them, be incompetent to
consent, Circuit Court, or Judge in yaca-
ton, having jurisdiction of the subject, shall
determine that the interest of such parties
would be promoted by sale or to any case
Of alimony, or of dover, or of interest in
lieu OF dover; or to allowance or provision
for the maintenance or education of females
or infants; or to any payment of rent or of
annuity falling due after April 2, 1865; or
to any proceeding to compel an officer Of the
State. or of county Or corporation, or
! commissioner Or receiver, or other officer of
a court, or any fiduciary. to account for, pay
or disburse money received by him since
April z. 1860; Or to any proceeding against
a fraudulent purchaser or donee, or against
property in his hands, for atdobt orliablity
of the vendor OF donor or to any proceeding
against debtor or party bound, who has
move his effects GU. of this State, with in
tent to delay, hinder or defraud his creditors,
or those to whom he is liable; or to any pro
ceeding under chapter Isl Of the Code of
1860; nor to any case hereafter provided
for in this act; nor shall anything herein
contained be so construed as to effect existing
laws now in force as to the collection OF
sheriffs' and clerks fees or against foreign
nonresident debtors. But nothing in this
section shall deprive the sureties of any Off
Ger of the State, or Of a county or corpora
ton Of the benefit. Of the first section of this
act in respect to any liability accrued prior
to April 2, 1865 provided, that the excrp-
ton made in this section in regard to pro-
ccedings under chapter ISL of the Code of
1860, shall not be construed to deprive resi-
dent garnishees of the benefit of the act'hcre-
by amended. Whenever it shall appear to
any circuit, county Or corporation court, ur
on q petition filed therein. that any minor,
widow, unmarried woman or insane person,
is dependent for support upon the interest
or principal Of debt, the collection of which
is STAYED by this act, such court may ascer-
tain. through one Of its commissioners in
chancery, what amount is necessary for the
support Of the petitioner or petitioners what
amount each debtor, if there be more than
one, shall pay. assessing the whole upon
them rataLly and whether the sum so as
sessed upon each shall be of the principal or
interest; and the report the commissioner,
when approved by the court, shall be en-
tered of record by the clerk thereof, and any
debtor who, after being served with notice Of
the amount thus assessed upon him, shall
fail to pay the same within thirty days there
after, the same shall be recoverable i'll the
manner prescribed for the recovery of inter-
est by the fifth section of this act The
commissioner, Of whom report shall be re-
post notice thereof. allequ ire d BY law in
the settlement of fduciaries The cost of
such proceedings to be subject to the order
OF court"
House bill to amend the law in relation to
the acknowledg ment ef deeds was passed.
THE PRESIDENTS RESTORATION PoLIcY-
The Washington correspondent Of the New
York Herald says, in his letter Of the Oath:
1.-The PresidentSto-day, in conversation
with friend, expressed his undated conf