Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1868-02-29
West Va. Legislature.

lure few days since
Be IL enacted By The Legislature OF ne"
Virginia -
|. No person offered as witness IN
any civil action. suit or proceeding, shall
be excluded by reason of his interest IN
! the event thereof.
2. \ party to civil action, cult or
proceeding may be examined as witness
in his own behalf, or in behalf OF any 9th
er psrly, in The same manner and subject
10 the same rules OF examination as any
other witness, except as follows
l. An assignor Of chose 10 action shall
not be examined in favor Of bis assign
ee, unless the parry be living and reach oil
/ the process OF the court.
Ii. A party shall not be examined in
his own behalf in respect to any lransac'
ton or communication had personally
with deceased person, against parties
who are the executors, administrators
heirs allaw, next Of kin, or assignees OF
such deceased person, where they have
acquired tile 10 The cause of scion from
or through such deceased person, or have
been sued as such executors, stmnlstra-
tors, hers-al-lsw, next OF kin, or assign
ees shall be examined on their own be-
half in regard to any conversation or
transaction with such deceased person,
then the said assignor, or party, may be
examined in regard TO the same converse
,ion or transaction. =
Ill. 1.-The deposition Of party to The
action, suit or proceeding, has been taken
and lie shall afterwards die, and after his
death such deposition be used upon any
trial or hearing in behalf Of his executors,
administrators, heirs ai-law, next OF kin,or
assignor, shall he competent witness 10
any and all matters 10 which such dep0'
stion relates.
". This act shall not apply TO any &C.
ton, suit or proceeding heretofore com
mencsd in which a Judgment OF decree
has been obtained and new trial or re-
hearing has been or shall be awarded
therein but in all such actions, suits or
proceedings, the rules OF evidence shall
be the same as if This oct had not been
passed.
PosTPoNEMENT OF SPRING ELECTIONS.
This last bill as passed by the Senate
changes The bill as passed by the House,
and reads nav as follows:
BE II enacted by the Legislature Of
Hest Virginia. /. The annual cleo
ton Of township officers shall hereafter
be held with the State and county cleo.
tions, on The fourth Thursday in October
in each year, instead Of the time now
provided by law.
,. The term Of office Of all township
officers shall hereafter commence on the
list day of January instead of the lime
now prescribed BY Law, and such officers
now in Office whose term would sooner
expire, and such as may, during the pres
enI year, be appointed 10 ill vacancies
shall continue in Office until The 3lst day
Of December, 1865, and until their suc-
cessors shall be elected and qualified &C.
cording TO law.
3. So much OF the act entitled ian act
providing for the registration Of The quail
fed voters OF this State" passed Febru-
airy 25th 1867, as requires registration
Of voters in April and May Of erery year
is hereby repealed, but in other respects
the said act shall remain in full force.
LEGAL INTRREsT,-In the House the
following bill! concerning legal interest
was adopted
!. The legal interes! on money loaned
and debts contracted shall continue To be
a, the rate of six per centum per annum
upon the amount thereof.
2 All contracts and assurances made
directly or indirectly for the loan of for
bearance Of money. or other thing, al
greater rate Of interest than six Percenium
per annum, except where such greater
rate is now allowed by law, shall be void
as 10 any excess Of interest agreed 10 be
paid above that rate.
8. Sections four. Eve and eleven, OF
chapter one hundred and forIy-one OF the
Code Of Virginia, second addition, are
hereby repealed.
4 The laws regulating interest now
in force shall apply TO all debts heretofore
contracted.
+ After a lengthy and animated discussion
in which Messrs. Ferguson. Ne"lln,
Neermans, Jacob and Tomllnson sdvoca-
ted the amendment and Messfs. Cham
bers and PinneIl opposed il, the amend
ment was agreed 10 and the subject as
amended vas adopted.
The bill was ordered TO engrossment
H. Tue OLD GUARD FOR MARcH.-Ihe
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