Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-03-29
Acts of Assembly.
AN ACT to Incorporate the Rridgewater al
Mount Crawford Turnpike Company.
In force February Z, 1872.


Mount Crawford Turnpike Company.
In force February 2, 1872.
l. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly,, That for the purpose of constructing
Turnpike Road from the town Of Bridgewa-
Ter, in the County Of Rocking CHAM, to the
Depot on the Valley Railroad nearest Mount
it shall be lawful to open books
for receiving subscriptions to an amount not
exceeding ten thousand dollars, to be divi-
did into shares Of twenty-five dollars each
The said books shall be opened at Bridge
water, under the direction Of j. W. F Ale
mong, G.. W. Berlin, John W Jacobs,
DR.. J. G.. Minor, DR.. George H. Dinges
and q. Miller, or any three of them, and at
such other place or places. and under the
direction Of such agents, as any three of the
above named Commissioners shall appoint
2. When one hundred shares shall have
been subscribed, the subscribers, their exc
cutors, administrators and assigns, shall be
and are hereby incorporated into a company
by the name and style of THE Bridgewa-
ter and Mount Crawford Turnpike Compa-
n.y." conformably to the provisions OF the
Code of Virginia and acts amendatory there
of and supplemental thereto: provided that
the said Company shall not be required to
pave or cover their road with stone or gravel.
nor to make summer or side road that
the said road shall he cleared at least thirty
feet wide and constructed at least eighteen
feet wide: provided. also. that the subscribers
to the stock Of said road may at the election.
nf tho oh h otdaro tho &c ~ o:
subscriptions, or any part thereof, either in
money Or in labor. work, material and SER
vices, at such rates or prices as may be fixed
by the Board of Directors of said Company.
3 This act shall be in force from its
passage.
AN ACT to Simplify Declarations in Actions
against Insurance Companies.
Approved February 8, 1879.
Whereas, complaints have from time to
time been made by members of the legal
profession and the holders of policies of fire,
marine, and life insurance, that by reason
of the almost nun berless conditions and
provisoes contained in the policies of most
if not all of the insurance companies doing
business in this commonwealth, and the
great difficulty and vexation experienced in
declaring upon said policies, the expense of
suits thereon is made peedlessly large aud
whereas, delays are often obtained. and in
justice is done the holders Of policies by said
Companies availing themselves Of the tech
meal Irregularities almost invariably atten-
dant upon declaration upon said policies !:
therefore.
J.. BE it enacted by the General Assem-
bly,, That hereafte. 10 particular form of
declaration shall be necessary in an action
upon policy Of insurance, but it shall be
sufficient for the plaintiff to file complaint
in writing at common law getting forth the
grounds Of bis action and the relief praye ed
for, and filing Herewith the original ,licy,
or a sworn copy thereof, upon which his &C.
ton is brought, and he loss or death relied
upon as the ground of bis recovery, and that
be has performed all the conditions Of said
policy and violated none Of its prohibitions
and in such complaint It shall not be neces
sary to set forth every condition or proviso
of said policy, nor to aver observance of or
compliance Herewith ''seria,im," but gen.
eral ayerment to that effect shall suffice -
Such complaint shall be fled in the same
court and at the same time at which AIDE
claration in such cases Is now required by
law; and such action shall be maturel in
the same manner as at present. The de-
PENDANT may plead the general issue, OF such
other special plea or pleas as is now allowed
BY law and the rules now applicable in
ouch cases, as TO the bringing Of such az
Ssa~.- .a-~ r---t,>-s~>ss as.d hrial of the same
shall remain the same, save as above modi-
fed.
2 This act shall be in force from its pas
says.
AN ACT to Amend an Act passed January 18th,
1857, entitled an Act to Amend an Act entitled an
Act in Regard to Abandoned Turnpikes.
In force February 10, 1872.
|. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly,, That the act entitled ''ap aet to amend
an act entitled an act in regard to abandon
ed turnpikes," passe d January 18th. eigh-
tie, n hundred and sixty seven be amended
and re-epacted so as to read as follows:
IS ! That whenever any turnpike com
pany shall haye abandoned its road, or a
part thereof, the county court of county
in which such road lies may certify the fact
to the township board Or boards in which
said road, or any part thereof, is located /,
who shall take charge Of the same, and keep
them in repair in all respects as prescribed
in chapter four hundred and forty-one of
the acts of eighteen hundred and sixty.
niue and seventy, entitled an act amending
certain sections of chapter Gfty-t~o Of the
Code of Virginia (ls6o), so as to make the
provisions of the chapter conform to the con,
stitution: provided. however, this act shall
not apply to any turnpike which may have
heretofore been taken possession of by the
County Court of any County, Rp4eF The
lays in force prior to the passage Of thiss
act"
2, This act shall be in force from its pas
sage.
AN ACT to Repeal tho 45th Section of Gan Act to
Establish and Maintain Uniform System OF
Public Free Schools" approved July 18th, 1870.
Approved February 10, 1872.
L. Be it enacted by the GENERAL Assem-
bly,, That the forty-fifth section Of An Act
TO eetapilsA ana MAINTAIN Uniform System
Of Public Free Schools" be and is hereby
repealed.
9 This act shall be in force from its pas.
sage.
R NorE.-The Ash section is as fol-
lows: "rhe pay of teachers shall be drawn
from the State and County funds in the
same proportions which those funds may
bear to each other"
AN ACT TO- Incorporate the Mechanics Mutual
Building Fund and Dollar Savings Bank of the
City of Staunton.
In force February 81, 1872.
|. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly,, That John B. Evans, James FL Waters,
W. H. Ell. Lynn, e. NJ. Gushing, 8. NJ.