The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-03-29

IL De H. 49, = =
BECOME LAws.-The following have
become laws: ..9.
To increase the capital stock of the
Petersburg gaslight company. Approved
March az, 1879. aS
To amend code &C., prescribing the
courts in which legal proceedings are com :
menced. Approved March %, 1873.
To amend code as to pleading of usury
by chartered companies. Approved March
%, 1873. II. a.. -.
10 incorporate the Woodstock. and
Wardensyille Turnpike company. APPROX
ed March %, 1873.
To amend code in relation to special
pleas of set-off. Approved March %,
1873.
To regulate the working OF the roads Of
Rockbridge and Lee counties. In force
March 26, 1878. r.ls.sF
For the relief of John Pollard, of King
and Queen county. In force March 20,
1878. -
For the relief of A. w. Vaughan, col
lector of Francisco township, in Bucking.
ham county, in the year 1871. In force
March 26, 1879.
To amend the act in relation to work
ing the roads in Loudoun county. Ir
force March 20, 1878.
To amend code, &c., in relation to the
times of meeting of the General Assembly
In force March 26, 1878.
To authorize an artificial arm or com.
mutation therefor to be issued to Moses
Cavanaugh. In force March &c, 1873.
To authorize the common council oil
Danville to borrow money. In force
March 26, 1878.
70 amend the act to provide for dividing
the several counties of this state into town.
ships. In force March 81, 1873.
To extend the time for the completion o.
its road by the Fredericksburg, Orange
and Charlottesville railroad company, tc
provide for constructing branch and ex.
tension of said road, and to prescribe wha,
may be done to complete the same in case
of forfeiture incurred by said company
In force March q, 1873.
ALLEGED FRAUD IN THE TRANSFER
OF STATE Stock IN THE RICHMOND
AND DANvILLE RAILROAD.--The spe
cial committee, consisting of Messrs. j. @
Hill, S. w. Thomas and Stith Boiling, ap
pointed by the General Assembly to inves
gate the transfer of the state stock in thu
Richmond and Danville railroad by tn,
board of public works, made report yes
| terday. The report is very lengthy
and developes what seems to be
huge fraud upon the people of tn
state. The state held $4,000 shares
of stock. The act of the legislature APP
proved July IL, 1870, authorized the boar
of public works to sell these shares at thei
par value of 800 per share. At the tim
of the passage Of the act, the committe
say, it did not appear by the records Of tn
state, nor were any of its officers awar
that the state stock in the Richmond an
Dan, lille railroad company was none othe
than her original subscription of 1900
shares, and the act comprehended tn
transfer only Of that amount. But
seems the state acquired 1900
shares additional, the result {
a diYidend in stock declare
on the 18th of December, 1866, which ha
not been certified to the proper officers {
the commonwealth, and that such dividen
is still due to the state. The committe
declare that the transfer of more or an
less than - 900 shares of stock, the state
original subscription, was, and is unlawful
and any reissue of the same absolutel
void; and recommend that the board {
public works be directed at once to inst
tute such proceedings as will recover ar
protect the states interest in the matter.
The report of the committee came, l
for consideration in the House to-da
4 when a persistent and finally successf
effort was made to postpone final acto
The question comes up again on Monda
VALUABLE PRESENT FOR ONE OF on
CITIZENS. The Stanton indicator Civ
the following description of o valuab