The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-03-26
SOME NEW LAWS.
TIE COUNTY scAooL BOARDS
Revival OF nn Old Custom-Protection OF
Purchasers Mt Judicial Sales-Conditions
on Charters OF incorporation.

~ Inc
The following il can act 10 amend nm n
reenact nm oct ennrovnd Jar,,or,. - ,SaS ou
! - ss,, - 'ffA '.a""s! - 10 .,
entitcu WI act 10 proNlue Tor The appoint
ment and removal OF District School Trns-
| 60. o,.d % ,...>.ai a. sa,..S Se'oo' 49,, u7
| N,,o' 80 W l.l." Wy 'V"itu chuse Oh tne
| Ith Sectlon OF the 18Th chapter OF the Code
| OF 1881 i'm force February %. 1e4A
| N, ,, -, A.. an, ~ A0'''
pis !. Bs % e1gc.ed og ne General Assembly Of
ie5t sn,i,,aa n ~ e se q. &c, app,oVed January i,
To- noa ~, ~ an az proNlue Tor the appoint
meat an1 removal OF district school trustees, and
e.SPSa .nc ftn Slause ol me Ith SECTION OF the
Iesn ehapter on the Code OF 1878. be amended
sle 'e1SnaV.ed I,s. ~, 70 A. 20 read as follows:
\. 4 haI tne Seperal Assembly shall during the
SESSIONS OF ISoo- u and every four years there
ater, proceed 10 elect three citizens OF each coun-
ID ., snis Us S99amonwealth, 80 TO be known as the
SOuh'l boAru OF ScnoOl Commissioners, the men,
0ers Of sdid Beard to 90 into Office on the 1st ddv
Q Aprlt succeeding their election, having first
taken and subscribed the usual oath Of Office and
to hold their offices for the term OF four wears or
nntl their successors are duly elected and auaIi-
hed
~. The said Board shall elect one Of their num-
Der chairman, and another secretary. and any two
shall constitute quorum for the transaction OF
business and any vacancy occurring in any OF
the said county scheol electoral boards during tle
recess oil the LeglslaturoN shall be flled by ap-
polntment OF the Judge OF the circuit court OF the
county VI w,nes snen vacancy NAV occur; said
aopoinee 70 hod once uhtil thirty days after the
next meeting OF The General Assembly
3: Inc tfener't Assembly may elect said eoCn-
rShvVt eitcto'al hOifts IN JOINT RESOLUTION Tor
that purpose, embracing all the counties OF the
Commonwealth
! 4. All vacancies existing or occurring in dis
ss,d co1ofT schooI S oe hed oy
no person who rs unable to read and write shall be
iRat potbing in this act shall ne construad s %
ing authority or power 20 said electoral board to
!" Of scboo r % ess 'hS me SpPo'n,e as
els or to disturb in any way the present law bear
ing on lhe actoh OF salu municipal councils In the
premises. -,
o. Inc sllu seho9i trustee electoral boards
shall nave power, ana IL shall be their duty, 70
declare vacant ana 10 proceed 10 MI the Office Of
any trustee ~ thelT Respective counties who fail
to quaiy ana 10 oeiiVef 70 the clerk OF the board
nIs eiiSla oat' III tne usual Iorln' within thirty
DAYS atef ne mas Deeh nOtlnedo OF MS appointment;
Nhlch nUtnSanoh shal, De promptly given by the
clerk' Inc Dosru shAll also Nacate the Office OF
any ana ever! trustee WHO ialiS 10 discharge The
delles ol ms once accoT4inS 10 law.
v ANY ,,o % 6er oOspu may eau meet
nR " nouIn nlhs tne ptner TWO. All proceedings
siIaIi pe iccoIueu IN = uounu NoIuhe' ana such re-
Voru' Vooh anu etd.loheTI Us may ne necessary
snail Oe pald TOT from tne county-SchOol fund: ::
provides the COST OF the same shall not exceed 80
In any one wear. IL snail also be the duty of the
clerk Of said Board to furni the Board OF Edu-
cation with nst OF scho0l trustees and such other
Information as may be called for.
Z. The CLERK shall convene the said Electoral
Board promptly when unexpected vacancies Oc-
cur and also at least thirty days before the pTa
ton Of regular terms OF Office, so that district
boards may be kept full and no members be left 10
hold over unnecessarily.
IS. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent here
with are hereby repealed.
q. This act shall be in force from its passage.
ppocrcS1oN,N, op,.>-n
ThVNH90i0>l>" VI hANDS'
The following is can act for DrOceSslOn-
ino, the Lnde in tbe counties ~ Acoon,oo
IuH INC I'hus III tue COI'htleS vi ACcoinac'
Northampton. y Hanover. Caroline. Prince
Edward and Nansemond - onnroved Fob.
" ~. " ~ n. :. 10 TO-. "PPi''" W
fuary 70, 1851.
l. Re il enacted bv the General Asse,nbIJ of
VirGinid That tile Board of Supervisors Of the
Caroline. Prince Edward, and Nansem0nd shall
divide their counties into so many precincts as 10
them may seem proper. for processioning the lands
of ali persons in said counties or in such portions
of said counties as to such boards may seem proper
and shall without DELAY. upon The passage Of this
act, and every nlth year thereafter appoint three
to see Such provisioning performed, ard to take
and return to the said courts an account Of every
persos present g al be tme Which returns 81 sbaI
be in the following form:
Dale OF fr9cessio'ihg
1elts 1mnstS ~. ~ Laalui d 1t.rt.. Of CorDors
DeoOl Dp rPIn1ns p.near, 81" 'iA' n" -
ieasOiIs . 70 Stni ol sboI, ho dort,orod h,. ,,
,EVIy "a, 90 "iiS oi c,iojT 20 tha iaf 'o ~,
N la "a, 81 ,ho froebolders 20 onocintJ IyttbtU
nftren iays after the making thereof and the said
frSehnId !s sLsI ~tus. the .ou5p to no obevcd I'm
owe rv narticuiar and shall c,se IN ha given in tho
mosf nuhIic rIaces and In the most pnblIc man
ner. IN their county, by publication IN tie news
, ~. oberwise AZ ioa 81 th roe Sreets teforc ,be
ppsrre A. nerforned Of ,he Time annomfed nv tbe,n
W ,,,efpssjoninc In esch nrecinct ana sbsIi sIso
,& ~, p - ha sarv,d in Tho rnauner nrescrShe6 nv
law a like notice upon any person whose lands NAV
he Affected Inv said processioning Each nrnces-
sioner shall lie allowed by the court Of ms comfy
ono dollar and ftv ce ais for every dav ne shaI he
emnloved. and in case of the ideath resign1fton
or removal from office or failure To act of anv
such processioner, the court Of the county where
such vacancy shall happen shall appoint success
sor. Said county court shall make reasonable
allowance 10 lis clerk for The services TO be per-
formed by him by virtue Of this act which allow
anca fogether with sther necessary exDenses In
curred I'm the execution OF this act not Otherwis
pToyided for, shall be levied in the next county
low
Am acts or n,,ts of act nsistent with, tbis
act be. and the same are, hereby repealed
g. This act shall be in force from its passage
n,c,, c
'UDlOIAL sALhs'
The following is Nan act tO nrOvidp for
H. ,,,o.oo+;on - ,,,,rchosors ~ ond o,l,oy
tne protection VI ptuCudstis III, anu Quiet
DersOnS interested in, judicial sales aD-
nroved Februarv %. 1SS4v
J, ,,
Tirgini0, That no special commissioner APP
pointed by court IN decree for the sale or rent
ing of land shall advertise for sale or renting or
make sale or rent of such land. with power TO coll
ect the purchase-mOney therefor, until he Ors some
one of The persons appointed to make the sale or
renting shall have first executed bond before such
court, or the clerk thereof in vacation, with per-
sonal security, to be approved Dy sucn court or
clerk In such penalty as the court shall fix, con-
ditioned and payable prescribed by law: and
no such special commissioner shall advertise the
sale rental of such land without hrst obtaining
IA eerlihcate from sucI cleTk lhat Tue Donu re-
quired by law or by the decree has been eX-
ecuted, aud appending such certificate or
copy thereof, to the advertisement and me clerk
OF the court decreeing the sale or renting shall
make his certificate as TO the execution Of the
bond as aforesaid whenever such bond shall have
been executed as herenUefore required, and shall
note the same I'm the proceedings In The cause and
shall receive therefor fee Uf twenty-five cents,
to be taxed and paid in the costs Of the suit; and
such certificate or copy thereof shall be returned
2. When such certificate as to the execution
of the bond shall have been published with an
ar when such bond shall have beer given
prior 10 sale or renting of land not publicly ad-
vertised, any person purchasing or renting such