Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-05-04
LAWS OF INTEREST.

The following new laws, or Gu snges in old
laws. adopted by the last legislature will
| be found of interest:
PREVENTING THE POLLUTION OF DRINK
ING WATER.
| /. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly, Of Virginia, That any person or per-
| sons who shall knowingly and wllfully
| throw or cause to be thrown into any res
ervoir Or other receptacle of drinking
water, or spring or stream of running
water, ordinarily used for the supply Of
drinking water, or domestic purposes, of
any person or family, IOWA or city in this
| Commonwealth, the dead body of any
! animal, or shall drown and leave. OR cause
to be drowned and left, any animal there
| in, shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof, shall be fined
not exceeding one hundred dollars, or i'm
| prisoned not exceeding six months, or
| both, at the discretion of the court in
, which such conviction is made.
This act shall be in force from it's
| passage.
| SUPERVISORS DUTIES WITH RELATION
TO CLERKS OF COURTS.
! The following is the section OF the act
on this subject as it was amended by the
! legislature:
SS48 The board of supervisors of every
county shall, at the expense of the county.
| provide suitable books and stationery for
| the use of the clerk of their board, the
clerk Of the county court, county treas
urer and the clerk OF the circuit court.
| together with appropriate cases and other
| furniture for the safe and convenient
keeping of all the books, documents, and
papers belonging to each of said officers,
and fuel for said clerks and treasurers'
offices; and also official seals for each of
| said officers when same are required by
| law.
| 2. This act shall be in force from and
after the first of May, eighteen hundred
and eighty-eight.
COUNTY AND CITY TREASURES AL
LoWANCEs.
The following is the section of the act
on this subject as it was amended by the
legislature.
S614 The county treasurer shall be
allowed for his services in receiving and
disbursing the county and school levies,
including all moneys collected by order of
the county and school authorities for any
purpose, and the city treasurer shall be al
lowed for his services in receiving and dis
bursting the city and school levies (where
be is the collector of such levies), the same
rate of compensation allowed by the pre-
ceding section for receiving and paying
over the revenue, except on amounts over
fifteen thousand dollars ne shall be allow
ed three per centum. But upon all funds
turned over by an outgoing county treas
urer. his successor for receiving and dis
bursting said funds shall have not more
| than two per centum commission.
2. This act shall be in force on and
after the first day of May, eighteen hun
dred and eighty eight.
SALE OF DELINQUENT LAND.
The following is the joint resolution
passed March Sch by the legislature, post
poning the sale of delinquent lands:
| l. Be 1t resolved by the Senate 1.-THE
House of Delegates concurring), That the
treasurers of the respective counties and
cities of the Commonwealth are hereby
directed not to sell, before the next ses-
sion of the General Assembly, any lands
heretofore sold for delinquent taxes due
the Commonwealth, purchased by the
Commonwealth and still unredeemed.
g. That the auditor of public accounts
be and is hereby directed not to furnish
to said treasurers, for the purposes of such
sale, the lsts of lands so purchased by the
State and unredeemed, until the next ses-
sion OF the general assembly.
8. These resolutions shall be in force
from their passage.