Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-12-18

collected equally with the surveyor, and re
! turn to the clei K of the county court annual
/ at the March term a list of all fines SO cOllec
| ted With the names of the surveyors to whom
the same have been paid, and the clerk shall
label and file the same in his office. Inc sur
| yeyOr shall take a receipt for each ticket. S,
| placed in the hands of said constable OF sher
| If, and if the same is not collected and pal(
over to him within ninety days from the DAFT
of the receipt he shall return said receipts tx
the clerk of the county court, who shall Iabe
and file the same in his office and immediatel!
inform the Commonwealth attorney thereof
whose duty it shall be without delay to insti
tute proceeding by motion against such con
stable OF sheriff, as the case may be, and hi.
sureties on his official bond to recover the ag
gregate amount of such tickets as shown by
said receipts, and may direct the said clerk tG
summons such witnesses as he may deem nee
essary in the prosecution of said motion, &c.
BILL TO SECURE COMMISSIONERS FEES
IN LAND SALES.
Delegate Williams introduced bill il
the House to amend Sec. 40 of the Code
so as to require the fees of commissioners
in land sales, to he collected by the county
clerks at the time the deed of conveyance
is put on record. This is to remedy the
present law, under which commissioners are
O1VCH puUJCOUCu w lOil}o SCibyo3 "ii>A oOAAAS
times to total loss of their fees.
REFUNDING THE DIRECT TAX.
Both houses of the legislature having
passed joint resolution accepting the
$3.50 600 collected from Virginians by the
Federal land tax, those in Augusta who
paid it and are now to have it refunded to
them, will be interested in the following,
written to his paper, the Lynchburg VIZ
gilman, by Senator Mcdonald
The wav of proceeding will be this: AS
soon as possible the Governor procureS from
Washington list of all the persons i'll his
State who paid the direct tax, giving amount.
residence OF payer, etc. line Governor then
has this list copied by counties; and a check
for the amount for each county is sent to the
county treasurer for distribution, who is re-
quired to give bond and security for the faith
full performance of his duties. His first step
is to post at the courthouse list of all the
parties who paid the direct tax, and he then
calls on them or their legal representatives to
come forward and receive what is due them. 1t
may be presumed that the cases will be COM
paIatively few IN which either the parties who
paid the taxes or their heirs will not be found
forthcoming to pocket their part of the
'divvy." Money, as rule, does not go beg
ging for the lack OF claimants, and no proof
will be necessary, the name appearing on the
list being all that is required, And, as sta
ted above, after the expiration of the six
years, all that remains undistributed in the
hands of the several county treasurers goes
into the State Treasury.
MISCELLANEOUS.
On Monday Senator EchOls introduced a
bill to confirm and amend the charter of
the Basic City School Desk and Furniture
Manufacturing Company. The rules We're
suspended and the bill was passed.
The Dispatch Of Monday says: "a
strong sentiment is developing i'll favor Of
Mr.. Koiner's bill providing for female
physicians in the female wards in the asy-
lums. He is receiving a number of letters
commencing the measure -