Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-02-28
NEW LAWS.

TO amend section l64 OF the code, 30
MS 10 allow Iourth-class postmasters to
act as uotaries aud school trustees.
To relieve the Baltimore, Cincinnati
aud Western Railway Company from
ny forfeiture which may have ac-
e ued from failure TO commence and
crtnpete its railway within the time
limitation in its act of incorporation,
,ud subsequent acts Of bly, amend
ug the same, aud to extend the time
1ilhin which the said company may
commence and complete its railway in
this State.
70 amend section 1867 of the code re-
Ating to the practice Of dentistry.
TO provide taxation of shares OF stock
,sued by banks located in towns.
10 amend sections 1908 and 1904 OF
ne code relative to proceedings by iu-
terrogstories to ascertain the estate Of
debtor on which feri faciss or p
Il igment may be lien, and TO compel
y examination of such debtor and his
| btor or bailee, and the delivery Of
ne estate.
10 amend an act TO authorize the
~ councils of cities to adopt reason
lple ordinances TO prevent improper
aterference of scholars attending or
,oarding at any female school situated
n cities.
To impose tax on corporations char
cred and organized as social clubs de-
.lr;ng to keep liquors at their club
louse or other place of meeting, to be
81 tn hn Of
he corporation, for the support of the
government and public free schools,
aud to pay the interest on the public
iebt, and to prescribe the mode of pay
ng such tax, and penalty for its non
payment; to define the privileges Of such
'lubs, and to prescribe in what cases
heir charters may be revoked.
House Joint resolution preparing to
strike from the constitution the second
clause of article y, and providing for
publishing aud certifying the same to
he next General Assembly OF Virginia.
To amend section 929 of the code in
el4tion to jail inspection.
TO amend section 2476 OF the code in
relation to perfection of mechanics lien
record and notice OF lien.
To require each bank or banking in
sttution in the State to report to the
auditor of public accounts all money
deposited in such bank or banking in
9lltution by order of any court.
To amend and re-enact section 2547
Of the code, providing for the recorda,
ZION of wills.
To authorize the U. S. government
10 acquire title to and jurisdiction over
certain lands in the counties of Stafford,
5potsylvanis, and Orange, and the
city of Fredericksburg.
To prescribe the amount of license
AK TO be paid by peddlers of manufac
ured implements and machines other
tbau sewing machines, and by peddlers
Of cooking stoves and ranges and clocks.
To provide that the Governor shall
nave the right and authority, in certain
cases, to pardon minors convicted end
committed to the custody and control
Of the prison ASSOCIATION of Virginia,
Al d to release said minors from such
custody and control.
To prevent the adulteratiou OF flour.
To amend section 2562 of the code III
relation to jurisdiction OF partition OF
land.
10 incorporate the Loudoun County
Swings Bauk and Trust Company.
To amend section 2935 of the code in
relation to proceedings TO enforce deeds
of trust, mortgages and liens.
To amend ana reenact section 3O0l OF
the code in relation 20 indemnifying
bonds to officers, their penalties and
conditions.
To amend section 366 of the code in
rel .tion to the term OF enlistment.
To amend section 664 of the code in
relation to the redemption ofdelipquent
lands.
To amend section 492 of the code as
TO by whom property is to be listed and
TO whom taxed.
To require the courts of this Com
monweAltn having jurisdiction of suits
for the sale of louds 10 satisfy debts, to
spe CITY 10 the decree directing the &C
count OF debts to be taken that the com
missioner to whom the decree is refer
red shall ascertain and report all delIr-
ouept taxes upon said lands, and II sold
ror said taxes, to whom.
r ouiring railroad companies to
transport livestock on their main and
branch lines, and providing a remedy
and penalty for the refusal OF any such
company TO receive, transport or de-
liver such livestock.
To authorize the trustees for Loudoun
Lodge of Odd Fellows at Leesburg to
sell and convey certain lot OF land at
Leesburg.
relation tn damages for trespsss by
animals fortified, &c.
To require junk dealers to keep cer-
tain books and exhibit the same; to
make report Of certain articles received
or purchased by them, and prescribing
penalties for failing to do 50.
ToL mend section 1918 OF chapter 60
of the code, relating to the standard OF
cord measure, and of agricultural pro-
ducts, in relation 10 standard weight OF
cottoDseed.
To am I'd sections and 'f an act
in relation 10 commitment Of miuors TO
Of N,r and