of his disease? Tenth. What change is there in his bodily condition since the attack? Eleventh. Has there been a former attack; where, and of what duration? Twelfth. Has he shown any disposition to commit violence to himself or others? Thirteenth. Whether any, and what restraint, has been imposed on him? Fourteenth. If any, what connexions of his have been insane; were his parents or grandparents blood relations; if so, in what degree? Fifteenth. Has he had any bodily disease, from suppression of evacuations, eruptions, sores, injuries, or the like, and what is its history? Sixteenth. What curative means have been pursued, and their effect; and especially if depleting remedies, and to what extent, have been used? Seventeenth. How many attacks of insanity, and duration of each? Eighteenth. Date of first attack? Nineteenth. Duration of present attack? Twentieth. Present condition of bodily health? Twenty-first. Epileptic, paralytic, or addicted to masturbation? Twentysecond. Noisy, filthy, quarrelsome, destructive? "§ 17. The sheriff, or other officer to whom such order of the justices is directed, shall immediately ascertain, by written enquiry of the superintendent of the nearest appropriate asylum, whether there is a vacancy in such asylum, and if there be none, he shall make a similar enquiry of the other superintendents. The sheriff or other officer presenting an application for the admission of an insane person in his custody, shall forward therewith a copy of the interrogatories and answers, as taken by the examining magistrates. Until it is ascertained that there is a vacancy, the patient shall be kept in the jail of the county or corporation." 2. This act shall be in force from its passage. Time allowed treasurer of due for 1873, per centum CHAP. 27.-An ACT to Provide for the Collection of the Revenue of the City of Norfolk for the Year 1873. Approved February 5, 1874. 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the treasCity of Norfolk rer of the city of Norfolk be, and he is hereby authorized to receive taxes and directed to receive, within sixty days from the passage without charg- of this act, from all persons assessed with taxes in the said ing additional city of Norfolk, the taxes due from them for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-three, without adding the five per centum prescribed in cases where taxes have not been paid Consent of sure- prior to the first of December: provided, that the consent of ties to be given the sureties of said treasurer shall be given, in person, before the judge of the corporation court of said city of Norfolk, in term time or vacation, by writing signed by such sureties, said writing to be duly recorded by the clerk of the said corporation court, and certified to the auditor of public accounts. 2. At the expiration of seventy days from the passage of treasurer with this act, it shall be the duty of the said treasurer to make up Settlement of auditor a statement of all moneys received by him on account of taxes, which statement shall be verified by affidavit, and shall be forwarded to the auditor of public accounts by said treasurer, and he shall thereupon pay into the treasury the Payment into amount shown to be due by such statement; and if he shall state treasury fail so to pay over the same, he shall forfeit his commissions on so much of said balance as he may fail to account for and pay over. collectable by for 3. It shall be the duty of the sergeant of the said city of When tax bills Norfolk, at the expiration of the seventy days aforesaid, to sergeant of city receive from the treasurer of the said city of Norfolk all tax When he shall bills for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-three then account thereunpaid, and to account for the same by the fifteenth day of May, thereafter, in the manner prescribed in the act relating to the duties and compensation of certain township officers, approved July eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy. 4. This act shall be in force from its passage. Commencement CHAP. 28.-An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 4, Chapter 129, Acts of 1871-72, Entitled an Act to Incorporate The Town of Newport in Giles County, Virginia. Approved February 5, 1874. town of Newport amended 1871-2, c. 129, § 4, 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the fourth Charter of the section of chapter one hundred and twenty-nine, of Acts of eighteen hundred and seventy-one and seventy-two, entitled an act to incorporate the town of Newport, in the county of p. 107 Giles, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows: taxation "§ 4. The said council shall have power and authority to Powers of counimprove the streets, walks and alleys of said town; to build cil a prison or jail house, and any other house necessary for said town; to arrest and punish, by reasonable fine and imprisonment, drunkenness, the firing of guns, running of horses or other disorder; to license and regulate shows and other public Licenses and exhibitions, and to tax the same as they may deem expedient; to appoint all such officers as they may deem necessary officers and for conducting the affairs of said town not otherwise provi- their pay ded for in this act, and allow them such compensation as they may deem reasonable; and finally to make all such by- By-laws laws, rules and regulations as they may deem necessary and proper for the good government of the town, provided they be not contrary to the laws of this State or the United States, and the same to amend, repeal, or enforce by reasonable fines Fines and penand penalties, not exceeding for any one offence the sum of alties twenty dollars, to be recovered with costs in the name of the mayor of said town, nor exceeding one month's imprisonment in the town prison." 2. This act shall be in force from its passage. Commencement Chapter 173, $2, of the Code of CHAP. 29.-An ACT to Amend and Re-enact Section 2, Chapter 173, of the Code of 1873, as to Chancery Dockets. Approved February 11, 1874. 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That_section 1873, amended two of chapter one hundred and seventy-three of the Code of Virginia, edition of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows: Chancery causes; how docketed, called and disposed of in courts having chancery jurisdiction When causes to be docketed on orders of publication Commencement "§ 2. Before every term of a court having chancery jurisdiction, the clerk shall make out a separate docket of chancery cases in which there are motions, and of other chancery cases which have been set for hearing as to any party, or which the court is to hear upon a plea, demurrer, or exceptions to answer, and during such term every cause on said docket shall be called and disposed of: provided, however, that any cause in which there is an order of publication, and no appearance of the absent defendant, may be docketed as to such absent defendant at any time after one month from the time such publication is completed." 2. This act shall be in force from its passage. Chapter 195, § 11, of Code of CHAP. 30.—An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 11, Chapter 195, of the Code of 1873, in Relation to Limitation of Prosecutions. Approved February 11, 1874. 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That 1873, amended section eleven, chapter one hundred and nine-five of the Code of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, be amended and reenacted as follows: Limitation of prosecntions for "§ 11. A prosecution for committing, or procuring another perjury and for person to commit perjury, shall be commenced within three misdemeanors years next, after the perjury was committed, and a prosecution for a misdemeanor, or any pecuniary fine, forfeiture, penalty or amercement, shall be commenced within one year next after there was cause therefor, except that a prosecution for petit larceny may be commenced within five years, and for an attempt to produce abortion, within two years after the commission of the offence." For petit larceny and attempt to produce abortion Preamble CHAP. 31.-An ACT to authorize the Trustees of the Union Station Methodist Episcopal Church, South, to make a Deed of Trust on Parsonage Property. Approved February 11, 1874. Whereas, it is represented that the Union Station Metho dist Episcopal Church, South, in the city of Richmond, for the purpose of building a parsonage, have contracted a debt, and that they are desirous of securing the same: therefore, Union Station south, to exe ' property 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That it shall be Trustees of lawful for the legally constituted trustees of said church and Methodist Episcongregation, to execute one or more deeds of trust upon the copal church, abovementioned real estate, belonging to said church and cute deeds to congregation, for the purposes aforesaid, and none other; transfer certain which deed or deeds shall be as effectual as if executed by Subject to chapan individual, and except, as may be therein otherwise pro- ter 118, of Code vided, shall be subject to the provisions of chapter one hun- of 1873, p. 891 dred and thirteen of the Code of Virginia, edition of eighteen hundred and seventy-three. 2. This act shall be in force from its passage. to 895 Commencement CHAP. 32.-An ACT to Incorporate The Columbia, Fairfax and Prince Approved February 11, 1874. fax and Prince incorporated 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That Columbia, Fairit shall be lawful to open books of subscriptions for the cap- william railital stock of a company to be incorporated by the name of road company The Columbia, Fairfax and Prince William Railroad Company, for the purpose of constructing a railroad from a point Route of road on the Potomac river, at or near the long bridge, or at any other point as far north as the chain bridge, or upon any railroad leading to the District of Columbia, to connect with the Washington City, Virginia Midland, and Great Southern railroad, at or near Gainesville, in the county of Prince William, by the way of Fairfax courthouse. subscriptions 2. Be it further enacted, That the following persons are ap- Commissioners pointed commissioners to receive such subscriptions, namely: for receiving Thomas R. Love, James P. Machen, B. Canfield, W. T. Rumsey, H. W. Thomas, Thomas Moore, J. T. Leachman, W. W. Davis, B. F. Lewis, William Ayre, Newman Burke, Robert Mason and John T. Kidwell. A majority of said commis- May appoint sioners may appoint agents, or any one of them may in person open books, and receive subscriptions, to be made by individuals or corporations, at any place or places, either in or out of this state. agents 3. That the capital stock of said company shall not be less Capital than fifty thousand dollars, nor more than one million, five hundred thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each. Whenever fifty thousand dollars shall when company be subscribed, and two per centum upon the same shall be incorporated paid, the subscribers shall be incorporated by the name, and for the purposes mentioned in the first section of this act, and shall have full power and authority to effect the same. 4. It shall be lawful for the said company, by and with the Power to borconsent of the stockholders in general meeting assembled, to row money and secure the Real estate Connecting roads Power to pur chase road bed of other roads Time for com completion of road borrow money for the purposes of this act, at a rate of interest not exceeding that allowed by law, to issue certificates of said loan, and to pledge any and all the property of said company, by mortgage or otherwise, for the payment of the same, and the interest that may accrue thereon. 5. It shall be lawful for the said company to receive, not exceeding fifty thousand acres of land, in payment of subscriptions of stock: provided, that it shall not be lawful for the said company to hold any land under this act longer than ten years, except that necessary for the use of the road. 6. That the company hereby incorporated shall have the right to make convenient connections with any other road or roads now or hereafter to be constructed in this state within the limits aforesaid; and also within the same limits to purchase any part of any road bed or track now belonging to any other company, and appropriate the same to the purposes of this company. 7. The construction of the said Columbia, Fairfax and mencement and Prince William railroad, shall be commenced within three years, and the same shall be completed within six years from the passage of this act, and the said company shall be subject to the general railroad law of Virginia, except as far as is otherwise provided. Company sub ject to general railroad law Commencement 8. This act shall be in force from its passage. Chapter 46, sec. tion three of Code of 1873, amended See p. 426 Bonds of she riffs, attorneys for commonwealth and CHAP. 33.-An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 3, of Chapter 46, of the Code of 1873, in Relation to Sheriffs' Bonds. Approved February 11, 1874. 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That section three, of chapter forty-six, of the Code of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows: "§ 3. Each officer mentioned in the first section shall, at the time of his qualification enter into such bond, with such conditions and in such penalty as may be required by law, clerks of courts with sureties to be approved by the court or judge before whom he qualifies: provided, that the penalty of the sheriffs' bond in any county shall not be less than ten thousand, nor more than sixty thousand dollars, to be determined by said court or judge: provided further, that such court or judge may, in his discretion, or upon application of any person interested, award a rule against such officer, and require him to give a new bond, in such penalty as the court may deem necessary, not less than ten thousand dollars." 2. This act shall be in force from its passage. Penalty of she riff's bond How sheriff may be required to give new bond Penalty of new bond Commencement |