Persons claim No. IX. Berkeley, and Shenandoah, shall receive a reward of ten dollars and for every wolf under the age of six months five dollars; to be levied and paid in the county where the same was killed, in like manner as other county charges are annually levied and paid, the party or parties entitled thereto, producing a certificate or certifi cates thereof, obtained in manner required by this act. 2. Every person claiming such reward, shall produce the whole ing such reward, skin of the head of every wolf to a justice of the peace of the counshall produce ty, wherein the same was taken and killed, and shall then also be the whole skin of every wolf's fore the same justice make oath or affirmation to the effect head, and make following, that is to say: I, A. B. do swear that "the scalp or oath where such ❝ scalps (as the case may be) of the wolf or wolves by me now wolf was killed. " produced, was taken and killed in the county of C. so help me gistrate admini- "God." And thereupon the justice shall grant to the wolf killer, stering the oath; a certificate reciting his name, the number of scalps produced, Duty of the ma &c. Proviso. Reward allowed for killing paid. either of old wolves, or such as in his opinion appear not to exceed six months, the time and place when and where killed, and that oath or affirmation or other sufficient proof thereof hath been made before him; which being produced to the court laying the county levy, shall entitle the party or parties therein named, to the reward aforesaid: but no claim or demand for the same shall be allowed, without such certificate: Provided always, that every justice of the peace shall cause the ears of all wolf scalps brought before him, to be cut off in his presence, and he shall not grant a certificate for any scalp without ears. 3. Every person who shall kill or destroy any wolf above the age wolves, and how of six months, shall receive a reward of two dollars, and for every wolf under the age of six months, a reward of one dollar; the killing or destroying such wolf or wolves, being proven and certified to the courts of the several counties in manner as herein before prescribed, such rewards shall be paid by the county, and repaid by the public,* upon certificate of the clerk of each county. Repealing clause. Commencement. Taxes to constitute a general fund. Appropriation thereof. 4. All and every act or acts, clause and clauses heretofore made, for or concerning any matter or thing within the purview of this act, shall be and are hereby repealed. 5. This act shall commence and be in force from and after the passing thereof. *So much of this act as directs that the rewards for killing wolves paid by the county, shall be repaid by the public, is repealed.-See chap. 77, pa. 106, of this volume. CHAP. LII. An Act to appropriate the Public Revenue. [Passed January 23d, 1800-Acts of 1799, ch. 35, pa. 19.] 1 BE it enated by the General Assembly, That all taxes and ar rearages taxes, and all branches of revenue which shall arise to the commonwealth, between the last day of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and one, shall constitute a general fund, and be appropriated to the support of the civil government and for the contingent expenses thereof, and shall also be charged with the payment of all unsatisfied warrants charged on the said taxes and arrearages of taxes, by the act of the last session No. IX. of assembly, entituled "an act to appropriate the public revenue," of warrants which shall hereafter be issued for expenses attending criminal prosecutions, guards, and slaves condemned and executed; for the shares in the Dismal Swamp Canal, and Appomattox Companies; for the hospital for the cure and maintenance of persons of unsound mind; for the expenses attending the arsenal at the Point of Fork; for carrying into effect the act for establishing arsenals and a manufactory of arms; for the penitentiary house; for the arms directed by law to be procured; for all pensions allowed by this commonwealth; and for salaries allowed by law to certain officers of the militia; of warrants which shall be issued by the auditor of public accounts, in the year one thousand eight hundred ; for interest on any debt due by this commonwealth; and for the payment of all sums directed to be paid by the present, general assembly, for which no provision has been made. 2. And if the funds herein appropriated to the payment Deficiencies, of the officers of the civil government, and of warrants issued how to be sup by the executive for the contingent purposes thereof; for the hos- plied. pital for the cure and maintenance of persons of unsound mind; for pensions; for salaries allowed to certain militia officers; and. for arms purchased as directed by law, should not be productive early enough for these purposes, it shall be lawful for the executive to direct the treasurer to borrow as much money as shall be defi cient, out of any other fund, and to replace the same as soon as possible. 3. And be it further enacted, That all certificates issued by the Certificates retreasurer, or by the auditor of public accounts, to individuals for ceivable for ar debts due to them by the commonwealth, shall be receivable by the rears of taxes. sheriffs or collectors in the collection of all arréarages of taxes due prior to the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, and the said certificates shall be received by the treasurer from the sheriffs or collectors, in discharge of the aforesaid arrearages of taxes. Lists of licenses granted to merchants and to hawkers and pedlars, and directed to be returned to the auditor's office, on or before the first day of October, in every year, shall be made up to the first day of the preceding September, in every year, and the dates of the said licenses, as well as the names of the persons to whom they have been issued, shall be specified in the said lists. Lists of licenses to merchants &e. how to be made up. 4. All acts and parts of acts, coming within the purview of this Repealing act, shall be, and the same are hereby repealed. 5. This act shall commence and be in force from and after the passing thereof. CHAP. LIII. An Act for erecting Warehouses on the James River and Appomattox Ganals. [Passed January 2d, 1801.-Acts of 1300, ch. 23, pa. 14.j E it enacted by the General Assembly, That the executive clause. erection of the powered and required to purchase for the use of the state, one thorised to puracre of land in or near the city of Richmond, and as near or con- chase lots for the tiguous to the James river canal as circumstances and convenience warehouses. will admit; and also one other acre of land in or adjoining the Description of the houses. for. No. IX. town of Petersburg, and as near or contiguous to the Appomattox canal, as circumstances and convenience will admit; and on each acre of land so purchased, the executive shall cause to be erected, one or more strong and secure warehouses, of brick or stone, to be covered with slate or tile, as will be sufficient to receive and store, that is to say, the one in or near the city of Richmond, twelve hundred hosgsheads of tobacco How to be paid inspected at the upland warehouses of this state; and the other in or near the town of Petersburg, as will receive and store six hundred hogsheads of tobacco; and for defraying the expenses of pur chasing the lands and erecting and completing the said warehouses, the executive shall direct the auditor of public accounts to issue warrants on the treasurer from time to time, who shall pay the same out of the suplus duty arising on tobacco exported and accruing from and after the thirtieth day of September last. Provided, that no lot shall be purchased in the town of Petersburg until the Appomattox canal shall be traced into the said town. Proviso Executive au tendants. 2. So soon as the said warehouses or any of them shall be com thorised to ap- pleated and ready to receive tobacco on storage, the executive are point superinhereby authorised and required to appoint one or two superinten dants for each warehouse, and the person or persons so appointed shall enter into bond with sufficient security, in the penalty of twenty thousand dollars, payable to the governor of this commonwealth, and his successors, for the time being, with condition for the faithful discharge of the duties required of him by this act; and shall morever take an oath before the executive," that he will truly and faithfully execute the duties of his office, pursuant to this act, according to the best of his skill and judgment." And in How vacancies case of the death, resignation, refusal or disability to act of either or any of the said superintendants, the vacancy so produced shall be supplied in the same manner as the original appointment was made. 3. Each superintendant shall be allowed and paid annually, the superintendants. sum of three hundred dollars for his salary, to be paid out of the surplus fund arising from the duty on tobacco exported. shall be filled. Salaries of the Duties of the 4. It shall be the duty of the superintendants to receive and store superintendants. such tobacco as shall be inspected and brought from the upland warehouses, in case there be room for the same, and deliver it for exportation when demanded, in manner as prescribed by law for tobacco inspections, receiving for each hogshead previous to the delivery thereof, the sum of fifty cents for storage, to be accounted for and paid in like manner, and subject to the same penalty and recovery as prescribed by law for inspectors relative to duty on tobacco. The superintendants shall respectively reside contigu ous to the warehouse, and attend the same from eight o'clock in the morning until four in the evening, during the months of April, May, June, July, August and September; and from nine o'clock in the morning until four in the evening, during the other months in each year, and be subject to the same remedies, penalties, forfeitures and incapacities that inspectors of tobacco are by law liable to for the misfeasance, nonfeasance and malfeasance in office. 5. The tobacco to be stored pursuant to this act, shall be held under the same regulations and conditions, (excepting the storage and duty) as the tobacco received and inspected at the differen warehouses in this state. Terms of storage of tobacco. No. IX. tobacco at its 6. The superintendants shall keep books of the receipt and deli- Books to state very of all tobacco stored in their respective warehouses, and note the order of the in the said books the state and condition of each hogshead, and those marked in good order shall be delivered in the like good or der to the proprietors. delivery. 1 7. The superintendants shall respectively keep sufficient number Superintendants of hands to store and deliver the tobacco received into the ware- cient number of to keep a suihouses, and put into good order such hogsheads as are noted in hands. their books to be received in bad order; and for so doing they shall be allowed twenty-five cents for each hogshead, to be paid by the proprietor before or at the delivery thereof; and to prevent disputes respecting the place of delivery, 8. Be it enacted, That the tobacco shall be delivered by the su- When the obac perintendants convenient to the door opening next to the public co shall be deliroad or street. vered. 9. And be it further enacted,. That whenever it shall happen that Provision for whenever the inspectors of any of the warehouses of Petersburg or the storage of Richmond, shall inspect more tobacco than their warehouses can surplus tobacco. contain, the said surplus tobacco, shall and may be stored in the said store houses, according to the terras of this act. 10. This act shall commence and be in force from and after the passing thereof. 1 B CHAP. LIV. An Act to Arm the Militia of certain Towns. Enacting clause. E it enacted by the General Assembly, That the governor, Arms to be issu with the advice of council, be authorised, and he is hereby ed for the use of required, to issue, without delay, arms and accoutrements to the certain towns. militia residing in the towns of Richmond, Manchester, Petersburg, Norfolk, Hampton, Portsmouth, Suffolk, York, Williamsburg, Fredericksburg, Falmouth, Port-Royal, Dumfries, and Lynchburg, in such proportions as the executive shall deem ex, pedient, provided that the whole number distributed shall not exceed two thousand, out of any arms and accoutrements not already directed by law to be distributed, under the regulations prescribed by the act, entituled "an act, concerning the militia of this commonwealth," passed the 28th day of January, 1800, 2. This act shall commence and be in force from and after the Enacting clause, passing thereof. CHAP. LV. An Act authorising the Governor of this Commonwealth, to Cede to 1 [Passed January 15th, 1802.-Acts of 1801, ch. 6, pa. 9.] States. E it enacted by the General Assembly, That it shall and may Governor to con is hereby fully authorised, for and in behalf of this commonwealth, New Point Com by proper deeds and instruments of writing, under his hand and fort, &c. to U. the seal of the commonwealth, to convey, transfer, assign and make over to the United States, all the jurisdiction which this commonwealth possesses, over so much of the lands lying on New Point Comfort in the county of Mathews, and on Smith's Point in the county of Northumberland, as may be necessary for the erec Lands to revert certain cases. No. IX. tion of a light house and the appurtenant buildings thereto, on each of the said points: Provided that a light house shall be erected, kept in repair, and supported at the expense of the United States, on each of the said points. 2. If a light house shall not be erected on each of the said to the state in points, within the space of seven years, after the cession aforesaid by this commonwealth, or if at any time thereafter, the said light house or houses, shall be suffered to fall into decay, or be rendered useless as the purposes aforesaid, and so continue for the period of seven years, then and in those cases, the jurisdiction over such territory hereby directed to be vested in the United States, shall revert to this commonwealth, and be subject to the jurisdiction of the same, in like manner as if this act had never been made. Provided, That nothing herein contained, shall be so construed as to prevent the officers of this state from executing any process whatever, within the jurisdiction hereby directed to be ceded to the United States. Their compensation for certain services. 3. This act shall commence in force from the passing thereof. CHAP. LVI. An Act allowing the additional sum of two and a half per centum te 1 [Passed December 28th, 1803.-—Acts of 1803, ch. 15, pa. 24.] E it enacted by the General Assembly, That William Bishop collector of the arrearage of taxes for the county of Princess Anne, for the years one thousand eight hundred, and one thousand eight hundred and one, shall be, and is hereby allowed, two and one half per cent. on his collection for the said in addition to the five per cent. by him already received, and that the auditor of public accounts shall issue a warrant for that purpose. 2. And be it further enacted, That all collectors, who now are, or may hereafter be appointed by virtue of the act, entituled "an act to provide more effectually for the collection of the public taxes in certain cases," and who shall, on or before the time appointed by law, pay into the public treasury the full amount of the public revenue due from the counties in which they now, or hereafter may act shall be entitled to the additional compensation of two and an half per centum for the amount thereof, in the same manner as sheriffs are now entitled. 3. This act shall commence and be in force from and after the passing thereof. CHAP. LVII. An Act to explain the seventh section of the Act, entituled" an act for 1 Commencement. 2. This act shall be in force from the passing thereof, |