IN.

INSOLVENTS.

See MILITIA, No. 39.

1. Within what time sheriffs and collectors may return lists of, s. 7, p.

113.

2. Persons in execution for fines or amercements at the suit of the commonwealth, may take the oath of insolvency; except where by the judgment. of a court a certain period of imprisonment is imposed as a punishment, p. 27. 3. Their property, how to be sold, s. 2, p. 27.

4. Sheriff to return an account of sales to the clerk within thirty days, under penalty of 8 100, s. 2, p. 27.

5. Duty of attorney for the commonwealth to move against sheriff, s. 2, p.

27.

6. Clerks to certify amount of sales, and sheriff to account for them as other fines, s. 3, p. 27.

7. Person taken or charged in execution to have the benefit of the prison rules for one year only; after which, if not discharged by due course of law, to be re-committed by the sheriff to close jail, there to remain till the debt be paid, or the person discharged under the insolvent debtor's act, p. 135.

8. No lists of to be received from a collector of county levy, unless a majo rity of the acting magistrates be present, or previously summoned, p. 158.

9. How sheriff to obtain credit for insolvencies, in relation to fines imposed to the use of the commonwealth, s. 2, p. 104.

INSPECTORS, of Tobacco.
See TOBACCO.

1. Of manufactured tobacco to be appointed, s. 2, p. 35.

2. Their duty and compensation, s. 2. p. 35.

3. Stemmed or manufactured tobacco not to be sold without inspector's certificate, s. 3, p. 35.

4. No proprietor of a warehouse to be inspector or commissioner thereof, s. 2, p. 58, 59.

5. Salaries of inspectors at certain warehouses increased. See TOBACCO, No. 13.

IN.

6. Penalty on, for failing to have refused tobacco act ually burnt, s. 9, p. 60. But the owner may now dispose of it, at his pleasure. See c. 58, p. 83, and s. 4, p. 101.

7. Their duty in relation to transfer tobacco. See TRANSFER TOBACCO.

8. Restrained from being concerned in the transportation of tobacco by water; or purchasing, stemming, &c. See TOBACCO, No. 23, 24..

9. To stow away at night all tobacco inspected during the day, under a pe nalty, s. 3, p. 101.

10. Additional duties in relation to refused tobacco, s. 4, p. 101.

11. To be furnished by public printer with one copy of every law concerning inspection of tobacco, s. 7, p.

102.

INSPECTORS, of the Penitentiary.

1. Abolished, s. 1, p. 140. And powers and duties of, to devolve on the executive, s. 3, p. 140.

INSTRUMENTS.

1. Partly proved in a district court, where to be fully proved, s. 8, p. 155. INSURRECTION.

See MILITIA, No. 41.

2.

INTEREST.

1. May be awarded on decrees in chancery, till decree satisfied, p. 29. on judgments, in actions founded on contracts till paid, s. 5, p. 30.

3. How the jury are to find interest in such actions so as not to give interest on costs, or compound interest, p. 82.

4. Execution for principal and interest till paid, may issue on office judg ments entered on single bills, promissory notes, and other writings for payment of money or tobacco, unless such office judgments be set aside, s. 1, p.

82.

5. Interest till paid, to be awarded to securities who recover judgments on motion for money paid on account of their principals, p. 114.

6. What interest may be taken by the bank of Virginia, art. X. p. 66.

IR. JA. IS: INTERLOCUTORY DECREES. 1. No appeal to be granted from, unless thought necessary by the court where the cause is depending, in order to prevent a change of property, before a final decree, s. 2, p. 129.

INTERLOCUTORY JUDG

MENTS.

1. May be set aside by executor or administrator whose testator or intestate may die before final judgment; if not set aside, court may proceed to final judgment, as if the process had issued against the executor or administrator, p. 127.

INTERPLEADER.

1. In attachments, when and in what manner permitted, s. 3, 4, p. 99.

2. Person claiming property attached, may interplead without giving bail; but the property not thereby replevied, s. 4, p. 99.

INTERPRETATION, of Statutes. See STATUTES.

courts.

135.

JE. 70. JU.

JAILOR.

1. His duty when the principal debtor is charged in execution by the special bail, p. 75.

2. His annual allowance, in the county and corporation courts, s. 6. p.

86.

3. How he shall recover his fees for debtors in custody, s. 7. p. 86.

4. Not bound to support a debtor if he has taken the prison rules, ibid.

5. His duty in relation to ideots or lunatics returned from the hospital for want of room, or other cause; and his compensation, p. 118, 119.

6. Allowances to, for public services in superior courts of law, s. 1. p. 154. JAMES CITY.

1. Circuit court for, to be held at the capitol in Williamsburg, s. 5. p. 154. JAMES RIVER, Canal Warehouse. See PUBLIC WAREHOUSES. JAMES RIVER COMPANY. 1. Laws concerning, Appendix No. I. p. (1.) (11.) (178.)

6. Number of judges of the court of appeals reduced, and salary of the whole number to be equally divided between the survivors, s. 1. p. 127,

128.

7. Of court of appeals, may grant appeals from decrees of superior courts. of chancery, or writs of error or supersedeas, during term time, or any one of them in vacation may grant such appeal, s. 4, p. 128.

8. Of superior courts of chancery may direct accounts to be taken in vacation; and instruct commissioner on doubtful points; without arguments of counsel, except by consent of parties, s. 1, p. 128.

9. General court failing to hold a regular session and allot judges to the district courts, the last allotment to stand, s. 1, p. 135.

10. One judge of general court assigned to each circuit, and to hold a superior court of law, twice a year, at the courthouse of each county in the circuit to which he is allotted, s. 1, p. 148.

11. Of circuit courts, to appoint a prosecutor for the commonwealth for their respective courts;-his salary, s. 6, p. 151.

12. To fix allowance of clerks for arranging and transmitting papers to superior courts of law, s. 8, p. 151, 152,

13. General court to consist of 12 judges, s. 10, p. 152.

14. One judge to be allotted by the executive to each circuit; and a judge thereafter appointed to supply a vacancy to reside in the circuit to which appointed, s. 11, p. 152.

15. Each judge to appoint a clerk for each of the superior courts within his circuit; except that within which a district court may have been holden, the clerk whereof shall be clerk of the superior court of that county, s. 12, p. 152.

16. Appointment of clerk to be certified by the judges to the several county courts, who shall take such bond and administer such oaths as heretofore required of clerks of district courts, s. 12, p. 152.

17. How they may change the venue. See CIRCUIT COURTS, No. 21.

18. Judge of each superior court of law of each county, may make allow. ances to clerks, sheriffs, and jailors, for public services; with certain restrictions, s. 1, p. 154.

19. Each judge of general court to take an oath similar to that of district courts, before he acts as judge of circuit courts, s. 4, p. 1:4.

20. When a judge of the general court is interested in a cause, how to proceed, s. 10, p. 155.

JUDGMENTS.

1. May be obtained against sheriffs, and their securities jointly for public revenue, p. 71, 72.

2. Also against the principal sheriff and his securities or their legal representative jointly, for money received, on executions, by principal or deputy, p. 72.

3. To be entered for principal and interest till paid, in favour of securities recovering in a summary way, p. 114.

4. Court, in rendering judgment on appeal from a single magistrate, to be governed by principles of law and equity; and on reversing judgment of single justice, to enter such judgment, as he ought to have given. On affirmance, for what damages and costs judgment to be given; and to be entered against principal and security, s. 6, p. 115, and s. 14, p. 116.

5. May be entered against constable er other officer, and their securities, &c. jointly for money received on an execution issued by a magistrate, and not paid, s. 13, p. 116.

6. How to be entered for the assets found in the hands of executors or administrators, p. 127.

7. How judgments of district courts unexecuted to be proceeded on in cìrcuit courts, s. 15, p. 153.

8. To what courts judgments of court of appeals, on appeal, writ of error or supersedeas at law shall be certified, s. 15, p. 153.

9. Power and duty of superior courts of law, and clerks, same over such judgments, as power and duty of district court, and clerk thereof, would have been, s. 15, p. 153.

in the trial of causes remaining on the dockets of the district courts, and not transmitted, s. 16, p. 153.

4. Of superior court of Dinwiddie to be over town and borough court of Petersburg; and of James City over city and borough court of Williamsburg, s. 19, p. 153.

5. To foreclose the equity of redemption in mortgaged premises to be where the land lies, notwithstanding the defendant or any of them may reside out of the county, s. 4, p. 82.

JURORS.

1. Summoned to attend any inquest, an failing, subjected to a fine, and how recoverable, s. 1, p. 99, 100

2. Additional allowance to veniremen, sworn in a criminal cause, for every day's detention after the first, ch. 104, p. 130.

3. Certain allowances heretofore made by district courts to be paid, ibid.

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

1. No justice to give an opinion on the reference of a cause, or the trial of a suit in which he has, or shall have acted as commissioner in chancery, s. 3, p. 94.

2. May compel the attendance of witnesses before a single justice, under penalty, s. 1, p. 8, and p. 122.

3. To summon court of examination, in what manner, and penalty for neglect, p. 37.

4. Their power and duty in relation to seamen and apprentices deserting from the merchants' service, p. 77, 78.

5. Not to be recommended to the executive or to make any order for public buildings or bridges unless a majority of the acting magistrates be present, or shall have been previously summoned to attend, s. 1, p. 94, 95.

Nor appoint a clerk, unless a majo rity of the members of the court be present, or summoned, s. 2, p. 95.

6. Their jurisdiction extended to twenty dollars; proceedings in such cases. See Wa ARRANTS, for debts under twenty dollars.

7. May issue executions and subpoenas for witnesses, directed to the constable or other officer of any county, in which the party resides, s. 9, p. 116,

8. All the acting justices of a county must be summoned, and a majority of them be present, to act on an appplication to establish ferries or increase the rates of ferriage, s. 10, p. 132.

9. A majority of the acting justices to be present, or must have been previously summoned, to lay any levy, settle with the collector thereof, or receive his list of insolvents, or to make any order for the payment of money belonging to their county, p. 158.

KEEPER.

1. Of the penitentiary, his salary, s. 1, p. 25, and s. 1, p. 71.