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ACTS.

CHAPTER 1.-An ACT authorizing James W. Davis, of the

county of Greenbrier, to practice law in the courts of this
state without taking the oath prescribed by chapter 30 of
the Acts of 1866.

Passed January 25, 1869.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia,

1. That James W. Davis, of the county of Greenbrier, late a prac. Authority to ticing attorney in this state, be, and he is hereby exeñěted from the taking the test provisions of the act of the legislature, passed on the fourteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, entitled " An act in relation to the oaths of attorneys at law," and he is hereby txthorized to practice law in the courts of this state without taking the ošta prescribed by said act.

2. The legislature reserves the right to repeal this act at any time Act may be rewhen, in their discretion, they may deem it proper to do so.

oath.

pealed,

CHAPTER 2.-An ACT authorizing the trustees of the Evan

gelical Lutheran Chureh, of Shepherdstown, Jefferson
county, to borrow money.

Passed January 25, 1869.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia :

That the trustees of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Shepherds. Authority to town, Jefferson county, West Virginia, be and are hereby authorized borrow money and empowered to borrow money for the use of said church, and by executing their bonds as said trustees for the same for said purposes, to bind said church property (consisting of church building and parsonage, and lots thereto attached,) situated in Shepherdstown, Jefferson county, West Virginia, and make the same legally liable for and secure its the payment thereof, and, if necessary, are authorized and empow. Pien.

payment by ered to convey said church property by deed of trust, so as to give a legal and valid lien thereon as security for the payment of money borrowed for benefit of said church.