ACTS

OF THE

LEGISLATURE

OF

WEST VIRGINIA;

AT ITS

SESSION COMMENCING

January 19, 1869.

STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA

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MONTANI SEMPER LIBERI

Wheeling:

JOHN FREW, PUBLIC PRINTER.

1869.

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:

practice without

taking the test

oath.

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 exempted from the 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 authorized to practice law in the courts of this state without taking the oath 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.

pealed.

CHAPTER 2.-An ACT authorizing the trustees of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, 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- pa 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.

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