Chap. 229.—An ACT to amend and re-enact the 9th section of chapter
79 of the Acts of the General Assembly, session 1872-8, in reference
to the De Tubeuf lands in Wise county.

Approved March 29, 1877.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the ninth
section of an act entitled an act to empower the circuit court
of Wise county to direct the sale of certain lands belonging
to the state of Virginia, situated in said county of Wise, and
providing for the conveyance of the same to the purchasers
thereof, and for other purposes, approved February fifteenth,
eighteen hundred and seventy-three, be amended and re-
enacted so as to read as follows:
§ 9. The costs shall be taxed by said court in an order en-
tered of record, showing the sums allowed witnesses, if any,
and other necessary expenses; and said commissioners shall
be allowed a reasonable compensation for thcir services by
said court, which, when certified by said court to the auditor
of public accounts, together with the other expenses incurred
under this act, shall be paid by the said auditor out of any
money in the treasury reccived under the provisions of this
act; and the said circuit court is authorized to make the clerk
of the court a reasonable allowance for all services rendered
under this and other acts in reference to the De Tubeuf lands,
payable as hereinbefore provided.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.