Chap. 57.—An ACT to amend and re-enact the 5th section of chapter 161
of the Code of Virginia, as to Attachment of Steanrboeats and other
vessels found within the jurisdiction of this State.

Passed January 20, 1846.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the fifth
section of chapter one hundred and fifty-one of the Code be
amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Ҥ5. If any person has any claim against the master or
owner of any steamboat, or other vessel, rait or river craft,
or against any steamboat, or other vessel, raft or river craft
found within the jurisdiction of this state, for materials or
supplies furnished or provided, or for work done for, in or
upon the same, or for wharfage, salvage, pilotage, or for any
contract for the transportation of, or for any injury done to
any person or property by such steamboat, or other vessel,
raft or river craft, or by any person having charge of her, or
in her employment, such person may, either in a pending suit
or without the previous institution of any suit, sue out of the
clerk’s office of the court of the county, or the circuit court
of the county, or of the court of the corporation, or of the
circuit court of the corporation in which such steamboat, or
other vessel, raft or river craft may be found, an attachment
against such steamboat, or other vessel, raft or river craft,
with all her tackle, apparel and furniture, or against the
estate of such master or owner; and it shall not be necessary,
in such attachment, to set forth the name of such master or
owner. The order of publication, required by the twentieth
section of this chapter, may be against the owner or master
of the steamboat, or other vessel, raft or river craft attached,
and against the person liable, by description, and without
setting forth his name. Any attachment may be sued out
under this section, for a cause of action that may have arisen
without the jurisdiction of this state, if the steamboat, or
other vessel, raft or river craft be within the jurisdiction of
this state at the time the attachment is sued out or executed.’

2. This act shall bein force from its passage.
Chap. 57.—An ACT to amend and re-enact the 5th section of chapter 161
of the Code of Virginia, as to Attachment of Steanrboeats and other
vessels found within the jurisdiction of this State.

Passed January 20, 1846.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the fifth
section of chapter one hundred and fifty-one of the Code be
amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Ҥ5. If any person has any claim against the master or
owner of any steamboat, or other vessel, rait or river craft,
or against any steamboat, or other vessel, raft or river craft
found within the jurisdiction of this state, for materials or
supplies furnished or provided, or for work done for, in or
upon the same, or for wharfage, salvage, pilotage, or for any
contract for the transportation of, or for any injury done to
any person or property by such steamboat, or other vessel,
raft or river craft, or by any person having charge of her, or
in her employment, such person may, either in a pending suit
or without the previous institution of any suit, sue out of the
clerk’s office of the court of the county, or the circuit court
of the county, or of the court of the corporation, or of the
circuit court of the corporation in which such steamboat, or
other vessel, raft or river craft may be found, an attachment
against such steamboat, or other vessel, raft or river craft,
with all her tackle, apparel and furniture, or against the
estate of such master or owner; and it shall not be necessary,
in such attachment, to set forth the name of such master or
owner. The order of publication, required by the twentieth
section of this chapter, may be against the owner or master
of the steamboat, or other vessel, raft or river craft attached,
and against the person liable, by description, and without
setting forth his name. Any attachment may be sued out
under this section, for a cause of action that may have arisen
without the jurisdiction of this state, if the steamboat, or
other vessel, raft or river craft be within the jurisdiction of
this state at the time the attachment is sued out or executed.’

2. This act shall bein force from its passage.