Chap. 84.—An ACT to repeal the 2d section of an act passed on the 13th
day of May 1862. entitled an act giving the Consent of the Legislature
of Virginia to the formation and erection of a new State within the
Jurisdiction of this State; also, repealing the act passed on the 3lst
day of January 1863, entitled an act giving the Consent of the State of
Virginia to the County of Berkeley being admitted into and becoming
part of the State of West Virginia; also, repealing the act passed on
the 4th day of February 1863, entitled an act giving Consent to the
admission of certain Counties into the new State of West Virginia upon
certain conditions, and withdrawing Consent to the Transfer of Juris-
diction over the several Counties in each of said acts mentioned.

_ Passed December, 1865.

Whereas it sufficiently appears that the conditions pre-
scribed in the several acts of the general assembly of the
restored government of Virginia, intended to give consent
to the transfer, from this state to the state of West Virginia,
of jurisdiction over the counties of Jefferson and}Berkeley,
and the several other counties mentioned in the act of Feb-
ruary fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, hereinafter
recited, have not been complied with; and the consent of
congress, as required by the constitution of the United States,
not having been obtained in order to give effect to such trans-
fer; so that the proceedings heretofore had on this subject
are simply inchoate; and said consent may properly be with-
drawn; and this general assembly regarding the contemplated
disintegration of the commonwealth, even if within its con-
stitutional competency, as liable to many objections of the
gravest character, not only in respect to the counties of Jef-
ferson and Berkeley, over which the state of West Virginia
has prematurely attempted to exercise jurisdiction, but also
as to the several other countics above referred to:

1. Be it therefore enacted by the general assembly of Vir-
ginia, That the second section of the act passed on the thir-
teenth day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled
an act giving the consent of the legislature of: Virginia to the
formation and erection of a new state within the jurisdiction
of this state, be and the same is hereby repealed.

2. And be it further enacted, That the act passed on the
thirty-first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-three,
entitled an act giving the consent of the state of Virginia to
the county of Berkeley being admitted into, and becoming
part of the state of West Virginia, be and the same is, in
ike manner, hereby repealed.

8. And be it further enacted, That the act passed on the
fourth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-three,
entitled an act giving consent to the admission of certain
counties into the new state of West Virginia upon certain
conditions, be and the same is, in like manner, hereby repealed.

4, And be it further enacted, That all consent in any man-
ner heretofore given, or intended to be given, by the general
assembly of Virginia, to the transfer, from its jurisdiction to
the jurisdiction of the state of West Virginia, of any of the
counties mentioned in either of the above recited acts, be and
the same is hereby withdrawn, and all acts, ordinances and
resolutions heretofore passed, purporting to give such con-
sent, are hereby repealed.

5. This act shall be in force from and after the passage
thereof.

Chap. 84.—An ACT to repeal the 2d section of an act passed on the 13th
day of May 1862. entitled an act giving the Consent of the Legislature
of Virginia to the formation and erection of a new State within the
Jurisdiction of this State; also, repealing the act passed on the 3lst
day of January 1863, entitled an act giving the Consent of the State of
Virginia to the County of Berkeley being admitted into and becoming
part of the State of West Virginia; also, repealing the act passed on
the 4th day of February 1863, entitled an act giving Consent to the
admission of certain Counties into the new State of West Virginia upon
certain conditions, and withdrawing Consent to the Transfer of Juris-
diction over the several Counties in each of said acts mentioned.

_ Passed December, 1865.

Whereas it sufficiently appears that the conditions pre-
scribed in the several acts of the general assembly of the
restored government of Virginia, intended to give consent
to the transfer, from this state to the state of West Virginia,
of jurisdiction over the counties of Jefferson and}Berkeley,
and the several other counties mentioned in the act of Feb-
ruary fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, hereinafter
recited, have not been complied with; and the consent of
congress, as required by the constitution of the United States,
not having been obtained in order to give effect to such trans-
fer; so that the proceedings heretofore had on this subject
are simply inchoate; and said consent may properly be with-
drawn; and this general assembly regarding the contemplated
disintegration of the commonwealth, even if within its con-
stitutional competency, as liable to many objections of the
gravest character, not only in respect to the counties of Jef-
ferson and Berkeley, over which the state of West Virginia
has prematurely attempted to exercise jurisdiction, but also
as to the several other countics above referred to:

1. Be it therefore enacted by the general assembly of Vir-
ginia, That the second section of the act passed on the thir-
teenth day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled
an act giving the consent of the legislature of: Virginia to the
formation and erection of a new state within the jurisdiction
of this state, be and the same is hereby repealed.

2. And be it further enacted, That the act passed on the
thirty-first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-three,
entitled an act giving the consent of the state of Virginia to
the county of Berkeley being admitted into, and becoming
part of the state of West Virginia, be and the same is, in
ike manner, hereby repealed.

8. And be it further enacted, That the act passed on the
fourth day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-three,
entitled an act giving consent to the admission of certain
counties into the new state of West Virginia upon certain
conditions, be and the same is, in like manner, hereby repealed.

4, And be it further enacted, That all consent in any man-
ner heretofore given, or intended to be given, by the general
assembly of Virginia, to the transfer, from its jurisdiction to
the jurisdiction of the state of West Virginia, of any of the
counties mentioned in either of the above recited acts, be and
the same is hereby withdrawn, and all acts, ordinances and
resolutions heretofore passed, purporting to give such con-
sent, are hereby repealed.

5. This act shall be in force from and after the passage
thereof.