Chap. 348.—An ACT for the Relief of the Sureties of Joseph A. S. Barham,
late Sheriff of Surry County.

Approved October 29, 1870.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the auditor
of public accounts shall be authorized, and he is hereby directed,
upon a settlement of the judgment, in the name of the com-
monwealth, against Joseph A. S. Barham, late sheriff of Surry
county, and his sureties, for his default in the payment of the
revenue for the years eighteen hundred and sixty-seven and
sixty-eight, to receive from said sureties, in discharge of said
judgment against them, the payment of the principal, legal in-
terest, and costs and expenses of collection, abating therefrom
the damages which have been awarded for said default; and
he is also authorized to allow credit on said jadgment for any
insolvents which may be proved within ninety days trom the
passage of this act, if he shall be satisfied that the same were
not lost by the neglect or default of the said Barham while in
office: provided, however, that nothing in this act shall be con-
strued to release said Barham from any portion of said judg-
ment.

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