Chap. 11.—An ACT to Expedite the Execution of the Will of William
Barrett, deceased.

In force December 28, 1871.

Whereas, it is represented that William Barrett, late of the
cisy of Richmond, Virginia, departed this life possessed of a
very large estate, which he divided among many legatees, and
that, though his executor qualified nearly a twelve month ago,
no considerable debts, or demands, have appeared against his
estate, and none which have appeared remain unsatisfied, and
yet that many of the objects of his bounty are unable to give
refunding bonds with sufficient security, as the law requires,
that they may receive their legacies at the end of the year
from the date of the order conferring authority on his execu-
tor, and it would be a serious inconvenience to them, in their
necessitous condition, to await the lapse of two years from
that date, before which they cannot expect, according to the
provisions of the Code of Virginia, to receive their legacies
without such refunding bonds: now, therefore,
1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
when a report of the accounts of Jaqueline P. Taylor, esquire,
executor of William Barrett, deceased, and of the debts and
demands against the estate of the said William Barrett, shall
have been filed in the office of the chancery court of the city
of Richmond, whether under chapter one hundred and thirty-
two of the Code of Virginia, or in a suit in chancery, the said
court, after one year from the qualification of the said Jaque-
line P. Taylor, may, in its discretion, on the motion of a legatee
of the said William Barrett, make an order for his creditors to
show cause, on some day to be named in the order, against the
payment and delivery of his estate to his legatees, a copy of
which order shall be published once a week, for four weeks, in
one or more newspapers, as the court may direct, and be
posted at the door of the court house of the hustings court of
the city of Richmond on the first day of two successive terms
of said hustings court. On, or after, the day named in the
order, the court may order the payment and delivery to the
legatees of the whole or a part of the money and other estate
not before distributed, with or without refunding bond, as it
may prescribe. But every legatee to whom any such payment,
or delivery, is made, and his representatives, may, in & suit
brought against him, within ten years afterwards, be adjudged
to refund a due proportion of any debts, or demands, appear-
ing against the decedent, and of the costs attending their
recovery.

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