Chap. 255.—An ACT for the Relief of A. F. Creel and his Sureties.
Approved March 26, 1875.

Whereas A. F. Creel, late collector for Marshall township,
in the county of Fauquier, in the state of Virginia, on ac-
count of the pecuniary embarrassment of tho people of said
township, has fallen into arrears in collecting and paying
over the taxes of said township; and whereas the auditor of
public accounts has obtained judgment against said Creel
and his sureties for the sum of four thousand and twenty-
four dollars and eighty-five cents, with interest thereon at
the rate of ten per centum per annum, and costs; therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That :
the auditor of public accounts is hereby authorized and re-|
quired to extend.the time of enforcing and collecting a judg-
ment lately obtained against A. F. Creel, late collector of
Marshall township, in the county of Fauquier, in the state of
Virginia, and his sureties, until the first day of September,
eighteen hundred and seventy-five: provided, that said Creel
or his sureties shall present to the auditor of public ac-
counts a certificate from the judge of the county court of
Fauquicr that, in his opinion, the present sureties of said A.
F. Creel, late collector, are ample for the payment of said
judgment, or that said Crecl has furnished such additional
sureties to his official bond as, in the opinion of said judge,
will make it ample to pay the same on the suid first day of
September, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and that all
of said surcties have consented, in legal form, to such exten-
sion of time of payment. |

2. That if the said A. F. Creel, or his sureties, shall, on or
before the said first day of September, eighteen bundred and |
seventy-five, have fully paid off said judgment, prinvipal,
costes, and legal interest, at the rate of six per centum per
annum, they are hereby released from all excess of interest
and damages.

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