CHAP. 172.—An ACT for the relief of G. T. Burgess and the heirs
of S. B. Burgess (deceased), sureties of E. Burgess, late
treasurer of Northumberland county.

Approved March 3, 1890.

Whereas a judgment was obtained on the thirteenth
day of November, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, in
the circuit court of Richmond city, by the commonwealth
of Virginia against G. T. Burgess and S. B. Burgess, sure-
ties of E. B. Burgess, late treasurer of the county of Nor-
thumberland, and the sum of one thousand six hundred
and eighty-nine dollars and fifty-six cents having been
thus far paid on said judgment, leaving about two thou-
sand dollars yet to be paid; and whereas it has been
found that the said G. T. Burgess is in an insolvent con-
dition, thus throwing all the burden of the judgment on
the heirs to the estate of S. B. Burgess, deceased, all of
whom are dependent women, who, if compelled to pay the
remainder of this judgment in money, will thereby be
impoverished ; now, therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That the auditor of public accounts be authorized, in-
structed, and directed to receive and accept from the heirs
of S. B. Burgess, who was one of the sureties on the
official bond of said late treasurer, on which the said
judgment was recovered, bonds of the this commonwealth
issued or to be issued under the provisions of an act ap-
proved February fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-
two, entitled an act to declare Virginia’s equitable share
of the public debt, and so forth, together with all unpaid
coupons thereto attached, and at face value of the prin-
cipal of said bonds thereof in full discharge of any and
all liability incurred by said sureties, or either of them,
under and by reason of said judgment rendered as afore-
said, and in making his settlement with said sureties the
auditor of public accounts shall allow credit therei: for
whatever commission the said treasurer would have been
entitled to had he paid or accounted for, and when due,
the said several amounts of public revenue for which
judgment has been rendered as aforesaid.

2. No further or alias execution shall issue against said
sureties for the period of two years from the passage of
this act.

3. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to re-
lease or relieve the said E. B. Bargess, late treasurer, as
aforesaid from the obligation to pay the difference between
the amount of the said judgment with interest and cost,
and the market value of the bonds with which his sureties
are authorized by this act to discharge their joint and
several liabilities.

4. The said sureties shall not avail themselves of the
benefits of this act for a period longer than two years
from the passage hereof, and the provisions of this act for
their benefit shall expire at the termination of said period
of two years.

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5. This act shall be in force from iis passage.

CuaP. 173.—An ACT to authorize certain persons, when arrested
or convicted, to be committed to the custody of the Prison
Association of Virginia.

Approved March 4, 1890.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That whenever any minor, charged with any crime, or any
witness, vagrant, or disorderly person is arrested; or
whenever any person is convicted of any misdemeanor, or
felony, where the punishment inflicted does not exceed
confinement in jail for one year, it shall be lawful for the
court, judge, or justice causing the arrest, or before whom
the conviction is had, in the discretion of such court,
judge, or justice, and with the consent of the prison asso-
ciation of Virginia, to direct that the person, arrested or
convicted as the case may be, and held for testimony,
trial, or punishment, shall be committed to the custody
and control of the said prison association of Virginia;
and the said association shall have the same power and
authority over any such persons as the proper authorities
of the state penitentiary now have with regard to the
persons committed to it, and shall be entitled to the same
compensation for caring for them which the jailors of this
commonwealth now have, or are entitled to.

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