Chap. 137.—An ACT for the Relief of the Sureties of Wm. 8S. Northern,
late Sheriff of Richmond county.

Approved June 13, 1870.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the sureties, Peter S. Northern and others, of William S.
Northern, late sheriff of Richmond county, be and the same
are hereby relieved from the payment of one hundred and
eighty-eight dollars and ninety-eight cents, amount of damages
recovered by the commonwealth of Virginia against the said
William S. Northern and sureties, in the circuit court of the
city of Richmond, on the ninth day of November, eighteen
hundred and sixty-nine, the amount of taxes and interest there-
on received on said judgment having already been paid into
the treasury: provided, nothing contained herein shall be
construed as relieving the said William S. Northern, late sheriff
of Richmond county, from payment of said damages.

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