Chap. 213.—An ACT forthe Relief of the Sureties of Washington Dear-
mont, late Sheriff of Clarke county, Va.

Approved July 9, 1870.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the auditor
of public accounts shall be authorized and he is hereby di-
rected, upon a settlement of the judgments in the name of the
commonwealth of Virginia against Washington Dearmont,
late sheriff of Clarke 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 judgments against them, the payment of
the principal, legal interest, and costs and expenses of collec-
tion, abating therefrom the damages which have been awarded
for said default; and he is also authorized to allow credit on
said judgments for any insolvents which may be proved within
ninety days from the passage of this act, if he shall be satisfied
that the same were not lost by the neglect or default of the
said Washington Dearmont while in office: provided, how-
ever, that nothing in this act shall be construed to release said
Dearmont from any portion of said judgments.

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