Chap. 387.—An ACT for the Relief of Wm. W. Cosby, Executor of R.
Payne.
Approved November 2, 1870..
1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the auditor of public accounts be and he is hereby authorized
and directed to issue his warrant on the treasury, payable out
of any money therein not otherwise appropriated by law, in
favor of William W. Cosby, executor of Roderick Payne, for
the sum of three hundred dollars; that being the amount paid
by him to the sheriff of Powhatan, as a collateral inheritance
tax, improperly and illegally assessed against him for the year
eighteen hundred and sixty.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.