Chap. 332.—An ACT for the Relief of the Sureties of Juhn Thompson,
late Sheriff of Tazewell County.

Approved March 31, 1878.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the auditor of public accounts be and he is hereby authorized
and directed, upon a settlement of a judgment in the name of
the commonwealth against John Thompson, late sherilt of Laze-
well 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 the discharge of
said judgment against them, the payment of the principal,
legal interest and costs, and the expenses of collecting, abating
therefrom the damages which have been awarded for said de-
fault: provided, however, that nothing in this act shall be con-
strued to relieve said Thompson from any portion of said judg-
ment.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.