Chap. 197.—An ACT for the relief of P. J. Holmes, surety for J. Q.
A. Barham, late Collector of Berlin and Ivor Township, in the
County of Southampton.

Approved March 20, 1875.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the auditor of public accounts, be and he is hereby autho-
rized and directed, upon a s¢tlement of a judgment, in the
name of the commonwealth against Peter J. Holmes, as
surety for J. Q. A. Barham, late collector of Berlin and Ivor
township, in Southampton county, for the default of the said
Barham in the payment of the revenue for the year eighteen
hundred and seventy-two, to receive, from said Peter J.
Holmes, in the discharge of said judgment against him, the
payment of the principal, legal interest and costs, abating
therefrom the interest in excess of six per centum per annum,
and the damages which have been awarded for satd default:
provided, however, that nothing in this act shall be con-
strued to relieve said Barham from any portion of said judg-
ment.

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