Chap. 15.—An ACT authorizing the board of supervisors of Yor
county to allowS. G. Cooke the amount of taxes assessed against an
paid by him for county purposes upon his farms in York county fo
the years 1865—’66-'67-'68-'69-'70, and ’71._

Approved January 11, 1877.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, Tha
the board of supervisors for the county of York, at the nex
meeting of said board to lay the county levy, is hereby au
thorized to allow Stafford G. Cooke the amount of taxes
assessed against and paid by him for county purposes, upon
his farms “ Newmans” and “ Edgehill,” situated in York
county, for the years eighteen hundred and sixty-five, cigh-
teen hundred and sixty-six, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven,
eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, eighteen hundred and
sixty-nine, eighteen hundred and seventy, and eighteen hun-
dred and seventy-one, the said farms having been withheld
from him by such power as the state could not resist.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.