Chap. 258.—An ACT to repeal an act entitled an act for the encourage-
ment of land purchasers and actual settlers in Virginia, and to repeal
an act approved March 29, 1873, entitled an act for the encourage-
ment of immigration and to dispose of the books and pamphlets in
the possession of the board of immigration.

Approved March 14, 1878.

Whereas it appears that from appropriations heretofore
made, there remains in the hands of the board of immigra-
tion tbe sum of five thousand five hundred and ninety-seven
dollars and sixty-three cents, and it is deemed expedient in
the present condition of the commonwealth to abolish the
said board and to restore to the treasury of the common-
wealth the said sum of five thousand five hundred and
ninety-seven dollars and sixty-three cents; therefore,
1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the board of immigration is hereby directed, from its own
treasury, to pay into the treasury of the commonwealth the
sum of five thousand five hundred and ninety-seven dollars
and sixty-three cents, that being the sum remaining unex-
pended from appropriations heretofore made to said board;
and the register of the land office, who is secretary of said
board, shall turn over to the secretary of the commonwealth,
as general librarian, all the copics of the Geographical and
Political Summary of the State, and other books or pamphlets
remaining undisposed of, together with all the plates and
forms used in the publication of said Summary and other
books and pamphlets directed to be published under the con-
trol of the said board.

2. The secretary of the commonwealth is directed to take
charge of and preserve such books, pamphlets, plates, and
forms; but he is authorized, for the purpose of distribution,
to make sale of any such books or pamphlets, at rates equiva-
lent to the costs of publication, and a percentage of five per
centum, and after deducting said percentage as commission,
shall deposit the proceeds of sales collected, into the treasury
of the commonwealth.

3. An act entitled an act for the encouragement of land
purchasers and actual settlers in Virginia, and to repeal an
act, approved March twenty-ninth, eighteen hundred and
seventy-three, entitled an act for the encouragement of
immigration, ’e and the same is hereby repealed.

4, This act shall be in force from its passage.