Chap. 112.—An ACT for the relief of Swinfield Stanley, late sheriff of
Henry county, and his sureties.

Approved November 25, 1884.

Whereas it appears that at the April term, eighteen hun-
dred and seventy-six, of the circuit court of the city of Rich-
mond, judgment was rendered on behalf of the common-
wealth against Swinfield Stanley, late sheriff of the count
of Henry, and W. W. Morris, George 8S. Hairston, Hiram B.
Hundley, W. D. Stultz, O. M. Stultz, and John H. Matthews,
his sureties, for the sum of thirty-one hundred and sixty-nine.
dollars and one cent, interest, damages and costs for arrearages
of land, capitation, property and other taxes and claims; and
whereas it appears that the late auditor, William F. Taylor,
appointed Samuel A. Anderson, his agent and attorney, to
collect the same; and whereas it appears that said Anderson,
with the approval of the said auditor, received the sum of
fifteen hundred dollars in compromise of all claims against
said sheriff and his sureties, and in full of all such claims;
and whereas it appears that said auditor failed to get the
approval of said compromise by the attorney-general of the
state, because their was then a vacancy in that office; and
whereas the present attorney-general, and the judge of the
circuit court of the city of Richmond, have recommended
that the said compromise and settlement be now confirmed,

1. Beit enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the compromise and settlement aforesaid are hereby ratified
and confirmed, and that the said W. W. Morris, George S.
Hairston, Hiram B. Hundley, W. D. Stultz, O. M. Stultz, and
John H. Matthews, sureties of said Swinfield Stanley, are
hereby released and discharged from all liability on -said
official bond and on the judgment aforesaid.

2. This act shall bein force from its passage.