CHAP. 124.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 1 of an act of
the General Assembly, approved February 10, 1890, entitled an
act to require the payment of fees on certain ch

Approved February 28, 1890.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That section one of an act of the general assembly, ap-
proved February tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety,
entitled an act to require the payment of fees on certain
charters be amended and re-enacted so as to read as fol-
lows:

§1. That every charter of incorporation hereafter passed
by the general assembly shall be, and continue to be,
wholly inoperative and ineffectual for any and all pur-
poses whatever, until the payment of a fee to be ascer-
tained and fixed as follows: For a company whose maxi-
mum capital stock is five thousand dollars or under, five
dollars; for a company whose capital stock is over five
thousand dollars and not to exceed ten thousand dollars,ten
dollars ; over ten thousand dollars and not to exceed twenty-
five thousand, fifteen dollars; over twenty-five thousand
dollars and not to exceed fifty thousand dollars, twenty-five
dollars; over fifty thousand dollars and not to exceed one
hundred thousand dollars, forty dollars; over one hundred
thousand dollars and not to exceed three hundred thousand
dollars, sixty-five dollars; over three hundred thousand
dollars and not to exceed five hundred thousand dollars,
ninety dollars; over five hundred thousand dollars and
not to exceed eight hundred thousand dollars, one hun-
dred and fifteen dollars; over eight hundred thousand
dollars and not to exceed one million dollars, one hundred
and fifty dollars; over one million dollars, two hundred
dollars. For the purposes of this act the amount to which the
company is authorized by the terms of ita charter to increase its
capital stock, shall be considered its maximum capital stock, but
the fee to be paid under this section shall in no case exceed the
sui of two hundred dollars: provided, however, that build-
ing associations shall pay twenty-five dollars only for
each certificate of incorporation filed or charter granted :
and provided, further, that no fee shall be required of
companies organized for religious, benevolent, or literary
purposes, or of such companies as are not organized for
profit and have no capital stock—mutual insurance com-
panies and other mutual companies not organized for
strictly benevolent or charitable purposes, shall pay a fee
of twenty-five dollars.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.
HAP. 125.—An ACT to amend and re-enact an act approved Feb-

3, 1888, entitled an act to amend and re-enact section 8 of
chapter 61 of the code of Virginia, as amended by an act ap
proved March 9, 1880, as amended by an act approved Marc
30, 1887, as amended by an act approved May 21, 1887, toamend
and re-enact section 12 of said chapter 61 of the code of 1873,
which is section 1196 of the code of Virginia, in relation to
turnpike companies.

Approved February 28, 1890.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
that an act approved February third, eighteen hundred
ind eighty-eight, entitled an act to amend and re-enact
ection eight of chapter sixty-one of the code of Virginia,
amended by an act approved March ninth, eighteen
undred and eighty, as amended by an act approved March
hirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, as amended
van act approved May twenty-first, eighteen hundred
ind eighty-seven, and to amend and re-enact section
welve of said chapter sixty-one, in relation to turnpike
companies, be amended and re-enacted so that said sections
ight and twelve shall read as follows:

88. Any person or persons alleging that a turnpike road
9 any section thereof is out of repair, may apply by
petition in writing to the court of any county, or the judge
thereof in vacation, in which said road may lie, for a
summons to three freeholders not living on said road to
meet on said section at a day specified and examine the
same; five days’ notice of such application to be given to
the president or one of the directors of said road, or, if it
be a state road, to the superintendent thereof, and the said
court shall forthwith appoint such viewers of said road.
if, upon the hearing of said petition, the same shall
appear reasonable and proper; and it shall be the duty of
the judge of the county court of any county in which
there may be a turnpike road upon which tolls are
charged, three times a year, to wit: At the April, August,
and December terms of his court, to appoint three such
viewers for each of such turnpike roads in his county,
who shall, at a time to be specified in the order, examine
the same, and be paid by the company or the county, as
provided in section eleven of this chapter; and all pro-
ceedings under said order of the court shall be as provided
by sections nine, ten, eleven, and twelve of this chapter,
except that in case of any turnpike road owned by the
state the report of the viewers, if against the road, shal!
be to the board of public works, and the facts certified to
the court, and the costs to be paid as the court may direct ;
and except that on such last mentioned report, and on
any report made by viewers under this section, if made
against the turnpike company, of which the turnpike
company shall be forthwith notified by the clerk of the
court or of the board of public works, as the case may be ;
the said company may appeal to said county court, and
said court may, on such appeal, confirm, set aside. or
re-commit said reports for further proceedings as it may
deem advisable: provided, that the provisions of this act
shall not apply to the Staunton and Parkersburg turnpike
road, nor to any turnpike road in the counties of Clarke
or Frederick, nor to the Lynchburg and Salem turnpike
road, in the county of Campbell, nor Lynchburg and
Campbell Courthouse turnpike, in the county of Campbell,
nor to the Lynchburg and Concord turnpike, in the county
of Campbhell. :

§12. All tolls upon any section. so pronounced not to be
in good repair shall be suspended from the time of the
filing of the reports of the viewers in the clerk’s office
until the said section shall be put in good repair, and
ascertaining so to be, as follows: On the application of
the president or one of the directors of the company, a
justice shall issue his warrants for summoning the same
freeholders, or in case of a vacancy or vacancies, enough
other disinterested freeholders to fill such vacancy or va-
cancies, to be named in the warrants, to meet on the said
section at a certain specified time, which shall be as soon
as convenient, and ascertain whether the said section is
in good repair or not; and the proceedings upon such
warrants shall be the same as are prescribed in the pre-
ceding sections. The officers’ fees shall be paid by the
company. But nothing contained in the preceding five
sections shall be construed to refer to any turnpike placed
under the exclusive control of the board of public works
by the general assembly.

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

CHAP. 126 —An ACT to amend and re-enact section 664 of chap-
ter 28, code of Virginia, in relation to redemption of delin-
quent lands.

Approved February 28, 1890.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That section s1x hundred and sixty-four of chapter twenty-
eight of the code of eighteen hundred and eighty-seven
be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

$664. How and by whom real estate so purchased may
be redeemed; if redeemed, the fact to be certified to com-
missioner.—The previous owner of any such real estate,
his heirs, or assigns, or any person having the right to
charge the same with a debt may, until a further sale
thereof, redeem such real estate by paying to the clerk of
the court of the county or corporation in which such real
estate is situated the amount for which the sale was made,
together with such additional sums as would have accrued
from taxes and levies if the same had not been pur-
chased by the commonwealth, with interest on the amount
for which the sale was made at the rate of ten per cent.
from day of sale; and on the additional sums from the
fifteenth day of December in the year in which the same
would have accrued.

2. The clerk shall endorse the fact of such payment on
the delinquent land book opposite the entry of the tract
or lot. When real estate is redeemed as provided in this
section the clerk shall certify the fact to the commissioner
of the revenue of the county or city wherein such real
estate lies. For making statement, calculating interest,
and so forth, the said clerk shall be entitled to a fee of
fifty cents, payable by the person redeeming his land.
The clerk shall annually, at the time he makes report to
the auditor of public accounts of taxes collected by him,
as now provided by law, report, upon blanks to be fur-
nished by the auditor, the amounts received by him for
redemption of delinquent lands, and shall pay the same
into the public treasury at the time fixed by law for pay-
ing in other public money received by him. For his
services in receiving this money and paying it into the
treasury he shall be entitled to a commission of five per
centum.

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

CuaP. 127.—An ACT to remove the political disabilities of W. R.
Duke, H. C. Michie, and T. L. Rosser.

Approved February 28, 1890.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia
(two-thirds of both houses concurring), That the disa-
bilities of W. R. Duke, H.C. Michie, and T. L. Rosser,
incurred under clause three of section one of article three
of the constitution of Virginia, with reference to duelling
be, and the same are hereby, removed.

2. This act shal] be in force from its passage.
Chap. 128 —An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3650 in chap-
ter 178 of the code of Virginia of 1887, in regard to exemptions.

Approved February 28, 1890.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That section thirty-six hundred and fifty, in chapter one
hundred and seventy-eight of the code of Virginia of
eighteen hundred and eighty seven, be amended and re-
enacted so as to read as follows:

83650. The articles which a householder, in addition to
the foregoing exemption, may hold exempt from levy or
distress.—In addition to the estate, not exceeding in value
two thousand dollars, which every householder residing
in this state shall be entitled to hold exempt as provided
in the preceding sections of this chapter, he shall also be
entitled to hold exempt from levy or distress the follow-
ing articles, or so much or so many thereof as he may
have, except that the live stock so exempted under this
and the following section of this chapter shall not be
exempt from any levy or distress made under the provis-
ions of chapter ninety-three of this code:

First: The family bible.

Second: Family pictures, school-books, and library for
the use of family not exceeding in all one hundred dollars
in value.

Third: A seat or pew in any house or place of public
worship.

Fourth: A lot in a burial ground.

Fifth: All necessary wearing apparel of the debtor and
his family; all beds, bedsteads, and bedding necessary
for the use of such family; and all stoves and appendages
put up and kept for the necessary use of the family, not
exceeding three.

Sixth: One cow and her calf till one year old, one
horse, 81x chairs, six plates, one table, six knives, six forks,
one dozen spoons, two dishes, two basins, one pot, one
oven, 81x pieces of wooden or earthenware, one loom and
its appurtenances, one safe or press, one spinning wheel,
one pair of cards, one axe, two hoes, ten barrels of corn,
or in lieu thereof twenty-five bushels of rye or buckwheat,
five bushels of wheat or one barrel of flour, two hundred
pounds of bacon or pork, three hogs, ten dollars in value
of forage or hay, one cooking stove and utensils for cook-
ing therewith, and one sewing machine; and in the case
of a mechanic, the tools and utensils of his trade not
exceeding one hundred dollars in value; and in case of
an oysterman or fisherman, his boat and tackle not exceed-
ing two hundred dollars in value; if the boat and tackle
exceed two hundred dollars in value the same shall be
sold, and out of the proceeds the oysterman or fisherman
shall] first receive two hundred dollars in lieu of such
boat and tackle.

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

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CxapP. 129.—An ACT to prescribe the time for holding the courts
of the seventeenth judicial circuit.

Approved February 728, 1890.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That the circuit courts for the several counties composing
the seventeenth judicial circuit shall be held as follows:

Buchanan county—Monday before the first Wednesday |
before the first Monday in March, August, and November.

Dickenson county — First Wednesday before the first
Monday in March, August, and November.

Scott county—Third Monday in March, August, and
November.

Lee county—First Monday after the fourth Monday in
March, August, and November.

Wise county—Third Monday after fourth Monday in
March, August, and November.

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