CHAP. 135.—An ACT to amend section 2462 of the code of Vir-
ginia in regard to reservation of title to gods and chattels sold
upon condition.

Approved February 2s, 1890.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That section twenty-four hundred and sixty-two of chap-
ter one hundred and nine of the code of Virginia he
amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§2462. Every sale or contract for the sale of goods
or chattels wherein the title is reserved until the same
be paid for in whole or in part, or the transfer of title
is made to depend on any condition, and possession
be delivered to the vendee shall, in respect to such reser-
vation and condition, be void as to creditors’of and pur-
chasers for value without notice from such vendee until
such sale or contract be, in writing, executed by both the
vendor and vendee, in which the said reservation or con-
dition 1s expressed, and until and except from the time
that a memorandum of said writing, setting forth the
date thereof, the amount due thereon, and a brief descrip-
on of said goods or chattels, be docketed in the clerk's
hee of the county or corporation court of the county or
rporation in which said goods or chattels may be, or in
« clerk’s office of the chancery court of the city of Rich-
ond, if said goods or chattels be within the corporate
mits of said city; and it shall be the duty of such clerk
docket and to index the same from the original con-
act, in the name of the vendor and vendee, together
ith the date of such docketing, in a book to be kept by
im for that purpose, and to endorse on such contract the
ords “*memorandum docketed,” with his signature as
ork sufixed thereto, for which services the clerk may
harge a fee not exceeding twenty-five cents; and the
ocketing and indexing of such memorandum of said
nntract as is herein provided for shall have the same
fect as to creditors of and purchasers for value, without
otice from the vendee, as if said contract were recorded
ccording to the provisions of chapter one hundred and
ine of the code of Virginia of eighteen hundred and
ighty-seven, or if said goods or chattels consist of loco-
notives, cars, or other rolling stock, equipments, or per-
onal property of any description, to be used:in or about
he operation of any railroad, until and except from the
ime the said writing is duly admitted to record in the
lerk’s office of the county or corporation court of the
‘county or corporation wherein the principal office in this
‘tate of the company operating the railroad is located,
yp in the clerk’s office of the chancery court of the city
of Richmond, if said principal office is within the cor-
porate limits of the said city, and a copy of said writing
be filed in the office of the board of public works, and
pach locomotive, car or other piece of rolling stock be
plainly and permanently marked with the name of the
vendor on both sides thereof, followed by the word
“owner.”
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.

CHAP. 136 —An ACT for the relief of Charles R. Hall.

Approved February 28, 1890.

Whereas Charles R. Hall, at the commencement of the
late civil war, when quite a youth, entered the army of the
Confederate states; and whereas during said war he ren-
dered valuable and gallant service; and whereas he was
then wounded in such a manner as to forever deter him
from the performance of manual labor; and whereas since
the close of the war he has been a citizen and resident of
Virginia, but debarred from receiving a pension from the
state by an unfortunate circumstance; and whereas it i:
right and just that he should receive the same annua.
pension that other disabled veterans of this war are receiv.
ing; now, therefore,

1. Beit enacted by the general assembly of Virginia
That the auditor of public accounts be, and he is hereby,
instructed and directed to enter the name of Charles R.
Hall upon the list of partially disabled pensioners, as pre-
scribed by an act approved March fifth, eighteen hundred
and eighty-eight, entitled an act to give aid to soldiers,
sailors, and marines of Virginia maimed or disabled in
the war between the states, and to widows of Virginia sol-
diers, sailors, and marines who lost their lives in said war
in the military service, or by any other act that may be
passed, and to issue his warrant upon the state treasurer
in favor of the said Charles R. Hall for fifteen dollars per
annum from the date of said act of March fifth, eighteen
hundred and eighty-eight, payable in its proper order, out
of any money in the treasury appropriated for aid to dis-
abled soldiers.

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

CuHaP. 187.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 3707 of the
code of Virginia, in relation to grand and petit larceny defined
—how punished ; larceny of horse, mule, or ass—'1ow punished.

Approved February 28, 1890.

1. Beit enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
section thirty-seven hundred and seven of the code of Vir-
ginia be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§3707. If any person steal from the person of another
money or other thing of the value of five dollars or more, he
shall be deemed guilty of grand larceny, and be confined in
the penitentiary not less than one nor more than ten years.
If any person commit simple larceny, not from the person
of another, of goods and chattels, he shall, if they are of
the value of fifty dollars or more, be deemed guilty of
grand larceny, and be confined in the penitentiary not
less than one nor more than ten years; and if they be of
less value than five dollars in the first case, or fifty dol-
lars in the last, he shall be deemed guilty of petit larceny,
and shall be punished by confinement in jail not less than
fifteen days nor more than six months, or by fine not less
than five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or by both.
But any person who shall be guilty of the larceny of
a horse, mule, or ass shall be punished by confinement in
the penitentiary not less than three nor more than eight-
een years.

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.
HAP. 138.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 818 of the
code of Virginia, in relation to the disqualification of certain
officers to hold more than one elective office.

Approved February 28, 1890.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
hat eection eight hundred and eighteen of the code of
‘irginia, in relation to the disqualification of certain
ficers to hold more than one elective office be amended
nd re-enacted so as to read as follows:

$818. No person shall hold more than one county or district
fice at the same time; and if any person shall be elected
o two or more of said offices his qualification in one of
hem shall be a bar to his right to qualification in either
f the others.

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

CuaP. 139.—An ACT for the relief of Rice W Bailey.

Approved February 2, 1890.

Whereas Rice W. Bailey was convicted at the July term,
eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, of the corporation
court of Charlottesville, upon two indictments for violation
of the laws against illegal gaming, and was fined in one
case one hundred and twenty-five dollars and in the other
case twenty-five dollars, which fines have not been paid;
and, whereas, every member of the jury which convicted
eald Bailey, and many other reputable citizens of Char-
lotteaville, including the mayor of the city, have united
ina petition to the general assembly to relieve the said
Bailey from said fines; now, therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That said Rice W. Bailey be, and he hereby is, released
and discharged from all obligation for the payment of
the fine aforesaid.

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