CHAP. 172.—An ACT to relieve the sureties of James P. Critz,
late treasurer of Patrick county, Virginia.

Approved February 5, 1892.

Whereas it appears to the general assembly that a judg-
ment was recovered on the twenty-third day of February,
eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, in the circuit court of
the city of Richmond by the commonwealth of Virginia
against James P. Critz, late treasurer of the county of
Patrick, and W. D. Smith, John P. Williams, William H.
Avres, Greene Penn, John M. Ayres, W. F. Padgett, C. P.
Nolen, George W. Via, J. W. Dalton, P. W. Dalton, C. R.
Joyce, J. T. King, Jessie Collins, E. L. Penn, T. J. Penn,
senior, J. L. Saunders, P. J. France, and P. L. Zentmyres,
his sureties on his official bond, as treasurer as aforesaid,
for the sum of five thousand and sixty dollars and sixty-
six cents, with interest thereon, to be computed at the rate
of six per centum per annum, on one thousand three hun-
dred and fifty-eight dollars and thirty-four cents, from the
first day of December, eighteen hundred and eighty-four,
and on five hundred and fifty-eight dollars and sixty cents
from the fifteenth day of June, eighteen hundred and
eighty-five, and on one thousand four hundred and forty-
seven dollars and twenty-seven cents from the first day of
December, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, and on four
hundred and eighty-two dollars and fifty-four cents from
the fifteenth day of June, eighteen hundred and eighty-
six, and on one thousand and seventy-nine dollars and
nineteen cents, another part thereof, from the first day of
June, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and on one hundred
and thirty-five dollars and sixty-six cents, the ‘residue
thereof, from December first, eighteen hundred and eighty-
six, and seventeen dollars and forty-nine cents, costs;

And whereas Samuel G. Staples and W. S. Ivie were co-
securities on the bond aforesaid, and upon whom no pro-
cess was served and against whom no judgment was ob-
tained ;

And whereas on the third day of October, eighteen hun-
dred and eighty-six, and on the day of November,
eighteen hundred and eighty-six, the said James P. Critz
conveyed by deed to John F. Rison, trustee, all of his real

and personal estate, in trust, to secure as well other cred
itors as the sureties aforesaid, in such proportion that onl;
about fifty per centum of the proceeds of the sale of hi
property can be applied to the relief of his sureties;

And whereas the proceeds of the sale of said property}
was estimated to pay fifty per centum of the indebtednes:
so secured, and a large number of said sureties on said bon
are insolvent, so the burdens aforesaid will fall on com
paratively a small number of said sureties;

And whereas on the first day of March, eighteen hun
dred and eighty-eight, the general assembly of Virginis
passed an act authorizing and directing the auditor of pub.
lic accounts to receive from said sureties of the said James
P. Critz bonds of the state of Virginia, issued pursuant
to the provisions of the act of February fourteenth, eigh.
teen hundred and eighty-two, commonly known as the Rid.
dleberger bill, at their par or face value in payment and
satisfaction of the balance that may be found due on said
judgment after the application of all the payments thal
may be made by James P. Critz, or his trustee, or arising
Pa the sale of the property and effects of the said James

. Critz;

And whereas said sureties did, on the twenty-seventh
day of February, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, de-
liver to the said auditor bonds as aforesaid to the amount
of three thousand dollars, supposed to be the amount due
from said sureties;

And whereas the said John F. Rison, trustee, did, on the
tenth day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety, dis-
burse the trust funds then in hand according to the decree
of the circuit court of the city of Richmond, and said
trust funds yielded and paid a great deal less than was
expected to pay, therefore leaving a balance due the com-
monwealth of Virginia to the amount of thirteen hundred
and four dollars and seventy-six cents, as of December
eleventh, eighteen hundred and ninety; therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That the auditor of public accounts, be, and he is hereby,
authorized and directed to receive from the sureties of
the said James P. Critz, bonds of the state of Virginia is-
sued pursuant to the provisions of the act of February
fourteenth, eighteen hundred and eigkty-two, commonly
known as the Riddleberger bill, or bonds of the state of
Virginia that may be hereafter issued under the Olcott
settlement, at their par value or face value, in payment
and satisfaction of the balance due on said judgment:
provided said sureties shal] deliver said bonds to said
auditor within two years from the passage of this act;
but nothing herein contained shall be construed as in any
manner relieving the said James P. Critz individually
from being held responsible for the payment of such por-
tion of said judgment as said sureties may be relieved
from; and provided, also, that the said sureties shall be
liable among themselves for contribution according to
the amounts paid by them; also, provided further, that
said sureties shall be at liberty to use any balance that
may still remain in the hands of the trustee, or any prop-
erty now held or hereafter to be acquired by the said
James P. Critz, to reimburse themselves for any money
paid out by them under this act. All acts and parts of
acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

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