Chap. 646.—An ACT for the relief of N. W. Crisler, late clerk of Madison county.

Approved April 2, 1902.

Whereas, on the....day of.......... , eighteen hundred and ninety-
eight, application was made to N. W. Crisler, clerk of the county court of
Madison county, for the purchase of nineteen thousand acres of land
lying in Madison county, assessed in the name of Mary Garrett, and sold
to the Commonwealth for previous years; and,

Whereas, the amount paid on said application, to-wit, sixty-seven dol-
lars and sixty-three cents, after deducting commissions, was paid through
mistake to F. P. Smith, treasurer of Madison county, who paid the same
into the State treasury; and,

Whereas, afterwards, to-wit, on the....day of......... » nineteen
hundred and one, said land was redeemed by the heirs of Mary Garrett
and the money paid to said clerk, who paid the same to the auditor of
public accounts ; and,

Whereas, the said applicants are demanding of the clerk the return cf
the money so paid him: therefore,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the sum of
sixty-seven dollars and sixty-three cents be returned out of the treasury
of this State to the administrator of N. W. Crisler, deceased, late clerk
of Madison county, and the auditor of this State is hereby directed and
authorized to draw his warrant upon the treasurer of this State for the
sum of sixty-seven dollars and sixty-three cents, payable as aforesaid.

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