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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsva0540 and id is 1 raw text is: 24 Night Watch.-Patrls.-,Gewral Asemby.-Elections.
be attached to said nineteenth regimenti any law to the cent;,dry
Itogulations. notwithstanding; which company when enlisted and orginized,
shall be subject to and governed by the laws now in force, regula-
ting volunteer companies in this commonwealth.
CHAP. 30.-An ACT exempting the night watch from military duty in time
of peace.
(Passed April 2, 1830.)
NiWt watcl in 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the officers and
eities ndtowns i, others constituting the night watch, in the several cities and incor-
exemipt fro mIlt.
tia duty. porated towns and b6roughs of this commonwealth, shall be, and
they are hereby exempted from the performance of militia duty, in
'Tobo keptenroll, time of peace; but it shall be the duty of any commandant of a
o,. company in the bounds of which any person so exempted shall re-
side, to enrol such person in his proper class in such company, as
Liabloto be draft. other persons are by law directed to be enrolled; and every such
od in war. person shall be liable to be drafted or detailed for actual service, in
time of war, in the same manner as he would have been had this
exemption not been made.
Commencomnent. 2. This act shall be in force from the passing thereof.
CUM. 3I.-An ACT concerning patrols.
[Passed April 90 1830.]
Patrol, may forco 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That pa-
door. f frio trols are hereby authorized to force open the doors of free negroes
groom nl Slaves,
in suarci of arnni. and mulattoes, and of slaves in the absence of their masters or over-
seers, when access is denied, when in search of fire arms or other
weapons, by authority of' a warrant from a justice of the peace,
issued for that purpose.
Coinmoneorcnt. 2. This act shall commence and be in force from and after the
passing thereof.
CirAP. 32.-An ACT to change the time of the meeting of the general
assembly.
(l14e9d MAlrch 18, 1839.)
rimo of moeting 1. Be it enacted, That the general assembly shall meet on the
t' genoral assom- first Monday il December, in tihe present year, and on the first
bly. Monday in December, in each succeeding year.
Repealing clause. 2. Be it further enacted, That the act, entitled, an act to
change the time of meeting of the general assembly, passed March
the seventeenth, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, shall be and
the same is hereby repealed.
Commonrcent. 3. This act shall be in force from its passage.
CHAP. 33.-An ACT to change the time of holding elections for members of
the general assembly, ant of congress.
(Passed March 20-, 1839.)
Elartion,, whon 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the general dec-
to bholad. tions sliall be held ill the several counties, cities, towns and bo-
roughs, in this commonwealth, o1 the fourth Thursday of May in
the present year, and on the fourth Thursday of April in every suc-
ceeding year; and the regular elections of representatives of this
state, in the congress of the United States, shall be held in like
manner in the present year, and in every second year thereafter,](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsva0540&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)