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An Act concerning apprentices bound out by overseers of the poor. 1839 51 (1839.1)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsva0542 and id is 1 raw text is: Inspections- Tobacco.-Apprenticea. 61 CHAp. 8.-An, ACT concern~ing the Inspection of tobacco at Charlottesville and Meadesvlle. (passed March 23, 1839.) 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That nothing con- state not bound to a rectwarehouses tained in the act establishing tobacco inspections at Charlottesville at Charlottesville and Meadesville, passed at the last session of the general assem- and Meadeeville. bly, or any other act or acts, shall be so construed as to make the commonwealth liable or chargeable in any manner whatever for the erection of warehouses at those places; and hereafter no act which Nor upon estah. lishment of in. shall authorize the establishment of an inspection of tobacco shall spections. render the commonwealth in any manner liable for the cost of erect- ing any warehouse for the purpose, without an express provision to that effect. 2. This act shall be in force from the passing thereof. Commencement. CHAP. 83.-An ACT providing for the repair of the public warehouse in tile town of Buchanan. (Passed April 2, 1839.) 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That John N. Johnston, Public warehouse John S. Wilson, James L. Woodville, John M. Harvey, and John ,reanen to be B. Minor, be and they are hereby appointed commissioners with power to contract for and superintend the making of such repairs to the public warehouse in the town of Buchanan, as in the opinion of said commissioners, or any three of them, may be deemed ne- cessary for the preservation of said warehouse from injury and de- cay : Provided, That the whole cost of making such repairs shall Cost, how paid. not exceed five hundred dollars : And provided also, That when the same shall be completed the accounts of the contractor or contrac. tors, after having been duly examined, shall be certified by the said commissioners, or any three of them, to the auditor of public ac- counts, who is hereby empowered and directed to issue his warrant for the amount thereof, payable out of the fund for the repairs of public warehouses. 2. This act shall be in force from thie passing thereof. Commencement. CnAP. 84.-An ACT concerning apprentices bound out by overseers of the poor. (Passed April 6, 1839.) 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, rhat hereafter when inro or nppren- any free person of colour shall be bound out by order of any county pareto, paid or corporation court as an apprentice, it shall be the duty of the court making such order, to consider what will be the reasonable annual value of the services of such apprentice in the particular art, trade or business which he or she is to be taught, for each year of his or her apprenticeship; and if such apprentice shall have a father or mother living, the court shall require that the master or mistress, as tile case may be, shall pay him or her the reasonable value of such services, for every year of the apprenticeship except the last. And if there be no father or mother, then the same shall When to over. be paid to the overseers of tile poor, for the use of the poor, and in seere or poor. either case tIe last year's hire or value of the services shall be paid Last year's hire to to the apprentice ; and tile failure of any master or mistress or their eareaS*cel- assigns for tie period of three months to pay the said allowance to led for failure to the father, mother or overseers of the poor, as the case may be, pay hire.

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