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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsva0613 and id is 1 raw text is: Private Claims. 229
receive back from said sheriff said tax so paid as aforesaid, the same
having in the meantime been paid into the public treasury, and ask-
ing that the amount may be refunded to him :
1. Be it therefore enacted by the general assembly, That tibe audi- samrsfunded to
tor of public accounts be, and lie is hereby authorized and required David Rawls.
to issue his warrant on the treasury, payable out of any money therein
not otherwise appropriated, in favour of the said David Rawls, for
the sun, of fifteen dollars, the amount of the tax paid into the treasury
aforesaid, to be paid to the said Rawls or his legal representative.
2. This act shall be in force from the passage thereof. Commencement.
CuAp. 268.-An ACT concerning Thomas Brown and James Saunders of the
county of Lancaster.
[Passed March 19, 1847.]
1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the auditor of pub- Allowance to
lic accounts be and lie is hereby authorized and required to issue his a'Jms rown.
warrant on the treasury, payable out of any money therein not other- ders an extra
wise appropriate(], in favour of Thomas Brown and James Saunders guards.
of the county of Lancaster, for the sum of seventeen dollars and
ninety-six cents each, on account of services rendered and expenses
incurred by then as extra guard in assisting the sheriff of the said
county of Lancaster in conveying to the public jail and penitentiary
house of this commonwealth two free negroes, to wit : Join Key and
Bob, alias Robert Vincy, who had been convicted by the county court
of said county, sitting as a court of oyer and trminer, of felony.
2. This act shall be in force front its passage. Commencement.
CHAP. 269.-An ACT authorizing the payment of a certain sum of money to
William T. Simmons.
[Passed March 19, 18,17.]
1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the auditor of pub. Allowance to
lie accounts be and ie is hereby authorized and required to issue his Willam 'T. Sim-
I is(alng as guard of
warrant upon the treasury (payable out of any money therein not other- a prisoner.
wise appropriated) in favour of William T. Simmons, or his legal re-
presentative, for the sum of twenty-five dollars and two cents, it being
for services rendered the commonwealth by said Simmons as an extra
guard in assisting the sheriff of Amherst county to convey Thomas
Mahone a convict to the penitentiary.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage. Commencement.
CHAt. 270.-An ACT authorizing the payment of a certain sum of money to
Samuel Patterson.
[Passed Mtarch 19, 18.17.]
1. lie it enacted by the general assembly, That the auditor of pub- Allowance to Sa-
lic accounts be and he is hereby authorized and required to issue his murl Patteron
fo~r hire ofa
warrant on the treasury (payable out of any money therein not other- slave.
wise appropriated) in favour of Samuel Patterson of the county of
Rockbridge, or his legal representative, for the sum of sixty-five dol-
lars, it being an allowance made to the said Patterson for the hire of
his slave Sam M'Williams while detained in the jail of said county of
Rockbridge to await the trial of a certain James J. Mooney, charged
with the stealing of the said slave, in order that he might be identi.
fled at the trial.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage. Commencement.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsva0613&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)