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| ANNO REGNI GEORGII III, Regis Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ et Hiberniæ, quarto. 
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Francis Fauquier, esq. governor. | |||
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| I. WHEREAS the act of Assembly made in the thirtieth year of his late majesty king George the second, entitled, An Act for reducing the several acts for making provision against invasions and insurrections into one act, which was continued by another act made in the third year of the reign of his present majesty, will expire on the eighth day of June next, and it is necessary and expedient that the said act should be further continued: | Act providing against invasions & insurrections further continued. | |||
| II. Be it therefore enacted by the Lieutenant Governour, Council and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, |
| and it is hereby enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said act of assembly made in the thirtieth year of his said late majesty's reign, shall continue and be in force from and after the said eighth day of June next, for and during the term of two years, and no longer. | ||
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| I. WHEREAS the act of assembly made in the thirty second year of the reign of his late majesty king George the second, entitled, An Act for reducing the several acts made for laying a duty upon liquors into one act, which was continued by another act of Assembly made in the first year of his present majesty's reign will expire on the tenth day of June next, and it is necessary that the same should be further continued: | Act imposing duties on liquors, further continued. | |
| I. Be it therefore enacted, by the Lieutenant-Governour, Council and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the said act of assembly, made in the thirty-second year of the reign of his said late majesty, shall continue and be in force from and after the said tenth day of June next, for and during the term of two years from thence next following, and no longer. | ||
| CHAP. III. An act for raising a publick Levy, and for other purposes therein mentioned. | ||
| I. Be it enacted, by the Lieutenant-Governour, Council and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and | Taxes, for 1764. |
| it is hereby enacted by the authority aforesaid, That forty-six pounds of tobacco be paid by every tithable person within this dominion for the defraying and payment of the publick charge of the country, and the pay and expenses of the militia drawn out into actual service for the defence and protection of the frontiers of this colony against the incursions of the Indians, being the publick levy from the second day of November one thousand seven hundred and sixty-two, to the thirtieth day of October one thousand seven hundred and sixty-four; and that it be paid by the collectors of the several counties to the several persons and counties respectively to whom it is proportioned by this General Assembly, and the directions of this act. And if it shall happen that there shall be more tithables in any county than the present levy is laid on, then the county shall have credit for so much, to the use of the county; and if fewer tithables in any county, then the county shall bear the loss. | |
| II. Provided always, That where any allowance is made in the book of proportions to any county, to be paid in the same county, no more poll shall be collected from the tithables of such county than will discharge the balance after such allowance shall be deducted; and that every county court shall regulate the levy accordingly. | |
| III. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the sheriff of every county shall, at the court to be held in his county in February next, if a court be then held (and if not, at the next court) give bond and security for the due collection and payment of the publick levy now laid and assessed. | Sheriffs to give bond. |
| IV. And whereas there are balances due to the publick from the several counties, as appears by the book of proportions, Be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the sheriff of each county shall sell the tobacco levied in his county, as a depositum for the use of the publick, at the times and places following respectively, that is to say, The sheriffs of the counties of Goochland, Amherst, Buckingham, and Cumberland, at Richmond, on the court day of Henrico county in July next; the sheriffs of the counties of Amelia, Prince Edward, and Bedford, at Chesterfield court-house, on the court day of that county in July next; the sheriffs of the counties of Lunenburg, Brunswick, Sussex, and Halifax, at Prince George court-house, on | Former balances how collected. |
| the court day of that county in July next; the sheriff of Southampton at Isle of Wight court-house, on the court day of that county in July next; the sheriffs of the counties of Albemarle and Louisa at Hanover court-house, on the court day of that county in July next; the sheriffs of the counties of Orange and Culpeper at Fredericksburg, on the court day of Spotsylvania county in July next; the sheriffs of the counties of Fauquier and Loudoun at Dumfries, on the court day of Prince William county in July next; and the sheriffs of the several other counties at the court-house of their respective counties, on the court day in the said month of July, if a court be then held, and if not, at their next court; which tobacco shall be fairly sold, to the best advantage, between the hours of one and three, and in lots of not more than ten thousand, and the money for the same paid to the sheriffs respectively, who shall severally account for and pay the same to John Robinson, esq. treasurer, or the treasurer for the time being, appointed by or pursuant to act of assembly, on or before the tenth day of September next following, to be by him accounted for to the General Assembly. | |
| V. Provided always, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to hinder the inhabitants of the counties of Augusta, Frederick, Hampshire, Bedford, Halifax, and Loudoun, from paying the said forty-six pounds of tobacco in money, at the rates already settled by law in those counties respectively; and that the sheriffs of the said counties shall severally account for and pay the money arising from such depositum in their respective counties to the said treasurer, on or before the said tenth day of September next, to be accounted for as aforesaid. | Certain counties to pay their taxes in money. |
| VI. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That if any sheriff shall fail or neglect to sell the tobacco so levied in his county as a depositum for the use of the publick as aforesaid, or shall not account for and pay the money for the same to the treasurer before the said tenth day of September next, it shall be lawful for the general court, or the court of the county whereof he is sheriff, on a motion to them made by the treasurer, to give judgment against such sheriff and his securities, his or their executors or administrators, for the tobacco or money, if the same be sold, for which such sheriff is hereby chargeable, and thereon to award execution. |
| VII. Provided, That such sheriff and securities, his or their executors or administrators, have ten days previous notice of such motion. | |
| VIII. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if the sheriff of any county shall fail or neglect to give bond and security for collecting the publick levy now laid and assessed, the court of the county in which such sheriff lives shall, and they are hereby directed, to appoint any other person they shall think fit to collect the same, who is hereby empowered and required to collect and sell the tobacco for the publick, and pay the money to the treasurer in manner before directed; but such persons shall give bond and security, and be liable to a judgment against him and his securities, in the same manner as sheriffs are by this act. | |
| CHAP. IV. An act for dividing the county of Lunenburg into three counties. | |
| I. WHEREAS it is represented to this present General Assembly, by the inhabitants of the county of Lunenburg, that in their present situation they are subject to great inconveniences by reason of the great extent of the said county, and the remoteness of many of them from their court-house, and they have petitioned this General Assembly that the said county may be divided in to three distinct counties, to be laid off and distinguished by the boundaries of the three several parishes of Cornwall, St. James's and Cumberland, into which the said county now stands divided: Be it therefore enacted by the Lieutenant Governour, Council, and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the first day of March next ensuing the said county of Lunenburg be divided into three distinct counties, that is to say: All that part thereof lying within the lines and bounds of the parish of Cornwall, as by law established, shall be one distinct county, and shall be called and known by the name of Charlotte; that all | Lunenburg county divided, and Charlotte & Mecklenburg formed. Boundaries. |
| that part thereof as is contained within the established lines and bounds of the parish of St. James's shall be one other distinct county, and shall be called and known by the name of Mecklenburg; and that all the remaining part of the said county lying within the lines and bounds of the said parish of Cumberland, as by law established, shall be one other distinct county, and retain the name of Lunenburg. | |
| II. And for the due administration of justice in the said counties of Charlotte and Mecklenburg, after te same shall take place, Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the said first day of March a court for the said county of Charlotte shall be constantly held by the justices thereof upon the first Monday in every month, and for the said county of Mecklenburg upon the second Monday in every month. | Court days. |
| III. Provided always, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to hinder the sheriff or collector of the said county of Lunenburg, as the same now stands entire and undivided, from collecting and making distress for any publick dues, or officers fees, which shall remain unpaid by the inhabitants of either of the said counties of Charlotte or Mecklenburg at the time the said division shall take place; but such sheriff or collector shall have the same power to collect or distrain for the said dues and fees, and shall be answerable for them in the same manner, as if this act had never been made, any law, usage or custom, to the contrary thereof, in any wise, notwithstanding. | |
| IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the court of the said county of Lunenburg shall have jurisdiction of all actions and suits, both in law or equity, which shall be depending before them at the time the said divisions hall take place; and shall and may try and determine all such actions and suits, and issue process, and award execution thereon, against the body or estate of the defendant or defendants, in any such action or suit, in the same manner as if this act had never been made, any law, custom, or usage to the contrary thereof, in any wise, notwithstanding. |
| CHAP. V. An act for dividing the parish of Truro, in the county of Fairfax. | |
| I. WHEREAS the parish of Truro, in the county of Fairfax, by reason of its large extent, is inconvenient to the inhabitants thereof: Be it therefore enacted by the Lieutenant-Governour, Council and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the first day of February next the said parish of Truro shall be divided by Doeg creek, from the mouth thereof, to Mr. George Washington's mill, and from thence, by a straight line, to the plantation of John Munroe, and the same course continued to the line that divides the counties of Fairfax and Loudoun; and that all that part of the said parish of Truro that lies, between the said line and the river Occoquan shall be one distinct parish, and retain the name of Truro, and that all that part of the said parish of Truro which lies between the said line and the river Potowmack shall be one other distinct parish, and called by the name of Fairfax. | Parish of Truro, in county of Fairfax divided; and Fairfax parish formed. |
| II. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the freeholders and housekeepers of the said parishes of Truro and Fairfax respectively shall meet at come convenient time and place, to be appointed and publickly advertised by the sheriff of the said county of Fairfax, at least one month before the second day of April next following, and then and there elect twelve of the most able and discreet persons of their respective parishes for vestrymen so elected, having in the court to the said county of Fairfax taken and subscribed the oaths appointed to be taken by one act of parliament made in the fifth year of the reign of his majesty king George the first, entitled, An Act for the further security of his majesty's person and government, and the succession of the crown in the heirs of the late princess Sophia, being protestants, and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended prince of Wales, and his open and secret abetters, and taken and subscribe the oath of abjuration, and repeated and subscribed the test, and also subscribed to be conformable to the doctrine and discipline of |
| the church of England, shall, to all intents and purposes, be deemed and taken to be the vestries of the said parishes respectively. | ||
| III. Provided always, That nothing herein contained, shall be construed to hinder the collector of the said parish of Truro, as the same now stands entire and undivided, from collecting or making distress for any parish levies which shall remain unpaid by the inhabitants of the said parish of Fairfax at the time of its taking place; but such collector shall have the same power to collect or distrain for the said levies, and shall be answerable for them in the same manner, as if this act had never been made, any law, custom, or usage, to the contrary thereof, notwithstanding. | ||
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| I. WHEREAS it is represented to this present General Assembly that publick ferries at the places hereafter mentioned will be of great advantage to travellers and others, Be it therefore enacted, by the Lieutenant-Governour, Council and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That publick ferries be constantly kept at the following places, and that the rates for passing the same shall be as follows, that is to say: From the land of George Wilson Spooner, in Westmoreland, the price for a man two shillings and six-pence, and for a horse the same; from the land of John Cabbell, at or near Bomman's warehouse, in the county of Amherst, over the Fluvannah river, to his land opposite thereto, in the county of Buckingham, the price for a man three-pence, and for a horse the same; from the land of Cornelius Thomas, at or near the mouth of his mill creek, in the county of Amherst, over the Fluvannah river, to the land of Nicholas Davis, opposite thereto, in the county of Bedford, the price for a man threepence, and | New ferries established. |
| for a horse the same; from the land of William Black, on the south side of Roanoke river, in Lunenburg county, to an acre of ground purchased by him of one Brookes, on the opposite side, the price for a man four-pence, and for a horse the same. And for the transportation of tobacco, cattle, and other beasts, at any of the ferries aforesaid, the ferry keeper may demand and take the following rates, that is to say: For every coach, chariot, or waggon, and the driver thereof, the same as for six horses; for every cart, or four-wheel chaise, the same as for four horses; for every two wheel chaise, or chair, the same as for two horses; for every hogshead of tobacco, as for one horse; for every head of neat cattle, as for one horse; for every sheep, goat, or lamb, one fifth part of the ferriage of one horse; and every hog, one fourth part of the ferriage of one horse; according to the prices herein before settled at such ferries respectively, and no more. | |
| II. And if any of the said ferry-keepers shall presume to demand or receive, from any person or persons whatsoever, any greater rate than is hereby allowed for the carriage or ferriage of any thing whatsoever, he or they, for every such offence, shall forfeit and pay to the party grieved the ferriage demanded or received, and ten shillings: to be recovered with costs, before any justice of the peace where the offence shall be committed. | |
| III. And where a ferry is by this act appointed on one side of a river, and none on the other side answerable thereto, it shall be lawful for the respective county courts to appoint an opposite ferry, and to allow the respective rates herein before directed; and such courts shall and may, and are hereby required, to order and direct what boat or boats, and what number of hands, shall be kept at each ferry respectively. | |
| IV. And every such ferry-keeper shall enter into bond, in the manner directed by one act of assembly made in the twenty second year of his late majesty's reign, entitled, An Act for the settlement and regulation of ferries, and for despatch of publick expresses, and shall be liable to the penalties thereby inflicted for any neglect or omission of their duty. | |
| V. And whereas it is represented to this assembly that the ferry established by law from the town of Tappahannock, in the county of Essex, over the Rappahannock river, to Carter's, or to Rappahannock creek, is |
| very inconvenient to travellers, and is often dangerous and difficult to dross, especially in the winter season; and that Archibald Ritchie, of the said town of Tappahannock, merchant, hath, at great expense and trouble, erected and raised a causey through the marsh and low grounds on and adjoining to the lands of Moore Fauntleroy, an infant, in the county of Richmond, by and with the consent of his guardians; and that it would be much more convenient to travellers, and a publick benefit, if a ferry was established from the land of said Archibald Ritchie, adjoining to the said town of Tappahannock, over the said river, to the said causey, as the passage over the said river would be thereby rendered much shorter, and at all times less difficult and dangerous: Be it therefore enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That a ferry be constantly kept, and the same is hereby established, from the land of the said Archibald Ritchie, adjoining to the said town of Tappahannock, to the causey aforesaid, and the property thereof shall be, and the same is hereby vested in the said Archibald Ritchie, his heirs and assigns, so long as he or they shall, at his or their own expense, keep up and maintain the said causey in good and sufficient repair; and that the said Archibald Ritchie, his heirs or assigns, may demand and take the following rates for passing the same, that is to say, The price for a man one shilling and threepence, and for a horse the same, and the same proportion of such ferriage for the transportation of carriages, cattle, and other things over the said river, as is hereby directed at the other ferries by this act established, and no more. And that no other person or persons do presume to set over or transport any passenger, carriage, or any thing else, from the said ferry to the said causey for hire, but the said Archibald Ritchie, or his heirs or assigns, so long as he or they shall keep up and support the same at his or their own proper expense. | |
| VI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the court of the said county of Richmond may, and they are hereby empowered, if they shall think proper, to appoint and establish a ferry from the causey aforesaid to the aforesaid landing of the said Archibald Ritchie, and to allow the respective rates herein before directed for the said Archibald Ritchie's ferry; the property whereof, when so appointed and established, shall be, and the same is hereby vested in the said Moore Fauntleroy, |
| his heirs and assigns. And the respective courts of the said counties of Richmond and Essex shall have the same power and authority of ordering and directing what boat or boats, and what number of hands, shall be kept at the said ferries. And the said Archibald Ritchie, or his heirs or assigns, and also the person to be appointed ferry-keeper from the causey aforesaid to the said town of Tappahannock, during the minority of the said Moore Fauntleroy, shall give the same bond, and have and enjoy the same privileges, and be subject and liable to the like regulations, fines, and penalties, as are given, prescribed, appointed, and inflicted, on ferry-keepers, by the before mentioned act of assembly. | ||
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| I. WHEREAS it is represented that the court days of the counties of Fauquier, Loudoun, Louisa, and Fairfax, are inconvenient, as well to the justices and attornies as the merchants and others who are obliged to attend the same: | Court days of Fauquier, Loudoun, Lousia, and Fairfax altered. | |
| II. Be it therefore enacted by the Lieutenant Governour, Council and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the first day of March next the court for the county of Fauquier shall be constantly held on the fourth Monday in every month, for the said county of Loudoun, on the second Monday, for the said county of Louisa on the second Monday, and for the said county of Fairfax on the third Monday in every month; any law, usage, or custom, to the contrary thereof, in any wise, notwithstanding. |
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| I. WHEREAS by an act of assembly made in the twenty second year of the reign of his late majesty king George the second, entitled, An Act for giving a reward for killing wolves, a premium of fifty pounds of neat tobacco is allowed to any person who shall kill a young wolf, not exceeding the age of six months, and one hundred pounds of neat tobacco for every wolf above that age, to be levied and paid in the county where the same shall be killed, and repaid to such county in the next publick levy. | Rewards for killing wolves, in Hampshire, Frederick, and Augusta altered. | |
| II. And whereas the inhabitants of the counties of Hampshire, Frederick, and Augusta, are by law allowed to discharge their tobacco dues in money, at the rate of one penny per pound, by which the persons entitled to the rewards for killing wolves within the said counties receive much less than others, and the said counties receive from the publick more than they pay to the persons performing the services, which is attended with injustice to individuals, and of no advantage to the publick. | ||
| III. For prevention whereof for the future, Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governour, Council and Burgesses of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the courts of the said counties of Hampshire, Frederick, and Augusta, shall hereafter levy the rewards given by the said act for killing wolves in money, at the rate of twelve shillings and sixpence for every hundred weight, to be paid by such counties, and repaid them by the publick in tobacco, in manner as by the said recited act is directed; any law, custom, or usage, to the contrary thereof, notwithstanding. |
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| I. WHEREAS it is represented to this present General Assembly that William Fraser, of the county of King William, hath lately raised a causey through the marsh opposite to his plantation, from whence a publick ferry is established over Mattapony River, which was not effected without great labour, expense, and trouble; and that the passage over the said river will be considerably shortened, and it would be of great ease and advantage to travellers, if the publick landing place from the said ferry was established at the said causey; and that the guardian of the infant children of George Braxton, esquire, deceased, who are seized of the reversion to the lands adjoining the said causey, have consented thereto: | Landing at Frazer's ferry established. | |
| II. Be it therefore enacted, by the Lieutenant-Governour, Council, and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act the publick landing place over the said river from the said Fraser's shall be, and the same is hereby established at the causey aforesaid, and from thence back again to the said Fraser's; any law, usage, or custom, to the contrary thereof, in any wise, notwithstanding. | ||
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| I. WHEREAS the trustees, and other inhabitants of the towns of Alexandria and Falmouth, have represented to this present General Assembly that the forfeiture to which the purchasers of lots in the said towns | Purchasers of lots, in Alexandria, & Falmouth, not compelled |
| are subject to, by the several and respective acts of assembly for establishing and enlarging the said towns, hath proved very injurious to the growth and improvement thereof, and hath prevented many useful tradesmen and others, who are not able to purchase and immediately build on and save their lots within the time limited by the said respective acts of assembly, from settling therein: | to improve them, within any limited time. |
| II. Be it therefore enacted by the Lieutenant-Governour, Council, and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That so much of the act of assembly made in the twenty second year of the reign of his late majesty king George the second, entitled, An Act for erecting a town at Hunting creek Warehouse in the county of Fairfax, and also one other act made in the first year of his said late majesty's reign, entitled, An Act for erecting a town in each of the Counties of Spotsylvania and king George, and of every other subsequent act or acts of assembly respecting either of the said towns, as directs the purchasers of lots therein to build on and improve the same within a limited time, shall be, and the same are repealed, and declared void; and such purchasers shall not hereafter be subject or liable to any forfeiture for neglecting or failing to build on their said lots in the times limited by the said respective acts of assembly, but shall be at liberty at build thereon when they shall think fit. | |
| III. And whereas the trustees, and other inhabitants of the said town of Falmouth, have represented that the street called King's street in the said town is at present one hundred and fifty feet broad, which is much more than is necessary for the convenience of the inhabitants, and that it would be a great improvement to the said town if they were permitted to lay off seventy feet of the breadth of the said street into lots and streets, and to sell the said lots, and lay out the money arising from the sale thereof in other improvements for the common benefit and advantage of the said town; and also that the building wooden chimnies, and suffering hogs to run at large therein, may be of pernicious consequence: | |
| IV. Be it therefore further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful for the trustees to the said town, for the time being, to lay off part of the said street called King's street, not exceeding seventy feet of the breadth thereof, on the side next the | Trustees of Falmouth authorised to reduce the width of King's street. |
| river, into lots and streets, as they shall think proper, and to sell and dispose of the said lots for the best price that can be got for them, and to convey the fee simple and absolute estate and inheritance thereof to the purchasers, by good and sufficient deeds of conveyance, and to order and direct the placing the houses to be built thereon in such manner as they shall think proper; and the said trustees shall and may lay out the money arising from the sale of the said lots in such other improvements, for the benefit and advantage of the inhabitants of the said town, as they shall think proper. | and sell part of the ground. |
| V. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That it shall not be lawful for any person whatsoever to erect or build, or cause to be erected or built, within the said town, any wooden chimnies; and if any person shall presume to erect or build any wooden chimney contrary to the directions of this act, or if any person having already built such wooden chimney shall suffer the same to stand and remain for the space of six months after the passing this act, it shall and may be lawful for the sheriff of the said county, and hi is hereby required, to cause such chimney to be pulled down and demolished. | Wooden chimnies not to be built in Falmouth, |
| vi. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the first day of February next it shall not be lawful for any person or persons inhabiting within the said town to raise or keep any hogs within the limits thereof; and if any hogs so raised or kept shall be found going or running at large within the said town, it shall and may be lawful for any person to kill and destroy the same. | Nor hogs suffered to run at large therein. |
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| I. WHEREAS the inhabitants of that part of the county of Elizabeth city which lies on the east side of Hampton river have represented to this present General Assembly that they are subject to a continual expense of ferriage over the said river when their attendance is required at Hampton, either in the publick business of the county or their own private concerns, the church, court-house, and warehouse, being all placed in the said town, and at the same time that they are liable to, and obliged to pay, their full proportion of all the incident charges of the said county; and they have petitioned this assembly that they may be hereafter exempt from the payment of ferriage over the said river, and that the same may be made a county charge: | Inhabitants on east side of Hampton river, in Elizabeth City county, exempted from payment of ferriage to and from the town of Hampton. | |
| II. Be it therefore enacted, by the Lieutenant-Governour, Council and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act the inhabitants of the said county of Elizabeth city shall be, and are hereby declared to be, exempt and free from the payment of ferriage over the said river to and from Hampton aforesaid, as well for themselves as their servants, carriages, and horses; and the ferry-keepers on each side of the said river shall from time to time, as they shall be required, set them over the same, without demanding any ferriage of them. | ||
| III. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful for the court of the said county of Elizabeth city, from time to time, to appoint ferry-keepers on each side of the said river, and to contract and agree with them for a reasonable annual allowance for the ferriage of the inhabitants of the said county, with their servants and horses, over the | Court of Elizabeth city county authorised to appoint ferry-keepers on each side of Hampton rive, and contract |
| said river; and to levy the same annually on the inhabitants of the said county, in their county levy, for the use of such ferry-keepers respectively. | for transportation of such persons. |
| IV. And whereas the parish of Suffolk, in the county of Nansemond, is situate on both sides of Nansemond river, and it is represented to this general assembly that as well the minister of the said parish, at all times when attending the duties of his function, as the other parishoners who are obliged to cross the ferry to attend divine service on Sundays, and other publick days of worship are shubject to the payment of ferriage over the said river, which is an unreasonable exense to them, and also that the parish of Antrim, in the county of Halifax, is divided by the river Dan, the minister and other inhabitants whereof are subject to the like unreasonable expenses, in the same instances: | Minister and parishioners of Suffolk parish, in Nansemond county, and of Antrim, parish in county of Halifax, exempted from payment of ferriage over Nansemond and Dan rivers when crossing to attend divine service. |
| V. Be it therefore further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passing of this act the ministers of the said parishes of Suffolk and Antrim, for the time being, and at all times, and the other inhabitants of the said parishes, when under the necessity of passing the said river to attend divine service on Sundays, and other publick days of worship, shall be, and are hereby declared to be, exempt and free from the payment of ferriage over the said rivers. | |
| VI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful for the courts of the respective counties of Nansemond and Halifax, and they are hereby empowered and required, to contract and agree with the ferry-keepers on each side of the respective rivers above mentioned for an annual allowance to be paid them for such ferriages; which shall be levied by the vestries of the respective parishes aforesaid at their laying of their parish levies, for the use of the said ferry-keepers, to be collected and paid in the same manner as their other parish levies. | Courts to contract, for an annual ferriage. |
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