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| CHAP. XXXIV. An act for destroying crows and squirrels in certain counties therein mentioned. | |
| I. WHEREAS it is represented to this General Assembly, that crows and squirrels do great damage to the crops of corn, in the counties of Accomack, Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Bedford, Buckingham, Culpeper, Fauquier, Frederick, Hampshire, Loudoun, Northumberland, Orange, Pittsylvania, and Prince Edward: For remedy whereof, Be it enacted, by the Governor, 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 every person dwelling within the said counties respectively, who is by law obliged to give a list of the tithables in his or her family, shall annually, before the time appointed for returning such list to the county court, produce to the justice of peace, who shall be appointed to take lists of tithables in the precinct where such person shall dwell, five crows heads, or squirrels scalps, for every tithable by him or her listed for that year; and every such justice shall forthwith cause such scalps and heads to be destroyed, to prevent their being produced a second time, and shall, in a distinct column, to be for that purpose made; in the said list, enter the number of such heads and scalps in a line, with the name of the person producing the same. And the court of each of | Act for destroying crows and squirrels, in certain counties. |
| the said counties of Accomack, Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Bedford, Buckingham, Culpeper, Fauquier, Frederick, Hampshire, Loudoun, Northumberland, Orange, Pittsylvania, and Prince Edward, shall annually, at the laying of the county levy, give the county credit, in one article, for one pound of tobacco, for every head or scalp wanting to make up the full number required by this act. And the sheriff, or collector of each of the said counties respectively, is hereby impowered and required to demand and receive of such delinquents, or levy by distress, the said one pound of tobacco for each head or scalp so wanting to make up the said number of five heads, for every tithable, as aforesaid, on every person respectively, who shall have failed to produce the same, according to the directions of this act, to be applied towards the discharge of the said county debt, in the manner herein directed. | ||
| II. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That this act shall continue and be in force for three years from the passing thereof. | ||
 CHAP. XXXV. | ||
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| I. WHEREAS large quantities of tobacco, by a violent storm in the month of September last, have been damaged at the public warehouses, at Roy's, Crutchfield's, Guilford, and Page's, and at other public warehouses, in this colony, the exact quantity of which, and the names of the proprietors, cannot now be ascertained: To the end therefore, that it may fully appear to whom the said damaged tobacco belonged, and that a just account thereof may be stated, and the suffers receive satisfaction for their several losses, Be it enacted, by the Governor, Council, and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted, by the authority of the same, That Edmund Pendleton, Walker Taliaferro, Robert Gilchrist, James Taylor, William Macon, |
| John Snelson, Richard Johnson, John Syme, Southy Simpson, John Watts, William Taylor, Tully Robinson Wise, Richard Henry Lee, Richard Lee, Thomas Chilton, William Booth, Richard Randolph, and Richard Adams, gentlemen, shall be, and they are hereby constituted and appointed commissioners for taking examining, and stating the accounts, claims and demands, of the proprietors of the tobacco damaged at any of the warehouses aforesaid; and in stating the said accounts, the said commissioners, or any two or more of them, shall, and are hereby directed and required to distinguish the quantity of crop, and of transfer tobacco, that had been inspected, and such other tobacco as was not inspected, which accounts the said commissioners, or any two or more of them, shall deliver certified under their hands and seals, to the proprietors thereof, expressing therein the value of such damaged tobacco in money, which said accounts, so certified, and produced to the treasurer, for the time being, shall be a sufficient warrant for the payment of the respective sums specified therein; and which the said treasurer is hereby authorized and required to pay out of the public money in his hands. | |
| II. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the said commissioners, or any two or more of them respectively, shall, and they are hereby impowered and required to meet at such time or times, and at such places, as they shall think fit, of which time and place public notice shall be advertised in the Virginia Gazette, and at each respective warehouse, at least one month before such meeting, and to examine any person or persons they shall think necessary for their information, in all things relating to the said accounts, and to administer an oath or affirmation, as the case shall require, for the better discovering the true quantity of the said damaged tobacco, to any person or persons. | |
| III. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That every of the said commissioners, hereby constituted, before he enters upon the execution of this act, shall, before some county court, take the following oath: | |
| I A. B. do swear, that I will, according to the best of my skill and knowledge, faithfully, impartially, and truly demean myself in taking, examining and stating, the accounts, claims and demands, of the proprietors of |
| the tobacco damaged in warehouse, according to the directions of the act of Assembly lately made for that purpose. | ||
| IV. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the inspectors, at the said several warehouses, shall sell, at public auction, so much of the said damaged tobacco as can be saved at their respective warehouses, giving fifteen days notice, at least, of the time and place of such sale, and immediately pay the money arising from such sales to the said treasurer, for the use of the public, who shall account for the same to the General Assembly. | ||
| CHAP. XXXVI. | ||
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| I. WHEREAS by an act of the general assembly passed in the seventh year of his present majesty's reign, intituled An act for exempting the inhabitants of Mecklenburg county, and also the minister and other parishioners of St. James's parish, in the said county, from the payment of ferriage on Sundays, court days, and on the days appointed for general musters, the inhabitants of Mecklenburg county were exempted from the payment of ferriage on Sundays, court days, and on the days appointed for general musters, the inhabitants of Mecklenburg county were exempted from the payment of ferriage on certain days, and the court of the said county were impowered and required to contract and agree with the ferry keepers for an annual allowance to be paid them, which was directed to be levied upon the people. | Acts exempting inhabitants of county of Mecklenburg, from payment of ferriage, on certain days, repealed. | |
| II. And whereas it is represented to this present general assembly, that the said act is burthensome to the inhabitants of the said county, and no ways expedient: Be it therefore enacted, by the Governor, Council, and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the | 7 Geo. III. (1766) cap. 37 repealed. |
| said act, and all and every the clause or clauses therein contained, shall be, and the same are hereby repealed. | |||
| CHAP. XXXVII. | |||
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Royal assent proclaimed. April 3, 1771. | ||
| I. WHEREAS by an act of the general assembly passed in the twenty second year of the reign of his late majesty George the second, intituled An act concerning tithables, it is among other things enacted, * that all free negro, mulatto, and Indian women, of the age of sixteen years, except Indians tributary to this government, and all wives of free negroes, mulattoes, and Indians, except as is before excepted, should be, and are thereby declared tithables, and chargeable for defraying the public, county, and parish levies, of this colony and dominion, which is found very burthensome to such negroes, mulattoes, and Indians, and is moreover derogatory of the rights of free-born subjects: For remedy whereof, Be it enacted, by the Governor, Council, and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted, by the authority of the same, That from and after the ninth day of June next, all free negro, mulatto, and Indian women, and all wives, other than slaves, of free negroes, mulattoes, and Indians, shall be, and are hereby exempted from being listed as tithables, and from the payment of any public, county, or parish levies. | * 22 Geo. II. (1748) cap. 16, sect. 1.
Free negro woman, &c. exemp tfrom paying levies. | ||
| II. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That so much of the said recited act as declares free negro, mulatto, and Indian women, to be chargeable with public, county, and parish levies, shall be, and the same is hereby repealed. | Repealing clause. | ||
| III. Provided always, That the execution of this act shall be, and the same is hereby suspended, until his majesty's approbation thereof shall be obtained. | Suspending clause. |
| CHAP. XXXVIII. An Act for giving a salary to the Speaker of the House of Burgesses. | |
| I. WHEREAS it has been thought expedient that the offices of Speaker of the House of Burgesses and Treasurer of this colony should be separated, by which means the Speaker is deprived of that provision which was formerly allowed by the emoluments arising from the treasury, whilst the said offices continued united: And whereas it is necessary, in order to support the dignity of the said office, and enable the Speaker to employ his time in the service of his country, that a proper allowance should be made him: Be it therefore enacted, by the Governor, Council, and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted, by the authority of the same, That the treasurer of this colony, out of the public money in his hands, do pay to Peyton Randolph, esq. speaker of the house of burgesses, or the speaker for the time being, the sum of six hundred and twenty-five pounds of current money of Virginia, to be paid at four equal payments; that is to say the sum of one hundred and fifty-six pounds and five shillings; on the sixth day of February next, and the like sum of one hundred and fifty-six pounds on the sixth day of May next, and the like sum of one hundred and fifty six pounds and five shillings, on the sixth day of August next, and the like sum of one hundred and fifty five pounds and five shillings, on the sixth day of November next, respectively, and so annually during the continuation of this present general assembly, and in case of a dissolution thereof, until the meeting of the succeeding assembly. | Salary of speaker of house of burgesses. |
| II. And it is hereby further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the governor or commander in chief for the time being, is hereby empowered and desired to issue his warrant, directed to the treasurer for the time being, for payment of the several sums aforesaid, as they shall become respectively due. |
| CHAP. XXXIX. An act for continuing the act, intitled An act for appointing a Treasurer. | ||
| I. WHEREAS the act of assembly made in the seventh year of his present majesty's reign, intitled An act for appointing a treasurer, will expire at the end of this session of assembly; and it being expedient and necessary that the said act should be continued: Be it therefore enacted, by the Governor, 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 shall continue and be in force from and after the expiration thereof, for and during the continuance of this present general assembly, and after the dissolution thereof to the end of the next session of assembly, and no longer. | 7 Geo. III. cap. 13, continued to the end of next session.
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| I. WHEREAS many inconveniencies attend the inhabitants of the county and parish of Augusta, by reason of the great extent thereof, and the said inhabitants have petitioned this general assembly that the said county and parish may be divided: Be it therefore enacted, by the Governor, Council, and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted, by the authority of the same, That from and after the thirty-first day of January next ensuing, the said county and parish of Augusta be divided into two counties and parishes, by a line beginning at the Blue Ridge, running | Augusta county divided, and Botetourt formed. |
| north fifty-five degrees west, to the confluence of Mary's creek, or the south river, with the north branch of James river, thence up the same to the mouth of Carr's creek, thence up the said creek to the mountain, thence north fifty-five degrees west, as far as the courts of the two counties shall extend it; and that all that part of the said county and parish, which lies on the south side of the said line, shall be one distinct county and parish, and called and known by the name of Botetourt; and that all the other part thereof, which is on the north side of the said line, shall be one other distinct county and parish, and retain the name of Augusta. And for the due administration of justice in the said county and parish of Botetourt, | Boundaries. |
| II. Be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That after the said thirty-first day of January, a court for the said county of Botetourt be constantly held, by the justices thereof, upon the second Tuesday in every month, in such manner as by the laws of this colony is provided, and shall be by their commissions directed. | Court days. |
| III. Provided always, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to hinder the sheriff or collectors of the said county and parish of Augusta, as the same now stands entire and undivided, from collecting and making distress for any public dues or officers fees, which shall remain unpaid by the inhabitants of Botetourt at the time of its taking 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 Augusta shall have jurisdiction of all actions and suits, both in law and equity, which shall be depending before them at the time the said division shall take place, and shall and may try and determine all such actions and suits, and issue process, and award execution 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. | |
| V. And whereas, by an act of the general assembly made in the first year of his present majesty's reign, intituled An act to continue and amend an act for the |
| better regulating and collecting certain officers fees, and for other purposes therein mentioned, the inhabitants of the said county of Augusta, as the same stands entire and undivided, are allowed to discharge all secretary's, clerks, and other officers fees, in the said county, at the rate of eight shillings and four pence for every hundred weight of gross tobacco; and it is reasonable that the same liberty should be granted to the inhabitants of the said county of Botetourt: | |
| VI. Be it therefore enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the said thirty-first day of January next, the inhabitants of the said county of Botetourt shall discharge all fees due from them to the secretary, clerks, and other officers, in the said county, at the rate of eight shillings and four pence for every hundred weight of gross tobacco. And for the better ordering of all parochial affairs in the said parishes. | Officers fees, in tobacco, payable in money. |
| VII. Be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the vestry of the said parish of Augusta, as the same now stands entire and undivided, be, and they are hereby declared to be dissolved; and the freeholders and housekeepers in the said parishes, respectively, shall meet at some convenient time and place, to be appointed, and publicly advertised by the respective sheriffs of the said counties of Augusta and Botetourt, before the first day of May next, and then and there elect twelve of the most able and discreet persons of their respective parishes; which persons, so elected, having, in their respective county courts, taken the oaths appointed to be taken by law, and subscribed to be conformable tot he 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; which said vestries are hereby impowered and made capable to take, receive, and hold, any lands, tenements, or hereditaments, which shall be purchased or given as a glebe or glebes for the use of the minister of each parish respectively, for the time being, forever. | Parishes of Augusta and Botetourt. |
| VIII. And be it further enacted, That if, upon the division of the said county and parish, any money shall be in hand, or due to the county or parish, as the same now is entire, such money shall be divided between the new counties and parishes, in proportion to the number of tithables in each, and by them applied towards lessening their respective levies; and if any money or tobacco shall happen to be levied this present year by |
| the court of the said county of Augusta for repairs done, or to be made, to the court-house or prison, the money or tobacco, so levied, shall be proportioned and divided as aforesaid. | |
| IX. And whereas the people situated on the waters of the Mississippi, in the said county of Botetourt, will be very remote from their court-house, and must necessarily become a separate county, as soon as their numbers are sufficient, which will probably happen in a short time: Be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the inhabitants of that part of the said county of Botetourt, which lies on the said waters, shall be exempted from the payment of any levies, to be laid by the said county court for the purpose of building a court-house and prison, for the said county. | Inhabitants of Botetourt, on waters of the Mississippi, exempted from certain levies. |
| X. And whereas the main branch of James river, called the Fluvanna, from its confluence with Rock fish river to the Blue Ridge of mountains, was, by former acts of assembly, made the division between the county of Amherst, on one side, and the counties of Buckingham and Bedford on the other, which Fluvanna hath in it several small islands, and it is doubted whether the same be included in either, or which of the said counties: For settling the same, | Certain islands in Fluvanna river annexed to counties of Albemarle & Amherst. |
| XI. Be it further enacted, That all and every of the said islands shall be held, deemed, and taken, to be part of the said county of Amherst, and all other islands in the said river, adjacent to the county of Albemarle, shall be deemed and taken to be part of the said county of Albemarle; any thing in the said former acts, to the contrary, notwithstanding. |
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| I. WHEREAS the parish of Saint George, in the county of Spotsylvania, by reason of its large extent, is inconvenient to the inhabitants thereof: Be it therefore enacted, by the Governor, 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 said parish of Saint George be divided by the river Po, where it is intersected by the line of Caroline county, thence up the said river Po to the mouth of the run, called the Robinson, thence up the said river whereon John Mitchell's mill now stands, until it intersects the line of Orange county; and that all that part of the said parish of Saint George that lies between the said river Po and Rappahannock river, shall be one distinct parish, and retain the name of Saint George, and all the remainder of the said parish of Saint George shall be one other distinct parish, and called by the name of Berkeley. | Parish of St. George, in Spotsylvania county, divided. Berkeley parish formed. | |
| II. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the present vestry of the said parish of Saint George shall be, and the same is hereby declared to be dissolved, and that the freeholders and housekeepers of the said parishes of Saint George and Berkeley respectively, shall meet at some convenient time and place, to be appointed, and publicly advertised by the sheriff of the said county of Spotsylvania, at least one month before the tenth day of April next following, and then and there elect twelve of the most able and discreet persons, being freeholders and resident in their respective parishes, for vestrymen in each of the said parishes, which vestrymen, so elected, having, in the court of the said county of Spotsylvania, taken and subscribed the oaths prescribed by law, and taken and subscribed 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 vestries of the said parishes respectively. | |
| III. And whereas the present vestry of the said parish of Saint George have contracted for the building of a new church, which will be in that part of the parish now called Saint George, and also for repairs and additions to be made to the Mattapony chapel, which will be in the part of the said parish now called Berkeley: | |
| IV. And whereas it is not known whether the charges of the said new church repairs and addictions are levied by the present vestry: Be it therefore further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the respective vestries of the said parishes of Saint George and Berkeley shall and may, and they are hereby respectively required to levy and assess upon the inhabitants of the said parishes, the charges of the said new church repairs and additions, in proportion to the number of the inhabitants of their respective parishes. | |
| V. Provided always, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to hinder the collector of the said parish of Saint George, as the same now stands intire and undivided, from collecting or making distress for any parish levies which shall remain unpaid by the inhabitants of the said parish of Berkeley 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. | |
| CHAP. XLII. An act for altering the court days of several counties therein mentioned. | |
| I. WHEREAS it hath been represented to this present general assembly, that the days appointed for holding courts in the counties of Pittsylvania, Middlesex, Spotsylvania, and Culpeper, are inconvenient to the justices and others, who are obliged to attend the said courts: Be it therefore enacted, by the Governor, Council, | Court days of Pittsylvania, Middlesex, Spotsylvania, and Culpeper altered. |
| and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted, by the authority of the same, That from and after the last day of July next, the court of the said county of Pittsylvania shall be held upon the last Thursday in every month, the court of the said county of Middlesex upon the fourth Monday in every month, the court of the said county of Spotsylvania upon the third Thursday in every month, and the court of the said county of Culpeper upon the third Monday in every month; any law, custom, or usage, to the contrary, in any wise, notwithstanding. | ||
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| I. WHEREAS doubts have arisen upon the extent of the jurisdiction of the court of Hustings of the city of Williamsburg: For explaining thereof, Be it enacted, by the Governor, 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 said court shall have jurisdiction, and hold plea of all transitory actions and suits at common law, and in chancery, which shall actually arise within the limits of the said city, in the same manner as county courts within this colony by law have or can take cognizance of such pleas; any law, custom, or usage, to the contrary thereof, notwithstanding. | Jurisdiction of court of Hustings of Williamsburg. | |
| II. And whereas the said court of Hustings hath heretofore exercised an unlimited jurisdiction, as well in chancery as common law, and it will introduce great confusion of the same now be liable to be reversed for want of a proper jurisdiction: Be it enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That all judgments, orders, and decrees, which have been heretofore made, given, or pronounced, by the said court of Hustings, shall forever |
| hereafter be held, deemed, and taken to be as valid, as if the same had been made, given, or pronounced, by any county court within this colony; any thing in this or any other act, to the contrary, or seeming to the contrary, in any wise, notwithstanding. | ||
| CHAP. XLIV. | ||
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| I. BE it enacted, by the Governor, 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 clerk of the court of Hustings for the city of Williamsburg, shall be intitled to the same fees for services by him done as are by law allowed for the like services to the clerks of county courts, to be collected, levied, and accounted for, in the same manner, and under the like regulations, as are provided in the case of the clerk of the county court of York. | Fees of clerk and sergeant of Williamsburg settled. | |
| II. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the serjeant of the said court of Hustings shall be intitled to the same fees for services by him done as are by law allowed for the like services to the sheriffs of the several counties, to be collected, levied, and accounted for, in the same manner, and under the like regulations, as are provided in the case of the sheriff of York county. |
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[Explained post chap. 62.] | ||
| I. WHEREAS the parish of Hamilton, in the counties of Fauquier and Prince William, by reason of the great extent thereof, is very inconvenient to the inhabitants of the said parish: Be it enacted, by the Governor, 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 May next ensuing, the said parish of Hamilton shall be divided into two distinct parishes, in the following manner; to wit, by a straight line, to begin at the north fork of Broad run, at an angle made by the line that divides the said parish of Hamilton from the parish of Dettingen, and to end at two red oaks, on the bank of the north fork of Rappahannock river, in the plantation of Jesse Williams; and that all that part of the said parish, which lies on the lower side of the said line, shall be one distinct parish, and retain the name of Hamilton; and all that, the other part of the said parish, shall be one other distinct parish, and be called and known by the name of Leeds. | Parish of Hamilton, in counties of Fauquier Prince William divided; and Leeds parish formed. | ||
| II. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the present vestry of the parish of Hamilton shall be, and is hereby declared to be dissolved; and that the freeholders and housekeepers of the said parishes of Hamilton and Leeds, respectively, shall meet at some convenient time and place, to be appointed, and publicly advertised by the sheriff of the said county of Fauquier, at least one month before the first day of July next ensuing, and then and there elect twelve of the most able and discreet persons of their respective parishes, to be vestrymen in each of the said parishes; which vestrymen, so elected, having, in the court of Fauquier, taken and subscribed the oaths appointed to be taken by law, and taken and subscribed the oath of abjuration, and repeated and subscribed the test, and also subscribed to be conformable to the doctrine and discipline to the church of England, shall, to all intents and purposes, be deemed and taken to be vestries of the said parishes respectively. |
| III. Provided always, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to hinder the collector or collectors of the said parish of Hamilton from collecting or making distress for any parish levies which shall remain unpaid by the inhabitants of the said parish of Leeds at the time of its taking place, but such collector or collectors shall have the same power to collect and 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, in any wise, notwithstanding. | |
| IV. And whereas, on the division of the said parish of Hamilton, the present glebe, and the buildings thereon, will all remain in that part of the said parish that retains the name of Hamilton, which glebe and buildings did belong to the said parish of Hamilton before the parish of Leeds was divided therefrom: Be it therefore further enacted, That the said glebe land, with the improvements thereon, be, and the same is hereby vested in the churchwardens of the said parish of Hamilton, and their successors, in trust, that they shall sell and convey the same for a valuable consideration, to be bona fide received, to any person or persons willing to become purchasers thereof, to hold to such purchaser or purchasers in fee simple. | |
| V. Saving to the king's most excellent majesty, his heirs and successors, and to all and every other person and persons, bodies politic and corporate, their respective heirs and successors, other than the ministers and vestries of the said parishes, and the persons claiming under the said vestries, all such right, title, interest, claim, and demand, as they, every, or any of them, should or might have had or claimed to the said glebe land if this act had never been made. | |
| VI. And be it further enacted, That when the said churchwardens shall have received such purchase money, they shall pay to the vestry of the said parish of Leeds, for the use of the said parish, such part thereof as their proportion would have amounted to at the time the said parish was divided from the parish of Hamilton, in case the said glebe land had been sold; and that the residue of the said purchase money shall be divided between, and applied to the use of the said parishes of Hamilton and Leeds respectively, in proportion to the number of tithables in each parish. |
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| I. WHEREAS all that part of the parish of Suffolk, and county of Nansemond, from the line dividing the said county of Nansemond from the county of Isle of Wight, on James river, and down the said river to the mouth of Chuckatuck creek, and up the said creek to the mouth of a small creek, commonly called Chuckatuck bay, and up the said last mentioned creek to the county line, and down the said line to James river, is very inconvenient for the inhabitants thereof to get to the public places in the said parish of Suffolk, and county of Nansemond, and would be more convenient to the parish of Newport and Isle of Wight county: Be it therefore enacted, by the Governor, 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 all that part of the said parish of Suffolk, and county of Nansemond, within the afore recited bounds, shall be added to the parish of Newport and county of Isle of Wight. | Part of county of Nansemond, added to Isle of Wight. | |
| II. And whereas it is represented, that the line dividing the counties of James City and York, so far as the same runs through the city of Williamsburg, is very uncertain, and that it is necessary for the direction of the several sheriffs of the said counties, in executing their process, that the line should be fixed and ascertained: Be it enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That from and after passing this act the said line shall be established and continued from the main road, by the north end of the college, as it now runs down the middle of the main street to the eastern end of the market place, thence in tot he lane which divides the store-house of James Anderson, merchant, from the lots of the orphan of William Lightfoot, esq. deceased, as far as the middle of the paling to the said lots, thence through the middle of those lots, and all the other lots on the north side of Francis street, till it passes through the middle | Line between James City & York, as it runs through Williamsburg ascertained. |
| of the lots of the honourable William and Thomas Nelson; thence across the capitol square, in a straight line, through the middle of the lots of John Prentis, gentleman, and Catherine Davenport, till it falls into the street leading to the main York road. | |
| CHAP. XLVII. An act for adding part of the parish of Southfarnham to the parish of St. Anne. | |
| I. WHEREAS it is represented to this present general assembly that the addition of the upper end of Southfarnham parish, in the county of Essex, which lies above the following line, to wit, from col. Francis Waring's mill run, at the mouth of the road branch, thence up the said branch to a marked black oak, at the head thereof, from thence south sixty degrees west to the main road, thence south forty-seven degrees west to a small persimon and maple tree, at the head of a branch of Hoskin's run, would be of great ease and advantage to the inhabitants of that part of the said parish of Southfarnham, who are, in their present remote situation, subject to many inconveniencies: | Part of Southfarnham parish, in county of Essex, added to St. Anne. |
| II. Be it therefore enacted, by the Governor, 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 May next, all that part of the said parish of Southfarnham that lies above the line before mentioned, shall be united to and made part of the parish of Saint Anne, in the county aforesaid. | |
| III. Provided always, That nothing herein contained, shall be construed to hinder the collector or collectors of the said parish of Southfarnham, as the same now stands intire and undivided, from collecting and making distress for any parish levies which shall remain unpaid by the inhabitants of that part of the parish of Southfarnham hereby added to and made part to the said parish of St. Anne, at the time the said division shall take place; but such collector or collectors |
| shall have the same power to collect and 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, usage, or custom, to the contrary thereof, in any wise, notwithstanding. | |||
| CHAP. XLVIII. | |||
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[Amended, post chap. 56] | ||
| I. WHEREAS by an act of the general assembly, passed in the twenty-fifth year of the reign of his late majesty George the second, intituled An act for clearing Appamattox and Pamunkey rivers, certain trustees, therein appointed, are authorized and impowered to take and receive subscriptions for clearing the upper part of the said river Pamunkey: And whereas, from the great prices given for tobacco at Crutchfield's Page's, and Meriwether's warehouses, situate on the said river, in the county of Hanover, many persons, from distant parts of the colony, are induced to carry their tobacco to the said warehouses for inspection, and it is unreasonable that the inhabitants of the counties of King William and Hanover should bear the whole burthen and expence of clearing the said river: For remedy whereof, | Recital of great price for tobacco, at Crutchfield's Page's and Merriwether's warehouses. | ||
| II. Be it enacted, by the Governor, 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, a duty of four pence per hogshead, on every hogshead of tobacco passed at and shipped from either of the said warehouses, shall be paid to the inspectors, at the said warehouses, respectively, for the time being, at the time of delivering out and shipping the said tobacco for exportation. | Duty on tobacco, to reimburse counties of King William and Hanover, for clearing Pamunkey river. |
| with the court of the said county of Hanover, upon oath, for the aforesaid duty of four pence per hogshead; and the said court of Hanover shall apply the same towards reimbursing the said counties of Hanover and King William the expence of clearing the said river, and to and for no other use or purposed whatsoever. | ||
| IV. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That this act shall continue and be in force for the term of four years, and no longer. | ||
| CHAP. XLIX. | ||
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| I. WHEREAS it is represented to this present general assembly that the lands set apart for a glebe in the parish of Meherrin, in the county of Brunswick, are very inconveniently situated for that purposes; and it would be very advantageous to the minister of the said parish, as also to the inhabitants thereof in general, if the vestry of the said parish are impowered to dispose of the said glebe, and to lay out the money arising from the sale thereof, in purchasing other lands for a glebe: Be it therefore enacted, by the Governor, Council, and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted, by the authority of the same, That the said glebe lands, with the appurtenances, be, and the same are hereby vested in the present vestry of the said parish for the time being: IN TRUST, nevertheless, that the said vestry, or the greater part of them, shall, by deeds of bargain and sale, sell and convey the said glebe, with the appurtenances, for the best price that can be got for the same, to any person or persons who shall be willing to purchase the said lands, to hold to such purchaser or purchasers, his or their heirs or assigns, forever. | Vestry of Meherrin parish, in Brunswick authorised to sell their glebe. |
| II. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the money arising by the sales of the said glebe, shall be, by the said vestry, laid out and applied for and towards purchasing more convenient lands for a glebe, for the use and benefit of the minister of the said parish, for the time being, forever. | |
| V. Saving to the king's most excellent majesty, his heirs and successors, and to all and every other person and persons, bodies politic and corporate, their respective heirs and successors, other than the persons claiming under the vestry of the said parish, all such estate, right, title, or interest, as they, or any of them, should or might claim if this act had never been made. |
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