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| CHAP. XLVIII. | ||
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| I. WHEREAS it is represented to this present general assembly, that the other inhabitants, as well as the vestrymen of Saint Martin's parish, in the counties of Hanover and Louisa, desire a dissolution of their vestry, and that divisions, injurious to the interests of the inhabitants, have prevailed among some of the vestrymen of Saint John's parish, in the county of King William: 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 vestries of the said parishes, of Saint Martin and Saint John shall be, and the same are hereby, respectively dissolved. | Vestries of St. Martin in counties Hanover and Louisa, and of St. John in King William, dissolved. | |
| II. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the freeholders and housekeepers of the said parishes of Saint Martin and Saint John, respectively, shall meet at some convenient time and place, to be appointed, and publicly advertised by the sheriffs of the said counties of Hanover and King William, respectively, at least one month before the tenth day of August next, 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, | New vestries to be elected. |
| having in the courts of the said counties of Hanover, Louisa, and King William, respectively, taken and subscribed the oaths prescribed by law, taken and subscribed the oath of abjuration, 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 of Saint Martin and Saint John respectively. Provided, That notwithstanding any thing in this act contained, any suit or suits brought by or against the vestry or churchwardens of either of the said parishes, and now depending, may be prosecuted in the same manner as if this act had not been made. | |
| III. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That no person, or persons, who shall offer himself as a candidate to serve as a vestryman for either of the said parishes, shall by himself, or themselves, or by any other ways or means on his or their behalf, or at his or their charge, before his or their election, to serve as a vestryman for the said parishes, directly or indirectly, give, present, or allow, to any person, or persons, having a voice or vote in such election, any money, meat, drink, entertainment, or provision, or make any present, gift, reward, or entertainment, or shall, at any time hereafter, make any promise, agreement, obligation, or engagement, to give or allow any money, meat, drink, provision, present, reward, or entertainment, except in his own house, in the ordinary course of hospitality, to or for any such person, or persons, in particular, or to the said parishes in general, or to or for the use, advantage, benefit, emolument, profit, or preferment, of any such person, or persons, or parishes, in order to be elected, or for being elected, to serve as a vestryman for the said parishes. And if any person, or persons, shall transgress this act, in either of the instances before mentioned, upon conviction thereof, by bill, plaint, or information, by any person whatever, before any court of record, he or they shall be, and are hereby, declared to be disabled and incapacitated, to all intents and purposes, upon such election, to serve as a vestryman, or vestrymen, for the said parishes, and shall moreover forfeit and pay, for every such offence, the sum of fifty pounds, which penalty shall be one half to our sovereign lord the king, his heirs and successors to and for the use of the parish wherein the offence shall | Penalty for bribery at elections. |
| be committed, and the other half to him or them that will inform and sue for the same, to be recovered with costs, by action of debt, or information, in any court of record. And it shall and may be lawful to and for the remaining vestrymen, and they are hereby required and impowered, to make choice of another able and discreet person residing in the parish where such incapacity shall happen, to supply his room who shall, in like manner, take the oaths herein before mentioned, repeat and subscribe the test, and subscribe to be conformable to the doctrine and discipline of the church of England. | ||
| IV. And be it further enacted, That no person taking upon himself the office of inspector of tobacco, or being under sheriff, shall, during his continuance in that office, or within one year next after the expiration thereof, be capable of being elected a member of the said vestries, or presume to intermeddle or concern himself in the said elections of vestrymen, otherwise than by giving his vote, or shall endeavour to influence any person, or persons, to give his or their vote, under the penalty of twenty pounds for every offence, to be recovered as before directed. | ||
 CHAP. XLIX. | ||
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| I. WHEREAS it is represented to this present general assembly, by the vestry of the parish of Saint George, in the county of Spotsylvania, that the churchyard in the own of Fredericksburg, in the said county, is inconveniently situated, lying on the side of a hill, and moreover so broken that there is no part thereof proper to erect a new church on, which is become necessary, or room left for burying ground, except on the main street of the said town: Be it therefore enacted, | Vestry of parish of St. George in Spotsylvania, authorised to sell part of the churchyard, in the town of Fredericksburg. |
| by the Governor, Council, and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted, by the authority of the same, That so much of the said churchyard as has not been heretofore appropriated or used for a burying ground, be, and the same is hereby, vested in the present vestry of the said parish of Saint George, and in the vestry of the said parish for the time being, In Trust, nevertheless, that the said vestry, or the greater part of them, shall, by deed of bargain and sale, sell and convey such part of the said churchyard as aforesaid, for the best price that can be got for the same, to any person, or persons, who shall be willing to purchase the same, to hold to such purchaser, or purchasers, his or their heirs and assigns, forever. | ||
| II. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the money arising by such sale shall be, by the said vestry, laid out and applied towards purchasing a more convenient piece of ground, in the said town of Fredericksburg, for the purposes aforesaid. | ||
| CHAP. L. | ||
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| WHEREAS by an act of assembly, passed in the twenty-seventh year of his late majesty's reign, intituled An act for allowing the inhabitants of the counties of Halifax, Hampshire, and Bedford, to discharge their public dues, and officers fees, in money, instead of tobacco, the inhabitants of the parish of Antrim, in the county of Halifax aforesaid, were allowed to discharge their parish levies, and minister's salary, at twelve shillings and six pence per hundred on the nett tobacco. And whereas it is represented to this present general assembly, by the reverend Alexander Gordon, rector of the said parish, that the said salary, as it is now paid, is not adequate to his expence and trouble: Be it therefore enacted, by the Governor, Council, and Burgesses, | Minister of Antrim parish in Halifax county, to have his salary made equal to other ministers. |
| of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted, by the authority of the same, That from and after the first day of October next, the incumbent of the said parish, from the time being, shall have and receive, and the vestry of the said parish are directed and required, to levy for the ministers of the said parish, from the day aforesaid, the like salary as other ministers in this colony are intitled to receive, under an act of assembly passed in the twenty-second year of his late majesty's reign, intituled An act for the support of the clergy, and for the regular collecting and paying the parish levies; any thing in the said first recited act to the contrary thereof, in any wise, notwithstanding. | ||
| CHAP. LL. | ||
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| I. WHEREAS it is represented to this present general assembly, by the mayor, alderman and common council, of the borough of Norfolk, that large quantities of gunpowder are frequently stored in different parts of the said borough, which, in case of fire, would prove destructive to the lives and properties of the inhabitants of the said borough, and the chamber thereof being deficient, and the said corporation having no power, by their charter, to assess a tax on the inhabitants, for the purpose of building a magazine: 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 this act, the mayor, recorder, aldermen; and common council, of the said borough, or the major part of them, in common hall assembled, shall have full power and authority to levy and assess, on the freeholders and inhabitants thereof, a tax sufficient to purchase a lot of ground, within the said borough, and for erecting thereon a magazine, for the reception | Corporation of Norfolk authorised to assess a tax on the inhabitants for the purpose of erecting a magazine. |
| and storage of all such gunpowder as shall be landed or brought to the said borough, and shall and may appoint one or more collector, or collectors, of the said tax. And if any person, or persons, on whom such tax shall be assessed, shall neglect or refuse to pay the same, at the time appointed for the payment thereof, it shall and may be lawful for such collector to levy the same by distress and sale of such delinquent's goods, in the same manner as is directed and prescribed by law for the non-payment of public and county levies. | |
| II. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the common hall of the said borough shall and may, and they are hereby impowered, from time to time, to appoint a keeper of such magazine, and to allow and pay him such compensation and salary as to the said hall shall appear reasonable, out of the money which shall arise from the storage of gunpowder, deposited in the said magazine, and that such keeper shall attend two days in every week, from nine o'clock in the morning till twelve o'clock, and from three o'clock in the afternoon till five o'clock, in order to receive into the said magazine all such gunpowder as shall be brought to be stored therein, and to deliver out the same again when thought necessary by the owners thereof. And such keeper shall moreover, upon notice given him for that purpose, by the owner, or proprietor, of any gunpowder, attend at the said magazine on any other day, except Sunday, to receive into, or deliver back, the same, provided such owner, or proprietor, shall pay or tender to the said keeper the sum of three shillings for such attendance. | Regulations concerning the magazine. |
| III. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That as soon as the said magazine shall be built, all gunpowder, landed at or brought to the said borough, shall be carried to the said magazine, and there stored and kept so long as the same shall remain in the said borough, and if any person, or persons, shall land or store, or cause, or procure, to be landed or stored, in any other place, within the said borough, than the said magazine, any gunpowder, such person, or persons. shall forfeit and pay the sum of twenty shillings, current money, for each barrel of gunpowder so landed and stored, one moiety whereof shall be to his majesty, his heirs, and successors, for the better defraying the contingent charges of the said borough, and the other moiety to the informer. And if the penalties, inflicted |
| by this act, shall exceed five pounds, the same shall be recovered by action of debt, in any court, having cognizance thereof, and if the same shall be under that sum, and above twenty five shillings, to be recovered by petition and summons, and if the same shall not exceed twenty five shillings, then to be recovered before a justice of the peace. Provided always, That nothing in this act shall extend, or be construed to extend, to restrain any person, within the said borough, from keeping in his or her dwelling house, or storehouse, any gunpowder, not exceeding the quantity of ten pounds. | ||
| IV. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the keeper of the said magazine shall be impowered, and is hereby directed to demand and receive, for every barrel of gunpowder, deposited in the said magazine, from the owner and proprietor of such powder; one shilling and three pence per barrel, at the time the same shall be delivered out. And such keeper, before he enters into office, shall give bond, with security, in a reasonable penalty, payable to the mayor, aldermen, and common council of the said borough, for the faithful discharge of his duty, and shall, annually, account upon oath, with the common hall of the said borough, for all monies by him received, as keeper to the said magazine, and in case of failure so to do, shall be liable in the same manner as the collectors of the county and parish levies are by law made liable. And the collector of the tax, to be assessed on the inhabitants of the said borough, as aforesaid, before he undertakes the same, shall give bond, with security, as aforesaid, for the due collection and payment of the said taxes. | ||
| CHAP. LII. | ||
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| I. WHEREAS by an act of assembly, passed in the twenty-second year of the reign of his late majesty king George the second, for erecting a town at Hunting | Recital of former acts for improving |
| creek warehouse, in the county of Fairfax, which was established by the name of Alexandria, the proprietors of the lots in the said town were injoined to improve the same in the manner, and within the time, thereby directed and limited. | the town of Alexandria. |
| II. And whereas by another act, passed in the third year of his present majesty's reign, for enlarging the town of Alexandria, a parcel of land and marsh adjoining was added to and made part of the said town, and the proprietors and purchasers of such marsh lots, were exempted from the forfeiture prescribed by the said first recited act, for not building thereon within the time limited thereby, but directed to drain the same, in such manner as the trustees of the said town should appoint, under penalty of forfeiting such lots. | |
| III. And whereas by another act, passed in the fourth year of his present majesty's reign, for encouraging the towns of Alexandria and Falmouth, and for other purposes therein mentioned, so much of the two first recited acts, as related to the improvement of the lots in the said town of Alexandria, within a limited time, were repealed, and the purchasers set at liberty to build thereon, when they should think fit, by means whereof the said marsh lots still remain undrained and unimproved, to the great prejudice of the health of the present inhabitants, and delay of the further settlement and growth of the said town: 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 owners and proprietors of the said marsh lots shall, at their own proper expence, drain the same, in such manner as the trustees of the said town shall direct, within two years from and after the passing of this act. And if any such owners or proprietors shall neglect or refuse so to do, he, she, or they, shall forfeit their lots, and the same shall be revested in the said trustees, and shall and may be sold and conveyed, by them, to any other person, or persons, whatsoever; and the money arising from the sale of such lots shall be, by the said trustees, from time to time, applied to such use, for the common benefit of the inhabitants of the said town, as to them shall seem proper: Provided nevertheless, That no forfeiture of any such marsh lots as belong to infants, or persons out of the country, shall be incurred for want of such draining; but the trustees shall be at liberty to do the same, | Proprietors of marsh lots compellable to drain them. |
| and the guardian of such infants, or the attorney of such persons not resident in the country, shall be obliged to repay to the trustees the expence thereof, if so much they shall or may have in their hands of the estate and effects of such proprietors of the said lots. | |
| IV. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That so much of the said recited act, of the fourth year of his present majesty's reign, as is contrary hereto, be and the same is hereby repealed. | |
| V. And whereas it is represented, by the said trustees, that the wharf at Point West, in the said town, originally built by the public, was afterwards rebuilt by them, at a considerable expence, and that the same is now in a ruinous condition, occasioned chiefly by ships, and other vessels heaving down by and mooring at the said wharf; and the said trustees have petitioned that such a wharfage may be imposed upon such vessels as will enable them to repair and extend the same: Be it therefore enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passing of this act, the said wharf shall be, and the same is hereby vested in the said trustees, and their successors, forever, and that they, or the major part of them, shall, from time to time, have power to lay and assess such wharfage on all ships, and other vessels, heaving down by and mooring at the same, under such regulations, and to be collected in such manner, as they, or the major part of them, shall think proper, to be by them applied to and for the uses and purposes of repairing and extending the said wharf: Provided always, That the said wharfage shall not extend to any country craft, or vessel bringing tobacco to, or taking it from, the public warehouses in the said town, but that such craft shall, at all times, have free access to the said wharf, clear of any expence whatever, and moreover shall have the preference in loading and unloading at the same: Provided also, The public shall hereafter be exempted and discharged from any future expence or cost in rebuilding, repairing, or enlarging the said wharf; any law, usage, or custom, to the contrary thereof, in any wise, notwithstanding. | Wharf at Point West vested in the
trustees of Alexandria. But country craft, and vessels bringing tobacco to Alexandria exempted from wharfage. |
| CHAP. LIII. An act for establishing the town of Fincastle, in the county of Botetourt. | |
| I. WHEREAS the erecting towns on the frontiers of this colony may be of great benefit to the inhabitants by encouraging many of them to settle together, which will enable them the better to defend their lives and properties on any sudden incursion of an enemy, and it hath been represented to this general assembly, that Israel Christian, of the county of Botetourt, hath given and presented to the justices of the said county, which the said justices have caused to be laid out into lots, on part of which they have erected the courthouse and prison, and have contracted for the sale of some of the other lots, and are desirous to sell the remainder, in order to defray the expence of the said public buildings, which would be greatly facilitated if the same was by law erected into a town: 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 forty acres of land, so laid out, shall be, and the same is hereby established, a town by the name of Fincastle, and that the freeholders and inhabitants of the said town, as soon as their respective lots shall be built on, shall have the same rights, privileges, and immunities, that the freeholders and inhabitants of other towns in this colony, not incorporated by charter, enjoy. | Town of Fincastle in county of Botetourt established. |
| II. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the justices of the said county court of Botetourt, and their successors, or any four of them, shall have power to convey the said several lots to the purchasers thereof in fee simple, and shall apply the money arising from the sales, after paying the expences in the first place, for and towards defraying the expence of erecting the said public buildings, and afterwards, if there be any surplus, towards lessening the levy of the said county by the poll, and shall also have power, from time to time, to settle and determine all disputes concerning the bounds of the lots in the said |
| town, and to settle and establish such rules and orders for the regular and orderly building of the houses therein, as to them shall seem best and most convenient. | ||
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| I. WHEREAS by an act of assembly, passed in the third year of the reign of their late majesties William and Mary, intituled, An act for Ports, fifty acres of land on the lower side of Gray's creek, in the county of Surry, were, pursuant to the said act, laid off for a town, and vested, in trustees, to be appointed by the court of the said county of Surry, and by one other act, passed in the fourth year of the reign of her late majesty queen Anne, intituled An act for confirming the titles to town lands, the purchasers of any lots in the said town, agreeable to the said act for Ports, were confirmed in their titles, but many persons having since purchased lots in the said town, and made considerable improvements, without being able to procure proper conveyances, by means of disputes which have arisen upon the legality of the appointment of trustees for the said town, from time to time, by the said court of Surry: 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 fifty acres of land, so laid off into lots, pursuant to the said recited acts, on the lower side of Gray's creek, in the county of Surry aforesaid, shall be constituted and established into a town, and shall be called and known by the name of Cobham, and that the freeholders of the said town shall forever hereafter enjoy the same rights and privileges which the freeholders of other towns, established by act of assembly, in this colony, have and enjoy. | Towns of Cobham having lots laid off under the Act for Ports, is now established. |
| II. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the aforesaid fifty acres of land (except what has been legally disposed of to purchasers by any of the former trustees) be, and the same is hereby, vested in Hartwell Cocke, Allen Cocke, William Brown, Nicholas Faulcon, junior, John Hay, John Watkins, William Hay, Jacob Faulcon, and Etheldred Gray, gentlemen, trustees of the said town, which said trustees shall have, hold, and enjoy, a good and absolute estate in fee, of, in, and to, the aforesaid fifty acres of land (except as is herein before excepted) in trust and confidence, and for the uses, intents, and purposes, that the said trustees, or any five of them, shall convey and assure in fee, unto any person requesting the same, and paying the said trustees the rateable value for the same, according to the original price of the said fifty acres, one or more half acres of the said land undisposed of, as aforesaid, by such sufficient deed and assurance in the law, unto such person, or persons, their heirs and assigns forever, as by such person shall be required. Provided always, That if such grantee, his heirs or assigns, shall not, within the space of two years next ensuing the date of such grant, build on each lot so granted, one good house, to contain four hundred feet of square flooring, then such grant shall be void in law, and the lands therein granted, liable to the choice and purchase of any other person, and shall be immediately reinvested in the said trustees, to the uses aforesaid, in as full and ample a manner as if the same had never been disposed of. | Trustees appointed. |
| III. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the aforesaid trustees, or any five of them, shall and may, and they are hereby authorized and impowered to make, from time to time, such orders, rules, and directions, for the regular and orderly placing and building of the houses, and erecting and keeping in repair wharfs and streets in the said town, as to them shall seem expedient. And that in case of death, removal out of the colonv, refusal to act, or other legal disability, of any one or more of the said trustees before named, it shall and may be lawful for the remaining trustees, or any five of them, to elect so many other persons in the room of those so dead, removed, disabled, or who may refuse to act, as shall make up the number of nine, which trustees, so chosen, shall, to all | Their powers. |
| intents and purposes, be vested with the same power and authority as any other in this act particularly nominated and appointed. | |
| IV. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That it shall not be lawful for any person whatever to erect, or cause to be erected, in the said town, any wooden chimney, and the proprietors of all such wooden chimnies, now erected in the said town, shall, within six months after the passing of this act, pull down the same, otherwise it shall be lawful for the sheriff of the said county of Surry, and he is hereby authorized and required, to cause all such wooden chimnies to be pulled down, and, in like manner, it shall be lawful for the said sheriff, and he is hereby required, to cause to be pulled down all other wooden chimnies which shall be erected in the said town, in breach of this act. | Wooden chimnies not to be built. |
| V. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That every such person, who hath purchased one or more lots of any former trustees, and hath built thereon, according to the direction of the act for Ports, is hereby declared to be vested with, and to have a good, absolute, and indefeasible estate, in fee to such lot or lots, and the same is hereby confirmed in fee, to such person, and to his heirs forever. And the aforesaid trustees are hereby authorized and required to grant unto every such person who hath entered with any of the former trustees, for one or more lots, and built upon the same, agreeable to the directions of the said recited act for Ports, a good and sufficient conveyance in law, unto such person, his heirs and assigns forever, they paying the said trustees the rateable value for the same. Provided nevertheless, That nothing herein contained shall be construed, in any wise, to extend to or affect any cause now depending in the general court, or court of Surry, touching the right or title of any lot or lots in the said town, but the same shall be adjudged and determined in the same manner as if this act had never been made. | Titles to purchasers, under the Act for Ports confirmed. |
| CHAP. LV. An act to prevent Hogs and Goats going at large in the town of Suffolk. | |
| WHEREAS it is represented to this general assembly, that a great number of hogs and goats are raised, and suffered to go at large, in the town of Suffolk, in the county of Nansemond, to the great prejudice of 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 last day of May next, it shall not be lawful for any person or persons, inhabitants of the said town of Suffolk, owners of any swine or goats, to suffer the same to go at large in the limits of the said town; and if any swine or goat, belonging to any of the inhabitants of the said town, shall be found running or going at large within the said limits, it shall be lawful for any person whatsoever, to kill and destroy every such swine or goat, so running at large: Provided always, That such person shall not convert any such swine or goat to his or her own use, but shall leave the same where it shall be so killed, and give immediate notice to the owner thereof, if known, and if not, then such person shall immediately inform the next justice of the peace thereof, who may order the same to the use of any poor person, or persons, he shall think fit: Provided also, That nothing herein contained shall be deemed or taken to forbid or hinder any person, or persons, from driving any swine or goats to or through the said town, or limits thereof, in order to sell the same, or in their removal from one plantation to another. | Hogs and goats not to be suffered to run at large in town of Suffolk. |
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| I. WHEREAS it has been represented to this present general assembly, that the land whereon John Rictor now lives, in the county of Fauquier, is conveniently situated for an inland town: 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 it shall and may be lawful to and for the said John Rictor, proprietor of the said land, to lay off fifty acres thereof into lots and streets for a town, to be called and known by the name of Maidstone. | Town of Maidstone, in county of Fauquier established. | |
| II. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the purchasers of the said lots, so soon as they shall have built upon and saved the same, according to the conditions of their deeds of conveyance, shall then be intitled to, and have and enjoy, all the rights, privileges, and immunities, which the freeholders and inhabitants of other towns, erected by act of assembly, in this colony, do enjoy. | ||
| III. And whereas it is represented to this present general assembly, that a great number of hogs are raised and suffered to go at large in the town of Leesburg in the county of Loudoun, to the great prejudice of 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 last day of May next, it shall not be lawful for any person, or persons, inhabitants of the said town of Leesburg, owners of any swine, to suffer the same to go at large within the limits thereof. And if any swine, belonging to the inhabitants of the said town, shall be found running or going at large within the said limits, it shall be lawful for any person whatsoever to kill and destroy every such swine so running at large. Provided always, That such person shall not convert such swine, so killed or destroyed, to his or her own use, but shall leave the same where it shall be so killed, and give immediate | Hogs not to go at large in town of Leesburg. |
| notice to the owner thereof (if known) and if not, then to the next justice of peace for the said county, who shall order the same to be sold, and shall also cause a description of the said hog, to be affixed at the door of the courthouse of the said county, at the succeeding court. And if after notice, published as aforesaid, the owner shall not within ten days appear, and prove his property thereto, it shall and may be lawful for such justice to order the money, arising from such sale, to the churchwardens, for the use of the parish. Provided always, That nothing herein contained shall be deemed or taken to prohibit any person, or persons, from driving any swine to or through the said town or limits thereof, in order to sell the same, or in their removal from one plantation to another. | |
| IV. And whereas the honourable Philip Ludwell Lee, esquire, hath laid off one hundred acres of land, adjoining to the warehouses at the falls of Potowmack, in the county of Fairfax, into lots and streets for a town, which is called by the name of Philee: Be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the purchasers of the said lots, so soon as they shall have built upon and saved the same, according to the conditions of their deeds of conveyance, shall then be intitled to, and have and enjoy, all the rights, privileges, and immunities, which the freeholders and inhabitants of other towns, erected by act of assembly, in this colony, do enjoy. | Town of Philee, at falls of Potowmack established. |
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| WHEREAS the act to assembly, made in the tenth year of his present majesty's reign, intituled An act for reimbursing the inhabitants of King William and Hanover counties the expence of clearing Pamunkey river, which was amended by another act made in the same year, will expire on the twenty-first day of December, one thousand seven hundred and seventy three, and it being necessary and expedient that the said acts 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 recited acts of assembly shall continue and be in force from and after the expiration thereof, for and during the term of two years, and from thence to the end of the next session of Assembly. | Acts for reimbursing the inhabitants of King William and Hanover the expences of clearing Pamunkey river continued. | |
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| I. WHEREAS by one act of the General Assembly, passed in the tenth year of his present majesty's reign, intituled An act for dividing the parishes of Frederick, in the county of Frederick, and Cameron, in the county | Commissioners appointed to ascertain the value of |
| of Loudoun, and for other purposes therein mentioned, the said parish of Frederick was divided into three distinct parishes, called by the names of Frederick, Norborne, and Beckford, and by the said act it is, among other things, enacted, that the vestries of the parishes of Frederick and Norborne, when elected, should respectively account for and pay unto the said vestry of the parish of Beckford, a proportionable part of the first cost to two churches, in the said parishes of Frederick and Norborne, according to the number of tithables in the said parishes, at the time the same should take place. | churches, and chapels, in parishes of Frederick Norborne and Beekford. |
| II. And whereas it is represented to this present general assembly that the church in the said parish of Frederick was built several years ago, and the workmanship thereof so insufficiently executed, that the same is likely soon to become ruinous, and that the church in the said parish of Norborne is but little superior in value to two chapels, lately built int eh said parish of Beckford: 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 John Ariss, Simon Taylor, Jacob Hite, Isaac Hite, John Hite, Marquis Calmees, Samuel Washington, Warner Washington, Burr Harrison, and Taverner Beale, gentlemen, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners for ascertaining the present value of the said two churches, and the several chapels, in the said parishes of Frederick, Norbone, and Beckford, and that the said commissioners, or any five of them, being first duly sworn, do, on or before the first day of October next, ascertain the value of the said churches and chapels, and, having certified the same under their hands and seals to the vestries of the said parishes of Frederick and Norborne, the said vestries, respectively, are hereby directed to account for and pay to the vestry of the said parish of Beckford, the sums which the said churches, and the several chapels, in the said parishes of Frederick and Norborne, shall exceed the two chapels in value, to and for the use of the said parish of Beckford, in proportion to their number of tithables, at the time when the said parishes took place; any thing in the said recited act to the contrary thereof, in any wise, notwithstanding. | |
| III. And whereas by one other act of assembly, passed in the tenth year of his present majesty reign, intituled | Commissioners to ascertain the |
| An act to divide the parish of Hamilton, in the counties of Fauquier and Prince William, the said parish of Hamilton, was divided into two distinct parishes, called by the names of Hamilton and Leeds: And whereas it has been represented to this present general assembly, that at the time the said division was made, there was in the said parish a large brick church, known by the name of Elk Run church, built at the common expence of the said parish, before the same was divided, which church, by the said division, has fallen into that part to the said parish, retaining the name of Hamilton, and as it is just that the parish of Leeds should receive a proportionable part of the present value of the said church from the parish of Hamilton: Be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That Elias Edmonds, James Bell, William Waite, Charles Chilton, Charles Morehead, William Jones, Linaugh Helm, and William Alexander, gentlemen, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners, or any five of them, being first duly sworn, shall, on or before the first day of October next, proceed to value the same in nett tobacco, and certify the said valuation, under their hands and seals to the vestries of each of the said parishes of Hamilton and Leeds respectively, and that the said vestry of Hamilton parish shall, at the laying of their next parish levy, levy one half of the said valuation on the tithables of the said parish, which tobacco, so levied, shall, when collected, be by them paid to the vestry of the parish of Leeds, to and for the use of the said parish. | Commissioners to ascertain value of Elk Run church: and and vestry of Hamilton parish to pay its proportion to vestry of Leeds. |
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