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| CHAP. XCVII. An act incorporating the trustees of the Winchester academy. | ||
| I. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That it shall be lawful for those persons, or their heirs, who shall contribute the sum of five pounds each to the use of the Winchester academy, or a majority of them, to meet at the said academy on the first Monday in February annually, and then and there elect by ballot, twelve fit and able men to serve and act as trustees of the said academy, whose authority shall continue for one year, and until others are chosen in their stead, and no longer, except such of them as shall be re-elected. The said trustees so elected, and those thereafter to be elected, and their successors for ever, are hereby made a body corporate and politic by the name of the trustees of the Winchester academy, and by the said name to have perpetual succession, with capacity to purchase receive and possess lands and tenements, goods and chattels, either in fee or any lesser estate therein, and chattels, either in fee or any lesser estate therein, and the same to grant, let, sell, or assign, and to plead and be impleaded, prosecute, and defend, all causes in law or equity. The said trustees, or a majority of them, when assembled, shall have power to make such bye-laws, and ordinances, as they shall think best for the good government of the said academy; provided such bye-laws and ordinances shall not be inconsistent with the laws and constitution of this commonwealth. In case of vacancy by death or otherwise, of any one or more of the trustees, within the year, the same shall be supplied by a majority of the remaining trustees. | Winchester academy incorporated. | |
 CHAP. XCVIII. | ||
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| I. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That the courts of the counties of Norfolk and Princess Anne, | Inspectors of lumber, in Norfolk county, Princess-Anne, and |
| and borough of Norfolk, shall, and they are hereby empowered to appoint so many inspectors of lumber in their respective jurisdictions, as they shall deem necessary. And the inspectors so to be appointed, shall, before they enter on the execution of their office, give bond and security in the sum of three hundred pounds, for the faithful performance of the duties of their office, and shall moreover take the following oath. "I do swear that I will well and truly demean myself as inspector of lumber, without favour affection, or partiality: So help me God," And the inspectors to be appointed by virtue of this act, shall in all cases be governed by the following regulations, that is to say: All drawn white oak hogshead staves, shall not be less than forty-two inches long, three inches wide, and three quarters of an inch thick, when green, and five eights of an inch if seasoned; white oak hogshead heading shall be twenty eight, thirty, and thirty-two inches in length, with a due proportion of each lengths, seven eights of an inch thick when green, and three quarters of an inch if seasoned; the staves and heading aforesaid to be without sap; red oak hogshead staves shall not be of less dimensions than the white oak, aforesaid; rough hogshead staves shall be at least forty two inches long three and a half inches wide, and one inch thick; barrel staves shall be at least thirty-two inches long, three and a half inches wide, and three quarters of an inch thick; pipe staves shall be at least four feet and a half long, three inches wide, and one inch thick; shingles shall not be less than eighteen inches long, three and a half inches wide, and half an inch thick at the butt, and all plank, scantling, and ranging timber, shall be sound and have square edges, and it shall not be lawful for any master, commander, or skipper of a vessel, lying in any port of Elizabeth river, to receive on board his ship or vessel for exportation, any species of lumber enumerated in this act, without a note or certificate from some inspector of lumber, that the same has been duly inspected and passed; and the inspectors are hereby directed to give such note or certificate in the skipper of any small craft lading any such lumber, specifying when and where inspected, for whom, and the name of the ship or vessel exporting the same; and the naval officer of the district of Elizabeth river, is hereby charged and directed not to suffer | Norfolk Borough appointed. |
| any vessel to clear from his office, unless the master, commander or skipper of such vessel, shall produce inspectors notes or certificates for all lumber which he means to clear out, and shall also make oath that he hath no lumber on board, but what is particularly entered in his manifest; any master, commander, or skipper of a vessel, who shall receive on board his vessel for exportation, any lumber herein enumerated, without first obtaining the inspectors note or certificate for the same, shall forfeit the lumber so taken on board, and twenty pounds current money, to be recovered by action of debt before any court of record within this commonwealth; one half of which fine shall be to the use of the person suing for the same, the other half to the use of the commonwealth. The inspectors of lumber shall be entitled to demand and receive the following fees: For all hogshead staves and heading, one shilling and six pence per thousand; for all pipe staves, two shillings per thousand; for all barrel staves, one shilling per thousand; for all shingles, four pence per thousand; for all plank and scantling, three shillings and four pence per thousand; and for all ranging timber, two shillings and six pence per thousand, and no more; to be paid by the person offering the same for inspection, and the inspectors to be appointed by virtue of this act, shall be continued in office during good behaviour. This act shall commence and be in force from and after the first day of May next. | ||
| CHAP. XCIX. | ||
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| I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, That one hundred acres of land in the county of Fayette, the property of James Wilkinson, which have been laid off | Town of Frankfort, in Fayette county, Kentucky, established. |
| into lots and streets, shall be vested in Caleb Wallace, Thomas Marshall, Joseph Crocket, John Fowler, junior, John Craig, Robert Johnston, and Benjamin Roberts, (of Jefferson) gentlemen, trustees, and shall be established a town by the name of Frankfort. The said trustees, or a majority of them, shall within six months after passing of this act, sell at public auction, all the lots within the said town, which have not been heretofore disposed of by the said James Wilkinson, advertising the time and place of such sale at the door of the courthouse of the said county of Fayette, on two successive courts days. The purchaser shall hold the said lots respectively, subject to the condition of building on each a dwelling house, sixteen feet square, with a brick or stone chimney, to be finished it for habitation within two years from the day of sale; and the said trustees, or a major part of them, shall convey the said lots to the purchasers in fee, subject to the condition aforesaid, and pay the money arising therefrom to the said James Wilkinson, or his legal representatives; the said trustees, or a major part of them, shall have power to settle all disputes concerning the bounds of the said lots, and to establish such regulations for the regular building of houses thereon, as to them shall seem best. In case of the death, removal out of the county, or other legal disability, of any one or more of the said trustees, it shall be lawful for the remaining trustees to supply such vacancy; and the persons so chosen, shall have the same power as the trustees appointed by this act. The purchasers of the said lots, so soon as they shall have built upon and saved the same according to the conditions of their respective deeds of conveyance, shall enjoy all the privileges which the inhabitants of other towns in this state, not incorporated, hold and enjoy. If the purchaser of any lot shall fail to build thereon within the time before limited, the said trustees, or a major part of them, may thereupon enter into such lot, and sell the same again, and apply the money for the benefit of the inhabitants of the said town. | |
| II. And be it further enacted, That a public ferry shall be constantly kept across the Kentucky river, from the lands of the said James Wilkinson, in the town of Frankfort, to the opposite shore, and the rates for passing the same be as followeth: For a man, four | Ferry established across Kentucky river at Frankfort. |
| pence, and for a horse the same; and for the transportation of tobacco, wheel carriages, cattle and other beasts, the ferry keeper may demand and take the same rates as are allowed by law at other ferries. if the ferry keeper shall demand or receive from any person or persons whatsoever, any greater rates than are hereby allowed, he shall for every offence, forfeit and pay to the party grieved, the ferriage demanded or received, and ten shillings; to be recovered with costs before a justice of the peace of the county where the offence shall be committed. | |
| CHAP. C. An act for incorporating the Academy in the town of Alexandria. | |
| I. FOR incorporating the academy in the town of Alexandria, "Be it enacted by the General Assembly," That it shall be lawful for those persons, or their respective heirs, who shall or may have contributed the sum of five pounds each, to the use of the said academy, or a majority of them, to meet at the said academy on the second Monday in April annually, and then and there elect by ballot, thirteen fit and able men to serve and act as trustees of the said academy, whose authority shall continue for one year, and until others are chosen in their stead, and no longer, except such of them as shall be re-elected. The said trustees so elected, and those hereafter to be elected, and their successors for ever, are hereby made a body corporate and politick, by the name of the Trustees of the Alexandria Academy. They shall have power and capacity to purchase, receive and possess, lands and tenements, goods and chattels, either in fee, or any lesser estate therein; and the same to grant, let, sell or assign, and to plead and be impleaded, prosecute and defend all causes in law or equity. The said trustees or a majority to them, when assembled, shall have power to make such bye-laws and ordinances as they shall think best for the good government of the said academy, | Academy, in Alexandria, incorporated. |
| and to perform and do any thing respecting the property vested therein; provided such bye-laws and ordinances shall not be inconsistent with the laws and constitution of this commonwealth. They shall choose a president and secretary out of their own body; and in case of vacancy, by death or otherwise, of any one or more of the said trustees within the year, the same shall be supplied by a majority of the remaining trustees. | |
| II. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That the first annual election of the said trustees shall not take place, or be made, until the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight; and that in the mean time, and until such elections be made, George Washington, William Brown, David Stewart, John Fitzgerald, Charles Lee, William Baker, Isaac S. Keith, Samuel Hanson, James Hendricks, William Hartshorne, Josiah Watson, Benjamin Dulany, and Charles Simms, gentlemen be, and they are hereby constituted trustees to the said academy, with the same powers and authority to all intents and purposes as is given by this act to those who shall hereafter be elected trustees. | |
| CHAP. CI. An act for dividing the county of Harrison. | |
| I. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That from and after the first day of May one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven, the county of Harrison shall be divided into two distinct counties, that is to say, so much of the said county lying on the south-east of the following lines, beginning at the mouth of Sandy creek, thence up Tyger's Valley river to the mouth of Buchanan river; thence up the said river including all the waters thereof; thence down the Elk river to the Greenbrier line, shall be one distinct county, and called and known by the name of Randolph; and the residue of the said county shall retain the name of Harrison. A court for the said county | Harrison county divided and Randolph
formed. Boundaries. |
| of Randolph, shall be held by the justices thereof, on the fourth Monday in every month after the said division shall take place, in such manner as is provided by law for other counties, and shall be by their commissions directed. The justices to be named in the commission of the peace for the said county of Randolph, shall meet at the house of Benjamin Wilson, in Tyger's valley, in the said county, upon the first court day, after the said division shall take place, and having taken the oaths prescribed by law, and administered the oath of office to, and taken bond of the sheriff, according to law, proceed to appoint and qualify a clerk, and fix upon a place for holding courts in the said county, at or near the centre thereof as the situation and convenience will admit of; and thenceforth the said court shall proceed to erect the necessary public buildings at such place, and until such buildings be completed, to appoint any place for holding courts as they may think proper. Provided always, That the appointment of a place for holding courts, and of a clerk, shall not be made unless a majority of the justices of the said county be present, where such majority shall have been prevented from attending by bad weather, or their being at the time out of the county, in such cases the appointment shall be postponed until some court day when a majority shall be present. The governor, with advice of the council, shall appoint a person to be first sheriff of the said county, who shall continue in office during the term, and upon the same conditions, as is by law appointed for other sheriffs. it shall be lawful for the sheriff of the said county of Harrison to collect and make distress for any public dues or officers fees, which shall remain unpaid by the inhabitants thereof at the time such division shall take place, and shall be accountable for the same in like manner as in like manner as if this act had not been made. The court of the said county of Harrison shall have jurisdiction of all actions and suits in law or equity, depending before them at the time of the said division, and shall try and determine the same, issue, process, and award execution thereon. | Court days. |
| II. And be it further enacted, That the court of the said county of Harrison, shall account for and pay to the said county of Randolph, all such sums of money as shall or may be paid by the inhabitants of the said county of Randolph, towards defraying the expence of |
| erecting a courthouse and other public buildings in the said county of Harrison. In all elections of a senator, the said county of Randolph, shall be of the same district with the said county of Harrison. | ||
| CHAP. CII. | ||
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| I. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That Richard Clough Anderson, William Taylor, Robert Brackenridge, David Meriwether, John Clarke, Alexander Scot Bullit, and James Francis Moore, gentlemen, are hereby constituted commissioners for the following purposes, that is to say, they or a majority of them, shall have power, and are required to demand and receive from the trustees of the town of Louisville, the amount of the sales of lots made by them, and upon refusal or neglect to pay the money, to institute one or more suits in their names, and the same to prosecute to recovery. The said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall sell and convey the lands in the said town remaining unsold, by the said trustees, and apply the money arising therefrom, as well as the monies by them received for the former sales, after deducting the necessary charges of surveying and laying off the said lands, in the first place to the payment of what shall be due on the mortgage from John Connolly to John Campbell and Joseph Simon, and the surplus also to pay to the said Campbell and Simon, for and on account of six hundred and eight pounds three shillings and two pence half penny, together with legal interest on five hundred and seventy seven pounds three shillings, part thereof from the fourth day of June, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six, due to the said Campbell and Simon from Alexander M'Kee. | Lands in Louisville & Harrodsburg in Kentucky, to be sold & proceeds appropriated to payment of mortgage, from John Connolly, to John Campbell, & Joseph Simon, and a balance due to Alexander M'Kee. | |
| II. And be it further enacted, That the trustees of the town of Harrodsburg, shall, and they are hereby | New trustees of Louisville. |
| directed, to sell, as soon as may be, so many lots in the said town, as will raise a sum sufficient to pay the balance due to the said Campbell and Simon, either from the said Connolly or Alexander M'Kee, after deducting what shall be paid them, out of the sales of the lands in the town of Louisville, as aforesaid, and to apply such sums accordingly. the said commissioners are hereby constituted trustees of the said town of Louisville, in the room of those appointed by the act for establishing the said town, and shall have the same power, and authority, to all intents and purposes as the former trustees had. | ||
| CHAP. CIII. | ||
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| I. WHEREAS it is represented to this present general assembly, that Benjamin Logan hath given and conveyed to the justices of the county court of Lincoln, twenty-six acres of land, which have been by the said court laid off into lots with convenient streets, and disposed of, reserving as much ground as will be sufficient for the purpose of erecting thereon a courthouse and prison, and that it would be of public advantage were the said lots established a town, and courts for the said county held therein: | Town of Stanford in Lincoln county Kentucky established. | |
| II. Be it therefore enacted, That the said twenty-six acres of land, so laid off into lots and streets, shall be, and they are hereby established a town, by the name of Stanford, and that Benjamin Logan, John Logan, William Montgomery, Henry Pauling, Isaac Shelby, Walker Baylor, and Alexander Blane, gentlemen, be trustees of the same, who, or a majority of them, are authorised to make such rules for the regular building therein, as to them shall seem most convenient, and to |
| settle and determine all disputes about the bounds of the said lots. In case of the death, resignation, removal out of the county, or other legal disability, of any one or more of the said trustees, the remaining trustees shall chuse others in their stead, who shall have the same power and authority as any other in this act particularly appointed. So soon as the owners of lots in the said town shall have built thereon a dwelling house sixteen feet square, with a brick or stone chimney, such owner shall have and enjoy the same privileges as the freeholders and inhabitants of other towns in this state, not incorporated, hold and enjoy. The court of the said county of Lincoln, shall proceed to erect a court house and prison on the land by them set apart for that purpose in the said town of Stanford, and when the same shall be completed courts for the said county shall thenceforth be held at the said place. | ||
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| I. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That James Francis Moore, Alexander Brackenridge, Robert Brackenridge, Richard Taylor, Andrew Heth, Richard Terrell, and William Croghan, gentlemen, shall be and they are hereby constituted commissioners, in addition to those appointed by an act, intituled "An act for surveying and apportioning the lands granted to the Illinois regiment, and establishing a town within the said grant." The said board of commissioners, or any seven of them, shall have power, and are herby authorised to settle and determine all claims to land under the said act heretofore received, as well as all such as shall be exhibited to them before the first day | Additional commissioners for surveying and apportioning lands granted the Illinois regiment. |
| of January, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, and to approve and allow or reject the same, as to them shall seem just and right. The register of the land office shall immediately, after the passing of this act, issue a patent to the said commissioners for the lands contained in the said grant, without demanding a fee for the same. The commissioners shall demand and receive from every person who shall be allowed a portion of the said land before they shall execute a deed, his respective proportion of the fees payable to the register of the land office for the original grant; and if any person shall fail to make application to the commissioners for a deed, and pay such proportion as aforesaid, within eighteen months after the passing of this act, his right to the lands allowed him shall be forfeited. | Register to issue patents for the lands. Claimant to pay fees to commissioners. | |
| II. Provided always, and it is further enacted, That the said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall have power to extend the time herein fixed, for each claimant to pay his proportion of the original grant to the first day of September, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, and no longer. | Limitation. | |
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| I. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That forty-five acres of land, the property of John Lynch, and lying contiguous to Lynch's ferry, in the county of Campbell, are hereby vested in John Clarke, Adam Clement, Charles Lynch, John Callaway, Achilles Douglass, William Martin, Jesse Burton, Joseph Straton, Micajah Moorman, and Charles Brooks, gentlemen, trustees, to be by them, or any six of them, laid off into lots of half an acre each, with convenient streets, and established a town by the name of Lynchburg. −− The said trustees, or any six of them, shall proceed to | Town of Lynchburg, in Campbell county, established. |
| sell the said lots at public auction, for the best price that can be had, the time and place of which sale shall be previously advertised for one month in the Virginia Gazette; the purchasers to hold the said lots respectively, subject to the condition of building on each a dwelling house sixteen feet square at least, with a brick or stone chimney, to be finished fit for habitation within three years from the day of sale; and the said trustees, or any six of them, shall, and they are hereby empowered, to convey the said lots to the purchasers thereof in fee simple, subject to the condition aforesaid, and pay the money arising from the sale thereof to the said John Lynch, or his legal representatives: Provided always, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to alter or affect the right or interest of the said John Lynch in and to the lots on which he hath erected buildings, and one square containing two acres, in such part of the said town as he may choose. The said trustees, or any six of them, shall have power from time to time to settle and determine all disputes concerning the bounds of the lots, and to establish such rules and orders for the regular building of houses thereon, as to them shall seem best and most convenient. And in case of the death, removal out of the county, or other legal disability, of any one or more of the said trustees, it shall be lawful for the surviving or remaining trustees, to elect and choose so many other persons in the room of those dead or disabled as shall make up the number. The trustees so elected, shall be vested with the same power and authority as those particularly named in this act. The purchasers of lots in the said town, so soon as they shall have built upon and saved the same, according to their respective deeds of conveyance, shall then be entitled to, and have and enjoy, all the rights, privileges, and immunities, which the freeholders and inhabitants of other towns, not incorporated, hold and enjoy. If the purchaser of any lot shall fail to build thereon within the time before limited, the said trustees, or a major part of them, may thereupon enter into such lot and sell the same again, and apply the money for the benefit of the inhabitants of the said town. |
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| I. WHEREAS it has been represented to this present general assembly, that it would be of public utility to establish a ware-house for the reception and inspection of tobacco on the lands of John Curd in the county of Mercer; | ||
| II. Be it therefore enacted, That an inspection of tobacco shall be, and the same is hereby established, on the land of the said John Curd, lying at the mouth of Dick's river in the county of Mercer, to be called and known by the name of Curd's warehouse. There shall be allowed and paid annually to each of the inspectors at the said warehouse, the sum of thirty pounds for their salary. | Inspection of tobacco, on lands of John Curd, in Mercer county, established. | |
| III. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That if the quantity of tobacco inspected at the said warehouse, shall not be sufficient to pay the usual charges and the inspectors salaries, the deficiency shall not be paid by the public. | ||
| IV. And be it further enacted, That twenty acres of land the property of the said John Curd, lying at the confluence of the Kentuckey and Dick's river, in the said county of Mercer, be, and they are hereby vested in John Jouet, Gabriel Madison, James Hoard, Samuel Pryor, Alexander Robertson, Robert Mosby, James Overton, Harry Innes, Joseph Crocket, and William Lewis, gentlemen, trustees, to be by them, or a majority of them laid out into lots of half an acre each, with convenient streets, and established a town, by the name of New Market. So soon as the said twenty acres of land shall be laid off into lots and streets, the said trustees, or the majority part of them, shall proceed to sell the same at public auction, for the best price that can be had, the time and place of which sale shall be previously advertised for three months at the courthouse of each of the said counties of Mercer, Lincoln, and Fayette. The purchasers to hold the said lots respectively, | Town of New Market, in Mercer county in Kentucky, established. |
| subject to the condition of building on each a dwelling house, containing sixteen feet square at the least, with a brick or stone chimney, to be finished fit for habitation within two years from the day of sale; and the said trustees, or a major part of them, shall convey the said lots to the purchasers in fee, subject to the condition aforesaid, and pay the money arising from the sale thereof, to the said John Curd, or his legal representatives. The said trustees, or the major part of them, shall have power, from time to time, to settle and determine all disputes concerning the bounds of the lots, and to establish rules and orders for the regular building of houses thereon, as to them shall seem best. In the case of the death, removal out of the county, or other legal disability, of any one or more of the said trustees, it shall be lawful for the remaining trustees to elect and chuse other person in the room of those dead, or disabled, who shall be vested with the same powers, and authority as any other in this act particularly appointed. The purchasers to the said lots, so soon as they shall have built upon and saved the same, according to the conditions of their respective deeds of conveyance, shall be entitled to, and have and enjoy, all the rights, privileges, and immunities, which the freeholders and inhabitants of other towns in this state, not incorporated, hold and enjoy. If the purchaser of any lot shall fail to build thereon within the time before limited, the said trustees, or a major part of them, may thereupon enter into such lot, and sell the same again, and apply the money for the benefit of the inhabitants of the said town. | |
| V. And be it further enacted, That a public ferry shall be constantly kept at the following place, and the rates for passing the same, as followeth, that is to say; from the land of the said John Curd, in the county of Mercer, across the Kentuckey river, to the opposite shore, for a man fourpence, and for a horse the same; and for the transportation of wheel carriages, tobacco, cattle, and other beasts, at the place aforesaid the ferry keeper may demand and take the same rates as are by law allowed at other ferries. If the ferry keeper shall demand or receive from any person or persons whatsoever, any greater rates than are hereby allowed, he shall for every offence forfeit, and pay to the party grieved, the ferriage demanded or received, and ten | Ferry from land of John Curd, across Kentueky river established. |
| shillings, to be recovered with costs before a justice of the peace of the county where the offence shall be committed. | |
| CHAP. CVII. An act to establish a town at the courthouse of the county of Accomack. | |
| BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That ten acres of land, the property of Richard Drummond, adjoining to Accomack courthouse, shall be, and the same are hereby vested in John Cropper, jun. Thomas Evans, John Teacle, Thomas Bailey, and Thomas Curtis, gentlemen, trustees, to be by them, or any three of them, laid out into lots of half an acre each, with convenient streets, and together with twenty other half acre lots contiguous thereto and improved, shall be, and the same are hereby established a town, by the name of Drummond. As soon as the said ten acres of land shall be so laid off into lots and streets, the said trustees or the major part of them, shall proceed to sell the lots at public auction, for the best price that can be had, the time and place of which sale shall be previously advertised for two months at the courthouse of each of the counties of Accomack and Northampton; the purchasers to hold the said lots respectively, subject to the condition of building on each a dwelling house, containing sixteen feet square at least, with a brick or stone chimney, to be finished fit for habitation within two years from the day of sale; and the said trustees or the major part of them, shall, and they are hereby empowered, to convey the said lots to the purchasers in fee, subject to the condition aforesaid, and pay the money arising from the sale thereof to the said Richard Drummond, or his legal representatives. The said trustees, or a majority of them, shall have power from time to time, to settle and determine all disputes concerning the bounds of the said lots, and to settle such rules and orders for the regular building of houses | Town of Drummond, in Accomack, established. |
| thereon, as to them shall seem best; and in case of the death, removal out of the county, or other disability, of any of the said trustees, it shall be lawful for the others to supply such vacancy, and the trustees so chosen shall, to all intents and purposes, be vested with the same powers as those particularly named in this act. The purchasers to the lots in the said town, so soon as they shall have built upon and saved the same according to the conditions of their respective deeds, shall be intitled to, and have and enjoy, all the rights, privileges, and immunities, which the freeholders and inhabitants of other towns in this state, not incorporated, hold and enjoy. If the purchaser of any lot shall fail to build thereon, within the time before limited, the said trustees or a majority of them may thereupon enter into such lot and sell the same again, and apply the money in any manner for the benefit of the said town. | |
| CHAP. CVIII. An act for establishing several public ferries, and for other purposes. | |
| I. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That public ferries shall be constantly kept at the following places, and the rates for passing the same as hereafter mentioned, that is to say: From the land of Thompson Mason, deceased, in the county of Loudoun, across the Potowmack river, to the land on the opposite shore, in the state of Maryland, the price for a man six-pence, and for a horse the same; from the land of Robert Parker, in the county of Hampshire, across the South branch of Potowmack river, to his land on the opposite shore, the price for a man three-pence three farthings, and for a horse the same; from the land of George Jackson, in the county of Harrison, across Elk creek, to his land on the opposite shore, the price for a man two pence, and for a horse the same; from the land of John Pancake, in the county of Hampshire, across the South branch of Potowmack to the land of Jacob Earsom, on the opposite shore, the price for a | New ferries established, and other discontinued. |
| man three pence three farthings, and for a horse the same; from the land if Isaac Parsons, in the said county of Hampshire, across the South branch of Potowmack, to his land on the opposite shore, the price for a man three pence three farthings, and for a horse the same; from the land of John Wickwire, in the county of Harrison, across Tyger's Valley river, to his land on the opposite shore the price for a man three pence, and for a horse the same; from the land of Benjamin Rankin, in the county of Berkeley, across Shenandoah river, to the land of George William Fairfax, on the opposite shore, the price for a man three pence three farthings, and for a horse the same; from the land of Peter Harbout, in the county of Loudoun, across Goose creek, to the land of doctor Wilson Selden, on the opposite shore, the price for a man three pence, and for a horse the same; from the land of Philip Aylett, at the place called Aylett's warehouse, across Mattapony river, to the opposite shore, in the county of King and Queen, the price for a man three pence, and for a horse the same; from the land of Edward Snicker's at William's Gap on the one side of Shenandoah river to the land of said Snicker's, on the opposite shore, the price for a man three pence three farthings, and for a horse the same; and from the land of John Anderson, in the county of Greenbrier, across Greenbrier river, to his land on the opposite shore, the price for a man three pence three farthings, and for a horse the same; and for the transportation of wheel carriages, tobacco, cattle, hogs, and sheep, at the places aforesaid, the ferry keepers may respectively demand and take the same proportionate rates as are by law established at other ferries. If any ferry keeper shall demand or receive from any person or persons whatsoever, any greater rates than are hereby allowed for the ferriage or carriage of any thing, he shall, for every such offence, forfeit and pay to the party grieved, the ferriages demanded or received, and ten shillings, to be recovered with costs, before a justice of the peace of the county where the offence shall be committed. And whereas by an act passed in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty, it was enacted, that the ferry established from the land of the late Henry Batt, in the county of Henrico, to the land of Alexander Bolling, in the county of Prince George, should be |
| discontinued, and among other things, a ferry should be kept from the upper end of the land of Thomas Batte, the younger, in the county of Chesterfield, across Appamatox river, to the lot of land the property of William Gilliam, in the town of Broadway, and county of Prince George: And whereas there is an impassable swamp leading to the said landing of Thomas Batte, the younger, through which no attempt has yet been made to make a causeway, by which means the public have been deprived of the conveniency of a ferry at the said place as by law established; but nevertheless a private ferry has been set up by Thomas Batte, the elder, from his lands adjoining the lands of Thomas Batte, the younger, which has been continued by the said Thomas Batte, the elder, for several years: | |
| II. Be it therefore enacted, That the said ferry now kept by Thomas Batte, the elder, shall be continued and established as a ferry until the said causeway, through the swamp of Thomas Batte, the younger, shall be made passable to the landing, and a good and sufficient boat shall be provided by the said Thomas Batte, the younger, from which time the said ferry shall be kept from his land to the town of Broadway, as if this act had not passed. | |
| III. And be it enacted, That until that time, Thomas Batte, the elder, shall be entitled to receive for ferriage at the rate of six pence for the transportation of every man, and six pence for every horse; and for every coach, chariot, or waggon, and the driver thereof, the same as for four horses; for every cart or four wheel chaise or chair, the same as for two horses; for every hogshead of tobacco, as for one horse; for every hog, sheep, goat, or lamb, one fifth part of the ferriage of one horse. | |
| IV. And be it further enacted, That the ferry known by the name of Temple's ferry, across Mattapony river, be henceforth discontinued. |
| CHAP. CIX. An act to amend the act for the appointment of Trustees for the town of York. | ||
| BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That it shall and may be lawful for the trustees to the town of York, and their successors, by the said name to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, in all courts of law or equity. | Additional trustees appointed for the town of York. | |
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| BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That it shall and may be lawful for the trustees of the Washington Henry Academy, to raise by way of lottery, a sum of money not exceeding three hundred pounds, to be by them applied in making additions to, and repairing the buildings of the said academy; and for that purpose to appoint managers to superintend and direct the drawing of the same, taking bond with sufficient security from such managers in a reasonable penalty, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the trust. | Washington Henry academy authorised to raise money by lottery. | |
| CHAP. CXI. An act for appointing Trustees to the Pamunkey Indians. | ||
| I. WHEREAS it is represented that the trustees for the Pamunkey Indians are all dead, except the honorable Carter Braxton; and the said Indians have | Trustees to Pamunkey Indians, appointed. |
| petitioned this assembly to appoint others in their stead: | |
| II. Be it therefore enacted, That Drury Ragsdale, James Hill, Thomas Littlepage, James Johnson, the younger, Bernard Moore, William Dandridge Claiborne, Benjamin Temple, Thomas Robinson, Isaac Quarles, and James Ruffin, gentlemen, shall be, and they are hereby constituted trustees for the Indians, in the room of those who are dead. | |
| CXII. An act for altering the court-days of certain counties. | |
| BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That from and after the last day of February next, a court for the county of Gloucester shall be held on the first Monday in every month; a court for the county of Hardy shall be held on the Monday next after the first Tuesday in every month; a court for the county of Hampshire shall be held on the Thursday next after the second Tuesday in every month; a court for the county of King William shall be held on the fourth Monday in every month; a court for the county of Harrison shall be held on the third Monday in every month; a court for the county of Orange shall be held on the fourth Monday in every month; a court for the county of Mercer shall be held on the fourth Tuesday in every month; a court for the county of Nelson shall be held on the second Tuesday in every month; a court for the county of Greenbrier shall be held on the last Tuesday in every month; a court for the county of Montgomery shall be held on the first Tuesday in every month; a court for the county of Washington shall be held on the second Tuesday in every month; a court for the county of Russell on the third Tuesday in every month; a court for the county of Henry on the second Monday in every month; a court of Hustings shall be held for the city of Richmond on the fourth Monday in every month; the courts of quarterly sessions in the counties | Court days of certain counties, altered. |
| of Montgomery, Washington, and Russell, shall in future be held on the several days of holding courts within the said counties in the months of April, June, September, and November; and a court for the county of Lancaster shall be held on the third Monday in every month; any law to the contrary thereof, notwithstanding. | ||
| CHAP. CXIII. | ||
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| I. WHEREAS William Love, merchant, late of the county of Stafford, died intestate, and without issue, leaving Marion Love, his widow and relict; and whereas it has been represented to the person general assembly, that the heir at law of the said William Love is an alien, whereby the real estate, whereof, he died seized, is escheatable to the commonwealth, and the said Marion Love having petitioned this assembly that the same may be vested in her: | Estate of Wm. Love vested in Marion Love. | |
| II. Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly, That the real estate, whereof the said William Love died seized, shall be, and the same is hereby vested in the said Marion Love, and her heirs, in fee simple: Saving nevertheless, the rights, legal and equitable, of all and every person and persons, bodies politic or corporate, except of the commonwealth and those claiming under it, in and to the said real estate, and every part thereof. | ||
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| BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That the Potowmack company shall be, and they are hereby allowed, | Further time allowed |
| until the seventeenth day of November, one thousand seven hundred and ninety, for making and improving the navigation between the Great Falls and Fort Cumberland; any law to the contrary thereof, notwithstanding. This act to take place as such, on a similar law being passed by the legislature of Maryland, and not otherwise. | for improving navigation of Potowmack river. |
| CHAP. CXV. An act for completing the revision of the laws. | |
| I. FOR completing the revision of the laws, Be it enacted by the General Assembly, That a committee, to consist of three persons, shall be appointed by joint ballot of both houses (two of whom to be a quorum) who shall take into consideration such of the bills contained in the revisal of the laws prepared and reported by the committee appointed for that purpose, in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six, as have not been enacted into laws; shall examine what alterations therein may be rendered necessary, by a change of circumstances or otherwise, and shall make report thereupon to the next meeting of the general assembly, as the said committee shall judge proper. | Revisal of laws, further provision for completing, under the act of 1776. |
| II. And be it enacted, That the said committee shall also take into consideration, all acts of assembly passed since the revisal aforesaid was prepared, and shall have full power and authority to revise, alter, amend, repeal or introduce, all or any of the said laws, to form the same into bills, and report them to the general assembly. And to prevent any delay which may happen in the proceedings of the said committee, by the death or disability of any member thereof; | Power of revisors. |
| III. Be it enacted, That if either of the said members should die, refuse to act, or be disabled by sickness, from proceeding in the said work, it shall be lawful for the remaining members to appoint some other person in his stead, which person so appointed is hereby declared a member of the said committee, in like | Vacancies how supplied. |
| and allowing assignees of obligations to bring actions thereupon in their own names −− An act providing a mean to help and speed poor persons in their suits −− An act against usury −− An act directing the method of proceeding against and trying free persons charged with certain crimes" −− shall be suspended until the first day of July next. | |
| VI. And be it enacted, That the act passed at the last session of general assembly, intituled "An act concerning escheators," being rendered superflous by the subsequent passage of an act, intituled "An act to extend the operation of an act, intituled an act concerning escheators," to the several counties in the Norther Neck, shall be and the same is hereby repealed. | Report of act concerning escheators. |
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