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| CHAP. XXXV. | ||
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| (Passed the 21st of December, 1790.) | ||
| SECT. 1. WHEREAS the establishing a ferry and erecting a toll-bridge across the river Meherrin, in the county of Brunswick, will be of public utility: | Preamble. | |
| SECT. 2. Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly, That a public ferry shall be constantly kept at the following place, and the rates for passing the same as followeth, to wit: From the land of William Gee in the said county of Brunswick, across Meherrin river, to his land on the opposite shore, the price for a man two pence, and for a horse the same. | Ferry established across Meherrin river; | |
| SECT. 3. And for the transportation of wheel carriages, tobacco, cattle and other beasts at the place aforesaid, the ferry keeper may demand and take the following rates, that is to say, for every coach, chariot, four wheel chaise or waggon, and the driver thereof, the same as for six horses; for every cart, two wheel chaise or chair, the same as for two horses; for every hogshead of tobacco as for one horse; for every head of neat cattle as for one horse; for every sheep, goat or lamb, one-fifth part of the ferriage for one horse; and for every hog one-fourth part of the ferriage for one horse, and no more. | Rates. | |
| SECT. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the said William Gee, to erect a bridge across Meherrin river, from his land in the said county of Brunswick to the opposite shore, as near to the ferry hereby established as may be, and to demand and receive the same toll and rates for the passage of any person or thing, as is allowed by this act at his said ferry. | Toll-bridge across Meherrin river, Rates. | |
| SECT. 5. If the ferry keeper or collector of tolls at the said place, shall presume to demand and receive from any person or persons, greater rates than are hereby allowed, for the carriage or ferriage of any thing, he shall for every such offence, forfeit and pay to the party grieved, the ferriages or tolls demanded or received and | Penalty on ferry keeper for demanding more than the legal rates. |
| ten shillings; to be recovered with costs, before a justice of peace of the said county of Brunswick. | ||
 CHAP. XXXVI. | ||
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| (Passed the 24th of December, 1790.) | ||
| SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That inspections of tobacco shall be and are hereby established at the following places, to wit, on the lots of Lawrence Spotsman in the town of Paris in the county of Bourbon, to be called and known by the name of Bourbon warehouse; in the town of Romney in the county of Hampshire, to be called and known by the name of Romney warehouse; at the Great Falls of Patowmack in the county of Loudoun, to be called and known by the name of Great Falls warehouse; on the lands of John Woodson at Carter's ferry in the county of Cumberland, to be called and known by the name of Woodson's warehouse; and on the lots belonging to the estate of Edward Johnson deceased, in the town of Manchester, to be called and known by the name of Johnson's warehouse; the proprietors whereof shall build the same at their own expence. | Inspections established in the towns of Paris and Romney;
At the Great Falls of Patowmack; At Carter's ferry; And in the town of Manchester. | |
| SECT. 2. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That if the executors of the said Edward Johnson deceased, shall be unable to build the warehouses hereby directed to be erected on his lots in the town of Manchester, out of their testators effects in their hands, they shall certify the same to the court of Chesterfield county, and thereupon the said court shall, and they are hereby directed and required to agree with some person or persons to build the same, and shall certify the charge thereof to the treasurer for the time being, who is hereby required to pay the same out of the money in his hands arising from the inspection of tobacco. The rents of the said warehouse shall be paid by the inspectors thereof to the treasurer, until the expence of building the same with lawful interest thereon, shall be reimbursed to the public. | Warehouses at Manchester, how to be built. |
| SECT. 3. There shall be allowed and paid annually to each of the inspectors at Bourbon warehouse, the sum of twenty pounds; to each of the inspectors at Romney warehouse, the sum of fifteen pounds; to each of the inspectors at Johnson's warehouse, the sum of sixty pounds; to each of the inspectors at the Great Falls warehouse, the sum of forty pounds; to each of the inspectors at Woodson's warehouse, the sum for forty pounds for their salaries: Provided always, that if the quantity of tobacco inspected at the said warehouses shall not be sufficient to pay the usual charges and the inspectors salaries, the deficiency shall not be paid by the public. | Inspectors salaries. |
| SECT. 4. And be it further enacted, That the court of the county of Chesterfield, shall, and they are hereby directed and required to agree with some person or persons to finish and complete the warehouses on the lots of Alexander and Peterfield Trent, in the town of Manchester, in manner prescribed by the act, intitled "An act for establishing an inspection of tobacco on the lots of Alexander and Peterfield Trent, in the town of Manchester," and shall certify the charge thereof to the treasurer for the time being, who is hereby required to pay the same out of the public money in his hands arising from the inspection of tobacco, and shall take and receive of the inspectors the rent at the said warehouse for reimbursing the public, the charge of such buildings, until the same be repaid with lawful interest. | Trent's warehouses to be finished. |
| CHAP. XXXVII. An act for reassessing the lands in the counties of Amelia and Nottoway. (Passed the 11th of December, 1790.) | |
| SECT. 1. WHEREAS it hath been represented to this present General assembly, That the lands included in the county of Amelia, before the late division thereof, having been valued by two sets of assessors who never | Preamble. |
| acted in conjunction, and entertained different opinions respecting the value of landed property, by reason whereof many landholders within the said county, complain that their lands are taxed much higher than other lands in the same county of equal quality, and application hath been made to this Assembly, to give a legal sanction to measures for conducting a full and fair enquiry respecting the facts by them state in such manner, that full information being had thereon such measures may be taken as will do justice to all the landholders within the said county, without any diminution or derangement or the public revenue; And whereas, it is at all times the duty of the legislature to attend to the complaints of the people and to redress their grievances; for the purpose of conducting a proper inquiry respecting the complaints of the aforesaid landholders; Be it therefore enacted, by the General Assembly, That three discreet and reputable persons shall be appointed by the governor with advice of council, as commissioners, to make a new valuation of all the lands included in the county of Amelia before the late division thereof, and now included in the counties of Amelia and Nottoway, in such manner that all the lands so included shall average the price of ten shillings per acre. | Lands in Amelia and Nottoway to be revalued. |
| SECT. 2. The commissioners so appointed, any two of whom shall be sufficient to act, shall before they enter on the execution of the duties herein required, take an oath before the court of either of the said counties of Amelia and Nottoway, which oath shall be entered of record, faithfully and impartially to value all the lands in the counties of Amelia and Nottoway, to the best of their skill and judgment in such manner that the whole quantity of land contained therein, shall on an average amount to the price of ten shillings per acre. In case of the death, refusal to act, or other disability of all or any of the said commissioners, the governor with advice of council shall appoint others in the room of the persons dead, refusing, or disabled who shall in like manner take an oath as herein before required. | Commissioners to take an oath; Vacancies how to be supplied. |
| SECT. 3. The commissioners so appointed may enter on the execution of the duties herein required as soon as they shall have taken the oath aforesaid, and shall continue therein from time to time so as to compleat the whole by the first day of October, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one. | Revaluation, when to be commenced, and finished. |
| SECT. 4. The said commissioners shall make fair and distinct entries of all the lands by them valued in a book to be by them kept for that purpose, of which book they shall make three copies, one of which shall be delivered to the governor to be laid before the General Assembly at their meeting, in the session in the fall of seventeen hundred and ninety-one, and the two other copies to be delivered to the clerks of the counties of Amelia and Nottoway, respectively, for the inspection of the courts of the said counties. | Commissioners books, hwo to be disposed of. |
| SECT. 5. The commissioners for their services in viewing and valuing the said lands and for entering the same in their book, and making three copies as aforesaid, shall be allowed b the court of the said county of Amelia at the rate of six shillings per day each; to be levied by the said court on the landholders of the said county, in proportion to the present assessment of the lands therein. | Compensation to the commissioners for their services. |
| CHAP. XXXVIII. An act authorising the sale of the Marine Hospital. (Passed the 24th of December, 1790.) | |
| SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That the commissioners appointed by the executive, under the act, intitled "An act for establishing a marine hospital for the reception of aged and disabled seamen," or a majority of them, shall and they are hereby authorised and impowered to dispose of the said marine hospital to the Congress of the United States, for the purposes of its original institution. | Marine hospital, to be sold. |
| SECT. 2. The money arising from the sale thereof, the said commissioners or a majority of them, shall apply to the discharge of their contract for erecting the said building, and the residue (if any) shall be divided by the said commissioners, or a majority of them, between the towns of Norfolk and Portsmouth. One moiety shall be paid to the chamberlain of the borough of Norfolk, to be applied by the mayor, recorder and aldermen of the said borough of Norfolk, to the support of the academy | Purchase money, how to be applied. |
| erected in the said borough, and the other moiety to John Kearnes, Willis Wilson, John Nevison, Richard Blow, Samuel Davis, John Cowper, jun. and James Young, gentlemen trustees, to be by them applied to the purpose of erecting a school in the town of Portsmouth, for the education of orphan children. | ||
| SECT. 3. The executive shall, on application from the commissioners of the marine hospital, or a majority of them convey the same, for the purpose of its original institution, to the Congress of the United States in like manner as the two acres of land appropriated for a light house was conveyed. | Conveyance to be made by the executive. | |
| SECT. 4. This act shall commence and be in force from the passing thereof. | When this act commences. | |
| CHAP. XXXIX. | ||
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| (Passed the 30th of November, 1790.) | ||
| SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That twenty acres of land, the property of John Jouitt, adjoining the town of Charlottesville, in the county of Albemarle, shall be and the same are hereby vested in the trustees of the said town, and in Francis Walker, Thomas Bell, George Divers, Thomas Walker, Lewis Cornelius Schurk, and Isaac Miller, gentlemen, who are hereby appointed trustees in addition thereto, to be by them or a majority of them laid off into lots of half an acre each, with convenient streets; and when so laid off, the same shall thenceforth be deemed and taken as part of the said town. | Certain land added to Charlottesville. Additional trustees appointed. | |
| SECT. 2. So soon as the said land shall be laid off into lots and streets, the trustees, or a majority 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 being previously advertised for three weeks in the Virginia Gazette, and at the courthouse of the said county on two successive court days; and convey the | Lots when and how to be sold. |
| said lots to the purchasers in fee, subject to the condition of building on each a dwelling-house sixteen feet square at the least, with a brick or stone chimney, to be finished fir for habitation within three years from the day of sale, and to pay the money arising from the sale of the said lots to the said John Jouitt, or his legal representatives. | |
| SECT. 3. The purchasers of lots in the said town, so soon as they have built upon and saved the same, according to the conditions of their respective deeds of conveyance, shall then be entitled to, and have and enjoy all the rights, privileges and immunities which the free-holders 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 for the benefit of the inhabitants of the said town. | Rights of purchasers. |
| CHAP. XL. An act for dividing the county of Henry. (Passed the 26th of November, 1790.) | |
| SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That from and after the first day of June next, the county of Henry shall be divided into two distinct counties, that is to say, all that part of the said county lying west of a line beginning on the line dividing the counties of Henry and Franklin, one mile above where it crosses Town creek, a branch of Smith's river, thence a parallel line with Pittsylvania line to the county line, shall be one distinct county, and called and known by the name of Patrick, and all the residue of the said county retain the name of Henry. | Henry county divided, and Patrick formed. Boundaries. |
| SECT. 2. A court for the said county of Patrick shall be held by the justices thereof on the second 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 commissioners directed. | Court day; |
| SECT. 3. The justices to be named in the commission of the peace for the said county of Patrick, shall meet at the house of Jonathan Hanby 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 as near the center 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. | Justices, when and where to meet; To appoint a clerk and fix on a place for the courthouse. |
| SECT. 4. The governor with advice of the council, shall appoint a person to be first sheriff to the said county, who shall continue in office during the term and upon the same conditions as are by law appointed for other sheriffs. | First sheriff, how to be appointed. |
| SECT. 5. It shall be lawful for the sheriff of the said county of Henry 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 if this act had not been made. And that the court of the said county of Henry shall have jurisdiction of all actions and suits in law or equity, which shall be depending before them at the time of the said division, and shall try and determine the same, issue process and award execution thereon. | Public dues and fees in new county, how to be collected. |
| SECT. 6. In all elections of a senator, the said county of Patrick shall be of the same district with the said county of Henry. | New county in the same district as Henry. |
| SECT. 7. And be it further enacted, That a majority of the justices of the said county of Henry, shall have power to fix upon a place for holding courts within the said county, and to assess and levy a sufficient sum of | Justices of Henry to fix on a place for the court-house. |
| money on the persons chargeable with the payment of levies and taxes within the said county, to erect a court-house and other public buildings for the use of the said county. | |
| CHAP. XLI. An act for dividing the county of Gloucester. (Passed the 16th of December, 1790.) | |
| SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That from and after the first day of may next, the county of Gloucester shall be divided into two distinct counties, that is to say, all that part of the said county lying to the eastward of a line, to begin at the mouth of North river, thence up the meanders thereof to the mill, thence up the eastern branch of the mill pond to the head of Muddy creek, thence down the said creek to Piankatank river, shall be one distinct county, and called and known by the name of Mathews, and the residue of the said county shall retain the name of Gloucester. | Gloucester county divided, and Mathews formed.
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| SECT. 2. A court for the said county of Mathews shall be held by the justices thereof on the second 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; and a court of quarterly sessions for the said county of Mathews shall be held in the months of March, May, August and November in every year. | Court day. Quarterly courts when to be held. |
| SECT. 3. The justices to be named in the commission of the peace for the said county of Mathews, shall meet at the house of Thomas Williams in the said county, upon the first court day after the said division 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 as 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 | Justices to meet, when and where; To appoint a clerk, and fix on a place for the court-house. |
| 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. | ||
| SECT. 4. The governor with advice of 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 by law appointed for other sheriffs. | First sheriff how to be appointed. | |
| SECT. 5. It shall be lawful for the sheriff of the said county of Gloucester 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 takes place, and shall be accountable for the same in like manner as if this act had not been made. The court of the said county of Gloucester shall have jurisdiction of all actions and suits depending before them, at the time of the said division, and shall try and determine the name, and award execution thereon. | Public dues and fees in new county, how to be collected. | |
| SECT. 6. In all future elections of a senator, the said county of Mathews shall be of the same district as the county of Gloucester, and shall be included in the district with the said county of Gloucester, for which a court is to be holden in the city of Williamsburg. | New county in the same district as Gloucester. | |
| CHAP. XLII. | ||
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| (Passed the 20th of December, 1790.) | ||
| SECT. 1. WHEREAS it hath been represented to this present General Assembly, that the original sum subscribed by the James river company, as a capital for improving the navigation from Crow's ferry in the county | Preamble. |
| of Botetourt to tide water opposite the city of Richmond, is nearly expended, and it becomes necessary to make further provision for completing the work by increasing their capital stock: Be it therefore enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the president and directors of the said company, to open new subscriptions for two hundred shares in addition to the five hundred shares already subscribed; and books for that purpose shall be opened by the president and directors of the said company, in the same manner and at such places as directed by an act intitled "An act for clearing and improving the navigation of James river," and at such other places as the said president and directors or a majority of them shall think proper; those who shall become proprietors of shares by subscriptions as aforesaid, shall be secured in their interest of the said company, be liable to all the conditions, and subject to all the penalties, as prescribed in the said recited act; and also one other act intitled "An act giving a more speedy remedy against delinquent subscribers to the Patowmac and James river companies" | Books to be opened for new subscriptions: |
| SECT. 2. The treasurer for the Commonwealth shall and he is hereby empowered and required to subscribe in behalf of the Commonwealth for one hundred shares in the new subscriptions to be opened for extending the capital of the said company for the purposes aforesaid: Provided always, and be it further enacted, That the treasurer shall on behalf of the Commonwealth subscribe not more than fifty shares, until the like number be subscribed for by private citizens, after which the treasurer may subscribe from time to time as many shares as shall be subscribed by individuals so as not to exceed fifty more shares and so as to make up one hundred additional shares on public account. | Treasurer to subscribe for certain shares for the state; |
| SECT. 3. And whereas by the said recited act a right of preemption is reserved to the Commonwealth of purchasing such share or shares as the proprietors in the James river navigation shall offer for sale, and there having been no agent as yet appointed agreeably to the said recited act to make such purchases; Be it therefore enacted, That the treasurer for the time being shall and he is hereby authorized and empowered to purchase in behalf of the Commonwealth so many shares in the said company as shall be offered for sale. Provided the same shall not exceed fifty shares, nor exceed the sum to be paid by the original proprietor for each share. | And to purchase shares offered for sale. |
| SECT. 4. It shall be the duty of the directors of the said James river company to make return once in every year between the first day of October and the first day of November to the treasurer of this Commonwealth of the delinquent subscribers for shares in the said company, and the said directors may make sale thereof at such time and place as they shall appoint, with consent of the treasurer, giving at least three months previous notice thereof in some of the public news-papers, and if any of the shares of such delinquents shall sell for less than the amount for which such delinquents shall sell for less than the amount for which such delinquents may be in arrears, the directors shall forthwith cause the most effectual legal measures to be taken for the recovery of such arrears. | Directors to make a return of delinquent subscribers. | |
| CHAP. XLIII. | ||
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| (Passed the 14th of December, 1790.) | ||
| SECT. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, That from and after the first day of May next, all those parts of the counties of Augusta, Botetourt and Greenbrier, within the following bounds, to wit, beginning at the west corner of Pendleton county, thence to the top of the ridge dividing the head waters of the South branch from those of Jackson's river, thence a straight line to the lower end of John Redman's plantation on the Cow-pasture river, thence to the top of the ridge that divides the waters of the Cow-pasture from those of the Calf-pasture, thence along the same as far as the ridge that divides Hamilton's creek from Mill creek, thence to the Mill mountain, and with the same to the north corner of the line of Rockbridge county, thence along the said mountain crossing the line of Botetourt county, to the ridge that divides the waters of Pad's creek from those of Simpson's creek, thence along the said ridge to the Cow-pasture river, thence crossing the said river a direct course and crossing Jackson's river, at the mouth of | Bath county formed out of Augusta, Botetourt and Greenbrier.
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| Dunlap's creek, thence up the same as far as the narrows above the plantation of David Tate, sen. so as to leave the inhabitants of the said creek in Botetourt county, thence a direct course to the top of the Allegany mountain, where the road from the Warm Springs to Greenbrier courthouse crosses the said mountain, thence along the top of the said mountain opposite the head waters of Anthony's creek, thence a direct course crossing Greenbrier river to the end of the Droop mountain, thence up the same to the great Greenbrier mountain, thence along the said mountain to the line of Randolph county, thence with the same along the said mountain dividing the waters of Monongalia and Cheat from those of Greenbrier river, and thence to the beginning, shall form one distinct county, and be called and known by the name of Bath. | |
| SECT. 2. A court for the said county of Bath shall be held by the justices thereof on the second Tuesday in every month after the same shall take place, in like manner as is provided by law for other counties, and shall be by their commissions directed; and the court of quarterly sessions for the said county of Bath shall be held in the months of March, May, August and November in every year. | Court day. Quarterly courts, when to be held. |
| SECT. 3. The justices to be named in the commission of the peace for the said county of Bath, shall meet at the house of Margaret Lewis at the Warm Springs, in the said county, upon the first court day after the said county 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 as 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 shall 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 bing at the time out of the county, in such cases the appointment shall be postponed | Justices to meet, when and where, to appoint a clerk and fix on a place for the courthouse. |
| until some court day, when a majority shall be present. | |
| SECT. 4. 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 are by law appointed for other sheriffs. | First sheriff, how to be appointed. |
| SECT. 5. Provided always, That it shall be lawful for the sheriffs of each of the said counties of Augusta, Botetourt and Greenbrier, to collect and make distress for any public dues or officers fees which shall remain unpaid by the inhabitants thereof, at the time the said county shall take place, and shall be accountable for the same in like manner as if this act had not been made. And the courts of the said counties shall have jurisdiction of all actions and suits which shall be depending before them, at the time the said county of Bath shall take place; and shall try and determine the same and award execution thereon. | Public dues and fees in new county, how to be collected. |
| SECT. 6. In all future elections of a senator, the said county of Bath shall be of the same district as the county of Augusta: | New county in the same district as Augusta. |
| SECT. 7. And be it further enacted, That all that part of the county of Augusta lying on the head waters of the Bull-pasture and Cow-pasture rivers, not included within the limits of the county hereby established, shall be and the same is hereby added to the county of Pendleton. | Part of Augusta added to Pendleton. |
| SECT. 8. The said county of Bath shall be included in the district with the said county of Augusta, for which a court is to be holden in Staunton. | New county in the same district as Augusta. |
| CHAP. XLIV. An act to regulate the inspection of Hemp. (Passed the 24th of December, 1790.) | |
| SECT. 1. WHEREAS it hath been represented to this present General Assembly, that great loss and inconvenience hath been sustained on account of the present mode established by law for the inspection of hemp, particularly in permitting the inspector to clean that, which may be | Preamble. |
| refused by him: For remedy whereof, Be it enacted, That from and after the passing of this act, public warehouses for the reception of hemp, shall be kept at the places herein after mentioned, that is to say, at or near the city of Richmond and towns of Alexandria, Fredericksburg, Manchester, in that part of the town of Petersburg, included in the county of Dinwiddie, and at the Great Falls in the county of Loudoun; and it shall and may be lawful for the justices of the courts of such counties, wherein such inspections are established, and they are hereby required upon the receipt of this act, to provide good and sufficient warehouses for the reception of all hemp which may be brought to the same; and the said courts shall, and they are hereby required and empowered to agree with some person or persons, to erect or rent good and sufficient warehouses for the reception and preservation of all hemp which may be brought to the same, and shall certify the charges thereof to the treasurer of this state, who is hereby directed to pay the same out of the aggregate fund. | Inspections of hemp to be established at certain places.
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| SECT. 2. And be it further enacted, That the courts of the counties wherein any such inspection for the receipt of hemp shall be established by this act, are hereby required to appoint a fit and able person, not being concerned in mercantile or ropemaking business, to have the care and charge of the said warehouse, whose duty it shall be carefully to inspect and examine all hemp which shall be brought to his warehouse, separating that which shall be strong, dry and sound, from that which may be unsound and unfit for exportation, and when so separated, shall be distinguished in the note by him given in manner following, that is to say, all that which shall appear clean, dry and well conditioned, shall be termed first quality; and that which may appear dry, strong and well conditioned, although not perfectly clean, shall be termed second or third rate, according to the cleanness of the same; but if it shall appear on the offering of any hemp for inspection, that it contains so great a quantity of trash or unsound, so as to render it unfit for manufacturing or exportation, the inspector shall not give his note for the same, but the owner shall be at liberty to dispose of it as he may think proper. | Inspectors, how to be appointed. Their duty; Quality of the hemp to be specified in the note. |
| SECT. 3. And be it further enacted, That the inspector at any of the warehouses by this act established, shall and may demand and receive for his services as | Allowance to the inspectors. |
| inspector, for every gross ton the sum of fifteen shillings, and for every ton by him refused, the sum of ten shillings, and so in proportion for any lesser quantity, to be paid down to the inspector on delivering the note, or by the person whose hemp may be refused (as the case may be) one half of which sum shall be for the services of the inspector, and the other one half so received, shall be paid to the treasurer of this Commonwealth, or to the owner of the warehouse, (as the case may be) quarter-yearly, under the penalty of forfeiting to the Commonwealth, or to the owner of such warehouse, three hundred pounds, recoverable on motion before any court of record within this Commonwealth, giving ten days previous notice of such motion. | |
| SECT. 4. And be it further enacted, That all hemp, sound and merchantable, distinguished as above directed, shall by the inspector be reprized in bale boxes three feet two inches long in the clear, three feet deep, one foot eight inches at bottom, and two feet wide at the top, with a label annexed thereto, stamped with the quality and weight of each bale, and the owners name, which quality, weight and owners name shall be entered in a book kept for that purpose, as well as the weight and owners name, of any hemp by him refused; and he is hereby required to give a certificate for all hemp by him passed in form following, viz. I, A. B. do certify, that C. D. hath deposited tons or pounds of hemp (as the case may be) passed inspection at the warehouse of of which I am inspector. Witness my hand this day of in the year | Hemp to be reprized in bale boxes. Form of certificate for hemp inspected and passed. |
| SECT. 5. And be it further enacted, That the inspectors appointed by this act, previous to the execution of their office, shall take the following oath or affirmation, (as the case may be) viz. "I, A. B. do solemnly swear or affirm, (as the case may be) diligently to examine and receive all hemp brought to the warehouse where I am inspector, and that I will not pass any hemp that is not in my judgment dry, sound, well conditioned, and merchantable, nor pass or mark any bale of hemp contrary to the intent and meaning of the act, intitled, "An act to regulate the inspection of hem;," nor refuse any hemp that is in my judgment dry, sound, well conditioned, and fit for exportation, nor fail to enter in book, as directed by this act, the weight of all hemp by me so passed or | Oaths of inspectors. |
| refused, nor alter or give out any hemp, other than that, for which the receipt to be taken was given, but that I will in all things well and faithfully discharge my duty as an inspector, according to the best of my skill and judgment, and agreeably to the intention of the said recited act, without fear, favour, affection, malice or partiality, so help me God." | |
| SECT. 6. And be it further enacted, That if any court should fail or refuse in providing such houses, seales, screws, or other necessary conveniencies at the places appoined by this act, which they are hereby authorised and required to do out of the aggregate fund aforesaid, they shall forfeit and pay the sum of three hundred pounds, to be recovered with costs by action of debt or information against such justices jointly, one moiety to the prosecutor, and the other moiety to the use of the commonwealth: And be it further enacted, That the act, intitled "An act concerning the inspection of hemp," shall be, and the same is hereby repealed. | Penalty on county courts for not providing warehouses, &c. |
| CHAP. XLV. An act to establish several Towns. (Passed the 16th of December, 1790.) | |
| SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That forty in and thirty-seven out lots as the same are now laid off, the property of Elijah Craig lying in the county of Woodford shall be and the same are hereby established a town by the name of George Town, and that Robert Johnson, William Cave, Rodes Thompson, Toliver Craig, John Grant, Archibald Campbell and William Henry, gentlemen, are constituted and appointed trustees thereof. | Towns of George Town, in Woodford county; |
| SECT. 2. That twenty acres of land the property of James Westfall as the same are already laid off into lots and streets in the county of Randolph adjoining the land whereon the courthouse stands, shall be established a town by the name of Beverley, and that John Wilson, Jacob Westfall, Sylvester Ward, Thomas Phillips, Hezekiah Rosecrouts, Willam Wormesley and Valentine | Beverley, in Randolph county; |
| Stormaker, gentlemen, shall be and they are hereby constituted trustees thereof. | |
| SECT. 3. That thirty acres of land on the south-east side of the Sweet Springs in the county of Botetourt the property of William Lewis shall be and they are hereby vested in James Breckenridge, Martin M'Ferran, Henry Bowyer, Matthew Harvey, John Beal, John Wood, John Smith, Robert Harvey, John Hawkins, Thomas Madison and Sampson Sawyers, gentlemen trustees, to be by them or a majority of them laid off into lots of half an acre each with convenient streets, and established a town by the name of Fontville. | Fontville, at the Sweet Springs; |
| SECT. 4. That forty acres of land at the Great Falls of Patowmack in the county of Loudoun, in the possession of Bryan Fairfax shall be and they are hereby vested in George Gilpin, Albert Russell, William Gunnell, Josiah Clapham, Richard Bland Lee, Levin Powell and Samuel Love, gentlemen trustees, to be by them or a majority of them laid off into lots of half an acre each with convenient streets and established a town by the name of Matildaville. | Matildaville, at the Great Falls of Patowmack; |
| SECT. 5. That twenty-seven acres of land at Carter's ferry in the county of Cumberland the property of John Woodson shall be and they are hereby vested in Joseph Carrington, Mayo Carrington, Willis Wilson, James Deane, Walter Warfield and William Ronald, gentlemen trustees, to be by them or a majority of them laid off into lots of half an acre each with convenient streets, and established a town by the name of Cartersville. | Cartersville, at Carter's ferry; |
| SECT. 6. And that one hundred acres of land lying at the Cross Roads in the county of Hampshire the property of William and Samuel Abernethy shall be and they are hereby vested in John Taylor, William Campbell, Robert Rennolds, Jacob Earsom, John Pancake, Fielding Calmes and Andrew Hughes, gentlemen trustees, to be by them or a majority of them laid off into lots of half an acre each with convenient streets, and established a town by the name of Springfield. | and Springfield in Hampshire county established. |
| SECT. 7. So soon as the lands at the Sweet Springs, at the Great Falls, at Carter's ferry, and at the Cross Roads shall respectively be laid off into lots, the trustees of each, or a majority of them shall proceed to sell the same at public auction for the best price that can be had, the time and place of the sale of the said lots in the | Lots, when and how to be sold. |
| towns of Fontville, Matildaville, Cartersville and Springfield shall be previously advertised two months in the Virginia Gazette, and to convey the said lots to the purchasers thereof in fee, 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 five years from the day of sale, and pay the money arising from such sales to the proprietors of the said lands respectively or their legal representatives. | |
| SECT. 8. The trustees of the said towns respectively, or a majority of them are empowered to make such rules and orders for the regular building of houses therein as to them shall seem best, and to settle and determine all disputes about the bounds of the said lots. So soon as the purchasers of lots in the said towns shall have built thereon, a dwelling house sixteen feet square with a brick or stone chimney, such purchasers shall then 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. | Powers of the trustees. |
| SECT. 9. If the purchaser of any lot in the towns of George Town, Beverley, Fontville, Cartersville, Matildaville and Springfield or either of them shall fail to build thereon within the time herein before limited for that purpose, the trustees of the said town where such failure shall happen, 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. | Condition on which the lots are to be held. |
| SECT. 10. In case of the death, resignation or removal out of the county of one or more of the trustees of the said towns respectively, the vacancy thereby occasioned shall be supplied by the remaining trustees, and the person so elected shall have the same power and authority, as if he had been particularly named in this act. | Vacancies in the trustees how to be supplied. |
| SECT. 11. And be it further enacted, That three acres of ground to include the said Sweet Springs shall be and they are hereby vested in the trustees of the town at the said place and their successors for ever; in trust to and for the use of all such persons as may from time to time attend the same for the recovery of their health. | Part of the land at the Sweet Springs set apart for public use. |
| SECT. 12. No person shall hold more than two lots in the town at the Sweet Springs, nor shall the trustees convey more than that number to any one person. Provided always, That nothing herein contained shall be | No person to hold more than two lots in the town at the Sweet Spring. |
| construed to authorize the trustees of the town at the Sweet Springs to sell the lots whereof the court-house of the said county and the tavern of the said William Lewis are built. | ||
| CHAP. XLVI. | ||
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| (Passed the 20th of December, 1790.) | ||
| SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That it shall and may be lawful for the trustees of the Transylvania seminary, or a majority of them, to raise by one or more lotteries, a sum not exceeding five hundred pounds for the purpose of erecting an academy. | Lotteries authorised for the Transylvania seminary; | |
| SECT. 2. That it shall and may be lawful for the trustees of the town of Warminster, or a majority of them, to raise by one or more lotteries, a sum not exceeding two hundred pounds, to be by them applied towards building a church in the vicinity of the said town; and that it shall and may be lawful for the said trustees, or a majority of them, to raise by one or more lotteries, a sum not exceeding two hundred pounds, to be by them applied towards paying the expence of, as well as the damages incurred by, cutting a road from Irish creek gap, and one other from Moore's iron works, to the aforesaid town of Warminster. | For building a church in Warminster; and cutting certain roads to the said town. | |
| SECT. 3. That it shall and may be lawful for John Coleman, Isaac Coles, Robert Wooding, George Carrington, Michael Roberts, William Hamlet and Henry E. Coleman, or a majority of them to raise by one or more lotteries, a sum not exceeding two hundred pounds, to be by them applied towards building a church in the parish of Antrim and county of Halifax. | For building a church in Halifax; | |
| SECT. 4. That it shall and may be lawful for John S. Wills, Benjamin Blunt, James Wilkinson, William Urquhart, John Taylor, Francis Boykin, George Purdie, James Wills and Samuel Kello, to raise by one or more lotteries, a sum not exceeding three hundred pounds, to | for erecting an academy in Southampton; |
| be by them applied towards erecting an academy in the county of Southampton, which shall be called by the name of Millfield Academy. | |
| SECT. 5. That it shall be lawful for Alexander St. Clair, William Chambers, Robert Douthat, John Boys, James Lyle, junior, Robert Gratton, Anthony Mustoe, Robert Gamble and William Bowyer, gentlemen trustees, or a majority of them, to raise by one or more lotteries, a sum not exceeding three hundred pounds, to be by them applied towards defraying the expence of erecting a paper mill near the town of Staunton, for the use of Gideon Morgan and Peter Burkhart. | for erecting a paper-mill near Staunton; |
| SECT. 6. That it shall be lawful for William Lowry, Robert M'Crea, John Murray, Andrew Jameison, Jonathan Swift, James Irwin, Jesse Taylor, John Dundas, William Hunter, junior, Josiah Watson, Robert Mease and Thomas Williams, gentlemen trustees, or a majority of them, to raise by one or more lotteries, a sum not exceeding five hundred pounds, to be by them applied towards completing the building of a church in the town of Alexandria, for the use of the members of the Presbyterian society. | for building a church in Alexandria; |
| SECT. 7. That it shall be lawful for John Marshall, John Hoomes, John Harvie, John Pendleton, junior, Alexander Montgomery, John Groves and John Brown, gentlemen trustees, or a majority of them, to raise by one or more lotteries, a sum not exceeding two thousand pounds, to be by them paid to Nathaniel Twining. | for the benefit of Nathaniel Twining. |
| SECT. 8. That it shall be lawful for Peterson Goodwyn, Robert Bolling, junior, James Campbell, John Grammer, Thomas Griffin Peachy, John Shore and Samuel Davis, gentlemen trustees, or a majority of them, to raise by one or more lotteries a sum not exceeding seven hundred and fifty pounds, to be by them applied towards paying the expence of building a church in the town of Petersburg, for the use of the members of the Protestant Episcopal church. | for building a church in Petersburg; |
| SECT. 9. That it shall and may be lawful for John Kearsley, John Mark, John Morrow, William Buckles and Lawrence Vandevier, gentlemen trustees, or a majority of them, to raise by one or more lotteries, a sum not exceeding two hundred and fifty pounds, to be by them applied towards completing the building of a church in Shephard's town in the county of Berkley, for the use of the members of the Presbyterian society. | for completing a church in Shephard's town; |
| SECT. 10. That it shall be lawful for William Brown, Richard Conway, John Potts, junior, Josiah Watson, Olney Winsor, Jonathan Swift and William Hodgson, gentlemen trustees, or a majority of them, to raise by one or more lotteries, a sum not exceeding five thousand pounds, to be by them applied towards paying the expences of paving the streets in the town of Alexandria. | for paving the streets of Alexandria; |
| SECT. 11. That it shall be lawful for Francis Walker, William Clark, Nicholas Lewis, John Breckenridge, George Divers, William Douglas Meriwether, Charles Irving and Isaac Davis, gentlemen trustees, or a majority of them, to raise by lottery, a sum not exceeding four hundred pounds, to be by them applied towards paying the expence of, as well as the damages incurred by, cutting a road from Rockfish Gap to Nicholas's and Scott's landing on Fluvanna river, in the county of Albemarle. | for cutting a road from Rockfish Gap, to Scott's and Nicholas's landings; |
| SECT. 12. And that it shall be lawful for John Kearnes, Wills Cowper, Willis Wilson, Samuel Davis, John Nevison, Richard Blow, Josiah Butts, James Young, James B. Nickolls and John Cowper, junior, gentlemen trustees, or a majority of them, to raise by one or more lotteries, a sum not exceeding four hundred pounds, and that they or a majority of them shall sell the lots lying on the back part of the town of Portsmouth, formerly called Gosport, the property of this Commonwealth, for the best price that can be had, having previously advertised the time and place of such sale for four weeks in the Virginia Gazette, and convey the same to the purchaser or purchasers in fee; the money arising from the sales of the said lots, as well as the said lottery, after defraying the expences thereof, shall be applied by the said trustees towards erecting a bridge over the creek, and raising a solid causey over the marsh dividing that part of the town known by the name of Gosport from the other part, and for cutting a road from the said bridge to Deep creek. | and for erecting a bridge over the marsh between Gosport and
Portsmouth; Certain lots in Portsmouth to be sold for the same purpose. |
| SECT. 13. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for Anthony Singleton, Alexander Montgomery, Charles Hopkins, Alexander Buchanan, John Groves, George Weir and Joseph Higbee, gentlemen trustees, or a majority of them, to raise by one or more lotteries, a sum not exceeding one thousand pounds, to be by them placed in the funds of the Amicable Society of Richmond, subject to the purposes of that institution. | A sum of money to be raised by a lottery for the Amicable Society. |
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