reeted to superintend this business. The court of Augusta shall also, at their ensuing February court, advertise that they will on the first Monday in March, let the repairing of the said road to the lowest bidder, and any three shall attend at that day on the spot for that purpose. The magistrates of the said court shall also, in the name of both counties, take bond with good security of the person or persons contracting to repair the same, that it shall be done in such time and manner as they may think best, and engage, on behalf of the said counties for payment thereof. And in case the party contracting, shall fail to perform his contract, the said court is empowered to proceed against

as the law directs; and that the penalty arising from such failure, shall be deposited in the hands of the commissioner aforesaid (who shall also be amena ble to the said court for the performance of his trust) and applied to the purposes of this act.

IV. And be it further enacted, That the aforesaid county courts of Augusta and Rockbridge, shall, whenever they shall find it necessary, levy a sufficient sum on their respective counties, for the purpose of keeping the said road in repair; which sums so levied, shall be deposited as aforesaid, for the sole purpose of keeping the same in repair; provided that the said tax so levied in each county shall be uniform, and that it shall not on each tithable exceed the sum of four pence. Should any or all of the magistrates of the aforesaid counties, refuse, or fail to put this act into execution, according to the intent and meaning thereof, they shall severally forfeit the sum of fifty pounds; to be recover ed by bill, plaint, or information, in any court of record, one half to the use of the informer, the other to be applied to the purpose of this act.

CHAP. III.

An act for altering the court day of the county of Chesterfield.

[Chapter XLII in ori. ginal.]

Chesterfield

County alter

I. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That a Court day of court for the county of Chesterfield shall, from and after the first day of April next, be held on the second Thursday in every month; any law to the contrary thereof notwithstanding.

ed.

CHAP. IV.

An act for altering the boundary line between the Glebe lands of the pa rish of Manchester, in the county of Chesterfield, and the lands of William Logwood.

1. WHEREAS it hath been represented to this pre sent general assembly, that it will be mutually advan tageous to the parish of Manchester, in the county of Chesterfield, and William Logwood, to straighten the line between the glebe lands and the land of the said Logwood, which are at present bounded by Isham's branch, and which from its meanderings makes upwards of forty courses in less than a mile:

[Ch. XLIII in original.]

line between

[Chap XLIV in original.

Place of hold.

CHAP. N

An act for altering the place of holding courts in the county of Prince George

WHEREAS it hath been, represented to this assembly, that the situation of the court-house in the tion county of Prince George, is very inconvenient to a great part of the inhabitants of the said county:

II. Be it therefore enacted. That the justices of the ing courts in peace for the said county of Prince George, or a maPrince Geo. jority of them, shall fix upon a place for holding courts county, alter- in the said county, at or as near the centre thereof, as ed. the situation and convenience will admit of; and thenceforth the said court shall proceed to erect the necessary public buildings at such place, and when such buildthe ings shall be completed, courts for the said county shall be held at the said place. Manage

[Chap. XLV in original ]

CHAP. VI. JUS

An act to amend the act, intituled, An "act for dissolving several vestries, and appointing overseers of the poor

in certain counties.

1. WHEREAS it is represented that in many counties within this commonwealth the sheriffs have neglected to hold elections of overseers of the poor at the time directed by the act for dissolving several vestrie, and electing overseers of the poor, and it is doubtOverseers of ed whether such elections can be made at any other the poor to time within three years: For remedy whereof,******** be elected in II. Be it enacted, That the sheriffs of the said counthose coun ties, where ties where such elections ought to have been made, and were not, shall proceed to elect overseers of the poor in like manner as is directed in the said recited act; and the overseers so chosen, shall continue in of

the sheriffs

have failed to hold elec.

tions.

fice until the next general election of overseers of the poor for said counties; and have the same powers, and be subject to the same penalty, as if they had been elected at the time prescribed by the said act. All proceedings had or done by the overseers of the poor, conformable to law, after the time of their continuance in office expired, and before a new election takes place, shall be as valid and effectual as if had or done within the time for which they were by law authorized

to act.

CHAP. VII.

An act to amend and reduce the several acts for appropriating the public revenue, into one act.

Chap XLVI in original.

Appropria

1. WHEREAS it hath become necessary to amend the laws for appropriating the public revenue, and to tion of the reduce the several appropriations thereof into one act; revenue. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, That the money arising from the tax of one and an half per centum on lands and lots, shall be applied as follows: One

tenth part thereof shall be applied to the redemption of of the land the paper money funded agreeable to the recommenda- tax. tion of congress of the eighteenth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty; the interest arising on the paper money of this state funded, at the rate of one thousand pounds paper for one pound specie, shall also be made good out of the said tax; and so much thereof as arises from lands and lots within the borough of Norfolk, shall be applied annually to the payment of a debt due from the public to the said borough, for public buildings belonging to the same, destroyed by order of convention, until the value of the same shall be fully paid; and all the rest of the money arising from the said tax on lands and lots, shall be paid to congress towards this state's quota of the debts due by the United States: One half of the money arising from the tax on slaves, shall be applied to the redemption of the debt tax.

VOD. XI.

E 3

Of the slave

Of the poll tax, and tax on personal property.

due to the army and navy of this state, agreeable to an act, intituled "An act for providing certain and ade quate funds for the redemption of certificates granted to the officers and soldiers of the Virginia line, on continental and state establishments, for their arrears of pay and depreciation;" and so much of the other half thereof shall be paid to congress, as will annually make up, together with the land tax, the sum of four hundred thousand dollars: The money arising under the revenue law from the taxes on free male tithables and taxable property, shall form a general fund, ten thousand pounds of which per aunum shall be at the disposal of the executive, to defray the contingent charges of government; and five thousand pounds reserved, to be disposed of by votes of the general assembly, as the public exigencies may require; from the said fund shalt also be paid the salaries to the officers of civil government and the wages of the members representing this state in congress, and five thousand pounds annually shall be taken out of the first receipts thereof to pay the pensions to wounded or disabled officers and soldiers; all warrants to be drawn for payment of money leat the public, on the requisition of the general assembly in the session held in May, one thousand seven hùndred and eighty, or of Thomas Jefferson, esq. then governor of this commonwealth, shall be paid out of the said fund; the interest arising on the loan office debt registered in the auditors office before the passing of this act, or which shall be registered in the said office on or before first day of May next, shall also be made good out of the said fund, warrants for such interest being previously issued agreeable to law; all arreara ges due to military pensioners, and all warrants heretofore drawn on the contingent or military funds, shall be made good out of the said general fund; and all sums of money voted by the general assembly during the present session to be paid out of the revenue of one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four, and not otherwise provided for, and all former votes for the payment of money arising from the two-tenths of unappropriated revenue, shall be made good out of the said general fund; the said fund shall also be charged with the interest of money due by the public for slaves that have been executed agreeable to law, warrants for which interest, at the rate of five per centum per annum, shall