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sary, to erect and build bridges over any gut or creek, in the said marsh; and it was also, by the said last mentioned act, among other things, enacted, that as well the sum of eighty pounds, therein recited to have been raised by the sales of the said lots, and to remain in the hands of the said trustees, after paying off the respective proprietors of the said sixty-five acres of land, as what other money might be raised by further sale of lots, during the time the said causeway should be making, might be by the said trustees, or any four or more of them, appropriated to that use: And whereas the said eighty pounds, with what other money hath been reised by further sale of lots, are not sufficient to complete the said causeway, and if sundry lots in the said town, remaining undisposed of, were sold, and the money paid for the same applied to the uses in the said last recited act mentioned, the beneficial design thereof would be rendered effectual; but no persons are willing to purchase the said lots remaining unsold, on the condition of building on them according to the directions of the said first mentioned

act.

II. BE it therefore enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor, Council, and Burgesses of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted, by the authority of the same, That every person who shall purchase any of the said lots remaining unsold as aforesaid, is, and shall be, discharged and released, and shall and may hold the same discharged, and absolutely released of and from the condition of building an house, or houses thereon, according to the directions in the said first recited act prescribed, and of and from any forfeiture, or forfeitures, by occasion of the breach, or non-performance of such condition, any thing in the said first recited act, or any law, or custom, to the contrary thereot, in any wise, notwithstanding.

III. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the said trustees, or any four or more of them, shall and may, and they are hereby impowered to apply the money to be paid for the said lots, so remaining unsold, towards the completion, maintaining, and improving the said causeway.

Act for relief

Harrison, &

Hugh A lie,

of Stafford.

CHAP. XXXIII.

An Act to impower the justices of the coun ty of Stafford, to levy for Nathaniel Harrison, and Hugh Adie, gentlemen, the value of their work and labour in building a court house, which was burned before it was finished.

I. WHEREAS Nathaniel Harrison, and Hugh of Nathaniel Adie, of the county of Stafford, gentlemen, in the year one thousand seven hundred and forty nine, contracted with the justices of the said county of Stafford, and undertook to build and finish a court house for the same county, for the consideration of forty-four thousand and five hundred pounds of tobacco, to be levied, one moiety thereof at the laying of their then next county levy, and the other moiety in the year after, and had almost finished the same, when some evil disposed person or persons feloniously burned and destroyed it: And whereas the said Nathaniel Harrison, and Hugh Adie, ought to be paid so much of the said consideration, of forty-four thousand and five hundred pounds of tobacco, as their work and labour in building the said court house, as far as they proceeded therein, and the materials provided by them for that purpose were worth, but the said justices have not levied the same, on their said county, apprehending they had no authority to do so, the said Nathaniel Harrison, and Hugh Adie, not having completely performed the said contract.

II. BE it therefore enacted, by the Lieutenant Governor, Council, and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted, by the authority of the same, That the justices of the said county of Staf ford shall, and may, and they are hereby impowered and required to levy, in their next county levy, for the use of, and to be paid to, the said Nathaniel Harrison and Hugh Adie, such proportionable part of the said forty-four thousand and five hundred pounds of tobacco, as they the said justices shall adjudge the work and labour of the said Nathaniel Harrison, and

Hugh Adie, in building the said court house, as far as they proceeded therein, and the materials provided by them for that purpose, to be worth.

CHAP. XXXIV.

An Act for appointing Trustees for the towns of Richmond and Falmouth.

Richmond

I. WHEREAS the inhabitants of the town of Rich- Trustees, for mond, in the county of Henrico, have represented to towns of this present General Assembly, that they labour under and Falgreat inconveniencies, for want of trustees to lay off mouth apand regulate the streets, and to settle the bounds of pointed. the lots in the said town:

II. BE it therefore enacted, by the Lieutenant Governor, Council, and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, and it is hereby enacted, by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act,. the honourable Peter Randolph, esq. William Byrd, esq. William Randolph, Bowler Cocke, the younger, Richard Randolph, Thomas Atchison, Samuel Gleadowe, Samuel Du-Vall, and John Pleasants, gentlemen, be constituted and appointed trustees for the said town; and they, or any five or more of them, are hereby authorised and impowered, from time to time, and at all times hereafter, to lay off and regulate the streets of the said town, and to settle and determine all disputes concerning the bounds of the lots of the said town, and to settle and establish such rules and orders, for the more regular and orderly building of the houses in the said town, as to them shall seem best and most convenient.

III. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That in case of the death, removal out of the country, or other legal disability of any one or more of the trustees before named, it shall and may be lawful for the surviving or remaining trustees, from time to time, to elect and choose so many other persons, in the room of those so dead or removed, as shall make up the number of nine, which trustees so chosen shall LL-VOL. 6.

be, to all intents and purposes, vested with the same power as any other in this act particularly nominated and appointed.

IV. And whereas by an act of Assembly, made in the first year of his present majesty's reign, intituled, An act for erecting a town in each of the counties of Spottsylvania and King George, certain directors and trustees were appointed, for designing, building, and carrying on the town of Falmouth, in the county of King George, who are all since dead except one, and a succession of the said directors hath not been continued as that act requires: And, it being necessary and expedient that the said town of Falmouth should be supported and maintained, and the bounds and streets thereof properly ascertained; for which pur pose, and for the better regulation of the said town, Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passing of this act, Charles Carter, esq. Thomas Turner, Peter Hedgman, John Champe, Robert Jackson, Charles Carter, the younger, John Fitzhugh, Roger Dixon, Andrew Ross, Samuel Donne, and Robert Rae, gentlemen, be constituted and appointed, and they are hereby constituted and appointed directors, and trustees, for building, carrying on, and maintaining the said town of Falmouth as the same was laid off, pursuant to the before recited act of Assembly; and the said directors, or any four or inore of them, shall have power to meet as often as they shall think necessary, and cause the bounds of the said town and streets to be surveyed and properly ascertained, and to examine into the titles of the present possessors of any lot or lots within the said town; and if any lot or lots appear to have been sold by the former trustees, and no conveyance by them made to the purchasers, their heirs, or assigns, that then any two of the trustees hereby appointed, shall and may, upon payment of the purchase money, where the same has not been already paid, by some sufficient conveyance, convey the fee simple estate of such lot or lots to the purchasers, who shall peaceably and quietly hold, possess, and enjoy the same, as in the said act is mentioned: And the said directors and trustees, or any four or more of them, are hereby fully impowered to settle an account with the surviving trustee, his heirs, executors, or administrators, of the sale of the lots and disposal of the purchase money, and to dis

pose of the overplus of the money arising from the sale of the lots to, and for, the same uses as in the before recited act of Assembly are pres ribed and set down, for the common benefit of the inhabitants of the said town, and to make and establish such rules and orders for the more regular building the houses, and for repairing and amending the streets and landings, and making and erecting wharfs and cranes, under the same penalties and restrictions as in the before recited act of Assembly is directed, prescribed, ordained and appointed, for the said town of Falmouth; and the succession of the said directors shall be continued in the same manner as therein is also directed, for continuing the succession of the former directors.

CHAP. XXXV.

An Act to vest the right of two acres of land, whereof Elizabeth Exum is seized in fee-simple, in the justices of the county of Southampton, to the use of the said county.

I. WHEREAS the justices of the county of South- Certain ampton have, at the charge of the said county, erect- lands of Eli, ed a court house, prison, pillory, whipping post, and zabeth Exum, vested stocks, for the use thereof at Flowers's bridge, on the in justices of land of Elizabeth Exum; but the said Elizabeth Exum Southampbeing a lunatic, the said justices cannot purchase the ton. land whereon the same are erected, pursuant to the directions of the act of Assembly, intitled, An act for establishing county courts, and for regulating and settling the proceedings therein; and the said justices, and Exum Scott, the committee of the said Elizabeth Exum, have made application to this General Assembly, to have the right of two acres of land, whereon the said buildings are erected, vested in the said justices, for the use of the said county;

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