GEORGII II, Regis Magne Britanniæ, Franciæ, et Governor. At a General Assembly, begun and held at Robert Dinthe College in the City of Williamsburg, widdie, esq. on Thursday the twenty seventh day of February, in the twenty fifth year of the reign of our sovereign lord, George II. by the grace of God, of Great-Britain, France, and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, &c. and in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and fifty two. And from thence continued by several prorogations, to Thursday the twenty second day of August, in the 28th year of his majesty's reign, and in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty four, and then held at the Capitol in the City of Williamsburg; being the fourth session of this Assembly. CHAP. I. An Act to impower Thomas Dansie to receive ferriages for transporting passengers to and from the causeway opposite to his land, and for other purposes therein mentioned. I. WHEREAS by an act of Assembly, made at a General Assembly, begun and held at the College in Williamsburg, on Thursday the twenty seventh day DD-Vol. 6. Thomas Dansie, authorized to receive fer cause way, near Clai of October, in the twenty second year of the reign of our sovereign lord king George the second, intituled, An act to impower Thomas Dansie to make a causeriages, for way through the marsh opposite to his wharf; reciting passing to that the passage from Claiborne's ferry, in King-Wiland from the liam county, to the place appointed by law in NewKent county, was long and dangerous, and that makborne's fer- ing a road or causeway thro' the marsh opposite to ry, between the wharf of the said Thomas Dansic, in the said counKing Wil liam and ty of King-William, would render the passage of travellers short and safe, and be very beneficial to the public: Therefore it was enacted, that the said Thomas Dansie should be impowered and authorized, and he was therby impowered and authorized to clear, dig up, extend, maintain, and improve a causeway, from the river opposite to his said wharf, thro' the said marsh, to the high land in the said county of NewKent; and from time to time to widen, repair and improve the same, and also to erect and build bridges over any gut or creck in the said marsh. New Kent. II. And whereas the said Thomas Dansie hath represented to this present General Assembly, that he hath, at a very great expence, trouble and labor, begun the said causeway, and extended the same a considerable length, and doubts not but he shall be able to finish the same in a short time, so as to render the passage over the river, safe, commodious, and expeditious to travellers, but that he will be liable to the action of any adjacent ferry-keepers, if he takes any reward for setting passengers over the river, to and from the said causeway; and also, that the intention of erecting the said causeway will be frustrated, unless a road is cleared from the same, in the county of New-Kent, to the main road leading to the ferry-landing, opposite to Claiborne's ferry in the county of King-William. III. 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 it shall and may be lawful, to and for the said Thomas Dansie, and his assigns, as soon as he, or they shall have made and finished the causeway aforesaid, through the said marsh, to the high land in the said county of New-Kent, and erected necessary bridges over the said guts and creeks, but not before, to demand and receive the same rates for every passenger, horse, wheel-carriage, hogshead of tobacco, head of nett cattle, sheep, goat, or hog, to be by him, or them transported from his land in the county of King William, to the said causeway, or from the said causeway to the said land, the same rates as are by law now taken and received at Claiborne's Ferry; and that no other person or persons presume to set over, or transport any passenger or beast from the said causeway, to the said county of King-William, but the said Thomas, or his assigns; nor shall the court of the said county of New-Kent, have power to appoint any ferry. at, or from the said causeway, so long as the said Thomas Dansie, or his assigns shall keep up and support the same, and the bridges aforesaid, at his or their own proper costs. IV. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the county court of King-William, shall have the same power and authority of ordering and directing what boat, or boats, and the number of hands. that shall be kept at such ferry: And the said Thomas, or his assigns, shall have and enjoy the same privileges, and be subject and liable to all the regulations. fines, and penalties, that are given, made, laid, and inflicted on ferry-keepers, by an act of Assembly made in the twenty second year of his present majesty's reign, intituled, An act for the settlement and regulation of ferries, and for dispatch of public expresses. V. And be it further enacted, That the court of the said county of New-Kent, shall appoint three or more proper persons to lay out a road from the said causeway to the main road leading to the present ferry in that county; which persons shall be sworn before a justice of peace, to perform the same, for the convenience of travellers, and with the least prejudice to the proprietors of the lands over which the said road will lead as may be; and then it shall and may be lawful, to and for the said Thomas Dansie, and his assigns, to clear and keep in repair the said road, so to be laid out from time to time; and be and they shall be obliged to do the same, under the like penalties as are by law inflicted on surveyors of highways, so long as the said Thomas Dansie, or his assigns, shall keep up the said ferry; but in case such ferry shall be discontinued, the said read shall be discontinued also. Intail of certain lands whereof Na thaniel West CHAP. II. An Aet to dock the intail of certain lands whereof Nathaniel West Dandridge, gentleman, is seised, and for settling other lands and slaves of greater value to the 1. WHEREAS John West, late of the parish of Saint John, in the county of New-Kent, was in his lifetime, seised in fee-simple, among other lands, of, Dandridge and in a certain tract or parcel of land, then called is seised, in Barber's-Fields, situate, lying, and being, in the said King Wil liam docket, parish of Saint John and county aforesaid, but now in the county of King-William; and by his last will and testament in writing, bearing date the fifteenth day of November, one thousand six hundred and eighty nine, devised the same unto his son, Nathaniel West, and his heirs forever; but in case of his death, or default of issue, then to his two sons, John and Thomas West, and their heirs, equally to be divided between them: And in case his three sons aforesaid, should die without issue, then the said land to descend to his daughter Anne Fox, wife to Henry Fox, and her heirs for ever; as by the said will, duly proved, and recorded in the court of the county of King and Queen, may more at large appear; And some time after making the said will, the said John West died so seised, after whose death the said Nathaniel West entered into the said lands, and became thereof seised in fec tail; and being also seised in fee-simple of, and in two tracts or parcels of land, containing together, twelve hundred and forty seven acres, situate, lying and being in the said parish of Saint John, and county of King-William, he the said Nathaniel West, by indenture of lease and release, bearing date the seventeenth and eighteenth days of March, one thousand seven hun dred and nineteen, did, for the considerations therein mentioned, bargain, sell, and convey the said last mentioned tracts of land, unto John Holloway, late of the city of Williamsburg, esquire, his heirs and assigns for ever, in trust for the use of William Dandridge, esquire, and Unity his wife, (daughter of the said Na |