from the passing thereof, for and during the term of two years, and from thence to the end of the next ses sion of Assembly.

CHAP. XII.

Edit 1769, An Act for appointing several new ferries.

p. 327.

Preamble.

The ferries established

I. WHEREAS it is represented to this present General Assembly, that public ferries, at the places hereafter mentioned, will be of great service to travellers and others,

nor,

II. BE it therefore enacted, by the Lieutenant-GoverCouncil, and Burgesses, of this present General Asby this act. sembly, and it is hereby enacted, by the authority of the same, That public ferries be constantly kept at the following places, and that the rates for passing the same, shall be as follows, to wit, from the land of Thomas Swearingen, in the county of Frederick, over Patomack river, to the land opposite thereto in the province of Maryland, the price for a man, three pence three farthings, and for an horse, the same. From the land of Lawrence Washington, in the county of Stafford, over the said river, to the land opposite thereto, in the province of Maryland, the price for a man, two shillings and six pence, and for an horse the same. From Fort point, on Hog Island, over James river, to Higginson's landing, in the county of James City, the price for a man, one shilling and three pence, and for an horse the same. From the land of George Stovall, in the county of Albemarle, over the Fluvanna, to the land of George Stovall, in the county of Bedford, and from the land of the said George Stovall, in the county of Bedford, to the land of George Stovall, in the county of Albemarle, the price for a man, three pence, and for an horse the same. From the land of Anne Fleet, in the county of King and Queen, across Mattapony river, to the land of Thomas Fox, in the county of King William, and from the land of the said Thomas Fox, to the land of the said Anne Fleet, the price for a man,

seven pence half penny, and for an horse the same. From the land of Anderson Doniphan, in King George county, to the land of Lawrence Battaile, in the county of Caroline, the price for a man, three pence, and for an horse the same. From the land of Field Jefferson, on the north side of Roanoke, in Lunenburg county, to the land opposite thereto, the price for a man, four pence, and for an horse the same. From the land of James Hunt, in the county of Lunenburg, over Stanton river, to the land of Abraham Abney, in the county of Halifax, the price for a man, four pence, and for an horse the same. From the land of Joseph Mayes, in the county of Halifax, over Stanton river, to the land opposite thereto, the price for a man, two pence, and for an horse the same. And for the transportation of wheel carriages, tobacco, cattle, and other beasts, at any of the places aforesaid, the ferry keepers may demand and take the following rates, to wit, For every coach, chariot, or waggon, and the driver thereof, the same as for six horses: For every cart, or four wheeled chaise, and the driver thereof, as for four horses: For every two wheeled chaise or chair, as for two horses: For every hogshead of tobacco, as for one horse: For every head of nett cattle, as for one horse: For every sheep, goat, or lamb, one fifth part of the ferriage of one horse: And for every hog, one fourth part of the ferriage of one horse; according to the prices herein before settled at such ferries, respectively, and no more.

built over

III. And be it further enacted, by the authority afore- The justices said, That for the greater convenience of passing to of Surry to and from the ferry, to be kept from Fort Point afore- cause a said, the justices of the county of Surry, shall, and bridge to be they are hereby required, within six months after Hog Island passing this act, at the charge of the said county, to creek. cause to be erected a bridge over Hog Island creek, where the road leading to Fort Point aforesaid, crosses the same; and such bridge when erected, the said justices and their successors, shall, from time to time, keep well and sufficiently repaired.

Penalty on

IV. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That if the said justices shall neglect, or refuse failure. to erect such bridge as aforesaid, or the same, (when erected) to keep in good and sufficient repair, every justice so neglecting, or refusing, shall forfeit and pay one thousand pounds of nett tobacco, to be recovered

No one for

ampton to

by action of debt to the use of the informer, in any court of record wherein no protection or essoign, shall be allowed.

V. And whereas by an act of the General 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, a public ferry was established from the land of Littleton Eyre, on Hungar's river, in the county of Northampton, over the bay of Chesapeak, to the towns of York, Hampton, and Norfolk, but no provision was made in the said act for preventing other persons from setting over the said bay, for reward any person or persons, which is very prejudicial to the keeper of the said ferry, for remedy whereof:

VI. Be it enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That reward to set no person whatsoever shall for reward, set any perany persons son or persons over the said bay, from the said counover the bay, from North-ty of Northampton, to the said towns of York, Hampton, for Norfolk, or any other place adjacent to the the towns of said towns; and if any person shall offend herein, he York, Hamp- or she, so offending, shall forfeit and pay five pounds ton, Norfolk, or places ad. Current money, for every offence, to be recovered by jacent, but the keeper of the said ferry, for his own use, by acthe keeper tion of debt or information, in any county court in of the ferry this dominion.

Preamble.

CHAP. XIII.

An Act for paying the Burgesses wages, for this present session of Assembly.

I. WHEREAS by an act of Assembly, made in the fourth year of the reign of her late majesty queen Anne, intituled, An act for regulating the elections of Burgesses, for settling their privileges, and ascertaining their allowances, it is amongst other things enact. ed, that the allowance for Burgesses attending the General Assembly, should be as followeth, that is to say, for every Burgess coming by land, one hundred and thirty pounds of tobacco, and cask a day; besides

the necessary charge of ferriage, and for every Burgess who could not come to the General Assembly, otherwise than by water, one hundred and twenty pounds of tobacco, and cask a day, to be paid them by the county, for which they serve respectively, besides an allowance for divers days of travelling to, and from the General Assembly, as in the said act is particularly mentioned. And whereas by one other act of Assembly, made in the third and fourth years of the reign of his present majesty, intituled, An act for the better regulating the payment of the Burgesses wages, it is amongst other things enacted, that when any session of Assembly should be thereafter held, and upon examination of the treasurer's accounts, it should appear that there are monies sufficient in his hands to discharge all the debts due from the public, together with the Burgesses wages, and the salaries and allowances to the respective officers of the General Assembly, leaving and reserving in the hands of the said treasurer, over and above the said payments, a balance of one thousand five hundred pounds at the least; then every Burgess elected and serving for any county or corporation, should be paid out of the public money, the sum of ten shillings for each day he should serve in the house of Burgesses, and for the days of coming to, and returning from the General Assembly, according to the first recited act, in lieu of all other demands for that service, with a further allowance to the Burgesses for the counties of Accomack and Northampton, and others coming to the General Assembly by water, as in the said act is particularly directed. And whereas by reason of the low circumstances of the treasury, the wages of the Burgesses for this present session, cannot be discharged in money, according to the last mentioned act, and the same must be paid by the several counties; but for as much as the allowances according to the first mentioned act, are very unequal by reasan of the various prices of tobacco, in the different parts of this colony: For making the same more equal and just,

the several

II. BE it enacted by the Lieutenant Governor, Coun- How the cil, and Burgesses, of this present General Assembly, Burgesses of and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, counties That the several county courts, within this colony, shall be paid. except the counties of Augusta, Frederick, and Hampshire, shall at the laying of their next county levy,

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raise and levy so much tobacco, as will be sufficient to pay the wages of their respective Burgesses, for this present session of Assembly, according to the directions and regulations in the said last recited act mentioned, and shall cause the tobacco so levied, to be sold, and such wages paid out of the money arising by such sale, on or before the first day of July next ensuing; and that the several county courts of Augusta, Frederick, and Hampshire, shall also at the times aforesaid, levy and pay in money the wages of their respective Burgesses for this present session of Assembly. And whereas no allowance is settled for the Burgesses of several counties, which have lately taken place, for their travelling to, and from the General Assembly,

III. Be it therefore enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That to the Burgesses for the counties of Augusta, Hampshire, and Halifax, there shall be allowed six days; to the Burgesses for the counties of Albemarle, Bedford, Frederick, and Lunenburg, five days; to the Burgesses for the counties of Amelia, Culpeper, Cumberland, Fairfax, Louisa, Prince Edward, and Orange, four days; to the Burgesses for the county of Dinwiddie, two days; and to the Burgesses for the counties of Chesterfield, Southampton, and Sussex, two days, for coming to, and as many days for returning from every session of Assembly.

The public levy.

CHAP. XIV.

An Act for laying a public Levy.

I. BE it 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 six pounds and an half of tobacco be paid by every tithable person within this dominion, for the defraying and payment of the public charge of the country: being the public levy, from the first day of November. one thousand seven hundred and fifty three, to the first day of May, one thousand seven hundred and fifty