der the forfeiture, as are herein before prescribed for the said town of Fredericksburg. And the succession of the said directors, shall be continued in the same manner as is before directed, for continuing the succession of the other directors aforesaid. XII. And be it further enacted, That the said last Satisfaction mentioned directors shall satisfy and pay unto the said to be made William Todd, out of the money arising by the sale of to Wm. the said lots, forty shillings for every acre of the said Todd. land, and moreover, shall assign him four lots, whereof he shall remain seised, of the same estate, as he now hath in the said fifty acres of land; and shall also pay him for such houses as he hath erected, which shall be taken into any of the streets or public landings of the said town: And in case such houses shall fall within the bounds of any lot or lots, the same shall be assigned him, as part of the four lots, hereby intended for him: And the said last mentioned town, shall be called Falmouth, by the name of Falmouth. payment, for XIII. Provided nevertheless, That if the said re- Directorsnot spective directors, shall not, within six months after paying, or the fifty acres of land shall be surveied and laid tendering out, in each of the places before-mentioned, fully satisfy the lots, in and pay, or, in case of refusal to receive the same, ten- six months, der to the proprietors of each fifty acres respectively, they shallrethe several sums of money by this act directed to be vert to the paid to them, the lands and premises before-mentioned proprietors. shall be revested in the said proprietors respectively; and they shall remain and continue seised thereof, as if this act had never been made: And this act shall be adjudged, held, and taken to be a general act. CHAP. XVII. An Act for erecting a new County, on the heads of Essex, King and Queen, and King William Counties; and for calling the same Caroline County. [Caroline county formed.] CHAP. XVIII. An Act for dividing the County of Henrico. [Goochland county formed.] CHAP. XIX. An Act for dissolving the present Vestry of the Parish of Elizabeth City; and for appointing a new Election of Vestrymen for the said Parish. CHAP. XX. An Act for killing Squirrels and Crows, in the Counties of Accomack and Northampton. CHAP. XXI. An Act to prevent Swine running at large, within the limits of the town of Norfolk. CHAP. XXII. An Act to enable William Farrar, and Thomas Farrar, to sell and convey certain entailed Lands; and for settling other Lands and Negros, of greater value, to the same uses. Signed by WILLIAM GOOCH, Esq. Governor. AT A General Assembly, BEGUN AND HELD AT, Williamsburg, the first day of February, anno dom. 1727, in the first 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 from thence continued, by several prorogations, to the twenty-first day of May, 1730, being the second Session of this present General Assembly. Wm. Gooch, esq. govern or. CHAP. I. An Act for repealing the Act for the better and more ef fectual improving the Staple of Tobacco: And for the better execution of the Laws now in force against tending Seconds: And for the further prevention thereof. I. W [From edit. 1733.] HEREAS, at a general assembly, begun and Preamble. held at the capitol, the first day of February, in the first year of his majesty's reign, an act was made, intituled, An Act for the better and more effectual improving the staple of Tobacco; which act is found by experience to be inconvenient: II. Be it therefore enacted, by the Lieutenant-Gover- Former act nor, Council, and Burgesses, of this present General repealed. Assembly, and it is hereby enacted, bythe authority of the same, That the said act, intituled, An Act for the better and more effectual improving the Staple of Tobacco, and every clause, matter, and thing therein contained, shall be and is hereby repealed and made null and void, to all intents and purposes whatsoever. III. And for the better execution of the laws now Duty of conin force, against tending seconds, and for the preven- lation to se stables, in retion thereof: Be it enacted, by the authority aforesaid, conds. G 2-Vol. 4. CHAP. XVII. An Act for erecting a new County, on the heads of Essex, King and Queen, and King William Counties; and for calling the same Caroline County. [Caroline county formed.] CHAP. XVIII. An Act for dividing the County of Henrico. [Goochland county formed.] An Act for dissolving CHAP. XIX. the present Vestry of the Parish of Elizabeth City; and for appointing a new Electithe said Parish. on of Vestrymen for CHAP. XX, An Act for killing Squirrels and Crows, in the Counties of Accomack and Northampton. CHAP. XXI. An Act to prevent Swine running at large, within the limits of the town of Norfolk. CHAP. XXII. An Act to enable William Farrar, and Thomas Farrar, to sell and convey certain entailed Lands; and for settling other Lands and Negros, of greater value, to the same uses. Signed by WILLIAM GOOCH, Esq. Governor. AT A General Assembly, BEGUN AND HELD AT, Williamsburg, the first day of February, anno dom. 1727, in the first 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 from thence continued, by several prorogations, to the twenty-first day of May, 1730, being the second Session of this present General Assembly. Wm. Gooch, esq. govern or. CHAP. I. An Act for repealing the Act for the better and more effectual improving the Staple of Tobacco: And for the "better execution of the Laws now in force against tending Seconds: And for the further prevention thereof. [From edit. 1733.] I. Wheld at the capitol, the first day of February, THEREAS, at a general assembly, begun and Preamble. in the first year of his majesty's reign, an act was made, intituled, An Act for the better and more effectual improving the staple of Tobacco; which act is found by experience to be inconvenient: II. Be it therefore enacted, by the Lieutenant-Gover- Former act nor, Council, and Burgesses, of this present General repealed. Assembly, and it is hereby enacted, bythe authority of the same, That the said act, intituled, An Act for the better and more effectual improving the Staple of Tobacco, and every clause, matter, and thing therein contained, shall be and is hereby repealed and made null and void, to all intents and purposes whatsoever. III. And for the better execution of the laws now Duty of conin force, against tending seconds, and for the preven- lation to se stables, in retion thereof: Be it enacted, by the authority aforesaid, conds. G 2-Vol. 4. |