CHAP. XLVI.

An act for dividing the parish of Drysdale, in the counties of Caroline and king and Queen.

Queen coun

WHEREAS it hath been represented to this present Parish of general assembly, by the inhabitants of the parish of Drysdale, in Drysdale, in the counties of Caroline and King and Caroline & Queen, that they labour under many inconveniencies King and by reason of the great extent thereof; Be it therefore ties divided, enacted, That from and after the first day of Februa- St. Asaph ry next ensuing, the said parish of Drysdale shall be formed. divided into two distinct parishes, by a line to begin at the lower corner of the land of John Page, esq. upon Mattapony river, and run along his lower line, and those of Christopher Smith, Anthony Seale, and Frederick Phillips, to the corner of the lands of Edmund Pendleton, the elder, esq. and Edmund Jones; thence along the lines between them to Morococick creek; thence up the creek to the mouth of Phillips's run; thence up the said run to Digges's upper line; thence along that line and the course thereof continued to the line of Essex county; and that all that part of the said parish which lies to the eastward of the said line, shall be one distinct parish, and retain the name of Drysdale; and that all the other part thereof shall be one other distinct parish, and be called and known by the name of Saint Asaph.

And be it farther enacted, That the present vestry of the said parish of Drysdale be, and the same is hereby dissolved; and that the inhabitants of the said parishes of Drysdale and Saint Asaph respectively, who have a right to vote for vestrymen, shall meet at some convenient time and place, to be appointed and publickly advertised by the sheriffs of the said counties of Caroline and King and Queen, before the first day of March next, and then and there elect twelve able and discreet persons, who shall be a vestry for the said parishes respectively; but the collector of the said parish of Drysdale shall have power to collect and distrain for any dues which shall remain unpaid by the inhabitants of the said parishes of Drysdale and Vol. I. B 2

Boundaries.

Glebe of

Drysdale parish to be soid, and

money divi

ded between

proportion to the value

Saint Asaph, at the time of the said divisions taking place, and shall be answerable for the same in like manner as if this act had never been made.

And whereas on the division of the said parish of Drysdale, the present glebe and the buildings thereon will be inconveniently situated, Be it enacted, That the said glebe, with the appurtenances be, and the same are hereby vested in Edmund Pendleton, the elder, William Lyne, Anthony Thornton, jun. Thomas Coleman, Mungo Roy, and James Upshaw, gentlemen, parishes of commissioners, or any four of them in trust, that they Drysdale & shall sell and convey the same for ready money or on St. Asapli, in credit, as to them shall appear most advisable for a valuable consideration to be bona fide received to any person or persons willing to become purchasers thereof, to hold to such purchaser or purchasers in fee simple: That the money arising from the sale thereof shall be equally divided between the said parishes of Drysdale and Saint Asaph, except as herein after directed; and the vestries of the said parishes respectively shall apply the money in the purchase of other lands for a glebe for the use of their respective ministers for the See post time being for ever. And be it farther enacted, That chap. XLIX, the present vestry of the said parish of Drysdale shall,

of the two churches.

this section amended.

and they are hereby directed and required, on or before the said first day of February next, to appoint one or more impartial and disinterested person or persons to value the two churches now in the said parish of Drysdale, and upon such valuations being returned to the commissioners appointed by this act to sell the glebe of the said parish of Drysdale, they shall deduct so much as the one shall exceed the other in value, out of the sale of the glebe, and pay such difference of value to the vestry of the parish in whose favour the same shall be adjudged.

CHAP. XLVII.

An act for the manumission of certain Slaves.

John Hope,

William

Thomas

WHEREAS application hath been made to this present general assembly, that John Hope, otherwise alias Barber Casar, a called Barber Cæsar, a negro man slave the property slave of Suof Susanna Riddle of York town; that William Beck, sanna Rida mulatto slave the property of Thomas Walker, the dle, of York; younger, of the county of Albemarle, and that a mu- Beck, a mulatto girl named Pegg, the property of Lewis Dunn, latto, beof the county of Sussex, may be severally emancipa- longing to ted; Be it therefore enacted, That the said negroes, Walker, jun. John Hope, otherwise called Barber Gæsar, William of AlbeBeck, and Pegg, shall, and they are hereby respec- marle; and & tively declared to be free, and may enjoy all such mulatto girl Pegg, the rights, privileges, and immunities, as free negroes or property of mulattoes by the laws of this country do enjoy; saving Lewis Dunn, to all and every other person, his or their heirs, exe- emancipacutors, and administrators, (except the said Susanna ted. Riddle, Thomas Walker, the younger, and Lewis Dunn, and those claiming under them) any right, title, or claim they may have to the said negroes, as if this act had never been made.

of Sussex,

Preamble,

All acts empowering County courts to

CHAP. XLVIII.

An act to repeal so much of the several acts of assembly which empower the county courts to make provi・sion for the support of the wives, parents, and families of the soldiers of this state in the service of this commonwealth, or in the service of the United States, and for other purposes.

WHEREAS the several acts of assembly empow ering the county courts to make provision for the support of the wives, parents, and families of the soldiers of this state, as well those in the service of this commonwealth, as those in the service of the United States, have created an expenditure greatly exceeding the expectations of the legislature, and must prove very burthensome to the good people of this commonwealth, if longer admitted; for remedy thereof, Be it enacted by the General Assembly, That so much of the several acts of assembly which empower the county courts to make provision for the support of the wives, parents, and families of the soldiers of this state in the service of the United States, or in the service of this commonwealth, shall be, and the same stands hereby repealed. Provided nevertheless, That the county courts may, and they are hereby empowered to grant allowances to the wives, parents, and families of any soldier now in actual service, upon proof to them made, that such wives, parcnts, or families are so poor that they cancumstances. not maintain themselves; such allowance not to exceed one barrel of corn and fifty pounds of nett pork for cach person, annually.

provide for

wives, pa. rents and

families of soldiers re pealed.

Proviso, in favor of

those in in

digent cir

CHAP. XLIX.

An act to explain and amend the act of the present session of assembly for dividing the parish of Drysdale, in the counties of King and Queen and Caroline.

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two church

be made, &

to be divid

WHEREAS by an act passed this present session So much of of assembly, entitled "An act for dividing the parish act of preof Drysdale in the counties of Caroline and King and sent session Queen," it is provided that the present vestry of the (ante chap. said parish of Drysdale shall appoint one or more im- rect XLVI) as dipartial and disinterested person or persons to value mate of the the two churches now in the said parish, and upon such value of the valuation being returned to the commissioners appoint-es in the paed by that act, they are directed to sell the glebe of rishes of that parish, and deduct so much as the one church Drysdale & shall exceed the other in value, out of the sale of the St. Asaph to glebe, and pay the difference of value to the vestry of the proceeds the parish in whose favour the same may be adjudged. of the sale And whereas it has been made appear to this general of the glebe. assembly, that the remaining parish of Drysdale, as ed, in prothe division has taken place, will have far the lesser portion, renumber of subscribers for supporting a minister of the pealed. church of England, but the largest church, and which will be in some measure useless to them, and if they should be obliged to pay to the vestry of the new parish of St. Asaph, the difference in value between their churches, they will pay for buildings of little or no advantage to them, and from the smallness of their number, may not be able to purchase a new glebe, or maintain a minister; and it is reasonable that the inhabitants of the new parish of Saint Asaph, who prayed for and have obtained a division of the parish, should be content with their own church, without burdening the now parish of Drysdale, who were averse to a division, with making a compensation for buildings which this division has rendered useless: Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly, That no valuation shall be made of either of the churches in the said former parish of Drysdale; nor shall there be