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CHAP. XVII,

See May 1783 An act to amend an act, intituled An

ch. 8, sec. 13,

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act to establish certain and adequate funds for the redemption of certifi cates granted to the officers and soldiers for their arrears of pay and depreciation.

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payment of. WHEREAS difficulties have arisen in carrying certificates & into execution so mucli of an act, intituled, "An act interest war. to establish certain and adequate funds for the redemptioned among tion of certificates granted to the officers and soldiers holders, for their arrears of pay and depreciation," as respects the distribution of the money collected by virtue of the said act, amongst the holders of the said certificates, or the warrants granted for interest arising on the same: For remedy whereof,

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1. Be it enacted, That the treasurer shall once at least in every twelve months, and not oftener than once in every three months, proportion the money in his hands appropriated by law for the redemption of the aforesaid certificates and warrants, amongst the hold ers of the warrants for interest on the said certificates. And to the intent that the said proportion may be properly ascertained, the treasurer shall cause notice to be given in the public Gazettes that such payment will 5. be made to the holders of the said warrants who shall apply at the treasury for the same before a certain day to be named in the said notice; which day so appointed for payment, shall not be in less than forty nor more than sixty days after such publication in the Gazettes. And the treasurer, on the day so appointed for payment, shall proportion and pay the aforesaid money in his hands amongst the holders of the aforesaid interest warrants, who shall have made application to him for the same between the day of publication aforesaid and the day preceeding that appointed for such payment; and if any overplus shall remain after making payment of the interest warrants aforesaid, the same shall be applied in fair and equal proportion towards the pay

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ment of the principal of the certificates aforesaid. Pro- Proviso. vided always, That such payment shall not annually exceed one-eighth of the amount of such certificates, noting on such certificates the sums so respectively endorse pay paid. And should it at any time so happen that by men s means of a deficiency of money in the hands of the treasurer, a partial payment shall be made of any interest warrant, such partial payment shall in like manner be noted on such warrant.

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II. And be it further enacted, That if the holders of receive an eany of the said interest warrants shall fail to apply for qual propor their proportion of the same at any period appointed by the treasurer for that purpose, it shall and may be lawful for the treasurer on future application for payment, to pay such sum or sums of money to the holders of such warrants tendered to him, as will put them on the same sed. footing with those who have received payment at any former time which may have been appointed for such apportionment, reserving always a sufficient sum to pay those who have applied within the time appointed by public notification as aforesaid, dhavan

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An act concerning the goal in the c ty of W

Persons taWilliamsburg, met eiereken in civil or

is eriminal process in James

1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That all City may be persons taken on civil or criminal process in the county committed to of James City, may be committed to the public goal in he public jail the city of Williamsburg, in like manner as if the same burg. in Williamswas within the limits of the said county, bisphere

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Towns of Blandford, Pocahuntas, and Ravens

Grofts, united,

and stiled town of Pe tersburg.

Boundaries.

CHAP. XIX.

An aet for incorporating the town of
Petersburg, and for other purpo

ses.

L BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That the towns of Petersburg, Blandford, Pocahuntas, and Ravenscrofts, shall henceforth be united and stiled the town of Petersburg, and bounded as followeth, to wits Beginning at the mouth of Poor creek, on Appamattox river; thence south eighteen degrees east two handred and five pole to the north-east corner of the church yard wall; thence along the said wall to the south-east eorner; thence along the front wall to the south-west corner; thence west two hundred and sixty two pole to a pine tree north of the oaks in or near the line between Robert Bolling and John Tabb; thence south sixteendegrees east two hundred & twenty seven pole; thence south seventy seven degrees west two hundred pole to the line of Joseph Jones; thence along his line and the line of Halcot Pride, north eighteen degree west two hundred and sixty-one pole, to the north side of the road that runs on the south side of Pride's race ground; thence along the said road to the west end of Banister's lane, where it corners above his dwelling-house; thence due north to Appamattox river; thence down the north bank of the said river until it strikes the west boundary of Pocahuntas; thence along the west and north boun dary thereof to Charles Duncan's neck; thence along the north side of the high land in the said neck, until it comes opposite to the mouth of Poor creek; thence Annual elec, a direct line to the beginning. And on the first Wedtions. nesday in September, in the present, and on the same day in every year afterwards, the freeholders of lots. within the said town, whether improved or not, vandv whether such freeholders reside therein or not, and the house-keepers and inhabitants of the said town, who shall have resided therein at any time for the space of three months, without the intermision of one twelve months, and possess in their own right within the same moveable or immoveable property to the value of fifty pounds, shall meet at the house of William Durell, or at such other place as shall by a bye law be bereafter

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Mayor, recorder, alder. man, a common council, how chosen.

Term of ser

Vacances,

appointed, and shall then and there elect by ballot, twelve fit and able men, being freeholders and inhabi tants of the said town, who, or a major part thereof, shall, on the same or second day thereafter, between the hours of eight and twelve in the forenoon, publicly elect by ballot from among themselves, one person to act as mayor, another as recorder, and four others as aldermen, of the said town, and the other six of whom shall be common council. The services of the persons at any time elected, mayor, recorder, aldermen, or of the common council, shall not be continued longer than until other persons shall have been elected to those offices respectively, or than the expiration of the se* vise. cond day immediately following the said first Wednes day in September in every year, as the case may be, but they may nevertheless be re-elected, except that no person shall be capable of acting as mayor more than once in any term of three years; vacancies occa- how supplied sioned by death, disability, or resignation, at any time before the annual election, shall be supplied by the choice of the mayor, recorder, aldermen, and common council, in common hall assembled; that is to say, a vacancy in the office of mayor or recorder, shall be supplied out of the aldermen; a vacancy in the office of alderman, out of the common council; and a vacancy in the common council, out of the freeholders and inhabitants of the said town. The mayor, recorder, and aldermen, to be elected for this present year, shall not enter upon the execution of their office, before they shall respectively take an oath or affirmation before Oath of office some justice of the peace for the county of Dinwiddie, for the faithful discharge of the duties thereof; and the mayor, recorder, and aldermen, to be elected afterwards, shall take such oath or affirmation before they respectively enter upon the duties of their office, in presence of the court of hustings, or of some meeting of the common council hereafter mentioned.

I. And be it enacted, That the said freeholders,

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house-keepers, and inhabitants, and those persons who shall bereafter become freeholders, house-keepers, or inhabitants as aforesaid, shall be a body politic and corporate, by the name of the mayor, aldermen, and Incorporated commonalty, of the town of Petersburg; and by that Style of oof. name have perpetual succession and common seal poration They and their successors, by the name aforesaid,

shall be able and capable in law to have, purchase, Corporate receive, enjoy, possess, and retain to them and their

powers.

Power to e rect public buildings, market

house, &c.

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successors for ever, any lands, rents, tenements, hereditaments, of what kind, nature, or quality soever; and also to sell, grant, demise, alien, or dispose of the same; and by the same name to sue and implead, be sued and impleaded, answer and be answered, in all courts and places; and from time to time under their common seal, to make and establish such bye-laws, rules, and ordinances, not contrary to the constitution or laws of the rommonwealth, as shall by them be thought necessary for the good ordering and government of such persons as shall from time to time reside within the limits of the said town, or shall be concerned in interest therein. That they and their successors, by the name aforesaid, shall especially have power to rent, erect, or repair work-houses, houses of correc tion, a court-house, prison, market-house, and hospi tals, for the reception of persons infected with conta gious disorders, and other public buildings for the ben-efit of the said town; to pay the charges of removing such infected persons to the hospital, to provide doctors, nurses, and other necessary attendants, as well as guards, to prevent the spreading of such disorders; to purchase fire engines, to hire proper fire-men to keep such engines at all times in good order, and to be ready for service; to cause wells to be sunk, and pumps provided; to appoint and pay watchmen; and to repair and keep in order the streets and lands in the said town; and to impose taxes on the white and black To impose male tithables, and on the property real and personal, within the said town, for the execution of all or any of the powers hereby given them, taking care however, that no more than one third of the sum to be levied, shall be levied on the tithables aforesaid; to make provision and regulations for collecting and accounting for the taxes raised, by the appointing a collector, or directing distress to be made for delinquencies, or by any other ways or means; to erect wharfs, and to lay a reasonable duty on the vessels coming to and using the same, for the purpose of defraying the expence of erecting and keeping in repair the wharfs so erected; and to hold two fairs in each year, to wit, one on the second Thursday in October, and the other on the se cond Thursday in May; to fix fines upon every billiard.

To provide against fire, regulate in

ternal police,

&c.

taxes.

Fairs.

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