Lots annexed to town.

to any person or persons; and the purchasers shall hold the same freed and discharged from all restrictions or conditions in the deeds from the late proprietor of the Northern-Neck, prohibiting the erecting buildings thereon, or declaring the same inseparably annexed or appendant to certain lots in the said town:

II. And be it further enacted, That the inhabitants and proprietors of the lots so annexed to the town shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the court of hustings and commonhall thereof, and shall have the same privileges and immunities as the other inhabitants of the said town enjoy.

and in Nor. folk county.

CHAP. CXI.

An act to authorize the raising a sum of money by way of lottery, for completing a church in the borough of Winchester, and rebuilding a church in the parish of Elizabeth River, in the county of Norfolk.

Lotteries au- BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That it thorised for building a shall and may be lawful for the minister and elders of church in the German Lutheran Church, in the borough of WinWinchester chester, to raise by way of lottery, a sum of money not exceeding five hundred pounds, to be by them applied towards completing a church in the said borough And it shall also be lawful for the vestry of the parish of Elizabeth River, in the county of Norfolk, to raise by way of lottery, a sum of money not exceeding seven hundred pounds, for the purpose of rebuilding a church in the said parish.

CHAP. CXII.

An act to authorize the society of Free Masons in the city Richmond, to raise a sum of money by way of lottery

Lottery au

thorised for

BE it enacted by the General Assembly. That it shall and may be lawful for the society of Free Maerecting the sons in the city of Richmond, to raise, under the di- Mason's Hall rection of the commonhall of the said city, a sum of in Richmond. money not exceeding fifteen hundred pounds, by way of lottery, for the purpose of erecting and completing a Free Mason's Hall in the said city; any law to the contrary thereof, notwithstanding.

CHAP. CXIII.

An act for establishing a town on the lands of Smyth Tundy, in the county of Amherst.

County, esta blished.

BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That fifty Town of Caacres of land, the property of Smyth Tandy, lying at bellsburg, in the place called and known by the name of New-Glas- Amherst gow, in the county of Amherst, be, and they are hereby vested in Hugh Rose, Gabriel Penn, Samuel Meredith, John Wyatt, Charles Rose, and Samuel Jordan Cabell, gentlemen, trustees, to be by them, or a majority of them, laid out into lots of half an acre each, with convenient streets; which shall be, and is hereby established a town, by the name of Cabellsburg: That so soon as the said fifty acres of land shall be so laid off into lots and streets, the said trustees, or a majority of them, shall proceed to sell the same at public auc tion, for the best price that can be had, the time and place of which sale shall be previously advertised for

one month in the Virginia Gazette. The purchasers to hold the said lots respectively, subject to the condition of building on each a dwelling-house, sixteen feet square at least, with a brick or stone chimney, to be finished fit for habitation within three years from the day of sale; and the said trustees, of a majority of them, shall convey the said lots to the purchasers in fee, subject to the condition aforesaid, and pay the money arising from the sale thereof to the said Smyth Tandy, or his legal representatives. The said trus

tees, or the major part of them, shall have power from time to time to settle and determine all disputes concerning the bounds of the lots, and to establish such rules and orders for the regalar building of houses thereon, as to them shall seem best: And in case of the death, removal out of the county, or other legal disability, of any one or more of the said trustees, it shall be lawful for the remaining trustees to elect and choose other persons in the room of those dead or disabled; which trustees so chosen, shall, to all intents and purposes, be vested with the same powers and authority as any other in this act particularly nominated and ap pointed. The purchasers of lots in the said town, so soon as they shall have built upon and saved the same, according to the conditions of their respective deeds of conveyance, shall then be entitled to, and have and enjoy, all the rights, privileges, and immunities, which the freeholders and inhabitants of other towns in this state, not incorporated, hold and enjoy. If the purchaser of any lot shall fail to build thereon within the time before limited, the said trustees, or a majority of them, may thereupon enter into such lot, and sell the same again, and apply the money for the benefit of the inhabitants of the said town. Provided always, That nothing herein contained shall be construed or taken to give the said trustees a power to lay out into lots, or dispose of such parts of the said fifty acres of land, on which there are any buildings, orchards, e gardens.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY

BEGUN AND HELD

Patrick Hen

verno.

At the Public Buildings in the City of Richmond, on Monday the six- ry, esq. goteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six, and in the eleventh year of the commonwealth.

CHAP. 1.

An act for appointing commissioners to liquidate and settle the expences incurred in two cxpeditions carried on from the Kentucky district against the neighbouring Indians.

Commission.

ers to settle

WHEREAS the citizens of this commonwealth in the district of Kentucky, have lately carried on two expeditions against the neighbouring tribes of Indians, accounts of and it is reasonable that such services should be re- expeditions warded, Be it therefore enacted by the General As- from Kentuc ky against sembly, That Edmund Lyne, Isaac Shelby, and Rich- the Indians ard Taylor, gentlemen, (any two of whom shall be a board) shall be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to settle and adjust all claims for pay and rations due prior to the twentieth day of October last, of the officers, soldiers, and those employed in the staff department, lately under the command of general

The 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, and 6th chapters of the acts of this session are not numbered in the originals.

George Rogers Clarke, and colonel Benjamin Logan, against the Shawanese and Wabash indians, and also the claims of all those who have furnished arms, ammunition, provisions, salt, horses, halters, pack-saddles, bells, ropes, bags, axes, kettles, ferriage, pasturage for beef cattle, and provender and forage for the dragoon and drovers horses, by impressment or otherwise for the purpose of carrying on the said expeditions: and also to liquidate the accounts of those who have or may furnish provisions, clothing or other necessaries for the Indians prisoners in that district, until they may be exchanged or released. And all those who have made impressments necessarily for the use of the said expeditions shall be and are hereby indemnified. The said commissioners shall grant certificates under their hands to those entitled thereto, in the same manner as the auditors of public accounts have heretofore granted certificates for militia service and supplies, taking for their rule the prices allowed by law for militia services, and the cash prices of all other articles which may have been furnished: Provided, That no officer in the staff department shall receive any greater allowance than is made to officers holding the same appointment in a brigade: Provided also, That no subaltern officer or soldier shall receive any certificate for pay unless he shall produce to the said commissioners, from the officer commanding the company to which he belongs, and also from one of the field officers of the regiment, a certificate of his having faithfully served during the said expeditions; and that no captain or field officer shall obtain such certificate unless he shall produce to the said commissioners a similar certificate signed by the commanding officer of his regiment and countersigned by the said George Rogers Clarke or Benjamin Logan.. Provided also, That where arms or any other article above mentioned have, since the said expeditions, been returned to the owners instead of certificates for the value, they shall receive certificates equal to the time their property was in the public service, and also for the injury such property may have received during that time. The commissioners hereby appointed shall meet at the town of Danville, in the county of Mercer, as soon as may be after the receipt of this act; and may adjourn from day to day, or to any other place or places within the dis