CHAP. LXIV. An act to explain and amend the act [Passed December 29, 1787.] I. WHEREAS it hath been represented to this pre- Act establish. sent general assembly that the trustees formerly ap- ing town of pointed for the town of Boones'borough in the county Boones'boof Madison, formerly Kentuckey, have refused to act, rough, in Be it therefore enacted, that Thomas Kennedy, Aaron Kentuckey, explained. Lewis, Robert Rhodes, Green Clay, Archibald Woods, Benjamin Bedford, John Sappington, William Irvine, David Crews, and Higgerson Grubbs, gentlemen, shall be, and they are hereby appointed trustees of the said town of Boones'borough, in the room of those heretofore appointed. II. And whereas doubts have arisen concerning the quantity of land vested in the trustees of the town aforesaid, Be it enacted that six hundred and forty acres of land, shall be, and the same are hereby vested in the trustees aforesaid, and their successors: seventy acres of which for the purpose of lots, and streets, and the remainder for a common, to be laid off, and appropriated in the same manner, and subject to the like orders and regulations that the act directs, establishing the town of Boones'borough, CHAP. LXV. An act to establish a town on the land of Cuthbert Bullitt, in the county of Prince William. [Passed November 6, 1787.] Town of Prince Wil I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, That thir- Newport, in ty acres of land lying at the mouth of Quantico liam estabcreek, and on Potowmack river in the county of Prince lished. William, the property of Cuthbert Bullitt, so soon as he shall lay off the same into lots of half an acre each, with convenient streets, be established a town, and called and known by the name of Newport; that Thomas Blackburne, Alexander Henderson, William Grayson, Thomas Montgomery, William Tebbs, Burr Harrison, Jesse Ewell, John M'Millian, and Ludwell Lee, gentlemen are hereby appointed trustees of the said town, who, or a majority of them, shall, from time to time, settle and determine all disputes concerning the bounda of the lots, and have power to establish such rules and orders, for the regular building of houses thereon, as to them shall seem best, and most convenient. 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 others in their stead, who shall be vested with the same power and authority, as any one in this act particularly appointed. 11. And be it further enacted, That so soon as the purchasers of lots in the said town shall have built thereon a dwelling house twenty by sixteen feet, with a brick or stone chimney, such purchasers shall 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. CHAP. LXVI. An act to amend the act for appointing trustees to regulate the making of slopes for the passage of fish in the mill-dams within the county of Bedford. [Passed December 4, 1787.] Act appoint- 1. WHEREAS by a division of the county of Beding trustees ford, since the passing of the act intituled "An act for to regulate the making appointing trustees to regulate the making of slopes for of slopes, for the passage of fish, in the mill dams, within the coun ty of Bedford," the same cannot be carried into effect passage of fish in county in the county of Camphell: For remedy whereof, of Bedford II. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That Rich- extended to ard Stith, Thomas Moore, sen. Charles Cobbs, Tho- county of mas Jones jun. John Morris, Thomas Marshall, and Campbell. Plummer Thurston, gentlemen, shall be, and they are hereby constituted trustees, and they, or a majority of them, are authorized and empowered to carry the said act into execution within the said county of Campbell, in as full and ample a manner as the trustees named in the said act could or might do in the said county of Bedford. CHAP. LXVII. An act for establishing a town on the lands of Levin Powell, in the county of Loudon. [Passed November 2, 1787] 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That fifty acres of land lying in the county of Louden, the Town of Mid property of Levin Powell, so soon as he shall lay off dleburg,in the same into lots of half an acre each, with convenient Loudon coun ty establish. streets, be established a town by the name of Middle- ed. burg; and Francis Peyton, William Bronaugh, William Heale, John Peyton Harrison, Burr Powell, Josias Clapham, and Richard Bland Lee, gentlemen, are hereby appointed trustees thereof, who, or a majority of them, are authorized to make such rules and orders for the regular building therein, as to them shall seem best, and most convenient. The said trustees, or a majority of them, shall have power from time to time to settle and determine all disputes concerning the bounds of the lots, and in case of the death, resignation, or removal out of the county, of any one or more of the said trustees, it shall be lawful for the remaining trustees to elect others in their stead, who shall be vested to all intents and purposes with the same power, as any other in this act particularly appointed. II. And be it further enacted, That as soon as the purchasers or owners of lots within the said town, shall have built thereon a dwelling house sixteen feet square, with a brick or stone chimney, they shall respectively 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. Court day of CHAP. LXVIII. An act altering the court-day of the county of Charles city. [Passed December 4, 1787.] I. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That Charles City from and after the first day of February next, a court county alter for the county of Charles city, shall be held on the third Thursday in every month, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. ed Court day of Halifax coun. ty altered. .CHAP. LXIX. An act for altering the court-day of the county of Halifax. [Passed November 20, 1787.] 1. BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That from and after the first day of February next, a court for the county of Halifax, shall be held on the fourth Monday in every month, any law to the contrary thereof notwithstanding. CHAP. LXX. An act to establish a town on the lands of David Gerrard, in the county of Berkeley. [Passed November 22, 1787.j dletown in 1. WHEREAS it hath been represented to the present general assembly, that David Gerrard hath laid off Town of Mid one hundred lots with convenient streets in the county Berkeley of Berkeley, and hath made application that the same county estab may be established a town. Be it therefore enacted, lished. That the said one hundred lots and streets so laid off by the said David Gerrard, shall be established a town by the name of Middletown; that William Hanskaw, James Hair, John Gray, Gilbert M'Kown, and Robert Allen, gentlemen, are hereby constituted trustees thereof, and they, or the major part of them, are authorized to make such rules and orders for the regular building therein, as to them shall seem best and most convenient, and have full power to settle and determine from time to time, all disputes concerning the bounds of the said lots. In case of the death, resignation, or removal out of the county of any one or more of the said trustees, such vacancy shall be supplied by the remaining trustees, and the person or persons so chosen shall be vested with the same power and authority as any one in this act particularly named. II. And be it further enacted, That' so soon as the purchasers or owners of lots in the said town shall have built thereon a dwelling house sixteen feet square, with a brick or stone chimney, such purchasers or owners shall be entitled to, and have aud enjoy all the rights, privileges and immunities, which the freeholders and inhabitants of other towns in this state not incorporated hold and enjoy. |